Sec. 26-14-010. - Permitted uses.
Permitted uses include the following:
(a)
Management of lands and forests for the primary use of commercial production and harvest of trees, including controlled burns;
(b)
Removal of timber and fuel wood, including uses integrally related to growing, harvesting and on-site processing of forest
products including, but not limited to, roads, log landings, log storage areas and incidental logging camps;
(c)
Recreational and educational uses, with or without fee, not requiring any permanent improvement of the land or interfering
with the primary use (swimming, hunting, fishing, occasional camping, etc.);
(d)
Management of land for watershed, for fish and wildlife habitat, fish rearing ponds, hunting and fishing, grazing, where these
uses are incidental to the primary use;
(e)
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of gas, electric or water generating and transmission facilities, including
necessary structures;
(f)
Contractor equipment storage incidental to the on-site growing and harvesting of forest products, including parking, repairing
and storage of equipment so used. Construction of permanent structures will be subject to Article 82;
(g)
The production and harvesting of miscellaneous compatible forest products (Christmas tree farms and greenery);
(h)
Timber management, including planting, raising, harvesting and incidental milling for noncommercial purposes of trees and
logs for lumber or fuel woods, subject to requirements of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection;
(i)
Temporary or seasonal sales and promotion, and incidental storage of fuel wood which is grown on site;
(j)
One (1) single-family dwelling unit with accessory buildings;
(k)
Occasional cultural events; provided, that a written notice stating "The Sonoma County Planning Department will issue a zoning
permit for a cultural event (state nature and duration) on this property if a written appeal is not received within ten (10)
days from the date if this notice" is posted on the property at least ten (10) days prior to issuance of a zoning permit,
and no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been received from any interested person, and provided that approval is secured
from the following departments: sheriff, public health, fire services, building inspection and public works. In the event
of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to Section 26-92-040;
(l)
Small family day care;
(m)
Large family day care provided that the applicant shall meet all performance standards listed in Section 26-88-080;
(n)
Small residential community care facility;
(p)
Attached commercial telecommunication facilities subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;
(q)
Minor freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities, subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130,
and subject to approval of a zoning permit, including environmental review, for which notice, including a site plan and one
(1) elevation with dimensions for such facility, is mailed to adjacent property owners and posted on the subject property
at least ten (10) days prior to issuance of the permit and provided that no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been
received from any interested person. In the event of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to the above
section;
(r)
Noncommercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80′) or less in height subject to the applicable criteria set forth
in Section 26-88-130. Facilities between forty feet (40′) and eighty feet (80′) in height are subject to approval of a ministerial
zoning permit for which notice is mailed to adjacent property owners and posted on the subject property at least ten (10)
days prior to issuance of the permit and provided that no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been received from any
interested person. In the event of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to the above section;
(s)
Small wind energy systems not located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet
(2,500′) of a county-designated urban service area, subject to zoning permit approval and the standards in Section 26-88-135;
(t)
Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses
described in this section.
(Ord. No. 5435 § 2(l), 2003; Ord. No. 5361 § 2(f), 2002; Ord. No. 5342 § 4, 2002; Ord. No. 4973 § 4(a), (e), 1996; Ord. No.
4643, 1993.)
Sec. 26-14-020. - Uses permitted with a use permit.
Uses permitted with a use permit include the following:
(a)
Additional detached single family dwelling units, not to exceed four (4) dwellings on a single ownership; provided, that the
density does not exceed one (1) single-family dwelling unit per one hundred sixty (160) acres, or that density shown in the
general plan land use element or that density permitted by a B combining district, whichever is the most restrictive;
(b)
Saw mills, planer mills, pulp mills, particle board plants, log ponds, earth-filled dams and lumber yards, with associated
uses;
(c)
Development and utilization of natural resources with appurtenant structures. Hardrock quarry operations may be permitted
only if they meet the criteria below:
Other aggregate mining operations are not permitted unless excepted by Section 26A-3(a)(i) of the Sonoma County Code;
(1)
The operation is consistent with the purpose(s) of the resources and rural development district,
(2)
The operation involves five (5) acres of land or less,
(3)
The operation results in annual production of five thousand (5,000) cubic yards or less,
(4)
The quarry does not include crushing, screening or batching operations,
(5)
The operation is subject to payment of fees and other mitigation measures as may be found consistent with aggregate resources
management plan,
(6)
The operation must have an approved reclamation plan,
(7)
The operation is located at least four (4) miles from the nearest approved source of aggregate materials.
(d)
Aircraft landing facilities incidental to permitted forestry and recreational related uses;
(e)
Permanently located and improved private and public campgrounds, resorts and organized camps;
(f)
Contractor equipment storage for off-site growing and harvesting of forest products, including packing, repairing and storage
of equipment so used. Construction of permanent structures will be subject to Article 82;
(g)
Commercial wood yards, including wood splitting and sales of off-site fuel woods;
(h)
Such use which does not significantly detract from the use of the property for, or inhibit, growing and harvesting timber.
Any facilities constructed for such use would not be permanent residences, except as provided in other portions of Article
14;
(i)
Exploration and development of low temperature geothermal resources for other than power development purposes provided that
at a minimum it is compatible with surrounding land uses.
(j)
Minor public service uses or facilities (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities excepted), including
but not limited to reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, transformer stations, fire and police stations and training
centers, service yards and related parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria of general plan Policy PF-2s and which
are not otherwise exempt by state law;
(k)
Intermediate and major freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria
set forth in Section 26-88-130;
(l)
Noncommercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80′) in height subject at a minimum to the applicable
criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;
(m)
Minor public service uses or facilities (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities excepted), including
but not limited to reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, small power stations, transformer stations,
fire and police stations and training centers, service yards and related parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria
of general plan Policy PF-2s and which are not otherwise exempt by state law.
(n)
Small wind energy systems located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500′)
of a county-designated urban service area, subject to the standards in Section 26-88-135.
(o)
Major timberland conversions, subject to the standards in Section 26-88-160.
(Ord. No. 5651 § 1(x), 2006; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(m), 2003; Ord. No. 5361 § 2(n), 2002; Ord. No. 5342 § 5, 2002; Ord. 4973 §
4(b)—(d), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)
Sec. 26-14-030. - Yard requirements.
The following shall apply except that if the subject property adjoins land which is zoned AR or is designated as agricultural
land, the use is subject to the requirements of Section 26-88-040(g):
(a)
Front Yard. Ten percent (10%) of the depth of the lot, but no more than seventy-five feet (75′).
(b)
Side Yard. Ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, but no more than twenty feet (20′).
(c)
Rear Yard. Twenty feet (20′).
(d)
Accessory buildings may be constructed within the required yards on the rear half of the lot; provided, that such buildings
shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the width of any rear yard. Such accessory buildings shall not be located
closer than ten feet (10′) to the main buildings on adjacent lots. Notwithstanding the foregoing, swimming pools may occupy
more than thirty percent (30%) of the width of any rear yard. A minimum of three feet (3′) shall be maintained between the
wall of a pool and the rear and side property lines, and from the main building on the same lot. Conventional pool accessory
equipment (pump, filters, etc.) shall be exempt from setback restrictions. Additional setbacks may be required under the Uniform
Building Code.
(Ord. No. 4927 § 11 (part), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993; Ord. No. 3932.)