§ 17.06.060. Site development standards.

The following site development standards apply in the EA district:

A.

Minimum Acreage.

1.

The minimum acreages set forth in Table 17.06.060 apply to land divisions, except as provided in subparagraph 2 of this subsection.

2.

The creation of building sites containing less than the minimum acreage indicated in subparagraph 1 of this subsection, but not larger than five acres, may be permitted for full-time agricultural property that meets the minimum parcel sizes identified in Table AG-7 of the general plan, subject to the following criteria:

a.

It is demonstrated that the division will not infringe upon the viability of the agricultural operation; and

b.

One of the following conditions exists:

i.

The lot is to be created by the conveyance of a security instrument to finance a one-family residence or mobile home, or for improvements to the agricultural operation on the remaining acreage; that said lot, together with the remaining acreage, shall not be separately conveyed or divided without meeting the minimum-acreage requirement specified in subparagraph 1 of this subsection, except for the aforesaid purpose, unless such division occurs by judicial foreclosures, trustee's sales, or other legal proceedings which discharge the lien of the security instrument, or

ii.

The lots to be created for the one-family residences are intended as a conveyance or device exclusively for the parents, children or grandchildren related to the owner by adoption, blood or marriage; and there is only one lot per related person or related couple, if married.

The maximum number of lots that can be created in conjunction with a full-time agricultural operation that conforms to the minimum parcel size as identified in Table 17.06.060 is as follows:

(A)

Lands used for field crops, orchards or nursery stock: one family-member parcel in addition to the main ranch/farm parcel;

(B)

Lands used for irrigated pasture: two family-member parcels in addition to the main ranch/farm parcel;

(C)

Lands used for grazing: four family-member parcels in addition to the main ranch/farm parcel.

B.

Yards. The following yard requirements apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.84.020:

1.

Front, thirty feet;

2.

Side, thirty feet;

3.

Rear, thirty feet.

C.

Maximum Structural Height. Maximum permitted structural height is forty-five feet, except as provided in Section 17.84.030.

D.

Parking. Parking requirements are as specified in Chapter 17.86.

(Ord. 98-7 § 3 (part), 1998; prior code § 5.02.020 (F))

Table 17.06.060
MINIMUM ACREAGES FOR LAND DIVISIONS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Agricultural Area	Current Primary Use	Designation on General Plan	Minimum Acreage* Required
Valleys
Sacramento River	Field crops Orchard crops Nursery stock Irrigated pasture Grazing	A-C A-C A-C A-C A-G	40 40 40 120 760
Fall & Pit Rivers	Field crops Nursery stock Irrigated pasture Grazing	A-C A-C A-C A-G	40 40 120 760
Foothills
Eastern Upland	Grazing Irrigated pasture	A-G A-C	760 160
Western Upland	Grazing Irrigated pasture	A-G A-C	760 160
Mountain Meadows
Goose Valley Burney Creek Valley Cayton Valley Hat Creek Valley	Irrigated pasture   Irrigated pasture Irrigated pasture Irrigated pasture	A-C   A-C A-C A-C	160   160 160 160

 

* In cases involving irregular sections the minimum acreage may vary up to five percent, but not more than needed to adjust for the irregularity.