Shafter Zoning Code § 7.40 Agricultural Design

Lot Area Requirements
- a. Except when conducted as an accessory to a residential use of a nonfarm parcel, agricultural uses shall require a minimum area of 20 acres, and no farm parcel shall be subdivided from a parent tract unless it shall meet the minimum area requirement for agricultural uses.
- b. Farm-parcels under Williamson Act Contract and designated as Agricultural on the Shafter General Plan shall be a minimum of eighty (80) acres in size.
- c. Parcels that are conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, community or mutual water company, or public utility for public purposes shall be exempt from the minimum lot area requirements of this Chapter.
- d. Minimum lot area requirements for uses established as an accessory use to a primary agricultural use in compliance with conditions of approval of a conditional use permit shall be exempt from minimum lot area requirements.
Site Development Minimum Standards
- a. In addition to the minimum standards established in Table 7.B. of this Chapter, development within the Agricultural zone district shall also comply with the special requirements contained in this Chapter, Chapter 12 (Performance Standards), other applicable City standards, regulations, or ordinances., and the City General Plan.

Table 7.B Agricultural Site Development Minimum Standards

REQUIREMENT	Parcel Size
1. Minimum site area	20 acres
2. Minimum site width, in feet	100
3. Minimum site depth, in feet	200
4. Front buildingsetback, in feet	50
5. Side street buildingsetback area, street sides, in feet	50

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REQUIREMENT	Parcel Size
6. Rearyard setback, in feet	50
7. Maximum Floor Area Ratio	0.10
8. Maximum Buildingheight, in feet	45

1 Structures such as silos, windmills, and communication antennas and towers may exceed height limit subject to approval by the Project Assistance Team.

2 The maximum building height required for the Agricultural District in Figure 7.A is 150 feet.

b. No new slaughter area, area for the storage or processing of manure, garbage, or spent mushroom compost, structures for the cultivation of mushrooms, or the raising of livestock shall be permitted within two hundred (200) feet of any existing residence located on an adjacent property.
c. There shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet between a residential building and a nonresidential structure, except that animals, pens, coops, stables, barns, corrals, other structures for housing livestock and buildings for processing, packing, or storing agricultural produce shall be at least one hundred (100) feet away from any residential building.
d. There shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet between an on-site residential building and an aviary

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7.50 TEMPORARY FRUIT STANDS

Temporary fruit stands for the sale of agricultural, horticultural, or farming products permitted pursuant to this Title shall comply with the following standards:
- a. The floor area of the fruit stand shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet.
- b. The fruit stand shall not be located closer than fifty-five (55) feet from the centerline of any public road, street, or highway right-of-way.
The stand shall be erected in such a manner that it can be readily removed by means of skids or other device.
- a. The owner shall remove the stand at his/her own expense when the stand is not in use for a period of thirty (30) days.
- b. Customer parking areas shall be treated with a dust binder in a manner to continuously prevent fugitive dust.