Chapter 2 — INTERIM AGRICULTURAL HOLDING — Sacramento County Zoning Code

ZONES

GENERAL PURPOSES

402-01. PURPOSE.

The Board of Supervisors has determined there is a need to establish and maintain zoning classifications to be applied to rural areas of the County which are now devoted to agricultural use but may undergo a transition to urban development in the future. The Board of Supervisors in creating these zones intends to establish long term holding zones which:

a. Are appropriate in the Agricultural-Urban Reserve, Agricultural Recreation Reserve, Recreational, and Industrial land use categories shown on the Sacramento County General Plan.
b. Provide for agricultural uses during the planning period of the General Plan and protect these uses from the encroachment of urban development and related uses which are incompatible with the agricultural use of the land.
c. Provide reserve areas for future urban, recreational or industrial uses and protect these areas from the encroachment of uses which are incompatible with the ultimate planned uses indicated

on the Sacramento County General Plan.

402-02. CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISIONS.

The provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed insofar as they apply to agricultural pursuits and services to the end that conflicting uses shall not be permitted.

402-03. ACCESSORY USES.

Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Article shall not be construed to interfere with the incidental accessory uses conducted in conjunction with agricultural pursuits.

A-80 AGRICULTURAL HOLDING ZONE

402-10. PROHIBITION.

No building, structure, vehicle, sign or area in the A-80 zone shall be used, nor shall any building, structure, sign, or vehicle be erected, altered, moved, enlarged or stored in the A-80 zone except as hereinafter specifically provided in this Article and subject to all the regulation and conditions enumerated in this Article, and except as otherwise provided in this Division; nor shall any area be used in any manner so as to create problems inimical to the public health, safety, or general welfare or so as to have a detrimental effect on the use or value of property in the vicinity or within the County of Sacramento as a whole. Offsite signs are prohibited.

402-11. PERMITTED USES.

Those uses permitted in the A-80 zone shall be those uses specified in the AG-80 land use zone in Table 3.1: Table of Allowed Uses, section 3.2.5; and also those regulations governing such uses as specified in Chapter 3, ‘Use Regulations’, and Chapter 5, ‘Development Standards’, of this Code.

402-12. AREA.

a. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum net land area of eighty (80) acres.
b. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum of five (5) acres per accessory dwelling unit located thereon.

402-13. LOT WIDTH.

Each lot or parcel shall have a minimum width of one thousand (1,000) feet.

402-14. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

No building, structure or use, nor the enlargement of any building, structure or use shall hereafter be erected, enlarged, or developed unless the standards contained in Chapter 5, ‘Development Standards’ of this Code are met.

A-20 AGRICULTURAL HOLDING ZONES

402-20. PROHIBITION.

No building, structure, vehicle, sign or area in the A-20 zone shall be used, nor shall any building, structure, sign or vehicle be erected, altered, moved, enlarged, or stored in the A-20 zone except as hereinafter specifically provided in this Article and subject to all the regulations and conditions enumerated in this Article, and except as otherwise provided in this Division; nor shall any area be used in any manner so as to create problems inimical to the public health, safety, or general welfare or so as to have a detrimental effect on the use or value of property in the vicinity or within the County of Sacramento as a whole. Off-site signs are prohibited.

402-21. PERMITTED USES.

Those uses permitted in the A-20 zone shall be those uses specified in the AG-20 land use zone in Table 3.1: Table of Allowed Uses, section 3.2.5; and also those regulations governing such uses as specified in Chapter 3, ‘Use Regulations’, and Chapter 5, ‘Development Standards’, of this Code.

402-22. AREA.

a. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum net land area of twenty (20) acres.
b. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum of five (5) acres per accessory dwelling unit located thereon.

402-23. LOT WIDTH.

Each lot or parcel shall have a minimum width of five hundred (500) feet.

402-24. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

A-10 AGRICULTURAL HOLDING ZONE

402-30. PROHIBITION.

No building, structure, vehicle, sign or area in the A-10 zone shall be used, nor shall any building, structure, sign or vehicle be erected, altered, moved, enlarged, or stored in the A-10 zone except as hereinafter specifically provided in this Article and subject to all the regulations and conditions enumerated in this Article, and except as otherwise provided in this Division; nor shall any area be used in any manner so as to create problems inimical to the public health, safety, or general welfare or so as to have a detrimental effect on the use or value of property in the vicinity or within the County of Sacramento as a whole. Off-site signs are prohibited.

402-31. PERMITTED USES.

Those uses permitted in the A-10 zone shall be those uses specified in the AR-10 land use zone in Table 3.1: Table of Allowed Uses, section 3.2.5; and also those regulations governing such uses as specified in Chapter 3, ‘Use Regulations’, and Chapter 5, ‘Development Standards’, of this Code.

402-32. AREA.

a. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum net land area of ten (10) acres.
b. Each lot or parcel shall contain a minimum of five (5) acres per accessory dwelling unit located thereon.

402-33. PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE.

Each lot shall have a public street frontage of not less than three hundred (300) feet except public street frontage shall not be required if there is on file with the County an irrevocable offer to dedicate the right-of-way to a width satisfactory to the County to provide access from the lot to a public street. The County will not be required to maintain said right-of-way until improvements are installed to County standards.

402-34. LOT WIDTH.

Each lot or parcel shall have a minimum width of three hundred (300) feet