§ 26-18-020. Uses permitted with a use permit.

Uses permitted with a use permit include the following:

(a)

Planned developments and condominiums. Densities will be permitted in accordance with the densities shown in the general plan land use element or a B combining district whichever is more restrictive, also considering that which could be accommodated following conventional subdivision design, acknowledging topographical variations and permitted conventional lot areas. Compatibility with adjacent development, unique characteristics, innovation and the provision of amenities will be the primary criteria utilized in evaluating such development. The lot size, setback and coverage requirements of Section 26-18-030 shall not apply to planned developments or condominiums;

(b)

Raising, feeding, maintaining and breeding of animals in excess of the limits set forth in Section 26-18-010(d) provided that the subject parcel is at least five (5) acres in size;

(c)

One (1) stand for the sale of agricultural products grown on the site;

(d)

Noncommercial clubs and lodges, country clubs and golf courses, but not including miniature golf courses;

(e)

Driving ranges; provided, that they shall not be operated during night time hours and that associated facilities include only those necessary to serve the driving range use, such as equipment rental and snack bar and not restaurants, retail sales and similar facilities;

(f)

Public schools, subject, at a minimum, to the criteria of general plan Policy LU-6e;

(g)

Art, craft, music and dancing schools, business or trade schools, public playgrounds, parks, community centers, libraries, museums and similar uses which serve no more than the residential community in which they are located and which do not adversely affect the various agricultural communities within Sonoma County;

(h)

Private nursery, primary or secondary schools and churches subject, at a minimum, to the criteria of general plan Policy LU-6f;

(i)

Cemeteries, mausoleums, columbariums and crematoriums;

(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, 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;

(k)

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;

(l)

Large residential community care facility;

(m)

Agricultural cultivation in the following areas, for which a management plan has not been approved by the planning director pursuant to Section 26-18-010(e):

(1)

Within one hundred feet (100′) of the top of the bank in the Russian River Riparian Corridor,

(2)

Within fifty feet (50′) of the top of the bank in designated flatland riparian corridors,

(3)

Within twenty-five feet (25′) of the top of the bank in designated upland riparian corridors;

(n)

Day care center;

(o)

Art studios and arts and crafts centers not involving retail or wholesale sales. A use permit for such uses may be granted only when the use is conducted within an existing abandoned agricultural building feasible for such use;

(p)

Craft sales and garage sales involving three (3) or four (4) sales days per year;

(q)

Intermediate and major freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(r)

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;

(s)

Bed and breakfast inns containing not more than five (5) guest rooms, subject to design review and compliance with Section 26-88-118;

(t)

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;

(u)

Live/work uses in conjunction with an otherwise allowed residential use subject to the requirements of Section 26-88-122;

(v)

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.

(w)

Congregate housing serving more than six (6) persons, on parcels served by public sewer and subject to design review.

(x)

Vacation rentals exceeding the standards in Section 26-88-120;

( Ord. No. 6145, § V , 3-15-2016; Ord. No. 5908, § II, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 5883, § III, 3-30-2010; Ord. No. 5569 § 7, 2005; Ord. No. 5435 § 2(q), 2003; Ord. No. 5429 § 3, 2003; Ord. No. 5361 § 2(p), 2002; Ord. No. 5342 § 5, 2002; Ord. No. 5265 § 1(k), 2001; Ord. No. 4973 § 5(b), (c), 1996; Ord. No. 4781 § 2(B), 1994; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)