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Title 17 — ZONING

Tehama County Municipal Code Ch. 17.46 Pa Public Agency District

Tehama County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Tehama County

Cite as: Tehama County Municipal Code Chapter 17.46 · Text as of 2026-10-04

17.46.010 - Purpose.

A. The PA, public agency district classification is intended to be applied to properties which are properly used for or are proposed to be used for public or public service purposes or for specified public utility purposes. This district is consistent with and is designed to implement the public facility categories of the county general plan.

B. The specific regulations of this chapter shall apply in all PA districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 35, Art. 1), 1983)

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17.46.020 - Uses permitted.

Uses permitted in a PA district shall be as follows:

A. Public schools, parks and recreation areas, fairgrounds, civic centers and similar sites and uses, public forest and reservoir areas, historical sites and monuments;

B. Public utility facilities for local services, including disposal of solid waste;

C. Sites and uses which the planning commission determines by written findings are similar to the above;

D. Uses and structures which are incidental or accessory to permitted uses.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 35, Art. 2), 1983)

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17.46.030 - Uses requiring use permits.

Uses requiring use permits in a PA district shall be as follows:

A. Public or nonprofit cemeteries and similar uses;

B. Public or nonprofit refuse disposal areas, corporation yards, sewage treatment facilities.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 35, Art. 3), 1983)

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17.46.040 - Permitted public utility uses.

When the letter U is added to the PA symbol to create "public agency-utility districts," the following uses shall be permitted in such districts:

A. Public utility warehouse and storage yards, pole yards, gas holders, substations, electric generating plants and transmission and distribution lines; provided, that the route of any transmission and distribution lines; provided, that the route of any transmission line is discussed in detail with the planning commission prior to acquisition of rights-of-way therefor;

B. Public utility uses which the planning commission determines by written findings to be similar to the foregoing.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 35, Art. 4), 1983)

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