17.40.010
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 6,969,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (160 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.01 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Maximum units
- 2
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right30
- Ranching
- commercial vineyards and orchards
- nurseries
- greenhouses
- wineries
- processing plants for products grown on-site (not including dairies)
- seasonal sale of agricultural products grown on-site from roadside stands or produce stands
- permanent facilities for sale of and/or tasting rooms for agricultural products produced or processed on-site
- u-pick operations
- collaborative sales of agricultural products
- agricultural homestays
- bed and breakfasts and transient rentals managed by permanent on-site managers
- collaborative agri-nature tourism events
- horseback riding as an agritourism use
- commercial row crops
- low density residential and employee housing
- accessory buildings and accessory uses
- barns
- private stables
- farm equipment shelters
- other out buildings
- home enterprises
- rural home industry
- public schools
- public parks and other public facilities
- volunteer fire departments
- utility transmission and distribution lines, towers, poles and substations
- private airstrips and heliports for personal use by the property owner
- agricultural activities associated with a 4-H and/or FFA project
- limited agritourism and agri-nature tourism uses (max 15 persons/day, <106/week)
Conditional / special use24
- Commercial hog ranches
- livestock feed lots
- commercial poultry farming
- fertilizer plants or yards
- animal sales yards
- dairies
- dairy processing plants
- experimental agricultural operations
- dormitory style housing facilities for employees
- slaughter houses
- mining
- very large and frequent agritourism uses (36+ persons/day, >250/week)
- commercial hunting
- hunting dog trials when firearms are discharged
- game bird clubs
- commercial target or shooting ranges, including archery
- dude or guest ranches
- riding clubs
- commercial stables or animal boarding facilities
- private schools
- churches
- recreational camps or religious organization camps
- transient rentals with no on-site manager
- glamping
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
36 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Annual compliance form required
Submittal of an agritourism facility compliance form to the Mariposa County planning department is required annually for reporting of agritourism activities and events.
- Hours of operation for exterior activities
Any exterior activities for agritourism uses and activities shall not commence prior to seven o'clock (7:00) a.m. and shall cease by ten o'clock (10:00) p.m.
- Dark sky lighting requirement
Any new exterior lighting installed related to an agritourism use or activity shall comply with the dark sky standards as described in the Mariposa County General Plan.
- Owner presence required
The owner, lessee, designated agent or a designated family member of the agritourism enterprise shall be present throughout the duration of the agritourism use or event.
- Parcel boundary posting required
Activities shall be limited to the on-site agritourism parcel or parcels. Parcel boundaries and no trespassing signs shall be clearly posted.
- Parking requirement
The agritourism use or activity shall have adequate access and on-site parking.
- Lighting restriction near poultry operations
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.
- 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 for commercial agricultural production.
- Road maintenance agreement required
If primary access is not from a county maintained road or a State Highway, then the proponent of the agritourism use or activity shall participate in any existing active road maintenance organization for all privately maintained access road(s).
- Sewage disposal requirement
Daily or ongoing agritourism uses or activities shall have adequate provisions for sewage disposal (permanent or temporary) as determined by the Mariposa County health department.
- Public water requirement
The agritourism use or activity shall have adequate provisions for public water as determined by the Mariposa County health department.
- Building, fire, and ADA compliance required
The glamping operation conforms to all building codes, fire codes and American Disabilities Act requirements
- Maximum adult guests for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay10 persons
accommodates not more than ten (10) adult guests
- Maximum adult guests for glamping10 persons
accommodates not more than ten (10) adult guests
- Maximum daily persons for administrative use permit agritourism35 persons/day
A daily use or activity is limited to no more than an average of 35 persons per day with a maximum of 250 in any given week (not counting employees).
- Maximum daily persons for permitted agritourism15 persons/day
A daily use or activity is limited to no more than an average of 15 persons per day with a maximum of less than 106 in any given week (not counting employees).
- Maximum employees for agritourism5 FTE
The agritourism uses and activities shall not require more than 1 (one) employee per acre up to a maximum of the equivalent of 5 (five) full-time employees on-site at any one time.
- Maximum acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. for agritourism improvements5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The amount of land permitted for permanent physical improvement (infrastructure and structural improvements) related to agritourism is limited to no more than 10% of a parcel's acreage or 5 acres of total land area, whichever is the lesser amount
- Maximum land for agritourism improvements10 pct
The amount of land permitted for permanent physical improvement (infrastructure and structural improvements) related to agritourism is limited to no more than 10% of a parcel's acreage or 5 acres of total land area, whichever is the lesser amount
- Maximum weekly persons for administrative use permit agritourism250 persons/week
A daily use or activity is limited to no more than an average of 35 persons per day with a maximum of 250 in any given week (not counting employees).
- Maximum weekly persons for permitted agritourism106 persons/week
A daily use or activity is limited to no more than an average of 15 persons per day with a maximum of less than 106 in any given week (not counting employees).
- Maximum guest rooms for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay5 rooms
The agricultural homestay has not more than five (5) guest rooms
- Maximum guest units for glamping5 units
The glamping operation has not more than five (5) guest units
- Maximum total guests for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay15 persons
the total number of guests must not exceed fifteen (15) persons
- Maximum total guests for glamping15 persons
the total number of guests must not exceed fifteen (15) persons
- Average Daily Trips threshold for road requirements7.5 ADT
An agritourism use or activity is subject to all of the following road access and maintenance requirements, if the use or activity generates more than 7.5 Average Daily Trips (ADTs)
- Minimum parcel size for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The parcel on which an agricultural homestay is proposed shall be at least twenty (20) acres in size or greater
- Minimum parcel size for glamping20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The parcel on which glamping is proposed shall be at least twenty (20) acres in size or greater
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from state highways for slaughterhouses1,500 ft
slaughter houses shall have a minimum setback of fifteen hundred (1500) feet from state highways and adjacent higher density land use classifications or property lines.
- Owner occupancy required
The agricultural homestay is located in a residence occupied by the property owner, an accessory dwelling or other existing dwelling
- Owner occupancy required
The glamping operation is located on property occupied by the property owner, as evidenced by a homeowners' exemption carried on the latest equalized assessor rolls, accessory dwelling or other existing dwelling.
- Bed and BreakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms. / Transient Rental Permit required
A Bed and Breakfast / Transient Rental Permit pursuant to section 17.108.180 of the Mariposa County Code shall be obtained prior to establishing an agricultural homestay, including a valid Transient Occupancy Tax Certificate.
- Bed and BreakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms. / Transient Rental Permit required
A Bed and Breakfast / Transient Rental Permit pursuant to section 17.108.180 of the Mariposa County Code shall be obtained prior to establishing a glamping operation, including a valid Transient Occupancy Tax Certificate.
- Buffer for petting zoos1,760 ft
Petting zoos of resident animals shall have a minimum of 1/3 mile buffer from adjacent properties.
- Primary agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. use required
The agricultural homestay establishment is located on, and is a part of, a farm, as defined in section 52262 of the California Food and Agricultural Code, that produces agricultural products as its primary business
- Primary agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. use required
The glamping establishment is located on, and is a part of, a farm, as defined in section 52262 of the California Food and Agricultural Code, that produces agricultural products as its primary business
From the ordinance
No parcel of real property in the AEZ shall be divided or split into two (2) or more parcels by voluntary transfer, court action or other conveyance where any one (1) of the parcels so created will be less than one hundred sixty (160) acres or a legal quarter section in gross area. Density: Two (2) single family residences per one hundred sixty (160) acres or a legal quarter section.