Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.36 RE-NW - Rural Residential Estate Zone - North Willows

• 15.36.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit

• 15.36.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit

This zoning classification is established for the following purposes:

1. To provide for residential development within a range of densities compatible with a rural character and life-style;

2. To allow residential uses in areas where agriculture is clearly a secondary use;

3. To use as a buffer zone between agricultural land and urbanized development;

4. To provide areas for hobby farms. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the RE-NW zone:

1. One single-family dwelling or mobilehome, accessory buildings and uses, and home occupations per each parcel of land;

2. Crop and tree fanning, nurseries and greenhouses for the propagation of plants;

3. Private stables; provided, such stables shall not be closer than twenty-five feet to any street or property line;

4. Publicly owned parks and playgrounds and public schools and buildings when placed in conformance with the general plan;

5. Locations of underground utility installations, and of aboveground utility installations for local service; except that locations for substations, generating plants, and gas holders must be approved by the planning commission prior to construction, and the route of any proposed transmission line must be discussed in detail with the planning commission prior to acquisition;

6. Animal husbandry and livestock farming subject to the following requirements:

   1. For each horse or head of cattle over one year of age there must be twenty thousand square feet, or

   2. For each head of swine over twelve weeks of age there must be forty thousand square feet, or

   3. For each head of sheep or goats there must be ten thousand square feet, and

   4. Poultry and rabbit farming not to exceed fifty chickens or fifty rabbits per forty thousand square feet.

7. Major and minor auto repair of vehicles which are not owned or operated by occupants of the property. If such repair causes a nuisance or visual blight in the neighborhood, a conditional use permit shall be required.

8. One second dwelling subject to Chapter 15.175. (Ord. 1263 § 14, 2017; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The following uses and structures may be permitted in the RE-NW zone only if a conditional use permit has first been secured:

1. Publicly owned parks and playgrounds and public schools and buildings, except as noted in Section 15.36.020(D);

2. Sanitariums, rest homes, hospitals, churches, private schools, day care centers;

3. Golf courses and country clubs;

4. Kennels;

5. Natural gas wells;

6. Planned mobile home parks with a maximum of two units per acre or forty thousand square feet;

7. Home occupation not in residential dwelling for parcels smaller than 10 acres in size. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

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

1. The permit shall be posted in the planning authority for ten (10) days prior to issuing the permit.

2. Home occupation not in residential dwelling for parcels of at least 10 acres or more in size. (Ord. 1263 § 15, 2017; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be forty thousand square feet.

2. Each lot or parcel of land shall abut a public street for a minimum of sixty feet; the minimum width shall be one hundred twenty feet.

3. Lots which are less than ten acres in size shall conform to a 3:1 length to width ratio. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard shall be thirty feet.

2. Side Yard Corner Lots. On corner lots, the side yard which is not used as front yard shall not be less than fifteen feet in width.

3. Side Yard, Interior. The minimum side yards of interior lots shall be fifteen feet.

4. Side Yard, Accessory Buildings. The side yard of any accessory building that exceed one thousand square feet shall be the same as that required for the main building. Any accessory building less than one thousand square feet shall have a minimum of five feet side yard and rear yard.

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

The maximum building height shall be:

1. Thirty-five feet for residential structures;

2. Fifty feet for agricultural buildings or structures. Twenty feet at the ridge for accessory building with five feet side yard or rear yard;

3. Exception. Water tanks, silos, granaries, barns, pole buildings, electronic towers, antennas and similar structures of necessary mechanical appurtenances may exceed fifty feet in height; provided they do not exceed the airport height restrictions. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

The distance between any accessory building and a dwelling unit shall conform to Uniform Building and Fire Codes. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Fences, walls and hedges not exceeding six feet in height shall be permitted, except that in a required front yard, or side yard on a corner lot, a fence, wall or hedge shall not exceed three feet in height. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)