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Division 15-3 — Part 1 Standard Land Use Districts

Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.31.010 Purpose

Glenn County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Glenn County

Cite as: Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.31.010 · Text as of 2026-10-02

  • 15.32 FA - Foothill Agricultural/Forestry Zone

  • 15.33 AE - Exclusive Agricultural Zone

  • 15.34 AT - Agricultural Transitional Zone

  • 15.35 RE - Rural Residential Estate Zone

  • 15.36 RE-NW - Rural Residential Estate Zone - North Willows

  • 15.37 R-1 - Single Family Residential Zone

  • 15.38 R-M - Multiple Residential Zone

  • 15.381 MU-R - Mixed Use Residential Zone

  • 15.39 LC - Local Commercial District

  • 15.40 CC - Community Commercial District

  • 15.41 C - Commercial Zone

  • 15.42 SC - Service Commercial District

15.43 HVC - Highway And Visitor Commercial District

15.44 M - Industrial Zone

15.31 RZ - Recreation Zone

15.31.010 Purpose

15.31.020 Permitted Uses

15.31.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit

15.31.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit

  • 15.31.050 Site Area

15.31.060 Maximum Building Height

15.31.070 Minimum Distance Between Structures

15.31.080 Minimum Yard Requirements

15.31.010 Purpose

This zoning classification is intended to be applied in the mountainous and hilly areas of the county in which recreation may become the desirable predominant use, in which light agriculture and forestry will be the secondary uses, and in which protection of the watershed lands and sources of water supply from fire, pollution, erosion and other detrimental effects is essential to the general welfare. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.020 Permitted Uses

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the RZ zone:

  1. One single-family dwelling or mobilehome for each one hundred sixty acres, private farm buildings and accessory buildings and uses (refer to mobilehome standards);

  2. Home occupations if a permit is secured pursuant to Chapter 15.78;

  3. Crop and tree farming, grazing, animal husbandry, dairies, nurseries and greenhouses for the propagation of plants;

  4. Riding clubs, golf courses and country clubs;

  5. Parks and recreation facilities for day use only (excluding recreational vehicle and trailer parks and amusement parks);

  6. Food and beverage service and concession facilities (excluding restaurants) subject to Chapter 15.745;

  7. Recreation offices, headquarters, maintenance facilities and workshops;

  8. Stands for the purpose of displaying and selling agricultural, floricultural or farming products which are grown or produced on the premises; provided, that there shall be no more than one stand per lot or parcel of land. The ground coverage of the stand shall not exceed three hundred square feet, and it shall be set back from the street or highway right-of-way a distance of at least twenty feet. Such stand must be of good frame construction.

  9. One second dwelling subject to Chapter 15.175. (Ord. 1263 § 4, 2017; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit

The following uses and structures may be permitted only if a conditional use permit has first been secured:

  1. Amusement parks;

  2. Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks;

  3. Boat sales;

  4. Restaurants subject to Chapter 15.745;

  5. Planned mobilehome parks;

  6. Motels subject to Chapter 15.745;

  7. Sporting good stores, and other similar retail and service establishments necessary to serve the public in recreation areas; 8. Sawmills;

  8. Commercial cattle and hog feed lots, fruit and vegetable packing and processing plants, wineries, veterinary hospitals and kennels, airports, extraction of natural materials, cemeteries;

  9. Public utility buildings and public service or utility uses (transmission and distribution lines excepted), including but not limited to, reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, power stations, transformer stations, service yards and parking lots;

  10. Commercial storage (storage for resale) of inflammable fluid or gas fuels in a quantity greater than five hundred gallons in any container less than two and onehalf feet below the surface of the ground. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit

The following uses and structures may be permitted only if an administrative permit has first been secured:

1. Natural gas wells. (Ord. 1263 § 5, 2017; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.050 Site Area

The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land in this zone shall be one hundred forty-four (144) acres. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.060 Maximum Building Height

The maximum building height in the RZ zone shall be:

  1. Thirty-five feet for residential structures;

  2. Fifty feet for commercial and agricultural buildings or structures;

  3. Exceptions: Water tanks, silos, granaries, barns, pole buildings, electronic towers, antennas and similar structures or necessary mechanical appurtenances may exceed fifty feet in height. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.070 Minimum Distance Between Structures

  1. The distance between any accessory building and a dwelling unit shall conform to Uniform Building and Fire Codes.

  2. All stables, barns, sheds, shelters, paddocks, riding stables, and exercise yards for animals shall be located not less than one hundred feet from all property and street right-of-way lines. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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15.31.080 Minimum Yard Requirements

  1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard shall be thirty feet. Measurement shall start at the edge of the existing county right-of-way as shown on the adopted Glenn County Circulation Plan.

  2. Side Yards. The minimum side yards shall be twenty-five feet.

  3. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard shall be twenty-five feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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