Solano County Zoning Code § 28.78 Communications Infrastructure and Service Uses

A. General Requirements

Communication facilities may be permitted in any district; provided, that the provisions of Section 28-99 shall prevail when such facilities are within airport flight obstruction areas and a use permit is first secured in each case.

B. Specific Requirements

The specific recreational uses listed below shall comply with the general requirements above and the following specific standards.

1. Wireless Communication Facilities.

See Section 28.81

A. General Requirements

Infrastructure uses, as permitted in the applicable zoning district, must meet the applicable development standards delineated in the zoning district and comply with the following general requirements:

1. Access. Shall provide adequate truck loading area as required by the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission, together with ingress and egress designed to avoid traffic hazard and congestion; All connections to County roads shall meet the encroachment permit requirements of the Director of Resource Management, which generally include, but shall not be limited to, paving of the connection within the County road right-of-way.

2. Roads. Shall be located on a public road or a private road in accordance with the general development standards set forth in Section 28.70.10.

3. Setbacks. Minimum setback from an adjacent street shall be the same as required for the main building.

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B. Specific Requirements

The specific infrastructure uses listed below shall comply with the general requirements in subsection (A) of this section and the following specific standards:

1. Airports

Airports and heliports shall provide a distance of at least two hundred feet from each end of each runway; shall be located no closer than one thousand feet from any dwelling, barn, stable; shall be located so that air or surface traffic shall not constitute a nuisance or danger to neighboring farms, and shall show that adequate controls or measures will be taken to prevent offensive dust, noise, vibrations or bright lights.

2. Commercial Wind-turbine Generators

See Section 28-80

3. Waste Disposal, Processing, or Composting.

Disposal, processing, or composting of waste shall show that adequate controls or measures will be taken to prevent offensive smoke, odors, and fumes; and shall be located so that truck traffic noise and vibration shall not be offensive to neighboring dwellings.

4. Injection wells

Injection wells may be allowed in the exclusive agricultural district for a limited period and subject to the permit standards set forth in Chapter 13.6 of this Code, provided a use permit is first secured in such case.

5. Reserved

6. Meteorological Towers

Meteorological towers may be allowed for a limited period of time. Towers less than 200 feet in height and not subject to review by the FAA, shall be marked and lighted for safety in the same manner as would be required by the FAA.

7. Oil and Gas Well

Oil or gas well drilling shall be allowed in A, A-SM, M-G, I-WD and R-R Districts upon issuance of an administrative permit for oil or gas well drilling by the Zoning Administrator; provided, the Zoning Administrator finds the conditions of this section have been or will be met. A permit shall be issued upon submission of an application and payment of such fees as may be set by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Section 11-111. The Zoning Administrator may require the submission of such information as deemed necessary to make this determination, and may require the posting of security satisfactory to the Zoning Administrator to guarantee performance of any conditions.

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• a. Security satisfactory to the Director of Resource Management has been or will be posted as security for payment of repairs to County roads and highways damaged by well-drilling activities, including transportation of equipment to and from the site.

• b. Drilling operations will conform to the regulations of the California Division of Oil and Gas designed to prevent damage to natural resources.

• c. The drilling operation will be confined to as small an area as practical and will not cause irreversible damage to unique vegetation or fish and wildlife habitats.

• d. After drilling is complete, all drilling muds, tail wastes, wastewater and other fluids will be removed from the site and disposed of in a manner that does not adversely affect other areas.

• e. Measures will be taken to prevent any significant pollution of ground water, surface water or watercourses.

• f. Derricks will be removed when wells are brought into production.

• g. If wells are abandoned, they shall be sealed in accordance with Division of Oil and Gas regulations, and the drilling or production facilities will be removed.

• h. Necessary measures will be taken to prevent dust, noise, light, glare, odor, and other objectionable elements from adversely affecting the surrounding area beyond acceptable limits.

8. Pipeline, transmission line, or distribution line, inside of R.O.W.

Public utility, electric, gas, water, oil, and telephone transmission and distribution lines shall be permitted in any district without the necessity of first obtaining a use permit; provided, that maps showing proposed routes of such heights and right-of-way widths, shall be submitted to the Planning Commission, and routes mutually acceptable to the Planning Commission and utility agencies concerned shall be determined in writing prior to acquisition of any rights-of-way. Each transmission line route proposal submitted in accordance herewith shall be accompanied by a fee or fees as may be set by the Board of Supervisors by resolution pursuant to Section 11-111 of this Code. No part of such fee shall be refundable.

9. Utility Facilities or Infrastructure, outside of R.O.W.

All utility accessory uses and structures for transmission or distribution of electricity, gas, water, oil, gasoline, telephone, television or other utility services may be permitted in any district. Utility accessory uses and structures include, but are not limited to, compression, drying, regeneration stations, substations, or pumping stations. Battery energy storage systems are not regulated as utility facilities or infrastructure for purposes of this chapter.

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10. Wind-turbines, non-commercial

See Section 28.80

11. Commercial Solar Energy Facility

A commercial solar energy facility shall provide financial assurance there will be adequate funds available at the time of expiration or revocation of the use permit to remove all facility-related improvements from the site and to restore the site to its preconstruction condition. Such assurance shall be provided prior to issuance of any grading or building permit for the facility, and may be in the form of a bond, letter of credit, or other form acceptable to the Director or specified in the conditions of the use permit.

(Ord. No. 1732, §7; Ord. No. 1764, §15; Ord. No. 1840, §§30, 31; Ord. No. 1861, §4; Ord. No. 1864, §14)

A. General Requirements

Public service uses, as permitted in the applicable zoning district, must meet the applicable development standards delineated in the zoning district and comply with the following general requirements:

1. Access. Shall provide adequate truck loading area as required by the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission, together with ingress and egress designed to avoid traffic hazard and congestion; All connections to County roads shall meet the encroachment permit requirements of the Director of Resource Management, which generally include, but shall not be limited to, paving of the connection within the County road right-of-way.

2. Roads. Shall be located on a public road or a private road in accordance with the general development standards set forth in Section 28.70.10.

3. Setbacks. Minimum setback from an adjacent street shall be the same as required for the main building.

B. Specific Requirements

The specific public service uses listed below shall comply with the general requirements (28.78.30.A.1-10) above and the following specific standards:

1. Cemeteries

Cemeteries, crematories, mausoleums, columbariums and mortuaries shall provide ingress and egress so designed as to avoid traffic congestion and shall maintain a minimum twentyfoot landscaped strip on all property lines abutting residential property and residential streets.

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2. Community Care facilities

Community care facilities shall comply with the following standards:

• a. Community care facilities shall not be located on any ownership within four hundred feet of any other ownership containing a community care facility, or for which a use permit for a community care facility has been issued.

• b. The number of persons under care living in such facilities shall not exceed three percent of the total unincorporated population within the census tract where the facility is located.

• c. Shall obtain required State authorization, certification or licensing by the appropriate agency within six months of issuance of a use permit. If not obtained within six months, the use permit becomes null and void.

3. Hospitals and Sanitariums.

Hospitals and sanitariums in an A or R-R District shall provide parking as required by the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission and shall maintain a minimum forty-foot landscaped strip on all property lines abutting residential property.

4. Public Service Facility

A public service facility shall comply with the following standards and conditions:

• a. Landscaping. Public service facilities shall maintain a minimum ten-foot landscaped strip on all property lines abutting residential property.

(Ord. No. 1861, §4)

The temporary use of land for on-site (private projects) and off-site (public infrastructure projects) construction offices, storage, stockpiling and construction yards and concrete/asphaltic mixing plants may be permitted while construction is being actively conducted pursuant to a valid building permit shall comply with the standards delineated in the applicable zoning district, as well as the standards below.

A. General Requirements

Temporary public construction and infrastructure uses, as permitted in the applicable zoning district, must meet the applicable development standards delineated in the zoning district and comply with the following general requirements:

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1. Access. Shall provide adequate truck loading area as required by the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission, together with ingress and egress designed to avoid traffic hazard and congestion; All connections to County roads shall meet the encroachment permit requirements of the Director of Resource Management, which generally include, but shall not be limited to, paving of the connection within the County road right-of-way.

2. No Removal of Agricultural Uses. Facilities, temporary commercial coaches, construction yards for the storage of materials and/or construction vehicles shall not result in the removal of productive agricultural uses of the land.

3. Roads. Shall be located on a public road or a private road in accordance with the general development standards set forth in Section 28.70.10.

4. Setbacks. Minimum setback from an adjacent street shall be the same as required for the main building.

5. Time Limits. Temporary construction and infrastructure uses may be permitted for up to 24 months.

B. Specific Requirements

The specific temporary public construction and infrastructure uses listed below shall comply with the general requirements (28.78.40.A.1-12) above and the following specific standards:

1. Temporary Commercial Coach

A temporary commercial coach may be utilized on any construction site as an office. The commercial coach may not be used as a residence and shall meet all building setbacks applicable to permanent development on the parcel.

2. Temporary Concrete/Asphaltic concrete mixing plants and construction storage yards

Concrete and asphaltic concrete mixing plants and construction storage yards incidental to construction or public works projects may be allowed in any P District for a limited time, provided, a use permit is first secured in each case.

Concrete and asphaltic concrete mixing plants and construction storage yards, incidental to construction or public works projects, shall show that adequate controls or measures will be taken to prevent offensive noise, odor, dust, fumes, smoke or vibration; shall be so located that generated traffic will not constitute a hazard or nuisance to surrounding property.

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3. Temporary Construction Office, Storage and Construction Yards, Stockpiling of dirt, gravel, asphalt for offsite construction

A temporary commercial coach may be utilized on any construction site as an office or storage area while construction is being actively conducted pursuant to a valid building permit for up to 18 months without the granting of a use permit. The commercial coach may not be used as a residence and shall meet all building setbacks applicable to permanent development on the parcel.

(Ord. No. 1861, §4)