Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 1 Agriculture (a) Zoning District Standards

To preserve lands best suited for agricultural use from the encroachment of incompatible uses, and to preserve in agricultural use land suited to eventual development in other uses, pending proper timing for the economical provision of utilities, major streets and other facilities, so that compact, orderly development will occur.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

a. Agriculture, except those specified in Section 36.24.20.

b. Ranch and farm dwellings appurtenant to a principal agricultural use.

c. Public recreation.

d. Single-family house or dwelling.

e. Employee housing consistent with Government Code Section 17021.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 01.2024, § 19, 1/23/24; Ord. No. 3.2026, § 7, 3/10/26.)

a. Living quarters of persons regularly employed on the premises but not including labor camps and labor dwellings, accommodations or areas for transient labor.

b. Guest houses, not rented or otherwise conducted as a business.

c. Customary incidental home occupations, when conducted in a dwelling, subject to the provisions of Section 36.28.75.

d. Offices incidental and necessary to the conduct of a permitted use.

e. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.

f. Roadside stand not exceeding four hundred (400) square feet in floor area, and not over twenty (20) lineal feet on any side, exclusively for the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.

g. Child-care centers as an accessory use in a church.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

a. Outdoor recreation uses and facilities, including swimming pools, golf courses, and tennis courts.

b. Dairy farms or the raising or keeping of farm animals.

c. Animal feed and sales yards, agricultural processing plants, fertilizer plants and yards.

d. Quarters, accommodations or areas for transient labor, such as labor cabins or camps.

e. Indoor recreation and fitness centers.

f. Cemeteries, crematories, mausoleums and columbariums.

g. Public school, public recreation, religious institutions, cultural institutions, public safety facilities, or public utility facilities, including public utility buildings, structures and uses; but not including corporation, storage or repair yards, warehouses, and similar uses.

h. Poultry farm when any building housing more than four (4) poultry is at least two hundred (200) feet from every lot line.

i. Animal service establishments, as needed to serve the city, which do not impinge on existing or proposed residential uses, in accordance with Section 36.30.35.

j. Riding academies and commercial stables, including horse rentals, horse riding trails, riding rings, horse training tracks, equestrian clubs and boarding, provided that structures housing animals are at least two hundred (200) feet from any property line and a minimum of four (4) acres of land are provided.

k. Child-care centers.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 3.2026, § 8, 3/10/26.)

No structure shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty (30) feet in height.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except where increased for conditional uses:

a. Lot area. The minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre.

b. Lot width. All lots shall have a width of at least one hundred (100) feet.

c. Front yard. There shall be a front yard of at least twenty (20) feet.

d. Side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of twenty (20) feet.

e. Rear yard. There shall be a minimum rear yard of twenty (20) feet.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

Any building or enclosure in which animals or fowl are kept except as a permitted accessory use are contained, shall be distant at least one hundred (100) feet from any adjacent lot in any R or C district, or from any school or institution for human care.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)