Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 20.632 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 uses listed above, as specified in Chapter 20.704 (Accessory Use Regulations).

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Premises devoted to horticultural and floricultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs, and trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes grown on site, including in green houses.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(A) Land devoted to the hatching, raising, butchering or marketing, on a small scale, of chickens, turkeys or other fowl, poultry and eggs, rabbits, fish, frogs, mink, chinchilla, or other small farm animals or 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 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). For smaller parcels (under twenty thousand (20,000) square feet) located in R+, MU, and C districts, up to four (4) hens (no roosters) may be kept. 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, hogs 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 animals 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) square feet: two (2) large animals or 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, except that no roosters shall be allowed.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Packing or processing of agricultural crops grown on the premises, which involves picking, cutting, sorting, and boxing or crating, but does not include rendering, tanning, or reduction of meat.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4395, § 2, adopted November 17, 2017 repealed § 20.632.025 in its entirety. Former § 20.632.025 pertained to "Forest Production," and was derived from Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.