Article 82-52.2 — General

The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements and standards for housing accommodations for five or more farmworkers. This chapter is intended to be consistent with the Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code section 17000 et seq.), which regulates housing accommodations for five or more employees. Housing accommodations for four or fewer farmworkers are not regulated separately by the County Zoning Code, but must comply with all zoning requirements of the zoning district where the housing accommodations are located.

(Ord. No. 2017-14, § II, 9-19-17)

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(a)

"Agricultural employee" has the meaning set forth in Labor Code section 1140.4.

(b)

"Agricultural employer" has the meaning set forth in Labor Code section 1140.4.

(c)

"Agricultural workplace" means a location where one or more farmworkers engage in agriculture.

(d)

"Farmworker" means the same as "agricultural employee," as defined in Labor Code section 1140.4.

(e)

"Farmworker housing" means a housing accommodation developed for, or provided to, farmworkers. Farmworker housing may be a farmworker dwelling, a farmworker housing complex, or a farmworker housing center.

(f)

"Group housing" means farmworker housing for seven or more farmworkers in group living quarters, such as barracks or a bunkhouse.

(g)

"Permanent housing" means farmworker housing that is not temporary or seasonal.

(h)

"Rural area" has the meaning set forth in Health and Safety Code section 50101.

(i)

"Seasonal housing" means farmworker housing that is operated annually on the same site and is occupied for not more than 180 days in any calendar year.

(j)

"Temporary housing" means farmworker housing that is not operated on the same site annually, but is established for one agricultural operation on one site and then removed from that site.

(Ord. No. 2017-14, § II, 9-19-17)