21.49.040-21.49.050
Uses
Permitted by right2
- industrial hemp cultivation (subject to registration)
- use of existing agricultural processing plant for industrial hemp processing
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Artificial lighting prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The industrial hemp cultivation shall not be grown using artificial lighting.
Other
- Access to site for verification
Property owners and registrants shall allow access to the industrial hemp cultivation site by the County, its officers, or agents, to verify compliance with all relevant rules, regulations, and conditions.
- Expiration date
The provisions of this Chapter, and all registrations approved by the Agricultural Commissioner pursuant to this Chapter, shall expire on December 31, 2022.
- Maximum cultivation acreage100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The industrial hemp cultivation will be grown in acreages of one hundred (100) acres or less.
- Maximum number of registrations30 registrations
The Agricultural Commissioner shall approve no more than thirty (30) registrations pursuant to this pilot program.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing legal commercial cannabis cultivation site3 miles
The industrial hemp will be cultivated on land that is at least three (3) miles from an existing legal commercial cannabis cultivation site unless the setback is reduced or waived by written mutual consent of the industrial hemp cultivator and the cannabis cultivator(s).
- Land previously cultivated
The industrial hemp will be cultivated on land that was previously cultivated with any crop.
Signage
- Signs required by state law
Property owners and registrants will post all appropriate signs as required by state law, and will be subject to the regulations contained in Chapter 21.60.
From the ordinance
Uses permitted: (A) Uses allowed in respective district; (B) Industrial hemp cultivation; (C) Use of existing agricultural processing plant for industrial hemp processing. Uses allowed with use permit: (B) New industrial hemp processing plant (ZA).