17.16.020
Dimensional standards
Lot
Uses
Permitted by right20
- one-family dwelling
- water works facilities
- nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, aviaries, apiaries, field crops, tree crops, berry and bush crops, vegetables, flower and herb gardening on a commercial scale
- grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats or other farm stock
- farms for rabbits, fish, frogs, chinchilla, or other small animals
- farms for selective or experimental breeding of cattle, sheep, goats and horses
- noncommercial raising of hogs (max 5)
- FFA or 4-H projects
- temporary stand for sale of agricultural produce
- sign not exceeding 12 sq ft per face
- mobilehome used as one-family residence
- home occupations
- planned residential developments
- mining operation subject to SMARA
- noncommercial raising of miniature pigs (max 5)
- keeping of crowing fowl (max 12 female on 20,000-39,999 sqft; max 50 female and 10 male on 40,000+ sqft)
- outside storage of materials (limited)
- employee housing meeting H&S Code 17021.8
- public utility uses
- industrial hemp activities
Conditional / special use81
- fishing lakes
- guest ranches and motels
- educational institutions, libraries, museums and post office
- golf, tennis, polo or country clubs, archery and golf and driving ranges
- commercial uses incidental to permitted uses
- feed and grain sales
- garden supply stores
- pet shops and pet supply shops
- real estate offices
- signs, on-site advertising
- arts, crafts and curio shops
- fraternal lodges, including grange halls
- churches, temples and other places of religious worship
- private schools
- permanent stand for sale of agricultural produce
- additional one-family dwelling for each 10 acres farmed
- beauty shops
- winery with on-site vineyard
- temporary real estate tract offices
- public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses, country clubs
- child day care center
- airport or landing field
- auto wrecking yards
- mining operation exempt from SMARA
- cemetery, pet or human
- commercial fairgrounds
- commercial stables and riding academies
- antique shops
- automobile service stations and repair garages
- bakery shops
- barber shops and beauty shops
- bars and cocktail lounges
- billiard and pool halls
- cleaning and dyeing shop
- retail pharmacies
- equipment rental services
- food, meat, poultry and produce markets
- frozen food lockers
- hardware stores
- laundries and laundromats
- liquid petroleum service stations
- liquor stores
- parking lots and parking buildings
- professional offices
- refreshment stands
- restaurants and other eating establishments
- shoe stores and repair shops
- stations, bus, railroad and taxi
- tire sales and service
- tourist information centers
- underground bulk fuel storage
- auction houses and yards
- dune buggy parks
- fruit and vegetable packing plants
- hog ranches
- hunting clubs
- lumber production of a commercial nature
- machine shops
- manufacture of brick, tile, terra-cotta, cement, gypsum, lime
- menageries
- migrant agricultural workers mobilehome parks
- pen fed cattle operations, livestock saleyard, livestock auction yards, dairy farms
- race tracks
- recreational vehicle parks
- rifle, pistol, skeet, or trapshooting ranges
- rodeo arenas
- trail bike parks
- trailer and boat storage
- disposal service operations
- meat cutting and packaging plants
- outdoor film studios
- water well drilling, operations and service
- mobilehome parks
- community auction and sales yards
- employee housing not meeting H&S Code 17021.8
- feed stores
- packaged dry fertilizer storage
- oil production
- mink farms
- large and small animal hospitals
- commercial breeding operations
Prohibited2
- hogs on lots less than 20,000 sq ft
- crowing fowl exceeding permitted numbers (unless increased per Chapter 17.206)
Extracted standards
27 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Absolute maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.75 ft
In no event, however, shall a building exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height
- Absolute maximum structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.105 ft
or any other structure exceed one hundred five (105) feet in height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for non-residential structures50 ft
No other building or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height
Other
- Maximum additional farm dwellings4 dwellings
The number of dwellings for employees shall not exceed four per established farming operation
- Maximum grazing animals per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.5 animals/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
not to exceed five animals per acre of all the land available
- Maximum mature female crowing fowl (20,000-39,999 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.)12 animals
The keeping or raising of not more than twelve (12) mature female crowing fowl on lots or parcels between twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine (39,999) square feet
- Maximum mature female crowing fowl (40,000+ sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.)50 animals
or not more than fifty (50) mature female crowing fowl and ten (10) mature male crowing fowl on lots of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more
- Maximum crowing fowl increase percentage50 pct
the number of mature crowing fowl may be increased up to fifty (50) percent over each (male and female) of the permitted numbers
- Maximum mature male crowing fowl (40,000+ sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.)10 animals
or not more than fifty (50) mature female crowing fowl and ten (10) mature male crowing fowl on lots of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more
- Maximum noncommercial hogs5 animals
The noncommercial raising of hogs, not to exceed five animals
- Maximum liquid petroleum tank capacity10,000 gallons
if storage tanks are above ground, the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons
- Maximum miniature pigs5 animals
The noncommercial raising of not more than five miniature pigs
- Maximum outdoor storage area (1+ acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. lots)200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet
- Maximum outdoor storage area (0.5-1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. lots)100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
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
- Maximum outdoor storage heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
with a maximum height of three feet
- Minimum farm area for additional dwelling10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
An additional one-family dwelling (including mobilehomes), excluding the principal dwelling, shall be allowed for each ten (10) acres gross being farmed
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for miniature pigs20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on lots of not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
- Minimum mobilehome floor area450 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Mobilehome shall have a floor area of not less than four hundred fifty (450) square feet
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for additional farm dwelling from property line50 ft
The dwellings are located not less than fifty (50) feet from any property line
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for crowing fowl enclosure from property line20 ft
The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (20) feet from any property line
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for crowing fowl enclosure from residence50 ft
and not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwelling for miniature pig enclosure35 ft
no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot
- Minimum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for miniature pig enclosure30 ft
The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line
- Minimum side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for miniature pig enclosure15 ft
fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for processing buildings20 ft
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
Signage
- Maximum sign area for home beauty shop2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area
- Maximum sign area12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A sign, single- or double-faced, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area per face
From the ordinance
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