Sonoma County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 26C. COASTAL ZONING RESOURCE DISTRICTS |
Article IX. RR—Rural Residential District. |
§ 26C-91. Uses requiring a use permit.
(a)
Sensitive Area Uses:
(1)
Permitted uses listed in Section 26C-90, when located within a sensitive area, riparian corridor, critical habitat area, or unique feature designated in the general plan or coastal plan.
(2)
Any clearing of vegetation, grading, excavation, fill or construction when located within a sensitive area, riparian corridor, critical habitat area, or unique feature designated in the general plan or coastal plan.
(b)
Residential Uses:
(1)
Additional single family detached dwelling units on permanent foundation in accordance with residential density shown in the general plan land use element or that density permitted by a B combining district, whichever is more restrictive. Development shall comply with general plan policies.
(2)
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 26C-92 shall not apply to planned developments or condominiums.
(c)
Agricultural Uses:
(1)
Raising, feeding, maintaining, and breeding of animals in excess of the limits set forth in Section 26C-90(b)(1), provided that the subject parcel is at least five (5) acres in size.
(2)
One stand for the sale of agricultural products grown on the site, subject to design review approval.
(3)
Agricultural cultivation in the following areas, for which a management plan has not been approved by the director of the permit and resource management department pursuant to Section 26C-90(b)(2):
a.
Within one hundred feet (100′) of the top of the bank in the "Russian River Riparian Corridor."
b.
Within fifty feet (50′) of the top of the bank in designated "flatland riparian corridors."
c.
Within twenty-five feet (25′) of the top of the bank in designated "upland riparian corridors."
(4)
Kennels for dogs or cats with boarding for breeding only.
(d)
Other Uses:
(1)
Swimming clubs, tennis clubs, noncommercial clubs and lodges, and golf courses, but not miniature golf courses (only if located in Bodega Bay or Valley Ford).
(2)
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.
(3)
Public schools, subject, at a minimum, to the criteria of General Plan Policy LU-6e, and which are located in Bodega Bay or Valley Ford.
(4)
Art, craft, music, and dancing schools, business, or trade schools, public playgrounds, parks, community centers, libraries, museums, and similar uses which are located in Bodega Bay or Valley Ford, and 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.
(5)
Private nursery, primary or secondary schools and churches which are located in Bodega Bay or Valley Ford and which are subject, at a minimum, to the criteria of General Plan Policy LU-6f.
(6)
Cemeteries, mausoleums, columbariums, and crematoriums.
(7)
Minor public utility buildings and public service or utility uses (transmission distribution lines and telecommunications 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 not otherwise exempt by state law.
(8)
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.
(9)
Large residential community care facility (only if located in Bodega Bay or Valley Ford).
(10)
One bed and breakfast inn, of five or fewer rooms per definition, on parcels of at least one (1) acre, subject to design review, Article XXIX and/or landmarks commission, Article 24, and provided the parcel is serviced by both sewer and water. No restaurant is permitted, food service is limited to breakfast served to inn guests only, and all public health requirements must be met. No accessory structures shall be used for rental occupancy. A bed and breakfast inn shall have an owner and/or operator in residence within the structure.
(11)
Day care center.
(12)
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.
(13)
Craft sales and garage sales involving three (3) or four (4) sales days per year.
(14)
Intermediate and major free-standing commercial telecommunications facilities subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26C-325.7.
(15)
Noncommercial telecommunications facilities greater than eighty feet (80′) in height subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26C-325.7.
(16)
Minor timberland conversions on parcels of five (5) acres or more, subject to compliance with the requirements of Section 26C-327.
(e)
Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the director of the permit and resource management department are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses described in Section 26C-91.
(Ord. No. 5429 § 3, 2003; Ord. No. 5362 § 2(p), 2002; Ord. No. 5342 § 5, 2002; Ord. No. 5318 § 1, 2001.)