Chapter 17 ZONING* Articles: Part 1. General Provisions 17.02 Introductory Provisions 17.04 Definitions 17.06 Zoning Districts Established Part 2. Zone Districts and Allowable Uses of Land Division I. Agricultural, Resource and Open Space Districts 17.08 Agriculture Exclusive (AE) District 17.10 Farm (F) District 17.12 Forestry (FOR) District 17.14 Open Space (O) District 17.16 Timberland Production (TPZ) District 17.18 Water Influence (W) District Division II. Commercial Districts 17.20 Commercial Planned Development (CPD) District 17.22 General Commercial (C2) District 17.24 Heavy Commercial (C3) District 17.26DRAFT Highway Services (HAS) District 17.27 Mixed Use Community (MU) District 17.30 Neighborhood Commercial (C1) District 17.32 Office and Professional (OP) District 17.34 Resort (RES) District Division III. Industrial Districts 17.36 Airport (AP) District 17.38 Business Park (BP) District 17.40 Industrial (IN) District 17.42 Industrial Park (INP) District 597 17.04.030 similar buildings and structures, but not commercial See Section 17.56.340 for development and opera- greenhouses (which are under “Plant nurseries”) or tional standards. buildings for agricultural processing activities (which “Agricultural (farm) employee” means a person who are under “Agricultural processing”). Also includes, but works full or part-time (twenty-four (24) hours or more is not limited to, wind-powered and solar machines used per week) in the service of a bona fide commercial agri- for direct climate control, and water pumping or other cultural operation(s), as determined by the agricultural conversion of wind or solar energy to mechanical or commissioner, in any of the branches of farming, which thermal power. Wind energy conversion machines for includes, but is not limited to: electric power generation are included under “Electric 1. Tilling and cultivation of the soil associated generating plants.” See Section 17.56.020 for specific with commercial crop production; use requirements applicable to agricultural accessory 2. Raising, production, and cultivation of com- structures. mercial livestock for the production of food and/or fiber; “Agricultural, Conservation or Open Space 3. Growing and harvesting of any commercial Cluster Lot Development”. See “Cluster Lot Develop- agricultural or horticultural commodities; ment.” 4. Commercial raising of bees, fur-bearing animals Agricultural District or Zone. See “Agricultural, re- or poultry; source or open space district or zone.” 5. Preparation and processing of farm products for “Agricultural event center” means one of the follow- market; or ing: 6. Timber or forestry operations. 1. “Small agricultural event center” (land use) “Agricultural processing” (land use) means the pro- means a facility located on agriculturally zoned land of cessing of crops after harvest, to prepare them for on- ten (10) acres or larger that has ongoing viable agricul- site marketing or processing and packaging elsewhere, tural use that provides a facility for any type of social including, but not limited to, the following; provided, gathering and consisting of multipurpose meeting and/or that any of the activities performed in the field with mo- recreational facilities, typically consisting of one or bile equipment not involving permanent buildings are more meeting or multipurpose room and a kitchen included under “Crop production.” Agricultural pro- and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for cessing does not include the process of composting or use by various private groups of one hundred (100) or the processing of Cannabis sativa L. less persons for such activities as meetings, parties, 1. Alcohol fuel production; weddings, receptions, and dances. 2. Alfalfa cubing; 2. “Intermediate agricultural event center” (land 3. Corn shelling; use) means a facility located on agriculturally zoned 4. Cotton ginning; land of twenty (20) acres or larger that has an ongoing 5. Custom grist mills; viable agricultural use that provides a facility for any 6. Custom milling of flour, feed and grain; type of social gathering and consisting of multipurpose 7. Dairies (but not feedlots, see instead “Animal meeting and/or recreational facilities, typically consist- sales yards, feedlots, stockyards”); ing of one or more meeting or multipurpose room and a 8. Drying of corn, rice, hay, fruits and vegetables; kitchen and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are avail- 9. Grain cleaning and custom grinding; able for use by various private groups of two hundred 10. Hay baling and cubing; (200) or less persons for such activities as meetings, 11. Pre-cooling and packaging of fresh or farm- parties, weddings, receptions, and dances.DRAFT dried fruits and vegetables; 3. “Large agricultural event center” (land use) 12. Sorting, grading and packing of fruits and vege- means a facility located on agriculturally zoned land of tables; forty (40) acres or larger that has an ongoing viable ag- 13. Taxidermy; ricultural use that provides a facility for any type of so- 14. Tree nut hulling and shelling; cial gathering and consisting of multipurpose meeting 15. Wineries and associated uses. See definition for and/or recreational facilities, typically consisting of one “Winery” and Section 17.56.330 for specific use re- or more meeting or multipurpose room and a kitchen quirements applicable to wineries and associated uses. and/or outdoor barbecue facilities, that are available for “Agricultural, resource or open space district or use by various private groups of four hundred (400) or zone” means any of the following zone districts estab- less persons for such activities as meetings, parties, lished by Section 17.06.010: agricultural exclusive weddings, receptions, and dances. (AE), farm (F), forestry (FOR), open space (O), timber- 604 (Placer County Supp. No. 57, 10-14) 17.04.030 Building; Main, Primary or Principal. “Main build- 11. Other “heavy service” business services; ing, primary building” or “principal building” means a 12. Outdoor advertising services; building occupied by the principal use of the site. In any 13. Photocopying; residential zone, any dwelling shall be considered the 14. Photofinishing; main building on the site. 15. Protective services (other than office related); “Building site” means the area within a lot or parcel 16. Research and development laboratories; of record which is actually proposed for development 17. Soils and materials testing laboratories; with buildings, structures, or uses, including areas im- 18. Window cleaning. (SIC: Groups 73, 87) mediately adjacent to the buildings or structures but ex- Cabaret. See Section 17.56.030. clusive of any required setback areas or easements. A “Campgrounds” (land use) means land or premises “valid building site” is a building site which has re- that are used or intended to be used by camping parties ceived all of the required approvals from appropriate for occupancies where individual sewer hookups are not local agencies (e.g., the county planning, health and available to individual campsites in the campground. public works departments, the fire and school districts, See Section 17.56.080 for specific use requirements utility providers, etc.) to be issued a building permit for applicable to campgrounds. the construction of a residential, commercial or other “Camping area” mean any area or tract of land where building or structure. one or more lots are used, rented or leased, or held out “Building material stores” (land use) means primarily for rent or lease to accommodate camping parties. indoor retail establishments selling lumber and other Camping, Incidental (land use). “Incidental camping” large building materials, and also including paint, car- means the use of tents, travel trailers, recreational vehi- pets, cabinets, doors, flooring, windows, wallpaper, cles or other mobile camping equipment for camping glass, fixtures, nursery stock, lawn and garden supplies and other recreational purposes, without permanent fa- (which may also be sold in hardware stores, included cilities, incidental to some other principal use of a site, under the definition of “Retail stores, general merchan- including seasonal recreational camping. See Section dise”). Includes all such stores selling to the general 17.56.080 for specific use requirements applicable to public, even if contractor sales account for a larger pro- incidental camping. portion of total sales. Also includes incidental retail “Camping party” means a person or group of not ready-mix concrete operations. At least twenty-five (25) more than ten (10) persons occupying a campsite. percent of the floor area must be dedicated to retail “Campsite” means an area within a campground or sales. Establishments that have more outdoor than in- incidental camping area intended for occupancy or oc- door storage and sales areas are included under “Storage cupied by a camping party. yards and sales lots.” “Caretaker and employee housing” (land use) means “Business support services” (land use) means estab- permanent or temporary housing that is secondary or lishments primarily within buildings, providing other accessory to the primary use of the property. Such businesses with services including maintenance, repair dwellings are used for housing a caretaker employed on and service, testing, rental, etc., also includes: the site of a nonresidential use where a caretaker is 1. Blueprinting; needed for security purposes or to provide twenty-four 2. Business equipment repair services (except ve- (24) hour care or monitoring