18.94.190
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Lighting direction
Any proposed outdoor lighting shall hood and directed away from roads and neighboring parcels.
Noise
- Amplified sound hours
Outdoor amplified sound shall only be allowed from ten a.m. to ten p.m. No outside amplified sound shall be audible at the property line.
Other
- Primary agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. use required
The primary use of the parcel on which the agritourism use or activity is located shall be commercial agricultural production. This shall mean a place of agricultural production which has annual sales of agricultural products of one thousand dollars or more.
- Agritourism requires CUP
Agritourism operations are allowed with an approved conditional use permit on all agriculturally zoned parcels over fifteen acres in size.
- Exterior activity hours
Any exterior activities for agritourism uses and activities shall not commence prior to eight a.m. and shall cease by ten p.m.
- Maximum agritourism land acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The amount of land permitted for development of Agritourism uses is limited to ten percent of the total acreage or five acres of land, whichever is less.
- Maximum agritourism land percentage10 pct
The amount of land permitted for development of Agritourism uses is limited to ten percent of the total acreage or five acres of land, whichever is less.
- Petting zoo buffer1,760 ft
Petting zoos of resident farm animals shall have a minimum of one-third-mile buffer from adjacent properties.
- Poultry buffer
If the agritourism use or activity is immediately adjacent to a commercial poultry operation, there shall be no exterior lights for the agritourism use or activity (except as minimally necessary for public safety) and there shall be no organized agritourism activities after sunset.
Parking
- Special event parking ratio0.4 spaces per attendee
On-site parking must be calculated at a minimum ratio of one space per two and one-half attendees.
From the ordinance
Agritourism operations are allowed with an approved conditional use permit on all agriculturally zoned parcels over fifteen acres in size. An agritourism operation can include a number of different elements including farm stay operation, farm tours, special events and/or u-pick operations. At the time of application submittal, the applicant must submit a plan outline for the proposed operation. All activities must comply with the California Retail Food Code (CRFC) Chapter 10.5 of Division 17 (Commencing with Section 47000) of the Food and Agricultural Code.