Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.79 Livestock Operations

Notwithstanding any other provision of the County Code new construction for a livestock operation shall meet the following minimum setbacks from all county road and/or state highway rights-of-way:

1. Milk barns: 45 feet from edge of right-of-way.

2. Holding pens, housing barns, manure ponds and animal confinement areas: one hundred feet from edge of right-of-way.

3. Confined animal and manure handling facilities for livestock operations shall be located at least five hundred feet from any residential zoning district and five hundred feet from any school or high occupancy structures on neighboring parcels in any zoning district.

4. The use, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials shall meet all county, state, and federal regulations.

5. An encroachment permit shall be required from the Glenn County Public Works Department prior to any work in a county road right-of-way. An encroachment permit shall be required from Caltrans prior to any work in a state highway right-of-way.

6. The construction and operation of a livestock operation shall conform to all applicable state and county codes including but not limited to the following: 7. A building permit shall be secured from the Glenn County Building Department prior to any construction at the site.

7. The Glenn County Health Department shall approve the location and design of all wells and on-site sewage disposal systems.

8. A land leveling permit shall be applied for and received from the Glenn County Public Works Department prior to the grading of any land, where the grading exceeds five (5) acres in size and will result in cuts or fills of greater than two (2) feet, a redirection of runoff from the site onto a county road or a change in the entrance or exit of runoff from the parcel. A grading and drainage plan shall accompany all land leveling permit applications and any inquiries as to the applicability of this section to the proposed project.

9. All trash, discarded materials, animal remains shall be screened from adjacent properties and county and/or state rights-of-way and shall be disposed of according to the applicable codes.

10. Disposal of manure shall meet State of California Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Standards. Verification of submission of an application for a waste discharge permit is required; final State approval of plans will be a condition for issuance of a building permit.

11. Best management practices shall be applied to the animal confinement, manure ponds, holding and animal housing pens to prevent a nuisance caused by fly and/or mosquito breeding, dust and/or odors.

12. Farm labor quarters consisting of one mobile home or residence meeting the requirements of Section 15.590 of the Glenn County code shall be permitted upon first securing an administrative permit.

13. Farm labor camps (consisting of mobile homes and/or conventional homes) shall be permitted upon first securing a conditional use permit in the “FA” (Foothill Agriculture). “AP” (Agricultural Preserve), and “AE” (Exclusive Agricultural) zoning districts. Mobile home parks and farm labor camps consisting of mobile homes shall also meet requirements of the State Department of Housing and Community Development Division of Codes and Standards.

14. A conditional use permit shall be required for dairies that exceed one (1) cow per 20,000 square feet of area in the “RE” (Rural Residential Estate) zoning district. Dairies in the “RE” district exceeding 30 cows shall be required to obtain a conditional use permit.

15. Reactivation of existing livestock operation or dairy facilities shall be permitted in accordance with these performance standards.

16. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for a new livestock operation or dairy, the applicant shall enter into an agreement with the County of Glenn to improve the existing county maintained road from the main entrance of the livestock operation or dairy to the nearest county road having a paved surface at least 24 feet wide, in accordance with Standard Drawing No. RS 6, except that a double chip seal shall be allowed instead of asphalt concrete. The maximum length of roadway improved as a result of this paragraph shall not exceed one (1) mile. The cost of any improvements required as a result of this paragraph shall be borne equally by both the dairy and the County. The Public Works Director may grant a waiver to the requirements of this paragraph upon receiving a written request from the applicant.

17. Livestock operations or dairies shall conform to all applicable County, State and Federal codes and requirements including but not limited to Chapter 20.08 of the Glenn County Code, Water Well Drilling Permits and Standards, and the State of California Central Valley Regional Water Quality control Board. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)