8E Consent Calendar 2018 0917 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

ORDINANCE 2018-_________ AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER ___ TO TITLE __ OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA REGARDING URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONES The Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda ordains as follows: SECTION I Chapter __.__ is added to Title __ of the General Ordinance Code of the County of Alameda to read as follows: CHAPTER __.__. Authorization for Urban Agriculture Contracts in County Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones. __.__.___ – Purpose. This ordinance establishes and regulates urban agriculture incentive zones within the county consistent with the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act, which allows a county to enter into contracts with landowners wishing to use their vacant, unimproved, or blighted lands for small- scale agricultural use in exchange for the lands being taxed at an agricultural rate. __.__.___ – Definitions. Whenever the following terms are used in this Chapter only, they shall have the following meanings: “Agricultural use” means farming in all its branches including, but not limited to, the cultivation and tillage of the soil, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural products, the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, dairy-producing animals, and poultry, agricultural education, the sale of produce through field retail stands or farms stands as defined by Article 5 (commencing with Section 47030) of Chapter 10.5 of Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations. For purposes of this chapter, the term “agricultural use” does not include timber production. “Eligible urban agriculture incentive zone property” means a privately owned lot or parcel that is not exempt from property taxation and: (1) is located within an established urban agriculture incentive zone; (2) is located within a zoning district where one or more agricultural uses as defined in this Chapter are principally or conditionally permitted uses; (3) is at least 0.10 acres and not more than three acres in size; (4) does not include any dwellings as defined in Section 17.04.010 of the County General Code; and (5) includes only structures that are accessory to the principal agricultural use, including, but not limited to toolsheds, greenhouses, produce stands, or instructional space, consistent with Sections 17.52.180 – 17.52.400 of the County General Code.