Siskiyou County Municipal Code Art. 50 Prime Agricultural District (AG-1)

The regulations set forth in this article shall apply in the Prime Agricultural District. The AG-1 District classification is intended to be applied to land areas which are used or are suitable for use for intensive agricultural production. Such areas are designated as "Prime" on the County General Plan.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986, as amended by § I, Ord. 94-07, eff. April 14, 1994)

The following uses shall be permitted in the AG1 District:

(a) Single-family dwellings or mobile homes in lieu thereof, incidental and necessary for caretaker or agricultural pursuits;

(b) Accessory uses incidental to agriculture;

(c) Agricultural uses, including, but not limited to tree, vine, row, field crops, growing and harvesting of trees, livestock farming, and animal husbandry, but not including dairies, commercial feed lots, or commercial poultry or hog raising operations;

(d) Farm labor housing;

(e) Wholesale nurseries with retail sales incidental thereto, greenhouses, fish farms, frog farms, and roadside stands for seasonal sales of agricultural products from the premises; and

(f) One second dwelling unit per legal lot subject to the limitations as set forth in the General Provisions section of this code.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986, § I, Ord. 92-17, eff. June 9, 1992, and § I, Ord. 94-07, eff. April 14, 1994)

(Ord. No. 10-15, § V, 12-7-2010)

Subject to obtaining a use permit, the following uses shall be permitted in the AG-1 District:

(a) Private airports and landing fells;

(b) Dairies, commercial poultry operations, feed lots, and hog farms;

(c) Public utility buildings;

(d) Home occupations;

(e) In addition to the uses listed above, the uses listed in Article 15, General Provisions, may also be permitted, subject to the issuance of a use permit; and

(f) Continued operation of the Yreka Landfill, and any expansion or modification of municipal solid waster activities at the Yreka Landfill.

(§ I, Ord. 86-2, eff. February 27, 1986, as amended by § I, Ord. 94-07, eff. April 14, 1994, and § I, Ord. 04-07, eff. June 1, 2004)