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Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right8
- Agriculture
- Crop/Orchard/Vineyard Production
- Ranch/Farm Office
- Well Drilling Businesses (Irrigation and Domestic)
- Public Parks and Recreation Areas
- Wildlife Management Areas
- Energy Generation Facilities, Wind Farms, Biomass Fuel Manufacturing (on-site energy use only)
- County/Publicly-Owned Facilities
Conditional / special use13
- Agricultural Chemical Mixing and Storage
- Composting Facilities
- Fertilizer Plants
- Recreational Vehicle Park
- Energy Generation Facilities, Wind Farms, Biomass Fuel Manufacturing (off-site energy use)
- Land Leveling Equipment Storage
- Rendering Plants
- Recreational Events/Weddings
- Agricultural Contractors, Service Repair and Maintenance
- Irrigation Pump Sales and Repair
- Animal Hospital, Veterinary Office
- Cemetery, Crematoria, Mausoleum, Columbarium (for cremated remains)
- Airport/Airstrip (Public or Private)
Accessory21
- Agricultural Processing Plants
- Animal Confinement Facilities (five dwelling units or less in the windshed)
- Commercial Apiary (bees)
- Stock Yards and Feed Lots
- Hunting Clubs
- Marina, Boat Dock, or Launch
- Public Stables, Boarding Facilities, Training Facilities, Riding Academies
- Agricultural Products, Storage Plants and Yards
- Oil/Gas Wells
- Storage Yards (Rock, Sand and Gravel)
- Short Term Rentals
- Additional Residential Unit (1 to 3 dwellings)
- Nursery/Greenhouse
- Produce Market
- Recreational Events, Temporary
- Temporary/Mobile Retail Sales
- Kennel (5 dogs or less)
- Public Utility Facility Service Yard
- Communication Equipment, Electrical Distribution/Transmission Substation
- Public Scales
- Transportation, Equipment Yard (10 trucks or less)
Prohibited3
- Agricultural Auction Facilities
- Hunting clubs and commercial hunting
- Facilities for which the principle use is enclosed in a structure (i.e., a bowling alley)
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures may be located not less than five feet from any interior side parcel line or rear parcel line provided they are located at least 20 feet from the front property line.
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for residential uses200 ft
New residential dwellings and/or other habitable structure shall be setback so as to provide a physical separation of 200 feet, as measured from the dwelling or other habitable structure to any abutting parcels used for agricultural production.
- Animal pen setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site dwellings50 ft
Animal pens enclosing animals or fowl may be located on the property line, except that these structures shall be at least 50 feet from any off-site dwellings.
- New single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. home requires CUP
A Conditional Use Permit is required to construct a new single-family home or employee housing, residential (with six residents or less) on any parcel created after December 10, 2013.
- Windshed distance from urban areas0.5 miles
The use is located more than one-half mile from the nearest boundary of Urban Community, any Rural Residential Center or Highway Interchange Center or Residentially designated property as delineated on the General Plan or from sensitive uses (i.e., schools, public parks, or hospitals).
Parking
- Minimum parcel size for truck parking1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A minimum parcel size of one acre is required.
From the ordinance
Parcels smaller than 40 acres down to a minimum of 20 acres may be approved where consistent with surrounding parcel sizes.