§ 26-72-020. Uses permitted with a use permit.

Uses permitted with a use permit include the following:

(a)

Mineral extraction and production as described below. In addition to meeting the requirements of this chapter, every use permit issued hereunder shall meet the requirements for a surface mining permit under the surface mining and reclamation ordinance, Chapter 26A of the Sonoma County Code and as such, when approved, shall constitute the surface mining permit required by Chapter 26A-3.

(1)

Hardrock quarry operations; defined as processed or crushed rock operations which entail the extraction, stockpiling, processing and sale of bedrock geologic deposits.

(i)

Asphalt batch plants incidental to hardrock quarries,

(ii)

Cement concrete batch plants incidental to hardrock quarries,

(iii)

Equipment storage yards incidental to resource management, including packing, repairing and storage of equipment so used,

(iv)

Accessory structures, offices or other uses incidental to hardrock quarry operations,

(2)

River terrace operations, defined as sand and gravel operations which entail the extraction, stockpiling, processing and sale of sand and gravel from terrace floodplain deposits.

(i)

Sand and gravel operations which entail the extraction, stockpiling, processing and sale of sand, gravel, overburden, and topsoil,

(ii)

Equipment storage yards incidental to resource management, including parking, repairing and storage of equipment so used,

(iii)

Accessory structures, offices or other uses incidental to river terrace operations,

(3)

Instream operations; defined as sand and gravel operations which entail the extraction and sale of sand, gravel, and overburden from streams and rivers. Processing shall be limited to the removal and placement of oversized (+3″) particles;

(b)

The raising, feeding, maintaining and breeding of poultry, fowl, rabbits, fur-bearing animals or animals such as veal calves, pigs, hogs and the like, which are continuously confined in and around barns, corrals and similar areas for other than domestic purposes. Incidental processing of such animals which are raised on site. This subsection shall not be interpreted so as to require a use permit for animals allowed by Section 26-72-010(c);

(c)

Geotechnical studies which involve grading or construction of new roads or pads;

(d)

Commercial harvesting and sales of off-site fuel woods not subject to the requirement of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection;

(e)

Controlled burns undertaken for purposes of fuel load management and wildlife habitat enhancement;

(f)

Oil and gas wells;

(g)

Unpaved private landing strips;

(h)

Accessory structures, or uses incidental and appurtenant to any use for which a use permit has been granted or is required;

(i)

Water conservation dams and ponds;

(j)

Minor public utility buildings and public service or utility uses (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities excepted) including, but not limited to, reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, small power and transformer stations, fire and police stations and training centers, service yards and parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria of general plan Policy PF-2s and which are otherwise exempt by state law;

(k)

Agricultural cultivation in the following areas, for which a management plan has not been approved pursuant to Section 26-72-010(d).

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)

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

(l)

Game preserves and refuges;

(m)

Intermediate and major freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria for such facilities in the C2 district set forth in Section 26-88-130 and provided that the proposed facility is consistent with any applicable mining and reclamation plans.

(n)

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 and provided that the proposed facility is consistent with any applicable mining and reclamation plans.

(Ord. No. 4973 § 13(b), (c), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)