Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 20.336 Coastal Agricultural Use Types

Agricultural use types include the on-site production of plant and animal products by agricultural methods. They also include certain uses accessory to the above specified in Chapter 20.456 (Accessory Use Regulations).

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Processing of animal waste and byproducts, including but not limited to animal manure, animal bedding waste, and similar byproducts of an animal raising agricultural operation, for use as a commercial fertilizer or soil amendment.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

The aquaculture use type refers to aquaculture operations, including but not limited to oyster and mussel culturing, crab holding facilities, including support facilities such as earthen impoundments, steel or concrete holding tanks and raceways, except ocean ranching of anadromous fish. Typical uses include wholesale/retail sales limited to products grown on site.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Refers to the growing, harvesting and production of forest products and forest byproducts including growing, milling and sales of forest products. Removal or harvesting of major vegetation requires a coastal development permit except for timber operations in accordance with a timber harvesting plan submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practices Act of 1973, commencing with Section 4511. The following are forest production and processing use types:

(A) Forest Production and Processing: Limited. The growing, harvesting, air drying or kiln drying, milling, packaging, packing, shipping and selling of forest products, produced on the premises or experimental tree farms and tree nurseries.

(B) Forest Production and Processing: General. The growing, harvesting, air drying or kiln drying, milling, packaging, packing, shipping and selling of forest products regardless of where they are grown and also forestry related research laboratories.

(C) Forest Production and Processing: Commercial Woodlots. Open or closed storage of firewood for wholesale or retail sales, regardless of where the firewood products are produced.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Premises devoted to horticultural and flora-cultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs, and trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes. Typical uses include wholesale/retail nurseries limited to the sale of horticulture and horticulture specialties grown on site and in greenhouses.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

(A) Land devoted to the hatching, raising, butchering or marketing on a small scale of chickens, turkeys or other fowl or poultry and eggs, rabbits, fish, frogs, mink, chinchilla or other small farm animals similar in nature, provided that not more than ten (10) mature animals per forty thousand (40,000) square feet, combined total; of all species, may be kept, fed or maintained. The total number of all species shall not exceed forty (40). The permissible number of animals per acre shall be computed on the basis of the nearest equivalent ratio (i.e., five (5) animals on twenty thousand (20,000) square feet). Coops or pens shall be located only on the rear one third (⅓) of the lot and shall be located no closer than five (5) feet from the side or rear property line.

(B) The grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hop or other farm stock or animals, including the supplementary feeding thereof, provided not more than one (1) such animal per forty thousand (40,000) square feet shall be kept or maintained. The total number of all species shall not exceed four (4). In no event shall there be any limit to the permissible number of sheep or goats which may be grazed per acre when such grazing operation is conducted on fields for the purpose of cleaning up unharvested crops and, further where such grazing operation is not conducted for more than four (4) weeks in any six (6) month period.

(C) For parcels of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or larger, keeping of small and large animals shall be cumulative (i.e., eighty thousand (80,000): two (2) large animals and twenty (20) small animals).

(D) Apiaries, provided that no more than two (2) working hives may be kept on parcels of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or less.

(E) Sale of agricultural products grown, raised, or produced on the premises.

(F) 4-H, FFA or similar projects shall be permitted in all zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Land devoted to the raising of livestock on parcels zoned AG, R, TP, RL or OS which shall include:

(A) Grazing, feeding and incidental care of livestock;

(B) Animal husbandry including, without limitation, the breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry including egg production;

(C) 4-H, FFA or similar projects shall be permitted in all zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Packing or processing of agricultural crops, animals and their byproducts which entails more than picking, cutting, sorting and boxing or crating, but does not include rendering, tanning, or reduction of meat. The following are packing and processing use types:

(A) Packing and Processing: Limited. Packing or processing of crops grown on the premises. Includes mineral water bottling plants.

(B) Packing and Processing: Winery. Crushing of grapes and fermentation, storage, and bottling of wine from grapes grown on or off the premises. Said use type also includes tasting rooms in conjunction with a winery and breweries provided said tasting room occupies less than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor space of the winery/brewery and sales are limited to products produced on site.

(C) Packing and Processing: General. Packing or processing of crops, animals or their byproducts regardless of where they were grown.

(D) Packing and Processing: Fisheries Byproducts. Processing of fisheries byproducts includes, but is not limited to, that portion of the fish catch remaining after the primary processing has been completed. This secondary process may include conversion to commercial fertilizer or other soil amendment products.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Premises devoted to the cultivation for sale of agricultural products grown in regular or scattered patterns such as vines, field, forage and other plant crops intended to provide food or fibers. Typical uses include wholesale/retail sales limited to products grown on site.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Premises devoted to the cultivation of tree-grown agricultural products such as pears, apples, walnuts and Christmas trees but excluding other forestry products.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)