§ 156.068 AC — COASTAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   Purposes. In addition to the objectives prescribed in § 156.002 of this chapter, the AC Coastal Agriculture District is included in the zoning regulations to achieve the following purposes:

      (1)   To protect agricultural lands, including farmed or grazed wetlands, for long-term productive agricultural and wildlife habitat uses;

      (2)   To ensure adequate separation between dwellings and facilities for housing animals.

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   (B)   Required conditions.

      (1)   All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in §§ 155.025 through 155.036 of this title.

      (2)   No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment, or material shall be employed which is found by the Planning Commission to be objectionable to persons residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, unsightliness, or traffic or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion, provided that permitted agricultural pursuits conducted in accord with good practice shall not be deemed a nuisance.

      (3)   Animal keeping shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 91 of this code.

      (4)   Dwellings and farm-related structures may be located on an existing farmed wetland parcel only when no upland location is available for such purpose.

      (5)   Structures, including non-slab foundation greenhouses that utilize the underlying soil for agricultural practices, located on a grazed or farmed wetland parcel shall be sited and designed in a manner which will minimize any adverse environmental effects to the farmed or grazed wetland, including through a minimization of fill. To the extent required by federal law and regulations, dwellings that are otherwise permitted in the coastal agricultural district shall also comply with all flood zone regulations adopted by the city.

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   (C)   Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted:

      (1)   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site with a permitted use, including barns, stables, coops, tank houses, storage tanks, windmills, silos, other farm outbuildings, private garages and carports, bunkhouse, or accessory living quarters with a kitchen for each dwelling on the site, storehouses, garden structures, greenhouses, and the storage of petroleum products for the use of persons residing or working on the site;

      (2)   Apiaries;

      (3)   Field and truck crops;

      (4)   Livestock raising;

      (5)   Greenhouses, which are not located on slab foundations and where crops are grown in the existing soil on the site;

      (6)   One-family dwelling and farm employee housing for persons employed on the premises. Not more than one dwelling unit, other than farm employee housing, shall be located on each parcel. Manufactured homes shall meet the criteria prescribed in §§ 155.230 through 155.232 of this title;

      (7)   Orchards;

      (8)   Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural produce grown on the site;

      (9)   Timber harvest.

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   (D)   Conditional uses. The following uses shall be permitted upon the granting of a use permit in accord with the provisions of §§ 155.280 through 155.299 of this title:

      (1)   Aquaculture and similar resource-dependent activities;

      (2)   Coastal-dependent oil and gas wells;

      (3)   Oil and gas pipelines;

      (4)   Incidental public service purposes;

      (5)   Wetland restoration and enhancement projects;

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      (6)   Wireless telecommunication facilities subject to the provisions of Chapter 159; and

      (7)   Medical cannabis cultivation facilities, mixed light, not more than 10,000 square feet of cultivation area, subject to the provisions of Chapter 158.

   (E)   Off-street parking. Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.115 through 155.124 of this title, except that no space shall be required to be located in a garage or carport.

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   (F)   Off-street loading. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for each use as prescribed in §§ 155.135 through 156.141 of this title.

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   (G)   Signs. No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in §§ 155.155 through 155.169 of this title.

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   (H)   Architectural review. Conditional uses shall be subject to architectural review as prescribed in §§ 155.180 through 155.188 of this title.

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(Ord. 417-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 518-C.S., passed 8-26-90; Am. Ord. 526-C.S., passed 6-20-91; Am. Ord. 757-C.S., passed 10-19-10; Am. Ord. 768-C.S., passed 5-3-11; Am. Ord. 786-C.S., passed 8-21-12; Am. Ord. 847-C.S., passed 9-20-16) Penalty, see § 150.999