8107-6 - Agricultural sales facilities.

8107-6.1 - General standards.

8107-6.1.1 - One agricultural sales facility per lot is allowed.

8107-6.1.2 - Wherever feasible, the facility shall be located on land that shall minimally compromise the agricultural production area.

8107-6.1.3 - Such facility shall not be located or maintained within 30 feet of any public right-of-way. This setback area shall be kept free to provide for off-street parking.

8107-6.1.4 - There shall be safe ingress and egress from the site as determined with review by the Ventura County Public Works Agency.

8107-6.1.5 - Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the standards set forth in Article 8 under "Agricultural Uses" and shall not encroach upon the public right-of-way.

8107-6.1.6 - An agricultural sales facility may have one freestanding sign and one attached sign totaling 45 square feet for both signs in addition to the attached or freestanding sign allowed on the property pursuant to Sec. 8110-5.1 using the Open Space, Agricultural and R-Zone criteria. A sign for an agricultural sales facility may have a commercial message relating to products lawfully for sale at the facility.

8107-6.1.7 - Accessory structures to an agricultural sales facility, e.g. coolers and storage sheds, shall not cumulatively exceed the area of the sales structure itself.

8107-6.1.8 - Accessory structures to an agricultural sales facility shall not be attached to a sales facility structure, unless the total area of the sales structure and the attached accessory structure do not exceed the allowable square footage for the sales facility structure in question.

8107-6.1.9 - Such facilities will be required to meet all of the regulations of all other County agencies with regard to any proposed structures such as public occupancy, sanitary facilities, handicapped access, fire safety, security, etc.

8107-6.1.10 - Items sold at an agricultural sales facility may not be processed on site, except for rinsing and trimming. All sales of food products shall be in conformance with state laws.

(Am. Ord. 4214—10/24/00)

8107-6.2.1 - A small agricultural sales facility shall be allowed only if accessory to permitted raising of agricultural products on the same lot on which the facility is located, and only if at least 25 percent of the subject land area is devoted to agricultural production, and where there is a production area of one (1) acre or more.

8107-6.2.2 - The total area of such facilities that is devoted to sales and display which are open and accessible to the public shall not exceed 500 square feet. The sale and display area may be within and/or outside a structure.

8107-6.2.3 - Unless a Conditional Use Permit has been obtained under Section 8105-4 and the standards of Section 8107-6.3.4 are met, all of the inventory at the facility shall:

a.

Have been grown on the same site as the facility or are customarily grown within the County of Ventura as determined by the Agricultural Commissioner's Office and;

b.

Be raw and unprocessed, except that items that have been washed, dried, bagged, trimmed, cut, boxed, cooled or transplanted (e.g. nursery stock and flowers) may be allowed as determined by the Environmental Health Division. Honey in jars is expressly allowed.

(Am. Ord. 4215—10/24/00)

8107-6.3.1 - A large agricultural sales facility shall be allowed only if accessory to permitted raising of agricultural products on the same lot on which the facility is located, or on contiguous lots owned or leased by the same person who owns or leases the lot on which the facility is located, and only if at least 25 percent of the subject land area is devoted to crop production, and where there is a production area of ten acres or more. 8107-6.3.2 - The total area devoted to sales and display which are open and accessible to the public shall not exceed 5,000 square feet. The sales and display area may be within and/or outside a structure. 8107-6.3.3 - The facility shall have no more than one floor and be no more than twenty (20) feet high. 8107-6.3.4 - No more than 20% of the total sales inventory based on square feet of shelf space, sold at the facility shall be any combination of the following;

a.

Processed commodities, the ingredients of which are customarily grown in Ventura County, as determined by the Agricultural Commissioner's Office, such as dried fruit and beef jerky, or;

b.

Non-agricultural items, which are customarily accessory to the agricultural commodities sold and serve to advance the sale of agricultural products, educate the public about the agricultural industry in general, or the sales of products from the facility in particular, or;

c.

Agricultural commodities not customarily grown in the county.

(Am. Ord. 4215—10/24/00)

8107-6.3.5 - Such facilities will be required to meet all of the regulations of all other County agencies with regard to any proposed structures such as public occupancy, sanitary facilities, handicapped access, fire safety, security, etc.

(Am. Ord. 4092—6/27/95)

8107-6.4.1 - The sales and display area shall be limited to that described in Section 8105-4 and may be within and/or outside a structure. The standards for lot size and production areas for different sized sales facilities shall be the same as those set forth in Sections 8107-6.2.1 and 8107-6.3.1. While the public may roam throughout the site, only the designated sales and display area may contain priced merchandise or nonagricultural items for sale or display.

8107-6.4.2 - The non-agricultural items that may be sold at the site pursuant to Section 8105-4 shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the inventory, based on the square footage of the sale and display area. Nonagricultural items include those items that are customarily accessory to the agricultural commodities sold and serve to advance the sale of agricultural products, and/or educate the public about the agricultural industry in general, or the sale of products from the facility in particular. Such non-agricultural items shall be limited to garden implements, pots, garden furniture, irrigation supplies, garden books, and the like. For purposes of this Section, seeds, compost, mulch, manure, bark, soil amendments, and inorganic mineral materials such as rocks, gravel and decomposed granite, are agricultural products and are not subject to the twenty (20) percent inventory limitation.

(Am. Ord. 4215—10/24/00; Ord. No. 4639, § 6, 12-17-2024)