The Ranch Oversight Group

No building or structure shall be erected or maintained on a lot or parcel, where the building or structure is used for general agricultural purposes unless a front, rear, side, and side street yard of not less than fifty
(50) feet is provided and maintained.

The provisions of this Article shall apply to the following uses in any zone, whether such use is the principal use of the property, or incidental to another principal use:

No building or structure shall be erected or maintained on any lot or parcel where the building or structure is used for any use set forth in Section 310-10 to a height greater than as follows:

1. (a) Buildings or structures maintaining yards as required by Section 310-12(a) shall not exceed 2 stories, or greater than thirty (30) feet.
2. (b) Buildings or structures maintaining yards as required by Section 310-12(b) shall not exceed one story, except for storage loft, or greater than twenty-four (24) feet with plate line not exceeding twelve (12) feet.
3. (c) Buildings or structures maintaining yards as required by Section 310-12(d) shall not exceed one story, or greater than sixteen (16) feet with plate line not exceeding ten (10) feet.

No building or structure shall be erected or maintained on any lot or parcel where the building or structure is used for any use set forth in Section 310-10 unless the following yards are provided or maintained:

1. (a) All barns, stables, and other structures used for the housing of animals on any lot or parcel used as a commercial or public stable shall be located not less than thirty (30) feet from all property and street right-of-way lines, except as otherwise herein provided.
2. (b) All barns, stables, and other structures used for the housing of animals, on any lot used as a private stable or for incidental agricultural uses, shall be located not less than ten (10) feet from any property line and not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the front property line, except as otherwise herein provided.
3. (c) Any barn, stable, or other structure used for the housing of animals may be located not less than five (5) feet from the rear or side property line, provided such property line is contiguous with a freeway, railroad, or levee right-of-way, or a property line of a public park or parcel which, at the time the building or structure is erected, is used for or occupied by a public or private stable.
   1. (d) Any barn, stable, or other structure used for the housing of animals may be located not less than three (3) feet from the rear or side property line, provided:
   2. (1) The building or structure is constructed with solid walls with no openings of any kind within ten (10) feet of the property line, and
   3. (2) The floor area of any building or structure used as a private stable, barn, or for the housing of animals shall not exceed 1,000 square feet.
   4. (3) Height limited to Section 310-11(c).

The maximum area of buildings or structures used for incidental agricultural uses of Section 310-10 and constructed after August 1, 1987 shall be limited to one-thousand (1,000) square feet, unless a use permit is obtained from the Zoning Administrator.

The minimum lot area for any lot used for any use set forth in Section 310-10, whether such use is a principal use of the property or is incidental to another principal use, shall be the area specified in this Code applicable to the zone in which the property is located or the area hereinafter specified, whichever is the greater:

1. (a) For any commercial or public stable the minimum lot area shall be three (3) acres.
2. (b) For any private stable, the minimum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
3. (c) The minimum lot area for the keeping of small animals (with a weight of less than seventy-five (75) pounds at maturity), other than pets, on a noncommercial scale as an incidental use, shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet, except that the Administrator may approve the keeping of small animals on a lot of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, subject to the provision of Section 310-15, and a conditional use permit by the Zoning Administrator.
4. (d) For any other incidental agricultural use, the minimum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

In addition to the requirements set forth in this Article, riding stables, boarding stables, and riding academies, whether private or commercial, shall not be erected, located, enlarged, or maintained without complying with the following standards:

1. (a) Any corral, riding ring, or exercise yard used for keeping horses shall be enclosed by fence or other enclosure; and no part of any such corral, riding ring, or exercise yard shall be located closer than twenty (20) feet to any door, window, or other opening of any building or structure on the same or any other parcel used or designed to be used for human habitation.
2. (b) All fences which enclose livestock shall be constructed of an adequate height and shall be designed so as to control and contain such livestock at all times, and so as to prevent such livestock from reaching across any property lines, so as to damage adjacent property.
   1. (c) An operator of a commercial or private stable shall not allow dust, odor, or flies to cause nuisance or annoyance to any considerable number of persons in the neighborhood or the public and at a minimum shall comply with the following:
   2. (1) All areas shall be maintained so as to be sufficiently dust free that no visible quantity of dust is observable at the property lines of the parcel. This shall be done by maintaining sufficient natural vegetation, by watering down corral area as often as necessary to prevent dust problems, or by utilizing other more effective dust prevention methods.
   3. (2) The operator of a stable shall take every reasonable precaution to prevent the breeding of flies or the emission of dust or odors into the neighborhood. Reasonable precautions shall include:

(aa) Routine manure and bedding clean out of stalls and routine clean-up of manure deposited on the property.

(bb) Disposal of animal wastes in a manner and location approved by the Department of Health, such as:

1. (i) properly drying or composting, away from neighboring properties.
2. (ii) burying (2 feet minimum).
   (iii) removal to approved disposal site.

(3) All areas shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and in compliance with the following standards: