Chapter 17.30 — AGRICULTURE AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONES

§ 17.30.010. Purpose. ¶

The purpose of this chapter is to establish agricultural and rural zones that provide appropriate locations for agricultural, rural mountainous, rural residential uses. These zones are consistent with and implement the City's General Plan land use designations, as shown in Table 17.25.020-1. (Ord. 247, 1/15/2025)

§ 17.30.020. Allowed uses and approval requirements. ¶

A. Allowed Uses Table. Table 17.30.020-1 identifies allowed uses and corresponding approval requirements for the agricultural and rural zones subject to compliance with all other provisions of this Title. Descriptions/definitions of many of the land uses can be found in Article VI, (Definitions), of this Title.
B. Approval Requirements.
1. Where indicated with a letter "P" the use shall be a permitted use by right, and subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of this Title.
2. Where indicated with a letter "C" the use shall be conditionally permitted subject to the approval of a conditional use permit, described in Chapter 17.80 (Conditional Use Permits).
3. Where indicated with a "—," the use is prohibited within the zone.
4. The Additional Requirements column in the table identifies additional use regulations for specific uses and/or the specific chapter or section where additional regulations for that use type are located within this Title, where applicable. Uses for which additional requirements are listed shall be allowed only upon satisfaction of the specified additional requirements. Under no circumstances shall authorize a use without satisfaction of such specified additional requirements.
C. Unlisted Uses. The allowed use tables of this Title may not include all possible uses. When a specific use is not listed and it is unclear whether the use is permitted by right, permitted conditionally, or prohibited, the Community Development Director or designee appointed by the City Manager may make a determination, consistent with Chapter 17.100 (Similar Use Determination), that new uses not listed here that have substantially similar characteristics to specific listed permitted uses may be considered permitted as the similar use by right, or conditionally as appropriate.
D. Uses on Vacant Lots. A Minor or Major Development Review is required for approval when a permitted or conditionally permitted use is proposed for a vacant lot. A Minor or Major Development Review is not required for approval when a permitted or conditionally permitted use is proposed for an existing building.

Table 17.30.020-1: Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval Requirements
Allowed Use	R-A	R-M	R-R	Additional Requirements
Agriculture Uses
Animal keeping, non-commercial	P	P	P	Section17.225.030
Animal keeping, commercial	P	P	P	Section17.225.040
Animal grazing	P	P	P	Section17.225.070
Apiary (non-commercial)	P	P	P
Commercial breeding operations	C	C	C
Dairy farms	C	C	C
Farm stand, permanent as part of the main use	P	P	P
Farm stand, temporary	P	P	P
Feed and grain sales	P	P	P
Field crops, propagation, and cultural purposes	P	P	P
Mink farms	C	C	C
Livestock auction and saleyards	C	C	C
Menageries	C	C	C
Nurseries	P	P	P
Orchards	P	P	P
Outside storage of materials in conjunction with a farm	P	—	—
Packaged dry fertilizer storage, not including processing	C	C	C
Pen fed cattle operations	C	C	C
Residential Uses
Accessory buildings	P	P	P
Accessory dwelling unit	P	P	P	Chapter17.195
Agricultural/Farmworker housing	P	P	P
Dwelling, single-family	P	P	P
Family daycare, large	P	P	P
Family daycare, small	P	P	P
Mobilehome park	C	C	C

Table 17.30.020-1: Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval Requirements
Allowed Use	R-A	R-M	R-R	Additional Requirements
Planned residential development	C	C	C
Residential care facilities	P	P	P
Supportive housing	P	P	P
Transitional housing	P	P	P
Recreation and Community
Animal hospitals, large and small	C	C	C
Fishing lakes, commercial and noncommercial	P	P	P
Fraternal lodges	P	P	P
Hunting clubs	—	C	—
Nursery schools for preschool day care and childcare	C	C	C
Picnic and campgrounds	—	P	P
Public parks and playgrounds	P	C	C
Recreational vehicle parks		C	C
Religious institution	P	P	P
Schools, private	P	P	P
Sports and recreational facilities (including tennis, polo clubs, archery ranges, athletic felds, golf driving ranges, miniature golf, skating rinks and commercial swimming pools	—	C	C
Business Operations and Services Uses
Antique stores	—	C	C
Arts, crafts and curio stores	—	P	P
Bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises	—	P	P
Barber shops and beauty shops	—	P	P
Bed and breakfast lodging			C	Chapter 17.260
Cemetery, pet or human	—	C	C
Commercial fairgrounds	—	C	C
Commercial stables and riding academies	C	C	C
Community center	—	—	C	Chapter 17.260
Commercial event center	—	—	C	Chapter 17.260
Rural events center	—	—	C	Chapter 17.260
Equipment rental services	—	C	C
Events & Uses, Temporary	P	P	P	Chapter17.105
Feed and grain sales	—	C	C
Food, meat, poultry and produce markets	—	C	C
Fruit and vegetable packing plants and similar uses	—	C	C
Garden supply stores	—	P	P

Table 17.30.020-1: Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Allowed Uses and Approval Requirements
Allowed Use	R-A	R-M	R-R	Additional Requirements
Golf courses (public or private), including clubhouses; Driving ranges (as part of golf course or separate)	C	C	C
Guest ranches	—	P	P
Hardware stores	—	C	C
Home based business	P	P	P	Chapter17.110
Lumber production of a commercial nature, including commercial logging or commercial development of timber and lumber mills	—	C	C
Nonproft clubs and social lodge halls	C	C	C
Outdoor flm studios	—	C	C
Pet shops and pet supply shops	—	P	P
Racetracks, horses only	—	C	C
Radio broadcasting stations	—	P	P
Real Estate Offces, temporary with associated subdivision tract	P	P	P
Refreshment stand, permanent	C	C	C
Restaurants and other eating establishments		C	C
Retail pharmacies		C	C
Rife, pistol, skeet, or trapshooting ranges		C	C
Rodeo arenas		C	C
RV and boat storage (excludes mini storage)	C	C	C
Television broadcasting stations, antennas, and cable installations, and microwave relay stations.	—	C	C
Trail bike parks	C	C	C
Water works facilities, for production and distribution of water for irrigation purposes	—	C	C
Winery, with on-site vineyard	P	P	P

E. Overlay Zones. Allowable uses are subject to any provisions applicable to overlay zones established by Chapter 17.25 .

(Ord. 247, 1/15/2025; Ord. 253, 9/10/2025)

§ 17.30.030. Development standards. ¶

The development standards listed below are the minimum standards for development within the respective zones.

Table 17.30.030-1:	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards
Development Standards	R-A	R-M	R-R
Lot Dimensions (Minimum)

Table 17.30.030-1:	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards	Agricultural and Rural Residential Zones - Development Standards
Development Standards	R-A	R-M	R-R
Lot Size	21,780 sf (1/2 acre)	10 acres	21,780 sf (1/2 acre)
Lot Width	80 ft	100 ft	80 ft
Lot Width - Flag Lot	20 ft	20 ft	—
Lot Depth	100 ft 3	100 ft 3	100 ft
Frontage	100 ft	100 ft	—
Frontage for fag lot	60 ft	60 ft	—
Frontage for a cul-de-sac or knuckle	40 ft	40 ft	—
Setbacks
Front Yard	20 ft	20 ft	20 ft
Side Yard - Corner	10 ft/where the lot is less than 50 feet wide the yard need not exceed 20% of the width of the lot.	10 ft	10 ft (where the lots 70 feet in width or greater; if the width of the lot is less than 70 feet, a minimum of 5 feet is necessary.)
Side Yard - Interior	10%/Not less than 3 feet in width in any event and need not exceed a width of 5 feet.	10%/Not less than 3 feet in width in any event and need not exceed a width of 5 feet.	5 ft (where the lots 70 feet in width or greater; if the width of the lot is less than 70 feet, a minimum of 5 feet is necessary.)
Side Yard - Street	10 ft	10 ft	10 ft
Rear Yard	10 ft	10 ft	20 ft/ (Not less than 10 feet for a detached accessory building on the same lot.)
Height
Primary Building (ft)	40 ft	40 ft	40 ft When any zone classifcation provides that an application for a greater height limit may be made pursuant to Section17.150.020.
			Building shall not exceed 75 feet in height or any other structure exceed 105 feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Chapter 17.70.
Other
Encroachments	No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in Section17.150.040.
Parking		Refer to Chapter17.155.
Maximum Lot Coverage	50%	50%	—
Density	Established by the Wildomar General Plan Land Use Designation.

(Ord. 247, 1/15/2025)