32-37 A-2 GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.

a. General Provisions . All of the land lying within an A-2 general agricultural district may be used for any of the following uses, under the following regulations set forth in this section.

a. Uses Permitted . Uses permitted in the A-2 district shall be as follows:

1. All types of agriculture, including general farming, horticulture, floriculture, nurseries and greenhouses, mushroom rooms, dairying, livestock production, fur farms, poultry raising, animal breeding, aviaries, apiaries, forestry, and similar agricultural uses;

2. Other agricultural uses, including the erection and maintenance of sheds, warehouses, granaries, dehydration plants, hullers, fruit and vegetable packing plants, and buildings for the storage of agricultural products and equipment;

3. A stand not exceeding two hundred (200) square feet for sale of agricultural products grown on the premises. The stand shall be set back at least twenty-five (25') feet from the front property line;

4. A detached single family dwelling on each parcel and the accessory structures and uses normally auxiliary to it;

5. Foster home or family care home operated by a public agency, or by a private agency which has obtained State or local approval (license) for the proposed operation, where not more than six (6) minors reside on the premises with not more than two (2) supervisory persons.

• b. Uses With Land Use Permit .

1. In an A-2 district, a land use permit may allow the following uses.

2. Allowable uses include those listed in paragraph b. of subsection 32-36.2.

3. Other allowable uses are:

• (a) Merchandising of agricultural supplies and services incidental to an agricultural use;

• (b) Canneries, wineries, and processing of agricultural products;

• (c) Cold storage plants;

• (d) Slaughterhouses and stockyards;

• (e) Rendering plants and fertilizer plants or yards;

• (f) Livestock auction or sales yards;

(g) Living accommodations for agricultural workers to be primarily used for temporary housing of agricultural workers while performing seasonal agricultural work on the owner's property;

• (h) Commercial recreational facilities when the principal use is not in a building.

4. Other allowable uses are:

• (a) Boat storage areas within one (1) mile by public road of a boat launching facility open to the public.

c. Uses Refuse Disposal Site; Permit Required . Refuse disposal sites are permitted in the A-2 district upon the issuance of a permit under the provisions of Chapter 418-4 of the Contra Costa County Code.

a. Lot Area, Width and Depth . Except as provided in paragraph b. of this subsection, uses allowable under subsection 3237.2 are allowed only on lots which equal or exceed all of the following: five (5) acres in area, two hundred fifty (250') feet average width, and two hundred (200') foot depth.

b. Existing Legal Lots Excepted . Any single lot legally created in an A-2 district before November 29, 1973, at least forty thousand (40,000) square feet in area may be used as provided in subsection 32-37.2.

a. Building Height; Maximum . Building height provisions for the A-2 district shall be the same as those for the A-1 district, subsection 32-36.4.

a. Yard; Side . There shall be an aggregate side yard width of at least forty (40') feet. No side yards shall be less than twenty (20') feet in width. No barns, stables, apiaries, aviaries, or other buildings or structures used to house livestock, grainfed rodents, bees, birds, or poultry shall be located in the A-2 district nearer than fifty (50') feet to the boundary line of any residential land use district.

b. Yard; Setback . Setback (front yard) provisions for the A-2 district shall be the same as those for the A-1 district (paragraph b. of subsection 32-36.5).

c. Yard; Rear . There shall be a rear yard of at least fifteen (15') feet for any structure.

a. Land Use and Variance Permit; Granting . Land use permits for the special uses enumerated in paragraph b. of subsection 32-37.2 and variance permits to modify the provisions contained in paragraph a. of subsection 32-37.3 through paragraph c. of subsection 32-37.5 may be granted in accordance with Section 32-3.