Improvements to the Property & Zoning
- Welded wire mesh and T-post fencing around the perimeter, with 6" pressure treated wood posts on two corners secured with concrete foundations. The other two corners are tied into the neighors existing fence posts.
- 14' double gate
- 20' storage container
- 5000 gallon water tank
- Water pump downstream from water tank, solar powered (controller, 4 panels, four batteries)
- 400 Watt solar power system, with controller, battery, and 1000 watt inverter (4 100 watt panels)
- Two generators - 4000 and 7500 running watts with 110 and 240 volt capability (the larger generator will be primarily used for powering the well pump)
- A-Frame cabin, 10'x10' (not completed yet, but 80% of the way there)
- Compost toilet outhouse
- Artesian flow Well - 320' well, with 12gpm flow. Water is available at 140', but the additional depth will allow for 20-30 years of available use (but who really knows the future, eh?)
- Well pump (to be installed August 2023) - to provide 5-6 gpm of water for irrigation and potable consumption.
- Agriculture:
- Ten olive trees
- One almond tree
- Two pistachio trees (ditto)
- Eight black locust trees - this is a very rot resistant tree that has very high BTU burn temperature, and it is a nitrogen fixer that can thrive in the sandy-DG soil. Once established, this tree can be very aggressive in growing, and I plan to use this for a tree crop for firewood.
- One each Red willow and western sycamore tree
- Ordered for March 2024 - 30 more 1- and 2-year black locust tree seedlings, 10 Siberian pea shrubs and 1 Autumn Olive Tree (a olive like berry shrub/tree)
- Beehive - I have a 4' long top bar hive, and I am planning on putting in another swarm of bees this fall.
Zoning: R1A2
Chapter 17.24 - R-1 ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ZONE
Sections:
7.24.010 - Uses permitted.
A. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-1 zone:
1. One-family dwellings;
2. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products;
3. The noncommercial keeping of horses on lots not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area and one hundred (100) feet in width, provided they are kept not less than one hundred (100) feet from any street and twenty (20) feet from any property line. A maximum of two horses per twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and, in any event, not more than four horses on a lot will be permitted. If a lot is one acre or more in area, poultry, crowing fowl (chickens only), rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and small fowl may be kept for the use of the occupants of the premises only. The poultry, crowing fowl, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, parakeets and small fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (20) feet from any property line and not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use. If a lot is two acres or more in area, two sheep or goats or combination thereof may be kept in addition thereto provided they are kept not less than one hundred (100) feet from any street, twenty (20) feet from any property line and fifty (50) feet from any residence;
4. The keeping or raising of not more than four mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots or parcels between seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet and thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine (39,999) square feet or not more than twelve (12) mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on lots of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more for the use of the occupants of the premises. The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (20) feet from any property line and not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use;
5. Future Farmers of America (FFA) or 4-H projects conducted by the occupants of the premises. Provided, however, if the project involves crowing fowl, an unexpired crowing fowl affidavit form describing the project must be on file with the Planning Director. Affidavit forms are available at the planning department and may be filed free of charge;
6. Home occupations;
7. Planned residential developments, provided a land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of county Ordinance No. 460 and the development standards in section 17.180.010 or 17.180.020;
8. The noncommercial raising of not more than one miniature pig on lots from seven thousand two hundred (7,200) to nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (19,999) square feet or not more than two miniature pigs on lots of not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, subject to the following conditions:
a. Any person owning or having custody or control of a miniature pig over the age of four months shall pay for and obtain a license from the animal control department.
b. Any miniature pig kept or maintained on a lot with a use permitted under subsection (A)(1) of this section shall be spayed or neutered as a condition of being licensed. No license shall be issued unless the owner or custodian of the miniature pig presents a valid certificate from a veterinarian. All unaltered miniature pigs shall be subject to immediate impoundment.
c. No miniature pig may weigh more than two hundred (200) pounds.
d. Any person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any miniature pig shall keep such pig exclusively upon his or her own premises; provided, however, such pig may be off such premises if under restraint of a competent person.
e. The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line, fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line and no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot.
9. The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet with a maximum height of three feet and on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three feet.
B. The following uses are permitted provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.216:
1. Beauty shops operated from a home by its inhabitants where no assistants are employed and the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area;
2. Temporary real estate tract offices located within a subdivision, to be used only for and during the original sale of the subdivision, but not to exceed a period of two years in any event;
3. Nurseries, horticultural;
4. Public parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs;
5. Reserved;
6. Child day care center.
C. The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been
granted pursuant to Chapter 17.200:
1. Mobilehome parks, developed pursuant to Chapter 17.264.
D. Kennels and catteries are permitted provided they are approved pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.236.
E. The following uses are permitted, provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.208:
1. Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.
F. Any use that is not specifically listed in subsections B., C. and E. may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the planning director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.
(Ord. 348.4087 § 9, 2003; Ord. 348.3966 § 1 (part), 2000; Ord. 348.3954 §§ 5—7, 2000; Ord. 348.3928 § 4, 2000; Ord. 348.3888 § 1, 1999; Ord. 348.3881, 1999; Ord. 348.3857, 1999; Ord. 348.2669, 1987; Ord. 348.2341, 1984; Ord. 348.2140, 1982; Ord. 348 § 6.1) (Ord. No. 348.4596, § 2, 2-10-2009; Ord. 348.4713, § 1, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 348.4911, § 2, 9-10- 2019)
The following standards of development shall apply in the R-1 zone, except that planned residential developments shall comply with the development standards contained in section 17.180.010.
A. Building height shall not exceed three stories, with a maximum height of forty (40) feet.
B. Lot area shall be not less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet. The minimum lot area shall be determined by excluding that portion of a lot that is used solely for access to the portion of a lot used as a building site.
C. The minimum average width of that portion of a lot to be used as a building site shall be sixty (60) feet with a minimum average depth of one hundred (100) feet. That portion of a lot used for access on flag lots shall have a minimum width of twenty (20) feet.
D. The minimum frontage of a lot shall be sixty (60) feet, except that lots fronting on knuckles cul-de-sac may have a minimum frontage of thirty-five (35) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinstreets may be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
E. Minimum yard requirements are as follows:
1. The front yard shall be not less than twenty (20) feet, measured from the existing street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure.
2. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, but not less than three feet in width in any event, and need not exceed a width of five feet. Side yards on corner and reversed corner lots shall be not less than ten (10) feet from the existing street line or from any future street line as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure, upon which the main building sides, except that where the lot is less than fifty (50) feet wide the yard need not exceed twenty (20) percent of the width of the lot.
3. The rear yard shall not be less than ten (10) feet.
4. No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in section 17.172.140.
F. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Chapter 17.188.
G. Lot Coverage. In no case shall more than fifty (50) percent of any lot be covered by dwelling.
(Ord. 348.3881, 1999; Ord. 348.3857, 1999; Ord. 348.3828, 1998; Ord. 348.3032, 1989; Ord. 348.2510, 1985; Ord. 348.2162, 1983; Ord. 348.2140, 1982; Ord. 348.2074, 1982; Ord. 348.1965, 1981; Ord. 348.1688, 1979; Ord. 348.1443, 1975; Ord. 348.1327, 1974; Ord. 348.1201, 1973; Ord. 348.1091, 1974; Ord. 348.1023, 1972; Ord. 348.777, 1970; Ord. 348.700, 1970; Ord. 348.556, 1968; Ord. 348.275, 1964; Ord. 348.251, 1964; Ord. 348 § 6.2)
Chapter 17.128 - A-2 HEAVY AGRICULTURE ZONE
Sections:
17.128.010 - Uses permitted.
A. The following useuses are permitted:
1. One-family dwellings;
2. Water works facilities, both public and private, intended primarily for the production and distribution of water for irrigation purposes;
3. Nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, aviaries, apiaries, field crops, tree crops, berry and bush crops, vegetable, flower and herb gardening on a commercial scale; the drying, packing, canning, freezing and other accepted methods of processing the produce resulting from such permitted uses, when such processing is primarily in conjunction with a farming operation; and further provided that the permanent buildings and structures used in conjunction with such drying, packing and processing operations are not nearer than twenty (20) feet from the boundaries of the premises;
4. The grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats or other farm stock or animals, not including hogs, including the supplementary feeding thereof, not to exceed five animals per acre of all the land available; provided however, the systematic rotation of animals with more than five animals per acre is permitted so long as the total number of permitted animals is not exceeded. For the grazing of sheep or goats, the permissible number of animals per acre may be multiplied by three, except that there shall be no limit to the permissible number of sheep which may be grazed per acre when the grazing is for the purpose of cleaning up unharvested crops; provided, that such grazing is not conducted for more than four weeks in any six-month period. The provisions of this subdivision apply to mature breeding stock, maintenance stock and similar farm stock, and shall not apply to the offspring thereof, if such offspring are being kept, fed or maintained solely for sale, marketing or slaughtering at the earliest practical age of maturity. In all cases the permissible number of animals per acre shall be computed upon the basis of the nearest equivalent ratio;
5. Farm for rabbits, fish, frogs, chinchilla, or other small animals (excluding crowing fowl);
6. Farms or establishment for the selective or experimental breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and horses, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (a)(4) of this section;
7. The noncommercial raising of hogs, not to exceed five animals; provided, however, that the total number of animals permitted on parcels of less than one acre shall not exceed two animals except that no animals shall be permitted on lots of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. For the purposes of determining the number of hogs on a parcel, both weaned and unweaned hogs shall be counted. (See county Ordinance No. 431 regarding hog ranches);
8. Future Farmers of America (FFA) or 4-H projects conducted by the occupants of the premises. Provided, however, if the project involves crowing fowl, an unexpired crowing fowl affidavit form describing the project must be on file with the planning director. Affidavit forms are available at the planning department and may be filed free of charge;
9. A temporary stand for the display and sale of the agriculture produce of any permitted use that is produced upon the premises where such stand is located or upon contiguous lands owned or leased by the owner or occupant of the premises. Off-street parking shall be as required in Chapter 17.188, except that no paving shall be required;
10. A sign, single-or double-faced, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area per face, advertising only the sale of the services or the products produced on the premises. The sign shall not be lighted or have flashing objects or banners;
11. The keeping or raising of not more than fifty (50) mature female crowing fowl and ten (10) mature male crowing fowl on lots or parcels between twenty thousand (20,000) square fee and thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine (39,999) square feet or not more than one hundred (100) mature female crowing fowl and twenty (20) mature male crowing fowl lots of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more for the use of the occupants of the premises. The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (feet from any property line and not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence and shall be maintained on the rear portion of the lot in conjunction with a residential use;
12. Home occupations;
13. Reserved;
14. Reserved;
15. A mining operation that is subject to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 is permitted, provided, that the operator thereof holds a permit to conduct surface mining operations issued pursuant to county Ordinance No. 555, which has not been revoked or suspended;
16. Both large and small animal hospitals;
17. Commercial stables and riding academies;
18. Mink farms;
19. Signs, on-site advertising;
20. Public fairgrounds including usual commercial uses appurtenant thereto;
21. Reserved;
22. The outside storage of materials, such as irrigation equipment and farming machinery, is allowed provided the materials are used in conjunction with a farm. Otherwise, the amount of outside storage materials is limited to one hundred (100) square feet with a maximum height of three feet on parcels less than one-half acre and two hundred (200) square feet with a maximum height of three feet for parcels on one-half acre or more;
23. Employee housing meeting the requirements, as determined by the planning director, set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 17021.8, as may be amended, or consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in a group quarters or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single-family or household. Review of determinations that employee housing meets the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 17021.8 shall be processed and considered by the planning commission in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 17021.8.(c).
B. The following uses are permitted subject to the approval of a plot plan pursuant to Chapter 17.216. The plot plan approval may include conditions requiring fencing and landscaping of the parcel to assure that the use is compatible with the surrounding area:
1. A permanent stand for the display and sale of the agriculture produce of any permitted use that is produced upon the premises where such stand is located or upon contiguous lands owned or leased by the owner or occupant of the premises;
2. Canning, freezing, packing plants and drying yards that are not in conjunction with a farming operation;
3. Churches, temples or other structures used primarily for religious worship;
4. Fraternal lodge halls, including grange halls;
5. Libraries;
6. An additional one-family dwelling (including mobile homes), excluding the principal dwelling, shall be allowed for each ten (10) acres gross being farmed. The additional dwelling units shall be located on a parcel being farmed and occupied by the owner, operator or employee of the farming operation as a one-family residence; provided, that:
a. The mobilehome shall have a floor area of not less than four hundred fifty (450) square feet,
b. The dwellings are not rented or held out for lease to anyone other than an employee of the farming operation,
c. The dwellings are located not less than fifty (50) feet from any property line,
d. The dwellings are screened from view from the front property line by shrubs or trees,
e. The arrangement of the dwellings, sanitary facilities and utilities conforms with all of the requirements of the county health department, the county of building and safety department, and state law,
f. The number of dwellings for employees shall not exceed four per established farming operation;
7. Private schools;
8. Public utility facilities;
9. Truck transfer stations and depots for use in the cartage, storage, maintenance, weighing and transfer of agricultural commodities;
10. Meat cutting and packaging plants, provided there is no slaughtering of animals or rendering of meat;
11. Agricultural equipment sales and repair yards;
12. Commercial fertilizer operations-the stockpiling, drying, mechanical processing and sale of farm animal manure produced on and off the premises;
13. Feed store;
14. Real estate office;
15. Expansion of an existing dairy farm; provided, that:
a. The total number of animals permitted on expansion shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) percent of the total number of animals which were permitted for the original dairy farm,
b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, applications for plot plans submitted pursuant to Chapter 17.216 shall show the entire dairy farm as proposed after expansion;
16. Beauty shops operated from a home by its inhabitants where no assistants are employed and the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area;
17. Expansion of an existing commercial poultry operation; provided, that:
a. The total number of fowl permitted on expansion shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) percent of the total number of fowl which were permitted for the original commercial poultry operation,
b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, applications for plot plans submitted pursuant to Chapter 17.216 shall show the entire poultry operation as proposed after expansion;
18. Public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and clubs.
19. Child day care center.
C. The following uses are permitted, provided a conditional use permit is granted:
1. Any mining operation which is exempt from the provisions of the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 and county Ordinance No. 555;
2. Community auction and sales yards;
3. Employee housing not meeting the requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 17021.8, as may be amended, or consisting of more than thirty-six (36) beds in a groups quarters or twelve (12) units or spaces designed for use by a single-family or household.
4. Oil production, not including refining or processing;
5. Pen fed beef cattle operations;
6. Hunting clubs, skeet, trap, rifle and pistol ranges;
7. Abattoirs;
8. Hog ranches;
9. Livestock sales yards;
10. Commercial poultry operations, or the expansion of an existing commercial poultry operation, where the total number of fowl permitted on expansion will exceed one hundred fifty (150) percent of the total number of fowl which were permitted for the original operation;
11. Landing strip or heliport pad for use in conjunction with agricultural operation;
12. Winery not associated with a vineyard;
13. Menageries;
14. Dairy farms, or the expansion of an existing dairy farm, where the total number of animals permitted on expansion will exceed one hundred fifty (150) percent of the total number of animals which were permitted for the original operation;
15. Sewage sludge/organic waste composting facilities.
16. Solar power plant on a lot ten (10) acres or larger.
D. Any use that is not specifically listed in subsections B and C of this section may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the planning director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsections. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.
E. Reserved.
F. Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.206, the number of mature crowing fowl may be increased up to fifty (50) percent over each (male and female) of the permitted numbers.
G. Industrial hemp activities are permitted or conditionally permitted in subsection A., B., or C. in section 17.128.010 pursuant to the provisions set forth in section 17.306 of this ordinance including, but not limited to, permit processing, location, standards and approval requirements.
(Ord. 348.4087 § 27, 2003; Ord. 348.3966 § 1 (part), 2000; Ord. 348.3954 §§ 33—36, 2000; Ord. 348.3881, 1999; Ord. 348.3828, 1998; Ord. 348.3043, 1996; Ord. 348.3043, 1989; Ord. 348.2669, 1987; Ord. 348.2540, 1986; Ord. 348.2162, 1983; Ord. 348 § 14.1)
(Ord. No. 348.4596, § 24, 2-10-2009; Ord. 348.4705, § 13, 11-8-2011; Ord. No. 348.4911, § 15, 17, 9-10-2019; Ord. No. 348.4931 , § 11, 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 348.4950 , §§ 16, 17, 3-2-2021)
17.128.020 - Development standards.
The uses permitted in the A-2 zone shall be subject to the following development standards:
A. Lot size shall not be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, with a minimum average lot width of one hundred (100) feet and a minimum average lot depth of one hundred fifty (150) feet, unless larger minimum lot area and dimensions are specified for a particular area or use, except as follows:
1. The uses listed in section 17.128.010(B)(3), (4), (5), (7) and (8) shall not be required to have a lot area in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or an average lot width in excess of one hundred (100) feet, irrespective of the minimum zone requirements for a particular area.
B. Minimum yard requirements shall be twenty (20) feet front yard, ten (10) feet side and rear yard.
C. One-family residences shall not exceed forty (40) feet in height. No other building or structshall exceed fifty (50) feet in height, unless a greater height is approved pursuant to sectio 17.172.230. In no event, however, shall a building exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height or any other structure exceed one hundred five (105) feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Chapter 17.196.
D. Automobile storage space shall be provided as required by Chapter 17.188.
(Ord. 348.3990 §§ 21, 22, 2001; Ord. 348.3881, 1999; Ord. 348.3780, 1996; Ord. 348.2162, 1983; Ord. 348.1729, 1979; Ord. 348.1588, 1977; Ord. 348.1481, 1975; Ord. 348.1429, 1975; Ord. 348.1327, 1974; Ord. 348.1281, 1974; Ord. 348.1201, 1973; Ord. 348.952, 1971; Ord. 348.935, 1971; Ord. 348.910, 1971; Ord. 348.737, 1970; Ord. 348.534, 1967; Ord. 348.459, 1966; Ord. 348.414, 1965; Ord. 348.242, 1963; Ord. 348 § 14.2)
17.124.080 - Automobile storage space. Chapter 17.132 - A-D AGRICULTURE-DAIRY ZONE
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