Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.33 Part 1 Standard Land Use Districts

This zoning classification is established for the following purposes:

1. To preserve the maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land which is necessary in the conservation of the County’s economic resources and vital for a healthy agricultural economy of the County;

2. To eliminate the encroachment of land uses which are incompatible with the agricultural use of land;

3. To prevent the unnecessary conversion of agricultural land to urban uses;

4. To provide areas for both intensive and extensive agricultural activities. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land for each of the “AE” combining zones shall be as indicated below:

1. Combining Zone: AE-20 Minimum Parcel Size: 17 acres Combining Zone: AE-40 Minimum Parcel Size: 36 acres Combining Zone: AE-80 Minimum Parcel Size: 72 acres (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the “AE” zone provided that the performance standards in Division 4, Part 1 are met:

1. One single-family dwelling or mobile home per each parcel of land;

2. In addition to the residence allowed under paragraph (A) above for each parcel of land, one additional residence or mobile home for each forty (40) acres in “AE-20” and eighty (80) acres in “AE-40”;

3. Any use listed within this section which exceeds any development or performance standard required by this zoning code shall require a conditional use permit; 4. Growing and harvesting of any agricultural crop or product;

4. The use of implements of husbandry including aircraft when used in the growing of crops or raising of animals, except as may be regulated by other laws or regulations;

5. Game preserves and hunting clubs, private or public, but shall not include permanent facilities such s hotels, motels, restaurants, club houses;

6. Agricultural service establishments primarily engaged in performing agricultural animal husbandry services or horticultural services to farmers; 8. Temporary landing of aircraft engaged in agricultural uses;

7. Livestock farming, including the raising, feeding, maintaining and breeding of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and similar livestock;

8. Agricultural processing plants and facilities, such as hulling operations, greenhouses, wineries subject to Chapter 15.745, silos, dehydrators, canneries and similar agricultural uses not exceeding the standards in Division 5, Chapter 74;

9. Accessory buildings such as garages, carports, lath houses, gardening sheds, recreation rooms and similar structures which are customarily used in conjunction with and incidental to a principal use or structure;

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

11. Storage of materials used for the construction of a building, including the contractor’s temporary office, provided that such use is on the building site or immediately adjacent thereto and provided further that such use shall be permitted only during the construction period and the 30 days thereafter;

12. Accessory buildings or structures required for the storage of any crops, products, equipment or uses lawfully permitted or produced on the premises;

13. The keeping of fowl and animals shall conform to all other provisions of law governing same. No pen, coop, stable, barn or corral used for fowl and animals shall be kept or maintained within fifty (50) feet of any dwelling or other building used for human habitation, or within one hundred (100) feet of the front lot line of the lot upon which it is located, or within twenty-five (25) feet of the street side of a corner lot, or within one hundred (100) feet of any parcel of land used for a public park, school or similar institution;

14. 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 not more than one stand per lot or parcel of land. The ground coverage of the stand shall not exceed 300 square feet and it shall be set back from the street or highway right-of-way a distance of at least 20 feet. Such stand must be of good frame construction;

15. Windmills, tank houses, buildings or shelters for farm equipment and machinery, water wells, water reservoirs and storage tanks;

16. Seasonal Farm worker Housing which meets the Seasonal Farm worker Housing Standards as set forth in Chapter 15.80 and approved for such use pursuant to Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations. Seasonal Farm worker Housing shall also conform to such public health, building, and fire safety criteria as may be established by resolution or ordinance of the Board of Supervisors.

17. One second dwelling subject to Chapter 15.175. (Ord. 1263 § 8, 2017; Ord. 1253 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures may be permitted in the “AE” zone only if a conditional use permit has first been secured:

1. Licensed storage and handling of agricultural chemicals;

2. Fertilizer manufacturing or processing for resale;

3. Farm labor camps and structures for transient labor;

4. Hog and pig farming on parcels less than forty acres or on parcels contiguous to a Residential or Commercial Zone;

5. Animal sales yards;

6. Stables, riding academies with (1) more than one boarding horse per acre or (2) more than forty boarding horses dedicated for such use, regardless of the size of the parcel;

7. Aqua culture with an aggregate pond larger than one acre in size;

8. Agricultural processing plants and facilities, such as hulling operations, greenhouses, wineries subject to Chapter 15.745, silos, dehydrators, canneries and similar agricultural uses exceeding the standards in Division 5, Chapter 740;

9. Animal processing plants, rendering plants;

10. Public and private non-profit nursery schools, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges;

11. Churches, public playgrounds and parks;

12. Sales and services to farmers or farm-related activities;

13. Power generation meeting Chapter 15.86;

14. Kennels, animal hospitals and veterinarian’s offices;

15. 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;

16. 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 one-half feet below the surface of the ground;

17. Injection wells;

18. Public dumping and disposal areas;

19. Mining and related processing activities;

20. Hunting clubs and facilities including spaces for recreational vehicles, horse racing establishments, golf courses, sporting clay courses, rodeos, spectator events and other similar uses;

21. Air strips and/or airports;

22. Home occupation not in residential dwelling for parcels smaller than 10 acres in size;

23. Cattle and hog feed yards and animal sales yards on parcels less than 80 acres and within 1/2 mile of any residential or commercial zoning district; 24. Confined animal facility;

24. Agricultural products and equipment manufacturing establishments, such as farm equipment manufacturing, irrigation equipment and products manufacturing, and similar manufacturing of equipment or products used primarily by agriculture. (Ord. 1256 § 2, 2016; Ord. 1253 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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

1. Natural gas wells;

2. Home occupation not in residential dwelling for parcels of at least 10 acres or more in size;

3. Agricultural Homestay Establishment. (Ord. 1263 § 9, 2017; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The maximum building height in the “AE” zone shall be:

1. Thirty-five (35) feet for residential structures;

2. Fifty (50) feet for 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 (50) feet in height, provided they do not exceed the airport height restrictions. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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 (100) feet from all property and street right-of-way side lines. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Front Yard: The minimum front yard shall be thirty (30) feet. The measurement shall start at the edge of the existing “County Right-of-Way” as shown on the adopted Glenn County Circulation Plan, or the existing right-or-way for the road along the front of or through the property.

2. Side Yards: The minimum side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

3. Rear Yard: The minimum rear yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Prior to or concurrent with the application for a building permit, the applicant shall submit to the agency a complete site plan and all necessary supporting documentation for review by the agency to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Glenn County Code. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)