Chapter 17.14 — AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

Sections:

• 17.14.010 Purpose 17.14.020 Special provisions and development standards 17.14.030 Permitted uses

• 17.14.040 Fences, walls and hedges 17.14.050 Site area

• 17.14.060 Frontage, width and depth of site

• 17.14.070 Coverage

• 17.14.080 Yard requirements

• 17.14.090 Building height 17.14.100 Signs

• 17.14.110 Off-street parking and off street loading facilities 17.14.120 Distance between structures 17.14.130 Location of structures containing animals or fowl

The AN district is intended to preserve lands best suited for agriculture from the encroachment of incompatible uses; to protect lands designated for eventual urban development to ensure the orderly and beneficial conversion of these lands to nonagricultural use; and to provide appropriate areas for certain predominantly open uses of land which are not injurious to agricultural uses but which may not be harmonious with urban uses.

All uses in the AN district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the AN district shall be as listed in Section 17.26.030.

In the AN district, fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.71.100 of this title.

In the AN district:

• A. Site Area. The minimum site area shall be ten (10) acres for all permitted uses. The minimum site area for a conditional use shall be specifically approved by the planning commission in granting the use permit.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.14-1

• B. Site Area Per Dwelling Unit. Each site in the AN district shall have not less than five (5) acres for each dwelling unit located on the site, subject to the exception that employee housing may be located on a site with a lesser area for each dwelling unit; provided, that the area of the site and the number of dwelling units are specifically approved by the planning commission in granting the use permit.

In the AN district, there are no requirements for frontage, width and depth of site.

In the AN district, the maximum site area covered by structures shall be ten (10) percent for permitted uses and twenty (20) percent for conditional uses.

In the AN district:

• A. The minimum front yard shall be thirty-five (35) feet.

• B. The minimum rear yard shall be (15) fifteen feet.

• C. The minimum side yard shall be (15) fifteen feet.

Except as may be allowed under provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title, in the AN district the maximum height of a structure occupied by a permitted use shall be thirty-five (35) feet. The maximum height of accessory structures shall be thirty-five (35) feet subject to the exception that tank houses, storage tanks, windmills and silos may exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. The maximum height of a structure occupied by a conditional use and its accessory structures shall be thirty feet unless specifically determined otherwise by provisions of the use permit.

In the AN district, no sign shall be permitted except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

In the AN district, off-street parking facilities and off street loading facilities shall be provided on the site of each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64 of this title.

Where there is more than one (1) structure on a site in an AN zone, the minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and another structure shall be twenty (20) feet.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.14-2

The minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and a structure housing livestock or poultry shall be fifty (50) feet.

Any structure in an AN zone in which animals or fowl are contained shall be at least twohundred (200) feet distance from any lot in any RA, R, RM, PO or C district, or from any school or institution for human care.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.14-3