2.4. AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS — Sacramento County Zoning Code

2.4.1. General Purpose ¶

The Agricultural Zoning Districts are established to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare. Each of the agricultural zoning districts is distinguished by minimum lot size and is adopted for the following purposes:

To eliminate the encroachment of land uses incompatible with the long term agricultural use of land.

To preserve the maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land in order to conserve the County’s economic resources that are vital for a healthy agricultural economy within the County.
To discourage the premature and unnecessary conversion of agricultural land to urban uses and resulting increase in the costs of providing community services.
To assure the preservation and sustainability of agricultural lands that have a definite value as open space and for the production of agricultural products, so as to preserve an important

physical, social, aesthetic, and economic asset of the residents of the County.

To encourage the retention of sufficiently large agricultural lots to assure maintenance of viable agricultural units.

These purposes shall be liberally construed insofar as they apply to agricultural pursuits and services to the end that conflicting uses shall not be permitted.

2.4.2. Table of Agricultural Zoning Districts ¶

TABLE 2.2 TABLE OF AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS

Name of	Abbreviation	Zoning District Summary	Purpose
Zoning
District
Agricultural	AG-160	160 acres; permits one single-family	Promote the long-term
160		residence per parcel, all agricultural	agricultural use and
		uses, accessory dwellings for	discourage the premature and
		agricultural employees; most	unnecessary conversion of
		institutional uses allowed with a Use	agricultural land to urban uses.
		Permit
Agricultural	AG-80	80 acres; same Permitted uses as	Same as AG-160
80		AG-160
Agricultural	AG-40	40 acres; same permitted uses as	Same as AG-160
40		AG-160
Agricultural	AG-20	20 acres; size in this district is	Same as AG-160
20		based on anticipated agricultural
		use of this land and is highly
		dependent upon soils
Urban	UR	20 acres; agricultural zoning	Reserved for urban
Reserve		district, permits single-family uses	development at some future
			date

Name of Abbreviation Zoning District Summary Purpose Zoning District Interim IR 20 acres; agricultural zoning Reserved for future industrial Agricultural district; permits single-family uses use at some future date Reserve