Item 01 - Pass For Publication Urban Agriculture Ordinance PDF-18027 KB

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Meeting Date: 3/17/2015

Report Type: Consent
City Council Report
Report ID: 2015-00129
915 I Street, 1st Floor

www.CityofSacramento.org
Title: (Pass for Publication) Urban Agriculture Ordinance

Location: Citywide
Recommendation: 1) Review ordinances a) amending sections 9.44.330 and 9.44.340 in Title 9 and
amending, adding, and repealing various sections in Title 17, of the Sacramento City Code relating to
urban agriculture; and b) adding Chapter 17.722 to the Sacramento City Code relating to an Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zone; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title as required by City Charter
Section 32(c), with the ordinance to be adopted on March 24, 2015.
Contact: Helen Selph, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7852, Community Development Department
Presenter: None
Department: Community Development Dept
Division: Long Range Planning
Dept ID: 21001222
Attachments:
01-Description/Analysis
02-Background FAQ
03-Attachment - On-site Stands Matrix2
04-Public Outreach
05-Correspondence
06-ChangeLabSolutions Memo
07-Draft Urban Ag Ord clean
08-Draft Urban Ag Ord redline-REV2
09-Draft UrbanAgIncentiveclean
10-Draft UrbanAgIncentive redline
_______________________________________________________________
City Attorney Review
Approved as to Form
Jeffrey Heeren
2/26/2015 10:08:21 AM
Approvals/Acknowledgements
Department Director or Designee: Ryan Devore - 2/20/2015 5:23:16 PM
James Sanchez, City Attorney
Shirley Concolino, City Clerk
John F. Shirey, City Manager
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Russell Fehr, City Treasurer
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Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Law and Legislation Committee requested amendments to the Sacramento City
Code to reduce the regulatory barriers for urban agriculture and provide tax incentives, pursuant to
AB551, the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Act. This request was prompted by a request from the
Sacramento Urban Agriculture Coalition (SUAC).
On September 11, 2014, staff held a Planning and Design Commission workshop, provided an
overview of the proposed changes, and received positive community input about urban agriculture.
On February 10, 2015, the Law and Legislation Committee held a public hearing on the proposed
Urban Agriculture Ordinance and voted to move it forward without a recommendation. On February
12, 2015, the Planning and Design Commission held a public hearing on the proposed urban
agriculture ordinance, and voted unanimously to forward the staff recommendation to City Council for
adoption.
The draft Urban Agriculture Ordinance, as proposed, would amend the Sacramento City Code to
allow urban agriculture as a primary land use on vacant land in residential, commercial, industrial and
manufacturing zones throughout the city. It would also allow urban agriculture stands and accessory
uses, as outlined in the table below.
Zone
Category
Residential
Commercial
Industrial/
Manufacturing
Residential,
Commercial &
Industrial (as
accessory
use)
Allow by right
Market gardens and
private community
gardens not
exceeding 1.0 acre.
Aquaculture,
Market gardens and
private community
gardens not
exceeding 3.0 acres.
Aquaculture, market
gardens, and private
community gardens
(no size limit).
On-site urban
agriculture stands up
to 120 square feet,
on the site of an
urban agriculture
use.
Zoning Administrator
Conditional Use Permit
Market gardens and
private community
gardens exceeding 1.0
acre.
Market gardens and
private community
gardens exceeding 3.0
acres.
Accessory Uses
Not applicable.
Private garden and

urban beekeeping
Private garden,
aquaculture, and
urban beekeeping
Private garden and
urban beekeeping
On-site urban
agriculture stands
greater than 120 sq. ft.
on the site of an urban
agriculture use.
Structures to support urban agriculture, such as storage sheds, hoop-houses, and greenhouses
would be permitted, subject to the zoning district regulations.
The proposed amendments to the Sacramento City Code (Attachments 7 & 8) include:
A new Special Use Regulations section on urban agriculture, 17.228.10 -17.228.40
Amendments to 17.108.10 (Definitions)
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Amendments to Permitted Uses and Conditional Uses sections of most zones to allow the
following uses: market garden, private community garden, aquaculture, private garden,
and urban beekeeping.
Amendments to Chapter 17.706, Green Building Bonuses for Nonresidential buildings to
provide incentives for rooftop farms.
To examine this more closely, staff prepared a matrix (Attachment 3) comparing the zoning
requirements for on-site stands in various jurisdictions and the results or consequences of allowing
on-site stands by right in single-family residential neighborhoods. The results were inconclusive
because of the jurisdictions sampled, only a few of them shared key features with the Urban
Agriculture Ordinance as originally proposed (allowing on-site stands in most zones, including singlefamily neighborhoods, without requiring any permits or constraints such as the number to days that
stands were allowed to operate).
A memo to urban agriculture advocate Matt Read on the issue of on-site stands (prepared by
ChangeLabSolutions) has been included as Attachment 6.
Staff has incorporated input from interested parties, and recommends the following limits in
residential zones:
Limiting their operation to two specific days: Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Prohibiting on-site stands on lots were a private garden is located in the front yard.
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance would allow property owners to enter into contract
with the City to reduce their property taxes in exchange for enforceably restricting the use of vacant,
unimproved, or otherwise blighted lands for small-scale agricultural production.
As required by State law and the Citys Charter, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will
have to approve the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance before City Council can formally
approve it.
Staff recommends reporting back to City Council annually on 1) Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone
Contracts, 2) the number of code enforcement complaints received (if any), and 3) the number of
urban agriculture related use permits.
Policy Considerations: The 2030 General Plan did not anticipate public interest in the urban
agriculture movement. It was assumed that Agriculture-zoned parcels within the city boundary were
not in demand, and that private gardens, community gardens, and farmers markets would fulfill the
communitys needs.
Recognizing the benefits of urban agriculture, the draft 2035 General Plan has since been updated to
include the following goals and policies to address urban agriculture:
GOAL ER4.1
Urban Agriculture and Access to Locally Grown Foods. Expand urban agriculture and food
production and increase the distribution and sale of locally grown fresh food.
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ER4.1.1 Community and Rooftop Gardens. The City shall provide incentives for developers
to include community gardens and rooftop gardens in new development projects. (RDR/PI)
ER 4.1.2 Local Food Production, Distribution, and Sale. The City shall promote urban
agriculture with zoning provisions that support means for production, distribution, and sale of
locally grown foods, such as market gardens, farmers markets, community markets, and farm
stands, particularly in areas that have vacant or underutilized land.
LU8.2.7 Locally-Grown and Organic Foods. The City shall allow urban farms and market
gardens at a scale that is appropriate to Sacramentos neighborhoods, particularly in areas
that lack access to fresh healthy foods, and have vacant or underutilized land. (RDR/PI)
Environmental Considerations: The adoption of the proposed ordinance could result in an increase
of privately owned, vacant land for urban agriculture activities. Additionally the proposed creation of
an urban agriculture incentive zone seeks to improve land security for urban agriculture projects. The
land use activities that could result are exempt from CEQA pursuant Guidelines lines section 15304
which includes the minor public or private alteration in the condition of the land, water, and/or
vegetation which does not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or
agricultural purposes.
Sustainability: The proposed Urban Agriculture Ordinance is consistent with the Citys sustainability
goals because it helps to address issues of food access, promotes economic resilience, and
community building.
Public Comments: Public input has been largely positive. The City conducted an online survey of
public opinion about urban agriculture. The survey found that 93% of the respondents supported
urban agriculture within the city of Sacramento. In addition, the Envision Sacramento Blog explored
public attitudes about urban farming, and found them to be mostly positive.
Commission/Committee Action: On February 10, 2015, the Law and Legislation Committee held a
public hearing on the proposed Urban Agriculture Ordinance and voted to move it forward without a
recommendation. On February 12, 2015, the Planning and Design Commission held a public hearing
on the proposed urban agriculture ordinance, and voted unanimously to forward the staff
recommendation to City Council for adoption.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Urban Agriculture Ordinance is intended to remove regulatory
barriers to economic opportunities related to the production and sale of locally grown foods; improve
public health and well-being and promote community building. The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone
is intended to promote urban agriculture by providing property tax incentives.
Financial Considerations: The Urban Agriculture Ordinance will be implemented by existing staff.
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance may result in tax revenue losses to the City, County,
school districts and special districts. This revenue loss will be insignificant because the maximum
potential tax revenue loss to the City, County, and special districts combined is capped by the
ordinance at $250,000 over the life of the program. The Citys portion of the combined revenue loss
is not expected to exceed 10% of the total cap amount. Increased staff costs for additional workload
due to both ordinances are unknown at this time.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): No goods or services are being purchased under this report. 4 of 368
Attachment 2
Background / FAQ
Q:
What is Urban Agriculture?
A:
Urban Agriculture is the production of food in a form and scale that is

appropriate for the urban context. Urban agriculture includes: Market garden,
private community garden, public community garden, private garden,
aquaculture, and urban beekeeping.
Aquaculture means the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish,

or
plants under controlled conditions. Aquaponics is a subset of
aquaculture which integrates aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling
the waste products from fish to fertilize hydroponically growing plants.
Community garden, public means public land divided into multiple plots
that are
available to the public for growing and harvesting of fruits,
vegetables, flowers,
fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs primarily
for the personal use of the growers,
and that is established, operated,
and maintained by the City of Sacramento.
Community garden, private means an otherwise undeveloped lot divided

into multiple plots for the growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables,
flowers, fiber,
nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs, primarily for the
personal use of the growers, and that is established, operated, and
maintained by a group of persons, other than
the City of
Sacramento.
Hydroponics means a method of growing plants in soil-less medium or

an
aquatic-based environment in which plant nutrients are distributed
via water.
Market garden means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,

nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs as the primary use in a zone other than an
A, A-OS, or ARP-F zone that involves the sale or donation of its produce
to the public.
Private garden means a private food-producing garden located in the

front, side, or rear yard, rooftop, courtyard, balcony, fence, wall, window
sill or basement, that is accessory to the primary use of a site.
Rooftop farming means cultivating food crops on the rooftop of a

building.
Q:
What is an urban agriculture incentive zone?
A:
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Act (AB551) is State legislation that was
approved in September 2013. It enables local governments to create an urban
agriculture incentive zone (UAIZ) whereby the City can enter into contracts with
individual landowners to voluntarily restrict the use of vacant, unimproved, and
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otherwise blighted parcels between 0.1-3.0 acres to agricultural uses in

exchange for property tax reductions. The creation of a UAIZ in the city would be
subject to the approval of Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
Q:
How much will the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone save participating
property owners in taxes?
A:
It depends on the assessed value of the parcel. The Sacramento Urban

Agriculture Coalition provided a list of parcels that may participate in the UAIZ. Of
these, 18 parcels were both privately owned and within the city boundary. The
average annual tax savings per parcel was $937, and the average annual tax
savings per acre was $6,127. The average valuation per parcel was $84,695,
and the total acreage for the 18 parcels was 2.75 acres.
Q:
Does urban agriculture reduce neighboring property values?
A:
One study found that community gardens in New York City had significant
positive effects on property values, especially in the poorest neighborhoods. It
found that higher quality gardens had the greatest effect. This was the only
study that we found.
Q:
How does Utilities deal with solid waste on parcels that only have crops?
A:
Section 13.10.210 of the Sacramento City Code requires all owners or tenants of
commercial property in the city where garbage is created, generated,
accumulated, or produced, to subscribe to garbage collection service provided by
an SWA franchisee. Parcels that only have crops and sell produce are
considered commercial and are subject to this requirement.
Q:
Would parcels that only have crops be required to have waste cans or
bins?
A:
Yes, this requirement would likely be met with one 90-gallon garbage can. If
produce is sold, it would be considered a commercial use. Commercial uses
cannot put green waste in the street, since this is a service that is only for
residential customers during leaf season.
Q:
What is an urban agriculture stand?
A:
Urban agriculture stand means a temporary produce stand that is accessory to

an urban agriculture use.
Q:
What is the difference between an urban agriculture stand and a produce

stand?
A:
A produce stand is a permanent structure, and permitted only in A or A-OS

zones.
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Q:
How can urban farmers in residential zones sell their produce off-site?
A:
There are several ways that urban farmers in residential zones can sell their
produce, including but not limited to the following:
With permission from the landowner or manager of an existing paved area
(parking lot, etc.) an urban farmer can set up a community market (see
below).
Sell produce at one of the local certified farmers markets
Sell produce to a local grocery chain or local restaurants
Q:
What is a community market?
A:
A community market, as defined in 17.108.040, 17.228.124 of the city code, is a

temporary outdoor market, covering an area 500 square feet or less, that sells
agricultural products, including flowers. It is required to be located on an
improved surface, such as a parking lot; operate not more than one day out of
the week for a maximum of five consecutive hours, only between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. One small portable sign is permitted. Community
markets are allowed by right in many zones throughout the city.
Q:
Can the City limit the use of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and
fertilizers or require that urban farmers only utilized organic methods?
A:
No, the City cannot regulate chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers,
which are regulated by the State.
Q:
How did San Francisco handle pesticides?
A:
San Francisco does not regulate pesticides. It does however provide an

incentive for pesticide free urban agriculture through UAIZ contracts. This is the
only feasible way to limit pesticide use that we know of.
Q:
What is the rough acreage of city-operated community gardens?
A:
As of September 2014, the City has 12 community gardens totaling 3.7 acres.
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Comparison of On-Site Stands, Various Jurisdictions
(Prepared by City Staff)
Jurisdiction
Austin
Texas*
Boston
Allowed in Single
Family Residential
Zones by Right?
No, not allowed by right
in residential zones
Limitations (if
allowed)
Results/
Consequences
Reference or
Source
Farm stands not

allowed, but sales are
allowed if out of sight of
the general public on
the property, and
generate no more than
three customer related
trips per day on
average.
Not relevant for comparison

because farm stands arent allowed.
Memo from
ChangeLabSolutions
Accessory farm stands

are conditional in many
districts and sub-districts
where retail is not
allowed by the applicable
underlying
zone.
Even though small

ground level farms are
allowed in Boston, there
are a number of districts
and sub-districts,
(including
neighborhood districts
in which accessory
farm stands require a
conditional use permit.
Not necessarily relevant for this

comparison because conditional use
permits are required in various
districts and sub-districts.
http://www.cityof
boston.gov/food/
urbanag/permits.
asp
No issues according to memo from

ChangeLab-Solutions, however, this
is not necessarily relevant for this
comparison because a public
hearing is required.
Sacramento
Urban Agriculture
Coalition
Proposal
All farms need to apply

for a use of premises
permit ($50.00)
Design review is
required for any
structure.
Cleveland
*
No, a public hearing is

required.
Must be removed during

off-season;
No restrictions on
numbers of days open
per week.
On-site or within 1000
Building permit
required.
No more than 2% lot
coverage;
18 setback;
Summary of
Urban Agriculture
Ordinances City
of Cleveland,
prepared by
Cleveland Office
of Sustainability
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Jurisdiction
Davis
Allowed in Single
Family Residential
Zones by Right?
Not allowed by right in
any zone
Limitations (if
allowed)
Results/
Consequences
Reference or
Source
Not allowed
Not relevant for this comparison

because not allowed by right in any
zone.
In residential zones, onsite sales are allowed as

accessory to the
agriculture use
On-site sales only
Only have 10-15 stands in the entire

city.
Telephone call
with Mitch Sears,
Sustainability
Program
Manager, City of
Davis
Community
Development
Department
msears@cityofda
vis.org
(530) 757-5610
ext. 5888
No information.
Did not return
calls
Phone call with
Julia Gisler.
Project Manager
Public,
Involvement,
Bureau of
Planning and
Sustainability,
(503) 823-7624;
julia.gisler@portl
andoregon.gov
Detroit
Portland*
Residential zones: 70
days per year, from 7
am 9 pm
Complaints have been insignificant.
Non-residential zones:
no limits on number of
days
Roseville
Not allowed by right in

any zone
Not allowed
Not relevant for this comparison

because not allowed by right in any
zone.
Phone call to
Greg Bitter,
Principal Planner
(916) 774-5276
San Diego
Stands are allowed as

an accessory use for
community gardens
only. Neighborhood
use permit required in
certain areas
Limited to one day

per week in
residential zones
Memo from
ChangeLabSol
utions
San
Francisco*
Yes, but this is

contingent on the
approval of change of
use permit (~$350.00).
Limited hours, 6 am- 8

pm
Outdoors only
Value added products
not allowed in
residential districts.
Not necessarily relevant because

stands are allowed as an accessory
use to community gardens (not
market gardens). Sacramento
already allows stands as an
accessory use to private community
gardens.
San Francisco only has about 3
stands. One is at a school, another
is honey sales only, and the third is
little city garden, the only one that
is on a vacant lot.
There have been no complaints
Not necessarily relevant
Juris-
Allowed in Single
Limitations (if
Results/
Phone
conversation with
Hanna
Schulman, Urban
Agriculture
Program
Coordinator
(415) 575-5604
and information
at
http://www.urban
aglaw.org/planni
ng-andzoning/sanfranciscocalifornia/
Reference or
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diction
Family Residential
Zones by Right?
allowed)
Consequences
Source
Seattle
Yes, all zones
Produce stand is
allowed by right as an
accessory use (only if
there is a single
family home on site).
Must submit plan to
establish a record
with the City that
states they will meet
all of the standards.
Referred to Susan McClain in

Planning Division (206) 6840432 for more recent
information, but she hasnt
returned my calls.
Phone
conversation
with Michael
Jenkins (206)
386-4024., who
oversaw
development of
market garden
program in
2009, but
works in a
different
department
now. Michael
also sent link to
TIPS sheet:
7:00 am 7:00 pm,

limited stand size
(~50 s.f.in single
family
neighborhoods), offstreet parking
required
West
Sacrame
nto
Yes
None
http://www.se
attle.gov/DPD/
Publications/C
AM/cam244.pd
f
West Sacramento has always
allowed crops, including on-site
produce stands, as an interim
use.
Have 2-3 sites with on-site
stands, and several more in the
works. None of these are
located in single family
residential neighborhoods
because they dont have many
empty lots in single family
neighborhoods.
Phone
conversation
with David Tilly
in Planning
Department
(916) 617-4645
DavidT@cityof
westsacrament
o.org
All of the sites/stands but one

are operated by the Center for
Land-Based Learning.
*Included in memo from ChangeLabSolutions
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Attachment 3: Public Outreach

General Plan Workshops (Draft Goals and Policies)
February 7, 2013 Parks and Recreation District Workshop #1
February 27, 2013 Community Workshop
March 14, 2013 Planning & Design Commission Workshop#2
June 27, 2013 Planning & Design Commission Workshop#3
August 14, 2014 Planning & Design Commission Workshop#3
September 3, 2014 South Area Community Workshop
September 4, 2014 Central Area Community Workshop
September 4, 2014 Parks & Recreation Commission Workshop#2
September 8, 2014 North Area Community Workshop
Surveys
Online survey, Sept-Oct 2014
Envision Sacramento Blog, Sept. 2014
Planning and Design Commission
Public Workshop, September 11, 2014
Public Hearing, February 12, 2015
Law & Legislation Committee
SUAC Presentation of proposal, May 20, 2014
Public Hearing, February 10, 2015
City Council
Public Hearing, March 17, 2015
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Larry Greene
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER
January 8, 2015
Helen Selph
City of Sacramento
300 Richards Blvd, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Dear Ms. Selph,
The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (The District) thanks the
City of Sacramento for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Urban Agriculture
Ordinance. The District is required by law to represent the citizens of the Sacramento
district in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions
may have an adverse impact on air quality within the Sacramento district.1 We offer
our comments in that spirit.
Recognizing that the City must balance many competing interests in determining
appropriate land use within the jurisdiction, the District offers information on the
emission benefits of transitioning traditional landscaping to agricultural uses. The
District hopes that the final ordinance allows and encourages more residents to move
from traditional lawn to more sustainable landscapes and maintenance practices.
Direct Greenhouse Gas Emission by Landscape Type2
An acre of traditional landscaping in the City of Sacramento, maintained for a year,
generates 3,200 pounds of greenhouse gases (measured in carbon dioxide equivalents
or CO2e). These emissions are due to the water-energy cost (pumping and treating
the tap water), mowing, waste hauling, nitrous oxide released from the fertilizer, and
CH4 release from uncaptured landfill methane.
Converting an acre of land from traditional landscaping to a conventionally-grown
vegetable and herb garden with pressure-compensating drip irrigation reduces annual
emissions by 900 pounds CO2e, or 28 percent. Adding on-site composting, a smart
irrigation controller, proper spacing and heavy mulching to the conventional garden
1
2
California Health and Safety Code 40961

CO2e estimated in this section with River Friendly landscaping calculator. http://www.riverfriendly.com
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reduces another 600 pounds CO2e for a total reduction of 47 percent. Finally, replacing
chemical fertilizers with more sustainable options reduces another 500 pounds CO2e for
a total reduction of 59 percent versus a conventional lawn.
Indirect Emissions from Transportation
The proposed ordinance contemplates allowing on-site sales of agriculture products
created on the parcel. To measure the potential trip generation of on-site sales, the
District reviewed transaction records from farm stands operated by Alchemist CDC.
These farm stands operated for three hours per event, once a week with at least 10
different products on offer at each farm stand, usually spread across two to three popup tents. The farm stands also accepted EBT and were marketed to the community.
Due to the diversity of products, size, marketing, and regular hours, District staff
anticipates that trip generation at Alchemist CDC farm stands would be, on average,
higher than at on-site sales sites proposed by the ordinance.
Reviewing data from five stands, the average transactions generated per three hour
session are as follows:
Mean total
transactions
River Garden Greenway4

Estates3
23
14
Alkali Flat5
Broderick6
39
39
McClatchy
Park7
78
In reviewing the data with Davida Douglas, the executive director of Alchemist CDC, Ms.
Douglas noted that the urban stands tended to have a higher active transportation
mode share (about 50 percent) while suburban stands tend to have a lower active
transportation mode share (about 20 percent). However, nearly all vehicle trips were
diverted or pass-by, meaning that visiting the farm stand was not the primary purpose
of the trip, but was incidental to the primary trip the visitor was making8. Pass-by trips
generate virtually no additional vehicle miles traveled (modeled at 0.1 VMT per trip)
while diverted trips are modeled to add 25 percent to the length of the primary trip.9
The District does not have enough information to determine if trips to farm stands
would replace other retail or recreational trips that would otherwise happen, or if these
3
2201 Northview Dr, Sacramento, CA, 4-7pm on Thursdays

6311 Sampson Blvd, Sacramento, CA, 3-6pm on Mondays
5
Neely Johnson Park at 11th & F Streets, Sacramento, CA, 4-7pm on Tuesdays
6
800 Todhunter Ave, West Sacramento, CA, 10am-1pm on Saturdays
7
McClatchy Park at 33th Street & 5th Ave, Sacramento, CA, 10am-1pm on Saturdays
8
For example, dropping off dry-cleaning on the way to work would be considered a pass-by trip, while
going to work would be a primary trip. If the home-to-work trip was altered to go to a particular drycleaner, then it is considered a diverted trip.
9
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association. California Emissions Estimator Model - Appendix A:
Calculation Details for CalEEMod. July 2013. Pages 21-22.
4
777 12th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, CA 95814-1908

916/874-4800 916/874-4899 fax
www.airquality.org
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would be new trips. However, based on current thresholds, an individual farm stand
would not constitute a significant air quality impact.10
General comments
The District offers this information to assist the City in making informed decisions with
respect to the Urban Agriculture Ordinance. The SMAQMD thanks the City for the
opportunity to comment on this ordinance. If you have additional questions or require
further assistance, please contact me at pphilley@airquality.org or (916) 874-4882.
Sincerely,
Paul Philley, AICP

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
777 12th Street, 3rd Floor
10
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District CEQA Guide December 2009, Revised August
2013. A supermarket land use less than 53,000 square feet would not be considered a significant impact
for criteria air pollutants. A supermarket land use less than 13,000 square feet would not be considered
a significant impact for greenhouse gas emissions.
777 12th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, CA 95814-1908
916/874-4800 916/874-4899 fax
www.airquality.org
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September 26, 2014

To:
Helen Selph, Associate Planner

City of Sacramento Community Development Department
300 Richards Blvd. 3rd Floor
hselph@cityofsacramento.org
Re:
Proposed Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Dear Ms. Selph:

I am writing on behalf of the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS) in support of the proposed
urban agriculture ordinance for the City of Sacramento. Specifically, we support the ability to grow and
sell produce in all zones of the City, even when agriculture may be the secondary use on a parcel.
ECOS supports the concept of urban agriculture for a variety of reasons. It makes effective use of
existing otherwise unused space in urban areas. It can provide an essential and healthy addition to the
diets of those who grow food there. It can serve as an alternative free-time activity, especially for young
people. Finally, it can address the lack of food-shopping opportunities for urban neighborhoods where
alternatives are scarce or non-existent.
The City of Sacramentos Planning Departments amendment to the proposed ordinance has removed
the by-right on site sales provision in residential zones and replaced it with a very costly conditional use
permit. ECOS opposes this amendment: the resulting financial burden reduces opportunities for urban
farmers to develop viable markets for their products to provide healthy, fresh food to residents. Such a
burden will disproportionately impact already disadvantaged communities.
ECOS supports the Urban Agriculture Ordinance as proposed by the Sacramento Urban Agriculture
Coalition, and urges the City of Sacramento to approve and begin immediate implementation. ECOS
opposes elimination of by-right on site sales in residential areas, as proposed by the City of
Sacramentos Planning Department.
Expanding the ability to grow and sell produce will create an innovative solution to food access and
economic development in our city. Specifically allowing for sales from parcels where agriculture is the
secondary use will allow schools, churches, community organizations and residents to participate in the
production and sale of fresh produce, exponentially increasing the benefit of the new ordinance.
I strongly urge you to draft the new urban agriculture ordinance to include growing and selling produce
in all zones, even when agriculture is the secondary use on the parcel. Please feel free to contact me for
further discussion.
www.ecosacramento.net
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Sincerely,
Richard Guerrero
President, ECOS
Cc: Katie Valenzuela Garcia, Sacramento Urban Agriculture Coalition, katie@ubuntugreen.org
www.ecosacramento.net
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Helen Selph
Paul Towers <ptowers@panna.org>
Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:45 AM
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Joe Devlin; Helen Selph; Jim McDonald
comments on Urban Ag Ordinance
urban ag support PAN.pdf
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Dear Chair Nybo and Members of the Planning Commission,

Please find comments attached regarding the Urban Agriculture Ordinance you are taking up tonight.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Paul Towers
PAN North America
916.588.3100
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September 10, 2014

David Nybo, Chair
City of Sacramento Planning and Design Commission
300 Richards Blvd, 3rd Floor

RE: Support for Urban Ag Ordinance & Proposed Amendments

Dear Chair Nybo and Members of the Planning Commission,

On behalf PAN and our members in the City of Sacramento, Im writing in support of the
Urban Agriculture Ordinance (LR14-002) and respectfully offer two amendments to the
current proposal. The success of a healthy, sustainable and fair food system rests on the
ability of urban and rural residents to find innovative ways to connect with food, from
farm to fork. And Sacramento can continue to help lead the way as Americas Farm-To-
Fork Capital by reducing barriers to growing food crops and by spurring opportunities
to grow the number of entrepreneurial small-scale farmers.

We believe the ordinance, as currently proposed, keeps Sacramento on the right path to
producing healthy, sustainable and local food. And we would encourage the
Commission to go one step further by taking up two amendments:

(1) Include the by-right sales in residential areas in order to spur economic
development. The current staff proposal does not include sales on residentially zoned
properties and misses an important opportunity to include some of Sacramentos
entrepreneurs.

(2) Expressly prohibit the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops within
City limits. While the City cannot limit the cultivation of hazardous pesticides, it can
limit the cultivation of pesticide-promoting GE crops as counties across the state (e.g.,
Lake, Mendocino, Marin) have already done, and as the City of Los Angeles is actively
considering.

We sincerely thank the Commission for taking up this issue and encourage the City of
Sacramento to adopt these changes and move forward with implementation as swiftly
as possible. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 916-588-3100 or
ptowers@panna.org.
Sincerely,

Paul Towers
Organizing & Media Director
Advancing Alternatives to Pesticides Worldwide Main Office: 1611 Telegraph Ave,

Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612 Ph 510.788.9020
Sacramento Office: 909 12th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814 www.panna.org
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Helen Selph
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chukou thao <cxthao05@gmail.com>

Saturday, September 13, 2014 6:14 PM
Michael Harris
Helen Selph; Bobby Phills; Rudy Arredondo; breadfruittree@sbcglobal.net;
hoodprogram@gmail.com; Victor - NASS Tolomeo; val.dolcini@ca.usda.gov;
alwashington@africa-usa.org
Re: Proposed Urban Agriculture Ordinance
It is time to celebrate the culture the people in the food. In the words of long time African American agriculture
leader Wil Scott. " when people are eat no one is arguing".
United we stand.
Ct
On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Michael Harris <blackagriculture@yahoo.com> wrote:
City of Sacramento ~ Proposed Urban Agriculture Ordinance
Urban Agriculture remains the last opportunity for the renaissance of Black Agriculture in America...
Sacramento remains our home, California Pan African Urban Agriculture indeed was nurtured in my
hometown.
For over 15 years we have served as a bridge towards, "a new way forward, healing what is hurting our
communities" at local, statewide, national and international opportunities to build positive collaboration.
Can you send a me a copy of staff draft of working version of City of Sacramento Urban Ag Ordinance,
thanks...
Quick areas to consider, may include: Soil Contamination, Access to Capitol, Food Safety, Product
Traceability and opportunities for "socially disadvantaged urban agriculture producers" with clear paths to
compatible USDA, CDFA opportunities... are often missing from the conversation...
Urban Agriculture can mirror existing Rural Agriculture opportunities and build links to expanded job
creation, career advancement and community economic development within the Urban Service Boundary
in the City of Sacramento and beyond.
Once I am clear on the process, I will reach out to local Latino, Hmong, Native America, Pan African,
Russian and other local stakeholders who continue to play an ongoing roll in Agriculture public policy, a
clear understanding of the path to participation is essential.
Many of us represent leading voices for expanded Urban Agriculture in US Farm Policy and inclusion in the
US Census of Agriculture of 2017.
USDA ~ NASS Regional Director, NASS Statistician and NASS Administrator will be included in the
conversation to leverage our Farm to Fork platform, CDFA Headquarters, State USDA Leaders and our
President of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Michael Harris, Chair
California Black Agriculture Working Group
(916) 997-2451
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Chukou Thao, E.D.

National Hmong American Farmers, Inc.
2904 N. Blackstone Ave Suite A-2
Fresno, CA 93703
559/313-3339
webpage: www.nhaf.org
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Helen Selph
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David Kwong
Monday, September 08, 2014 4:35 PM
Tom Pace; Jim McDonald; Helen Selph
FW: Farms in the city
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Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 4:33 PM
To: Ryan DeVore; David Kwong
Subject: FW: Farms in the city
From: Kathleen Winkelman [mailto:winkusa1@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:56 PM
To: Kevin McCarty; Sandy Sheedy; Angelique Ashby; Steve Cohn; Robert Fong; Jay Schenirer; Mayor of the City of
Sacramento, Kevin Johnson; Darrell Fong; Lisa Nava; John F. Shirey
Subject: Farms in the city
The Planning Commission will begin the process of allowing urban farm with a hearing this Thursday
night at City Hall. How wonderful that the Planning Commission can move so fast, without input from
city residents. Envision just sent out an email last week...and the Planning Commission is already
moving on this? Once again, it seems the residents do not have input in a timely matter. So in case
the Planning Commission does not care get Envision's input, here is mine. And maybe, if telling you
is the wrong place, could you forward my concerns to the correct place?
There are so many things to consider and take into view:
1. Where is the water coming from to grow these farms? And what will their watering schedule
be? What will be their restrictions?
2. Will only those living in the neighborhood be farming these farms or can anyone from anywhere
start a farm?
3. They can sell? Where? On every street corner? Or sell where they grow? And the rules for
selling? Will these rules pertain to those already selling food on the corners? How will people know if
the food was grown by these vendors or is it stolen?
4. More dust and more dirt in a city already full of bad air. How much more will these farms
produce? Are the mini fields going to be plowed? Or only cultivated by hand?
5. Why is the city focusing on farming? My street needs paved, the parks need help, the city needs
new business...where do these fit in?
6. Is this new focus on farms using tax dollars to fund a staff person? Will the farmers need to pay
for city services or will the general fund do it...and how much will be set aside to pay for farm
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services? I truly do not like my tax dollars being spent on someone's farm..no matter where it is,
when city services are not at 100% and my utility bill keeps going up. No tax dollars should be
involved.
Kathy Winkelman
Resident, City of Sacramento
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Helen Selph
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Stockton Blvd Partnership- Terrence Johnson Exec.Dir.

<stocktonblvdpartnership@msn.com>
Friday, September 05, 2014 5:36 PM
Helen Selph
RE: Urban Agriculture Ordinance - City of Sacramento Planning Commission Workshop
Helen,
Commissioners:
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input to the proposal of the Urban Agriculture Ordinance. Please
forward to the commissioners on my behalf as representation from the two PBIDs that I manage: Stockton Blvd
Partnership and Oak Park Business Association.
My perspective of land-banking or other Williamson Act considerations within this proposal noted under Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zones (AB 551) beginning on page 32 of the ordinance language is that it would be in direct
conflict when applied to properties within the established boundaries of our Property and Business Improvement
District. Any imposition placed through ordinance that would limit or prohibit the originally zone purpose in any
way would or at any time, in my opinion, perpetuate existing blighted conditions. The PBID work plans targets
these open vacant lots and identifies them as catalyst sites for economic development. I am speaking to vacant
lots that have historically been zoned commercial OR residential lots within a commercial district/corridor with
potential of development into future residential or mixed use improvements.
I am unable to attend in person. I will be out of town during the scheduled meeting.
My Best,
Terrence Johnson
Executive Director / Association Management
Stockton Blvd Partnership
Oak Park Business Association
916-454-2469 Office / 916-454-6021 Fax
From: Stockton Blvd Partnership- Terrence Johnson Exec.Dir. [mailto:stocktonblvdpartnership@msn.com]

Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:45 AM
To: Dean Peckham
Cc: Melissa Anguiano; Helen Selph
Subject: RE: Urban Agriculture Ordinance - City of Sacramento Planning Commission Workshop
How, if at all, will this effect the vacant lot designation that we currently rely upon within our assessment
district? With this ordinance change, will the zoning be altered at all? Will we need to address these issues upon
renewal to take into consideration ag use vs commercial vs residential?
Currently a vacant lot within our district is defined as an assessable lot - even if the zoning is residential. When
the lot is developed into a residence, then the assessment is no longer valid. We take advantage of these lots
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being undeveloped because they tend to be problematic and blighted and a source of more focus energy ... I would
not encourage any exemption to the PBID law (ie religious deferral etc. )
If there is no zoning change, then we don't need to consider it. OPBA is renewing in 2015 and we should mindful of
this activity.
My Best,
Terrence Johnson
Executive Director / Association Management
Stockton Blvd Partnership
916-454-2469 Office / 916-454-6021 Fax
From:DPeckham@cityofsacramento.org
To:DPeckham@cityofsacramento.org
CC:MAnguiano@cityofsacramento.org;HSelph@cityofsacramento.org
Subject:UrbanAgricultureOrdinanceCityofSacramentoPlanningCommissionWorkshop
Date:Thu,28Aug201420:58:52+0000
DearCommunityPartner
InfurtheranceoftheCitysgoaltobetheFarmtoForkCapitaltheCityofSacramentoPlanningCommission
isconductingapublicworkshoponSeptember11,2014at5:30pmtosolicitpublicinputonaproposed
zoningordinanceamendmenttopermiturbanagriculture(cropsonly)withintheCityofSacramento.
Theproposedordinanceisintendedtosupporttheproductionandsaleoflocallygrownfoods;build
community;improvepublichealthandwellbeing;andprovideeconomicopportunities,particularlyinareas
thathavevacantorunderutilizedland.
Cityplannerswanttohearyourthoughtsandideasonhowurbanagricultureshouldbeintegratedinto
urbanandsuburbanneighborhoods,inparticular,themaximumsizeandthetypesofusesthatshouldbe
allowed
StaffisrecommendingfourchangesaspartoftheUrbanAgricultureOrdinance.
Cultivationofcropsasaprimarylanduseonvacantparcelsinresidential,commercial,industrialandmanufacturing
zonesthroughoutthecity.
Onsiteurbanagriculturalstandsforthesaleofcropsgrownonsite
Builtstructurestosupporturbanagriculturesuchasstoragesheds,greenhousesandhoophouses.
DesignationoftheCityofSacramentoasanUrbanAgricultureIncentiveZone(UAIZ):Thiswouldallowproperty
ownerstovoluntarilyenterintoacontractwiththeCitytoreducedpropertytaxesforonsiteurbanagriculture.
Attachedisapublicmeetingnoticeabouttheupcomingworkshop.Thenoticealsoincludesalinktothe
projectwebsiteandsurveytosolicityourinputregardinghowtheordinanceandurbanagriculturewithinthe
CityofSacramentocanbesupportedandthrive.
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Pleaseparticipateintheworkshopandsharethisordinancewithyourmembersandinterestedcommunity
members.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheproposedordinance,pleasecontactMs.HelenSelph,AssociatePlanner,
at9168087852orhselph@cityofsacramento.org.
Thankyou!
Dean
DeanPeckham
SeniorProjectManager
EconomicDevelopmentDept.
CityofSacramento
915ISt,4thFl
Sacramento,CA95814
9168087063
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Helen Selph
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Dr. Kelly Byam <kabyam@yahoo.com>

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:29 PM
Helen Selph
Great idea on urban farming
Please make sure you also exempt food crops and food-producing trees from
residential water restrictions and reduce rates for water used on food crops or to water
livestock or for community gardens. Please also stop fining anyone who wants to put a
vegetable garden in instead of grass, and allow those whose properties who have
easements to plant crops there as long as there are no permanent structures that
prevent access to the easement.
Thanks
Kelly
Kelly Byam, DVM
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9098 Laguna Main St #1
Elk Grove CA 95758
(916) 684-6854
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May 23, 2014

Helen Selph
Associate Planner
City of Sacramento
hselph@cityofsacramento.org
RE:
URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONES
Dear Helen:
Washington Capital Management, Inc. is the Investment Manager for the real estate
holdings of U.A. Local No. 447 Pension Plan, which owns 97 acres of vacant land
adjacent to the south side of Elder Creek Road and the west side of South Watt Avenue,
within the City of Sacramento.
The subject property has been owned by the Pension Plan for 25 years, and has never
been developed. The site is accessible from Elder Creek Road, South Watt Avenue, and
Morrison Creek Drive. The topography is flat. Other than power lines crossing the site,
there are no improvements, permanent vegetation or wetlands. The site is zoned for
Light Industrial use, and agricultural uses are not allowed in this zoning.
In September of 2013, the State of California passed the Urban Agriculture Incentive
Zones Act, which would allow cities to enter into contracts with landowners to restrict
the use of vacant lands in urban areas to small-scale agricultural production for periods of
no less than five years. In exchange, the land would be assessed for property tax
purposes at the average per-acre value of irrigated cropland in California.
We understand that the City of Sacramento does not currently have a way to implement
the Urban Agriculture Incentives Zones Act. Given that any contracts under the Act need
to be in place no later than January 1, 2019, there is less than five years remaining to
achieve the goals of the legislation.
We encourage the City of Sacramento to move forward as quickly as possible in putting
in place the zoning or regulations that will allow for urban agriculture zones. As stated in
the Citys Sustainable Sacramento web site: It is vitally important to promote and create
Sacramento communities that offer diverse range of uses of existing land, buildings, and
spaces, while also meeting the needs of our community. The owner of the subject
property would be interested in entering into a contract that would both allow agricultural
uses on the subject property and restrict the use of the subject property to agricultural
uses, for a period of up to five years.
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Letter to the City of Sacramento

RE: Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones
May 23, 2014 Page 2 of 2.
In addition, we encourage the City of Sacramento to consider revising the zoning code to
allow agricultural uses in Industrial zones, even if only on a conditional use basis. The
owners of the subject do not have any near term plans for development of the site, and
have been approached in the past by various parties interested in farming on the site.
Allowing farming would not negatively impact adjacent users, almost all of whom are
commercial or industrial related, and would benefit the community by providing a local
source of agricultural crops.
Thank you for your consideration. We are happy to answer any questions you may have.
Sincerely Yours,
WASHINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
Mel Morgan Jr.

Vice President / Asset Manager
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Helen Selph
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Gina Knepp
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:13 PM
Helen Selph
FW: FYI - Farm Animals in Sacramento
Morefeedbackforyou.
From: Jennifer Fearing [mailto:jfearing@humanesociety.org]

Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 5:23 PM
To: Gina Knepp
Subject: RE: FYI - Farm Animals in Sacramento
HiGina,
SomethoughtsastheCitypreparestorespondtothisproposal,asrelatestotheanimalhusbandryaspects.
Firstandforemost:anyexpansionofthekeepingofanimalsintheCityofSacramentowillexpresslyimpactyour
agencysworkload.YouragencyistaskedwithenforcingallofCaliforniasanimalcrueltyandneglectlaws,whichinthis
stateapplyequallytoanimalsraisedforfoodastheydotocompanionanimals.Yourofficersalreadystrainedtokeep
upwithexistingnuisanceandanimalwelfarecomplaintswillundoubtedlyfindtheneedfortheirresponsesto
increase.WethinkyouallatFrontStreetaredoingaphenomenaljobtryingtoaddresstheexistingportfolioofneeds
toensurethewelfareofanimalsandtherehomingofpets.Wewouldlovetoseeyoureffortsstayconcentratedand
focusedonthosegoals.HereisanexampleofaseriousrabbitneglectcaseinOakland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EewtQcVwE.
Second,youragencyshouldnotexpecttosufficientlyrecoupthecostsofthisaddedenforcementburdenfromany
revenuegeneratedbylicensingoftheseadditionalanimalresidents.Oneneedstoonlylookattherecenthistoryrelated
totheCitysbackyardhenordinancetoseetheevidenceofbothexpandedworkloadandinsufficientcostrecovery.
Third,whilewecertainlyencouragelivestockproducerstoimprovetheiranimalkeepingmethodstoensurebetter
welfare,itisunclearthatindividualresidentsinurbanareaspossesstheskillsandexperiencetoensuregoodwelfare
throughoutafarmanimalslifeorthatthiscommunityhastherequisitenumberofavailableandskilledveterinariansto
treatthoseanimalswhentheybecomeillorinjured.Thereareboundtobeescapedanimalsandsomewillberightly
concernedaboutthepotentialforthespreadofdisease.Urbanenvironmentsarereallynotsuitableforanimalslike
goatsandpigs,whonaturallyneedquiteabitofspacetoensuregoodwelfare.
Finally,wehaveveryseriousconcernsaboutallowingslaughterinurbanareas.Itisarecipeforananimalwelfare
nightmare.Slaughterisaheavilyregulatedactivity.USDAinspectorsmonitortheslaughterofanimalswhoareraised
commerciallyforcompliancewithavoluminouslistofrulesandregulationsandforgoodreason:toprotectworkers,
consumersandanimals.Anditishardtoimagineneighborsespeciallythosewithyoungchildrenappreciating
animalsbeingslaughteredinthenextyard.Thepotentialforconflictbetweenneighborsishigh.
Itsimportanttonotethatbackyardhenkeepingdoesntpresentasmanywelfareissuesasthekeepingofmammalslike
goatsandpigsinaurbanenvironment,nordoesitinvolveslaughter.Assuch,TheHSUSdoesnottypicallyoppose
ordinancesliketheoneSacramentocurrentlyhas,thoughwerecognizethefirsttwoconcernspresentedheredidand
doapply.Wedourgepeoplekeepinghenstolearnabouttheirneedsandadopthensratherthanpurchasechicks.
Heressomemoreinformationonbackyardhenkeepingthatwesharewithourmembers:
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/chickens/tips/adopting_chickens.html
PleasepassalongthesethoughtstotheappropriateCitystaff.
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From: Gina Knepp [mailto:GKnepp@cityofsacramento.org]

Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:47 PM
To: Jennifer Fearing
Subject: Fwd: FYI - Farm Animals in Sacramento
Yourthoughtsbeforemy4pmconferencecallwouldbegreatlyappreciated.Justgotthistoday.Iopposeonseveral
levelsbutthoughtyoumightliketoweighin.
Thanks,
Gina
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To:ReinaSchwartz<RSchwartz@cityofsacramento.org>
Subject:FYIFarmAnimalsinSacramento
Councilreceiveda40pageproposalurgingzoningchangesinSacramentocitytoallowforincreased
urbanagriculture,toincludeanimalssuchaspigs,goats,roosters,etc.Ihaveaconferencecallwith
CDD.JustlettingyouknowthatIintendtoopposethis.Wedonothavethecapacitytohousefarm
animalsatourshelter,nordowehavetheenforcementcapacitytomonitor&respondto
complaints.Justcheckingintomakesureyouareokwithmyposition.
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AnimalCareServicesManager
FrontStreetShelterCityofSacramento
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changelabsolutions.org
Memorandum
To: Matt Read, Sacramentans for Sustainable Community Agriculture
From: Heather Wooten, ChangeLab Solutions
Subject: On-site urban agriculture sales in South Sacramento
Date: 27 February 2015
BACKGROUND
Within California and across the country, an increasing number of jurisdictions are allowing for on-site
sales of produce grown through urban agriculture initiatives. These initiatives include home gardens,
community and school gardens, and urban farms. Because many of these sites are in residential areas,
there is concern among some that the retail activities create problems with noise, traffic, or other
nuisances.
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide Sacramento BHC with information about the state of
practice for on-site urban agriculture sales. It provides an overview of the experience of eleven (11)
jurisdictions where on-site urban agriculture sales are legal, highlighting successes, challenges, and
lessons learned. The memo concludes with a glimpse into community benefits made possible by allowing
on-site urban agriculture sales.
Survey of the field

The bulk of the information for this memo was collected through questions posed to two listservs:
ComFood and Food Policy Council. The main question posed was, What kinds of observations have you
made since urban ag sales have been allowed? The question was left open to encourage unique and
detailed answers; however, respondents were primed for feedback about complaints.
Several people responded to engage in discussion beyond the main question. Some of the follow-up
questions from those dialogues included:
What kind of feedback have you received from the community about on-site sales?
What kind of feedback have you received from growers about on-site sales?
Have you received any complaints about urban ag sales?
Did any issues or problems arise that have already been resolved?
Telephone and listserv requests for feedback from areas where on-site urban agriculture sales are legal
yielded input from planners, code enforcement officers, non-profit garden managers, and farm operators.
They worked in cities of all sizes, in all regions of the country.
ChangeLab Solutions is a nonprofit organization that provides legal information on matters relating to public health.
The legal information in this document does not constitute legal advice or legal representation. For legal advice,
readers should consult a lawyer in their state.
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Respondent cities
The locations and roles of those who provided input include the following:
San Francisco: Senior Planner, Planning Department

Maricopa County, AZ: Food System Coordinator, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Salt Lake City, UT: Sustainability Program Manager, Division of Sustainability and the
Environment
Fort Collins, CO: Senior Environmental Planner, City of Fort Collins
Austin, TX: (Former) Planner, City of Austin
Saint Paul, MN: Coordinator, Statewide Health Improvement Program, Minnesota Department of
Health
Cleveland, OH: Director of Planning, City of Cleveland
Asheville, NC: Member, Asheville-Buncombe Food Policy Council
Philadelphia, PA: Director, Garden Justice Legal Initiative, Public Interest Law Center of
Philadelphia
Tallahassee, FL: Co-Owner and Sales Manager, Ripe City Urban Farm
Portland, ME: Manager of Food Access Programs, Cultivating Community
Findings also include information from a sampling of California jurisdictions that allow on -site urban
agriculture sales.
FINDINGS
No complaints
Despite this wide variation in circumstances, none reported that there had been complaints of any kind
from neighbors about on-site sales. On the contrary, several reported that their neighbors were happy to
find another source of fresh produce. Only one jurisdiction Austin, TX reported any community
resistance during the process of amending the municipal code to allow on -site urban agriculture sales. By
finding an acceptable compromise that allowed urban agriculture sales but preserved the character of a
historic residential community, the City of Austin was able to resolve this issue and has not since had any
complaints related to on-site sales.
State of practice
Most respondents cities had made significant changes to their laws governing agriculture within the past
five years. Some cities overhauled many zoning ordinances and permitting requirements related to urban
agriculture all at once and included provisions for sales in this suite of changes. San Francisco is one
example of this: the Urban Agriculture Zoning Ordinance allows food -growing projects on less than one
acre to be established in any zone in the city. Projects larger than one acre, designated as large -scale
urban agriculture, are allowed in industrial areas, and by permit elsewhere. The ordinance allows sales at
all types of urban agriculture sites.1 A Senior Planner in the citys Planning Department said there have
been no known complaints regarding on-site produce sales since this ordinance passed.
Other cities expanded urban agriculture first and then, later, made changes to allow o n-site agricultural
sales in residential areas. A Senior Environmental Planner in Fort Collins, CO remarked that home garden
sales had previously been allowed:
We did change the code [to allow market gardens/farm stands in residential areas], but
sales from produce grown at your home or even for business purposes has always been
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allowed. Now, if a license is required, we just need sales to be located on a site plan,
but no complaints in either the broader context or from more formal operations. People
love the sales/farm stands!
There is no unified set of best practices governing on-site urban agriculture sales. It is difficult to know
which regulations may be useful and which are burdensome because they have all been implemented
relatively recently. However, several common themes arose in the responses received.
Garden-grown produce
Several cities ordinances contain provisions to limit sales to produce. Many cities and states, including
California,2 have fewer regulatory requirements for selling fresh, uncut produce than for the sale of other
goods. As such, it is important for these jurisdictions to ensure other products are not being sold under
agricultural provisions. Saint Paul, MN limits sales to food and horticultur al goods grown on the site. 3
Asheville, NCs municipal code stipulates that goods sold at seasonal farm stands must be grown on the
property or made from goods grown there. 4 In Cleveland, OH, the produce must be grown on the
property or within 1000 feet of the property, with an allowance for prepared food to be made off -site, so
long as the principal ingredients are grown or produced on the growers property. 5
Other jurisdictions have given community gardens more leeway. In Salt Lake City, UT, any locally grown
products may be sold if they are generally associated with a community garden. 6 Similarly, Portland,
MEs provisions for community gardens managed by non -profits allows growers to sell produce from
other local gardens:
If the community garden is owned or operated by a non-profit organization, sales of
flowers, vegetables, herbs or fruit produced in other gardens or farms in Maine owned
or operated by said organization shall be permitted within the same limitations listed
above.7
In an effort to ensure that only fresh, local produce is sold at urban agriculture sites, some jurisdictions
stipulate that farm stands must be seasonal in nature. In Asheville and Salt Lake City, a farm stand must
be a seasonal, temporary use. 8,9 In Portland, farm stands may sell produce during the growing season
from May 25 through October 31.10
Preserving residential character

Some cities take precautions to limit the effect of business activity on neighbors in a residential area. This
may include regulations that limit how visible the business is to other residents.
Several cities set forth parking provisions to avoid traffic issues when customers come to a residential
area to buy produce. Asheville requires market stands to provide off -street parking for up to five
vehicles.11 In Fort Collins, CO, urban agriculture land uses must provide additional off -street vehicular
and bicycle parking areas adequate to accommodate parking demands created by the use. 12 In Cleveland,
where gardeners must seek Board of Zoning Appeals approval to obtain a license for a farm stand on their
property, the availability of off-street or on-street parking to serve the farm stand use is one of the
criteria that the Board considers.13
Other jurisdictions set limits on the amount or type of signage that can be used to advertise the sale of
garden-grown produce in residential areas. Saint Paul limits identification signs to six square feet. 14 In
Salt Lake City, signs may be no more than 50 feet from the seasonal farm stand. 15
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Most places allow farm stands in all zones where urban agriculture is permitted, including residential
zones. Some, like Portland, allow a properly permitted farm stand to stay in place year -round.16 Others,
like Cleveland, require that the stand be removed when the on-site sales season is over.
The exception to this rule is Austin. A former city planner at the City of Austin, recounted the story of
how she and other planners balanced conflicting community interests when Austin was preparing to allow
on-site produce sales in residential neighborhoods:
During the code update process, the community was split. Some, primarily MexicanAmerican historic residents of East Austin, protested the creation of the market garden
use and legalization of sales, claiming that it represented the commercialization of
residential neighborhoods. These community members feared that market gardens
would open the floodgates to the destruction of the single-family character of East
Austin. They requested that we enact a moratorium on new urban farms, set a limit on
urban farm sales for existing urban farms 1-5 acres in size, and not create the new use
of market gardens or legalize any sales on sites less than 1 acre in size.
Others, primarily white and newer residents, were strongly in favor of the update,
saying that it represented progressive community change, neighborliness, supports
local commerce, and is in alignment with a new Texas cottage industry law that allows
for people to sell value-added food products from their home, provided they gross less
than $50k/year doing so. Allowing for vegetable sales allows folks to sell "not just the
pickle, but also the cucumber," as one local food proponent quipped.
We did want to respect and protect neighborhood character, so we aligned our
recommendation with an existing home business ordinance, and set a limit of 3 salesrelated car trips per day to market gardens. They cannot have a farm stand, and must
conduct business out of sight
The code passed in November 2013. I checked with my contacts in Austin, who reported
that there have been no complaints or calls about market gardens or on-site sales in
general--thankfully!
Hours of operation
Noise occasionally comes up in municipal codes with regard to agricultural activities, but by limiting the
hours on-site sales can occur seems like the most common way of preventing complaints. Some cities,
like San Francisco, 17 Saint Paul,18 and Portland,19 set specific hours for sales. These hours tend to be
approximately dawn to dusk. In Asheville, 20 gardeners and farmers propose hours of operation for their
agricultural activities in their Site and Operations Plan.
In addition to or instead of limiting the hours on-site sales can take place, some cities limit the number
of times per week sales can occur. Portland limits on-site sales to two days per week. 21 San Diego, CA
limits community gardens in residential areas to once-a-week sales; gardens in industrial or commercial
zones do not have this limitation. 22 Saint Paul sets different limits on frequency of on-site sales in
residential districts based on lot size: gardens of at least one acre may have on-site sales twice per week,
while sales at smaller lots are limited to three times per year. 23
Other areas do not specify when sales may take place. For example, market stands may be open up to
seven days a week in Asheville. 24 Philadelphia allows for incidental sales at community gardens but
does not specify what frequency that term implies. 25 Despite the somewhat vague definition, the Director
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of the Garden Justice Legal Initiative at the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCOP) said,
Its not an issue that Ive seen come up since implementation.
At the other end of the spectrum, Arizona has none of these regulations. Rather, it has a statute that
expressly prohibits restrictions on sales by food producers:
The producers of food products on agricultural lands, farms and gardens shall never
under any pretext be denied or restricted the right to sell and dispose of their products,
except in the manner and to the extent provided in this article, and subject to inspection
by lawful authority when the inspection is uniform as to the same product and without
cost to the producer.26
A Food Systems Coordinator at Maricopa County Department of Public Health in Arizona, had this to say
about why she thought people had not complained (to her knowledge) about on -site sales of gardengrown produce in residential areas:
I do not think the general public would be particularly aware of the laws, but I do
think that whatever good neighbor outreach that community gardens and backyard
growers do to make friends with their neighbors could include some kind of potluck on
site, garden tours or other ways to demystify what is going on in the garden, so that
when the street is full of cars for produce sales (hopefully)! the neighbors take some
pride in what is going on, rather than create complaints. Many neighborhoods have
garage sales, or sports activities/events at the schools that fill the streets with cars on a
regular basis and nobody bats an eye.
Opportunities
While certain requirements may be worthwhile to include in a provision allowing on -site urban
agricultural sales depending on the needs of the community, it bears repeating that no one responded that
they had received complaints regarding on-site agricultural sales. Several respondents did note that while
they had received plenty of community feedback, it had been uniformly positive:
I am not aware of any complaints regarding us selling produce on-site; in fact I think
we're received the opposite reaction from our neighbors who are thankful they don't
have to go far to buy produce!
Co-Owner and Sales Manager at Ripe City Urban Farm, Tallahassee, FL
As the nonprofit organization running the stands, we've received a lot of positive
feedback from customers, but I'm not entirely sure that the community has connected
the presence of the farm stands with any action or decision that the City made.
Manager of Food Access Programs at Cultivating Community
The responses yielded two concrete examples of community benefits derived from expanded on -site
agriculture sales. In Portland, on-site sales provided a two-fold benefit: an opportunity for youth
development, and enhanced food security for residents in need:
Our urban ag site was right next to one of our community gardens. This site was used
to teach youth how to grow food that was then delivered to seniors living in low income
housing.
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Manager of Food Access Programs at Cultivating Community

New York City has also recognized the potential of urban agriculture as a tool for economic development.
The GreenThumb Program, New Yorks city-run community garden program, recently offered microgrants to gardeners in the GreenThumb program who want to establish farmers markets in area s where
healthy food is inaccessible. The Request for Proposals required at least 10% of the produce to be grown
in GreenThumb community gardens.27
Conclusion
Allowing participants in urban agriculture projects to sell their produce on -site does not appear to be
connected to any discernible increase in complaints by neighbors. Community support of on-site sales
seems strong based on the stories collected to inform this memo. Sales of home- or garden-grown produce
are part of the fabric of many types of communities across the country. Some cities see them as a
promising opportunity for economic development. While the needs of local residents should always be
assessed before crafting legislation, on this issue, the community benefits reported outweigh any
perceived drawbacks.
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APPENDIX: URBAN AGRICULTURE ORDINANCES IN CALIFORNIA

LOCATION
San
Francisco
POINT OF CONTACT
Diana Sokolove
Senior Planner
Planning Department
diana.sokolove@sfgov.org
MUNICIPAL CODE LANGUAGE

102.35. URBAN AGRICULTURE
Urban Agriculture shall be defined as follows:
a. Neighborhood Agriculture.
A use that occupies less than 1 acre for the production of
food or horticultural crops to be harvested, sold, or
donated and comply with the controls and standards
herein. The use includes, but is not limited to, home,
kitchen, and roof gardens. Farms that qualify as
Neighborhood Agricultural use may include, but are not
limited to, community gardens, community-supported
agriculture, market gardens, and private farms.
Neighborhood Agricultural use may be principal or
accessory use. Limited sales and donation of fresh food
and/or horticultural products grown on site may occur on
site, whether vacant or improved, but such sales may not
occur within a dwelling unit. Food and/or horticultural
products grown that are used for personal consumption
are not regulated. The following physical and operational
standards shall apply to Neighborhood Agriculture:
1. Compost areas must be setback at least 3 feet
from dwelling units and decks;
2. If the farmed area is enclosed by fencing, the
fencing must be: (A) wood fencing, (B)
ornamental fencing as defined by Planning Code
Section 102.32, or (C) chain-link or woven wire
fencing if over half of the fence area that borders
a public right-of-way will be covered by plant
material or other vegetative screening within
three (3) years of the fence installation;
3. Use of mechanized farm equipment is generally
prohibited in residential districts; provided,
however, that during the initial preparation of the
land heavy equipment may be used to prepare the
land for agriculture use. Landscaping equipment
designed for household use shall be permitted;
4. Farm equipment shall be enclosed or otherwise
screened from sight;
5. Sale of food and/or horticultural products from
the use may occur between the hours of 6 a.m.
and 8 p.m.;
6. In all districts, sales, pick-ups, and donations of
fresh food and horticultural products grown onsite are permitted. In every district except
Residential Districts, value-added products,
where the primary ingredients are grown and
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produced on-site, are permitted.

Oakland
Heather Klein
Planner III
City of Oakland
(510) 238-3659
hklein@oaklandnet.com
San Jose
Rich Buikima
Code Enforcement
City of San Jose
rich.buikema@sanjoseca.gov
San Diego
S.F., Cal., Planning Code 102.35 (2015).

17.10.610 Crop and animal raising Limited
agricultural activities.
Crop and Animal Raising Limited Agricultural Activities
include the cultivation on the premises of fruits,
vegetables, plants, flowers, herbs, and/or ornamental
plants intended to produce food, fibers, or other plant
products for on- or off-site sale. This classification also
includes certain activities accessory to the above, as
specified in Section 17.10.040. This classification does
not include the keeping, grazing, or feeding of animals,
except for bee keeping involving no more than three (3)
hives; the use of any heavy mechanized farming
equipment; or any activity classified in Section 17.10.600
Plant Nursery Agricultural Activities.
Oakland, Cal., Planning Code 17.10.610 (2014).
20.200.798 - Neighborhood agriculture.
"Neighborhood agriculture" means a use that occupies
less than one acre for the production of food or
horticultural crops to be harvested, sold or donated or for
animal husbandry in compliance with Title 7 of this
Code. Neighborhood agricultural use may be a principal
or an accessory use on a site. Value-added products,
where the primary ingredients of the product are grown
and produced on-site, are included as a part of this use.
Limited sales and donation of fresh food and/or
horticultural products grown on site may occur on site as
a part of a neighborhood agriculture use, subject to the
provisions of Part 9 of Chapter 20.80, if applicable.
Sales, pick-ups, and donations of fresh food and
horticultural products grown on-site are also considered a
part of a neighborhood agriculture use, subject to the
provisions of Part 9 of Chapter 20.80, if applicable. (Ord.
29011.)
San Jose, Cal., Municipal Code 20.200.798 (2014).
141.0203 Community Gardens
Community gardens are premises that are used for crop
cultivation by individuals or collectively, and may be
divided into multiple plots. Community gardens are
permitted as a limited use in the zones indicated with an
L and may be permitted with a Neighborhood Use
Permit in the zones indicated with an N in the Use
Regulations Tables in Chapter 13, Article 1 (Base Zones)
subject to the following regulations.
(a) On-site sales are permitted as follows:
(1) On site sales are permitted only in commercial and
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industrial zones, except that on-site sales may be

permitted in residential zones one day a week.
(2) Where on-site sales are permitted, sales are subject to
the following:
(A) Onsite sales are limited to the sale of unprocessed,
non valueadded products grown on site; and
(B) All sales must be conducted in compliance with laws
regulating onsite sales of products grown in the
community garden.
(b) The site shall be designed and maintained to
effectively handle all drainage onsite.
(c) A minimum 4-foot-wide, clearly marked entrance
path shall be provided from the public right-of-way to the
garden.
(d) A permanent sign, including, but not limited to, the
name and contact information of the party responsible for
the garden shall be posted at the primary entry path
adjacent to the public right-of-way. The sign shall
comply with the requirements of Section 142.1250(c).
(e) Refuse storage areas shall be provided and screened
to enclose all refuse generated from the garden. Refuse
areas shall be located as close as practicable to the center
of the property. Refuse shall be removed from the site at
least once a week.
(f) Storage areas for tools, fertilizers, equipment, and
other material shall be enclosed and located as close as
practicable to the center of the property.
(g) Best practice standards shall be used for the following
garden operations:
(1) Composting
(A) Composting may be performed onsite
(B) Composting materials shall only be those materials:
(i) generated onsite, or
(ii) contributed by active members of the community
garden
(C) Composting areas shall be located as close as
practicable to the center of the property
(2) Water use
(A) Irrigation water rates shall apply to community
gardens
(B) Community gardens shall include the following
water conserving techniques:
(i) mulch shall be applied to exposed soils in planting
areas;
(ii) soil amendments shall include water retaining matter;
(iii) water shall be applied only to the base of plants; and
(iv) all hoses shall be equipped with a trigger nozzle
(C) Watering of plants shall comply with the watering
schedule in Section 67.3803
(3) Community gardens shall comply with the MHPA
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Land Use Adjacency Guidelines of the Land

Development Manual Biology Guidelines.
(h) Hours of operation shall be limited to the hours
between sunrise and sunset as set forth by the National
Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration for the San
Diego area.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)
(Amended 7-6-2011 by O-20065 N.S.; effective 8-52011.)
(Amended 2-22-2012 by O-20140 N.S.; effective 3-232012.)
San Diego, Cal., Municipal Code 141.0203 (2014).
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Cal. HSC. Code 113789 (2015).
3
Saint Paul, Minn., Zoning Code 65.771 (2014).
4
Asheville, N.C., Code 7-16-1 (2015).
5
Cleveland, Ohio, Zoning Code 337.25 (2015).
6
Salt Lake City, Utah, Code 21A.36.210 (2014).
7
Portland, Me., Code 14-407 (2014).
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9
10
11
12
Fort Collins, Colo., Zoning Code 3.8.31 (2014).
13
Cleveland, Ohio, Zoning Code 337.25 (2015).
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15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
San Diego, Cal., Municipal Code 141.0203 (2014).
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25
Phila., Pa., Zoning Code 14-601(11)(c) (2015).
26
Ariz. Rev. Stat. 3-562 (2015).
27
NYC Parks GreenThumb Program. GreenThumb Farmers Market Grant Program Request for Proposal (RFP).
New York, NY; 2015.
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ORDINANCE NO.
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
Date Adopted
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 9.44.330 AND 9.44.340 IN TITLE 9
AND AMENDING, ADDING, AND REPEALING VARIOUS SECTIONS IN TITLE
17 OF THE SACRAMENTO CITY CODE, RELATING TO URBAN
AGRICULTURE
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO:
SECTION 1.
Section 9.44.330 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as follows:
9.44.330 Keeping of beehives.
It is unlawful to permanently keep, have or ranch more than two beehives on
a single parcel of property within the city, unless such parcel of property is zoned
A or A-OS by applicable provisions of the Planning and Development Code, or
unless such keeping, harboring, or maintaining of hives would constitute a valid
nonconforming use under the applicable provisions of the Planning and
Development Code; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed
to authorize anyone to keep, harbor or maintain any such hives in violation of any
other applicable law.
SECTION 2.
A. Subsection B.1 of section 9.44.340 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as
follows:
1.
To any parcel of property zoned for A or A-OS by applicable
provisions of the Planning and Development Code or to any property zoned rural estates
and located within the area bounded by Sotnip Road on the south, Sorento Road on the
west, and East Levee Road on the north and east (and generally known as Valley View
Acres), or to any property zoned M-1(S)R-AOL and located with the area fronting on Ascot
Avenue and bounded by Dry Creek Road on the west and Raley Boulevard on the east (and
generally known as the Ascot Avenue overlay zone)
B. Except as amended by subsection A, above, all provisions of section 9.44.340 remain
unchanged and in full effect.
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SECTION 3.
A.
Section 17.108.020 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to add the definition of
aquaculture to read as follows:
Aquaculture means the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish, or plants
under controlled conditions. Aquaculture includes aquaponics which integrates
aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling the waste products from fish to fertilize
hydroponically growing plants.
B.
Except as amended by subsection A, above, all provisions of section 17.108.020
remain unchanged and in full effect.
SECTION 4.
A.
Section 17.108.040 of the Sacramento City Code is amended as follows:

1.
The definition of community garden as amended to read as follows:
Community garden, private means an otherwise undeveloped lot divided into

multiple plots for the growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,
nuts, seeds, and culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that
is established, operated, and maintained by a group of persons, other than the city. A
community garden does not include a private garden or edible landscaping that is
incidental to the primary use of the lot, including a private garden or edible
landscaping: (1) on a lot developed with one or more residences and devoted to the
personal use of the occupants of the residences; or (2) on a lot developed with a
nonresidential use. Regulation of this use varies, depending on the size of the garden.
2.
The definition of community garden, public is added to read as follows:
Community garden, public means public land divided into multiple plots that are
available to the public for growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,
nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that
is established, operated, and maintained by the city.
B.
SECTION 5.
A. Section 17.108.090 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to add the definition of
hydroponics to read as follows:
Hydroponics means a method of growing plants in a soil-less medium or an
aquatic-based environment in which plant nutrients are distributed via water.
B.
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SECTION 6.
A.
market garden to read as follows:
Market garden means the primary use of a site for cultivation of fruits, vegetables,
flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs for sale or donation of its produce to the
public which is in a zone other than an A or A-OS.
B.
SECTION 7.
A.

1. The definition of private garden is added to read as follows:
Private garden means a private food-producing garden that is accessory to the
primary use of the site and which is located in the front yard, side yard, rear yard,
rooftop, courtyard, balcony, fence, wall, window sill or basement.
2. The definition of produce is added to read as follows:
Produce means any food in its raw or natural state which is in such form as to
indicate that is intended for consumer use with or without any or further processing.
B.
SECTION 8.
A.
rooftop farming as follows:
Rooftop farming means cultivating food crops on the rooftop of a building.
B.
SECTION 9.
A. Section 17.108.220 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to add the definitions of
urban agriculture and urban agriculture stand and urban beekeeping as follows:
Urban Agriculture means the production of food in a form and scale that is
appropriate for the urban context and includes market garden; community garden,
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public; community garden, private; private garden; aquaculture; and urban

beekeeping.
Urban agriculture stand means a temporary produce stand that is accessory to an
urban agriculture use.
Urban beekeeping means having or ranching no more than two beehives on a
single parcel of property.
B.
SECTION 10.
A. Section 17.204.110 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as follows:
17.204.110 RE zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the RE zone,
subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, single-unit
Subject to special use regulations in section
17.228.125
Model home temporary sales office

2. Commercial and Institutional Uses
Permitted if the primary use of the property is

not a single-unit or duplex dwelling;
17.228.124
Community market
3. Industrial and Agricultural Uses

Community garden, private (not exceeding
1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Market garden (not exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Solar energy system, commercial (city

property)
Allowed in this zone and exempt from the

provisions of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the RE zone require approval of a

conditional use permit, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
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(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council (CC)
1. Residential Uses
Mobilehome park
Subject to special use regulations

in section 17.228.115
PDC
2. Commercial and Institutional

Uses
Amusement center, outdoor
PDC
Assemblycultural, religious,
social
PDC
Cemetery
PDC
Childcare center

ZA
Golf course; driving range
PDC
Kennel
PDC
3. Industrial and Agricultural

Uses
Antenna; telecommunications
facility

in section 17.228.300 et seq.
PDC
Community garden, private

(exceeding1.0 acre)

ZA
Market garden (exceeding 1.0

acre)

ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC
High voltage transmission

facility

CC
Surface mining operation
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the RE zone when
accessory to a permitted or conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Common area
Dwelling unit, secondary
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Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Personal auto storage
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted, conditional, or accessory uses are
prohibited in the RE zone.
SECTION 11.
A. Section 17.204.210 off the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as follows:
17.204.210 R-1 zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the R-1 zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
Limited to corner lots

17.228.125
Community market
Permitted if the primary use of the property is not

a single-unit or duplex dwelling;
17.228.124

Community garden, private (not
exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the R-1 zone require approval of a
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Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

PDC
Fraternity house; sorority house

PDC
Mobilehome park

PDC
Residential care facility
PDC
Temporary residential shelter
PDC

Uses
PDC
social
PDC
Bed and breakfast inn

Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC
Non-profit organization, food

preparation for off-site
consumption
PDC

storage and distribution
PDC
Non-profit organization, meal

service facility
PDC
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Nonresidential care facility
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
Stand-alone parking facility
The zoning administrator may

waive the development
standards stated in sections
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA

facility

PDC

(exceeding 1.0 acre)

ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC
High voltage transmission facility

CC
Market garden (exceeding 1.0 acre)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the R-1 zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.
Childcare, in-home (family day

care home)
Common area
Family care facility

Family day care facility
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
51 of 368

et seq.
Urban beekeeping
D.
prohibited in the R-1 zone.
SECTION 12.
17.204.310 R-1A zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the R-1A zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.125

Permitted if the primary use of the property is not
a single-unit or duplex dwelling;
17.228.124
Community market

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the R-1A zone require approval of a
Use
Ordinance No.
310414
Limitations
Adopted on
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
9
52 of 368
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory
Subject to special use regulations in

section 17.228.111
PDC

section 17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

section 17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

Uses
PDC
social
PDC
Cemetery
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC

consumption
PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
The zoning administrator may waive

the development standards stated in
sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA

Uses
facility
Ordinance No.
310414

section 17.228.300 et seq.
Adopted on
PDC
10
53 of 368


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

acre)

Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the R1-A zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the R-1A zone.
SECTION 13.
17.204.410 R-1B zonePermitted uses.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
11
54 of 368
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the R-1B zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
17.228.125

Permitted if the primary use of the property is not a

single-unit or duplex dwelling;
17.228.124
Community market

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.
Solar energy system, commercial (city Allowed in this zone and exempt from the
property)
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the R-1B zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required by:

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(ZA); or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory
Subject to special use

regulations in section
17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
12
55 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
PDC

Uses
PDC
Assemblycultural, religious, social
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC

preparation for off-site consumption
PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
The zoning administrator

may waive the development
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA

Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
PDC
13
56 of 368

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Use
Limitations
facility
17.228.300 et seq.

(exceeding1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the R-1B zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Aquaculture

et seq.
Private garden
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
14
57 of 368
et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the R-1B zone.
SECTION 14.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.125
Community market
Permitted if the primary use of the property is not a

single-unit or duplex dwelling;
17.228.124

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Market garden (not exceeding 1.0

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Solar energy system, commercial (city Allowed in this zone and is exempt from the
property)
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
15
58 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC

PDC
Non-profit organization, food storage

and distribution
PDC
Non-profit organization, meal service
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
16
59 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
facility
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA

Antenna; telecommunications facility

17.228.300 et seq.

Community garden, private (exceeding
regulations in sections
1.0 acre)
17.228.810 et seq.
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture
Ordinance No.
310414

et seq.
Adopted on
17
60 of 368

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping
Subject to special use regulations in section17.228.810 et

seq.
D.
SECTION 15.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
Dwelling, multi-unit

17.228.117

17.228.125

Community market

17.228.124

exceeding 1.0 acre)
Ordinance No.
310414

17.228.810 et seq.
Adopted on
18
61 of 368

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
19
62 of 368
Museum
PDC

PDC

and distribution
PDC

facility
PDC
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA


17.228.300 et seq.

1.0 acre)
17.228.810 et seq.
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the R-2A zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture
Ordinance No.
310414

et seq.
Adopted on
20
63 of 368

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted, conditional, or accessory are
SECTION 16.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the R-2B zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117

17.228.125

Community market

17.228.124

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
21
64 of 368

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
property)
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the R-2B zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
22
65 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
Museum
PDC

PDC

and distribution
PDC

facility
PDC
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA


17.228.300 et seq.

1.0 acre)
17.228.810 et seq.
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
23
66 of 368
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in R-2B zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 17.
A.
subject to the limitations as specified:
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117

17.228.125
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
24
67 of 368

Community market

17.228.124

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
property)
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
25
68 of 368
Childcare center

17.228.113
ZA
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
Correctional facility
PDC
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC

PDC

and distribution
PDC

facility

PDC
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

ZA
17.608.040 and 17.612.020


17.228.300 et seq.

1.0 acre)
17.228.810 et seq.
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
26
69 of 368
17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in R-3 zone when accessory
to a permitted or conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 18.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
27
70 of 368
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117

17.228.125

Community market

17.228.124

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
property)
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC
PDC
PDC

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
28
71 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
PDC
PDC

17.228.104
Cemetery
Childcare center
ZA
PDC

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
Library; archive
PDC
Museum
PDC

PDC

and distribution
PDC

facility
PDC
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA


17.228.300 et seq.
Community garden, private (exceeding Subject to special use

1.0 acre)
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
PDC
ZA
29
72 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
17.228.810 et seq.
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
30
73 of 368
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 19.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory (inside central city)
Dwelling, duplex
Model home temporary sales
office

Uses
Amusement center, indoor
This and all other similarly restricted uses combined are

limited to 25% of gross floor area or 6,400 square feet of
a building, whichever is greater
Athletic club; fitness studio

Childcare center

a building, whichever is greater;
Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
31
74 of 368
Laundromat, self-service

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
Office

Restaurant

Retail store


Schooldance, music, art, martial
arts
School, vocational

Theater


exceeding 1.0 acre)

et seq.
Market garden (not exceeding 1.0 Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.10 et
acre)
seq.
Solar energy system, commercial
(city property)
Allowed in this zone and exempt from the provisions of

this title
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
32
75 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory (outside central
city)

17.228.111
PDC
Fraternity house; sorority

house

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

17.228.115
PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
17.228.112
Temporary residential
shelter
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
Alcoholic beverage sales,

off-premises consumption
This and all other similarly restricted uses

combined are limited to 25% of gross floor
area or 6,400 square feet of a building,
whichever is greater;
17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

17.228.108
Cemetery
Check-cashing center
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
33
76 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)

17.228.121
Cinema (inside arts and
entertainment district)

whichever is greater
PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
Kennel

PDC
Non-profit organization,
Entire business, including storage and
food preparation for off-site display, shall be conducted within a
consumption
building
PDC

display, shall be conducted within a
food storage and distribution
building
PDC
meal service facility

PDC

PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
34
77 of 368
Use
Limitations
The zoning administrator may waive the

Stand-alone parking facility development standards stated in sections
17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Tobacco retailer
A zoning administrator conditional use

permit is required for a tobacco retailer that
has 15,000 square feet or less of gross floor
area and is located within 1,000 feet,
measured for the nearest property lines of
the affected parcels, of a public or private
school (K-12). Otherwise the use is to be
treated as Retail in all applicable zones

Veterinary clinic; veterinary combined are limited to 25% of gross floor
hospital
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
ZA
ZA
PDC
3. Industrial and
Agricultural Uses
Antenna;
telecommunications facility 17.228.300 et seq.
Community garden, private Subject to special use regulations in
section17.228.810 et seq.
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

facility

17.228.500 et seq.
CC
Market garden (exceeding

1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
35
78 of 368
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Accessory drive-through facility
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden
Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.10 et

seq.
Urban beekeeping

seq.
D.
SECTION 20.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
36
79 of 368

office

Uses


Childcare center

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
Office

Restaurant

Retail store

Schooldance, music, art, martial This and all other similarly restricted uses combined are
arts
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
37
80 of 368

School, vocational

Theater


exceeding 1.0 acre)

et seq.
Market garden (not exceeding 1.0 Subject to special use regulations in sections 17.228.810
acre)
et seq.
(city property)

this title
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
city)

section 17.228.111
PDC

house

section 17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

section 17.228.115
PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
Alcoholic beverage sales, off- This and all other similarly restricted
uses combined are limited to 25% of
premises consumption
gross floor area or 6,400 square feet of
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
PDC
38
81 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)

section 17.228.108
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC
Bar; nightclub
This and all other similarly restricted

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Cinema

PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
PDC
Non-profit organization, food Entire business, including storage and

PDC
Kennel
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
39
82 of 368
Use
Limitations
consumption
building.
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)

building.
PDC

PDC

PDC
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer

permit is required for a tobacco retailer
that has 15,000 square feet or less of
gross floor area and is located within
1,000 feet, measured for the nearest
property lines of the affected parcels, of
a public or private school (K-12).
Otherwise the use is to be treated as
Retail in all applicable zones
ZA
Veterinary clinic; veterinary

hospital

PDC
Antenna;
telecommunications facility

PDC


ZA

Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
40
83 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
Use
Limitations
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Market garden (exceeding 1.0 Subject to special use regulations in

acre)
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
41
84 of 368
D.
SECTION 21.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
office

Uses


Childcare center

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
42
85 of 368
Use
Limitations
Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
Office

Restaurant

Retail store


arts
School, vocational

Theater


exceeding 1.0 acre)

et seq.
Market garden (not exceeding 1.0 Subject to special use regulations in section 17.228.810
acre)
et seq.
(city property)

this title
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
43
86 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory (outside central city)

section 17.228.111
PDC

section 17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

section 17.228.115
PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
PDC

Uses
Alcoholic beverage sales, offpremises consumption

section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
44
87 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)

section 17.228.121
Cinema

PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
Kennel

PDC

consumption

building
PDC


building
PDC

service facility

PDC

PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
45
88 of 368
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
Use
Limitations

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer

ZA

hospital

PDC
facility

PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

acre)

ZA

Uses
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
46
89 of 368
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 22.
17.212.110 RMX zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the RMX zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117
Ordinance No.
310414

17.228.125
Adopted on
47
90 of 368
Use
Limitations

Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Library; archive
Museum
Office
Restaurant
This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet; if use

exceeds this limitation, a conditional use permit is
required
Retail store

required

arts
Temporary commercial building

17.228.126

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

(city property)
Allowed in this zone and exempt from the provisions

of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the RMX zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
1. Residential Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
48
91 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
Use
Limitations

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
17.228.112
PDC
PDC

Uses

17.228.108
PDC
PDC
PDC
PDC
Bar; nightclub

17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
49
92 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market
In granting a conditional use

permit the zoning administrator
may consider the traffic,
parking, noise, hours of
operation, and any applicable
development standards related
to the proposed outdoor market
ZA
Restaurant
Permitted with a conditional use

permit if use exceeds 6,400 gross
square feet; permitted by right if
use does not exceed 6,400 gross
square feet
PDC
Retail store

permit if use exceeds 40,000
gross square feet; permitted by
right if use does not exceed
40,000 gross square feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer
A zoning administrator
conditional use permit is
required for a tobacco retailer
that has 15,000 square feet or
less of gross floor area and is
located within 1,000 feet,
measured for the nearest
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
50
93 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
property lines of the affected

parcels, of a public or private
school (K-12). Otherwise the use
is to be treated as Retail in all
applicable zones
Transit vehicleservice, repair,
storage
PDC

facility

17.228.300 et seq.
Boat dock; marina
PDC
PDC


17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500
et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the RMX zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
51
94 of 368
Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.
Childcare, in-home (family day care

home
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the RMX zone.
SECTION 23.
17.212.210 RO zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the RO zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117
Community market

17.228.124
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
52
95 of 368
Office
17.228.126

exceeding 1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.

acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
property)
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the RO zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

section 17.228.111
PDC

house

section 17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park

section 17.228.115
PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
PDC
social
PDC
Cemetery
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113

Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
53
96 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Kennel
PDC

consumption
PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market
In granting a conditional use permit

the zoning administrator may
consider the traffic, parking, noise,
hours of operation, and any
applicable development standards
related to the proposed outdoor
market
School, K-12
ZA
PDC
waive the development standards
stated in sections 17.608.040 and
17.612.020

storage
ZA
PDC

Uses
facility

Boat dock; marina
PDC
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
54
97 of 368
Use
Limitations

acre)

Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the RO zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the RO zone.
SECTION 24.
17.216.110 OB zonePermitted uses.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
55
98 of 368
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the OB zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses

Uses
Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of the

gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use


Childcare center

gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use;
College extension

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
preparation for off-site consumption Entire business, including storage and display, shall be
conducted within a building

Entire business, including storage and display, shall be
Office
Restaurant
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
56
99 of 368
Retail store

required

arts

School, vocational

Theater
Permitted in a building in which at least 50% of gross

floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use
Wholesale store

this use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet

Aquaculture

et seq.

exceeding 3.0 acre)

et seq.
Laboratory, research
Manufacturing, service, and repair

This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet. Use may
include incidental, non-nuisance producing
processing, packaging, and fabricating entirely within
a building

acre)

et seq.

(city property)

of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the OB zone require approval of a

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
57
100 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Residential hotel
PDC
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
Permitted in a building in which at

least 50% of the gross floor area is
devoted to office or dwelling use;
PDC
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

PDC


devoted to office or dwelling use
PDC
College campus
Kennel
PDC
PDC
Major medical facility
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
58
101 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

Outdoor market

may consider the traffic, parking,
noise, hours of operation, and any
market
ZA
Retail store

square feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer
conditional use permit is required
for a tobacco retailer that has
15,000 square feet or less of gross
floor area and is located within
1,000 feet, measured for the
nearest property lines of the
affected parcels, of a public or
private school (K-12). Otherwise
the use is to be treated as Retail
in all applicable zones
ZA
Transit vehicleservice,
repair, storage
hospital
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
59
102 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

Uses
Antenna; telecommunications Subject to special use regulations
facility
PDC

(exceeding 3.0 acres)

ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC

facility

CC

acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Subject to chapter 17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the OB zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Child care, in-home (family day

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
60
103 of 368
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the OB zone.
SECTION 25.
17.216.210 OB-2 zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the OB-2 zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses

Uses



Childcare center

College extension

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
61
104 of 368
preparation for off-site consumption gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use

Office
Restaurant

Retail store

required

arts

School, vocational

Theater

Wholesale store

this use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet

Aquaculture

et seq.

exceeding 3.0 acres)

et seq.

a building

acres)

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
62
105 of 368

(city property)

of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the OB-2 zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Residential hotel
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses

section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC


PDC
College campus
Kennel
PDC
PDC
PDC
Non-profit organization, meal Permitted in a building in which at
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
63
106 of 368
Use
Limitations
service facility

Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);

PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Retail store

square feet; permitted by right if use
does not exceed 40,000 gross square
feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer
A zoning administrator conditional

use permit is required for a tobacco
retailer that has 15,000 square feet
or less of gross floor area and is
located within 1,000 feet, measured
for the nearest property lines of the
private school (K-12). Otherwise the
use is to be treated as Retail in all
applicable zones
ZA
repair, storage
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
64
107 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations

hospital

PDC
Antenna; telecommunications Subject to special use regulations in

facility
PDC

Uses


ZA

facility

CC

acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the OB-2 zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
65
108 of 368
et seq.
D.
prohibited in the OB-2 zone.
SECTION 26.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses

Uses



Childcare center

College extension

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
preparation for off-site consumption gross floor area is devoted to office or dwelling use
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
66
109 of 368
Use
Limitations


Office
Restaurant

Retail store

required

arts

School, vocational

Theater

Wholesale store

This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet

Aquaculture

et seq.


et seq.

(not exceeding 6,400 gross square
feet of floor area)

a building
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
67
110 of 368
Use
Limitations
acre)
et seq.

(city property)

of this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the OB-3 zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Residential hotel
PDC
section 17.228.112
shelter
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses


section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC


PDC
College campus
Kennel
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
68
111 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);

PDC

PDC

PDC
Outdoor market
In granting a conditional use permit the

zoning administrator may consider the
traffic, parking, noise, hours of
development standards related to the
proposed outdoor market
ZA
Retail store

Permitted with a conditional use permit
if use exceeds 40,000 gross square feet;
permitted by right if use does not
exceed 40,000 gross square feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

Stand-alone parking facility the development standards stated in
sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Tobacco retailer

repair, storage
Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
69
112 of 368
Use
Limitations

hospital
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
3. Industrial and
Agricultural Uses
Antenna;
telecommunications facility section 17.228.300 et seq.
PDC
Community garden, private Subject to special use regulations in

ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

3.0 acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
70
113 of 368
et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted, accessory, or conditional uses are
SECTION 27.
A. Section 17.216.510 is amended to read as follows:
17.216.510 SC zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the SC zone,
Use
Limitations

Childcare center

17.228.113
College extension
Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Library; archive
Museum
Office
Plant nursery
Restaurant
Retail store
This use is limited to 60,000 gross square feet; if

use exceeds this limitation, a conditional use
permit is required
Schooldance, music, art, martial arts

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
71
114 of 368

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.


17.228.810 et seq.

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.

property)
Allowed in this zone and is exempt from the

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the SC zone require approval of a

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

Dwelling, duplex
PDC
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
PDC

Uses

PDC
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
PDC
72
115 of 368
Use
Limitations

Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
Cinema
PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
Drive-through restaurant

PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station
PDC
PDC
Hotel; motel
PDC
Kennel
PDC

consumption
PDC

This use is limited to 6,400 gross

square feet
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

noise, hours of operation, and
any applicable development
standards related to the proposed
outdoor market
ZA
Retail store

PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
73
116 of 368
Use
Limitations
School, K-12
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC

17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

PDC
Tobacco retailer
school (K-12). Otherwise the use
is to be treated as Retail in all
applicable zones
ZA
ZA
Transit vehicleservice, repair

storage
PDC

hospital
PDC

facility

Boat dock; marina
PDC
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC

CC

acres)
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
74
117 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);

Passenger terminal
PDC
Subject to provisions of chapter
17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the SC zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Recycling facility, convenience

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
Watchpersons quarters
The structure shall be limited to 1,000 square feet
D.
prohibited in the SC zone.
SECTION 28.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
75
118 of 368

17.216.610 C-1 zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the C-1 zone,
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses

17.228.111
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117
Childcare center

17.228.113
Cinema (inside arts and entertainment

district)
Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Library; archive
Museum
Office
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required


17.228.126
Theater
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
76
119 of 368
Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

exceeding 3.0 acres )

17.228.810 et seq.

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the C-1 zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
city)

section 17.228.111
PDC

house

section 17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
Residential hotel

section 17.228.112
PDC
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
Alcoholic beverage sales, off- Subject to special use regulations in
section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC

Adopted on
PDC
77
120 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
section 17.228.121
Cinema (outside arts and
PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
PDC
Kennel
PDC

consumption
PDC
Non-profit organization, food This use is limited to 6,400 gross

square feet
PDC
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Retail store

feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
78
121 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer

retailer that has 15,000 square feet or
less of gross floor area and is located
within 1,000 feet, measured for the
nearest property lines of the affected
parcels, of a public or private school
(K-12). Otherwise the use is to be
treated as Retail in all applicable
zones
ZA
repair, storage
PDC

hospital
PDC

Uses
Antenna;

Boat dock; marina
PDC
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

acres)
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
17.720
Wellgas, oil
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
79
122 of 368
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the C-1 zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the C-1 zone.
SECTION 29.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses

17.228.111
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
80
123 of 368
Use
Limitations

Adult entertainment business

17.228.102

Childcare center

17.228.113

district)
College extension
Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory
Museum
Non-profit organization, food preparation Entire business, including storage and display,
for off-site consumption
shall be conducted within a building
This use is limited to 6,400 gross square feet. Use
Non-profit organization, food storage and may include incidental, non-nuisance producing
processing, packaging, and fabricating entirely
distribution
within a building.
Office
Plant nursery
Permitted if use is located mile or greater from

the center of a light rail station platform; a
conditional use permit is required if use is
located less than mile from the center of a
light rail station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
81
124 of 368
Use
Limitations
School, vocational
17.228.126

Theater
Veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital
Entire business to be conducted within a

building, and no outdoor boarding of animals is
allowed; a conditional use permit is required if
animals are boarded outside, or entire business is
not conducted within a building
Wholesale store

may include incidental, non-nuisance producing
within a building

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.


17.228.810 et seq..

within a building
Market garden (not exceeding 3.0 acres)

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
Railroad ROW

17.228.116

property)

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
82
125 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations

17.228.111
PDC

17.228.111
PDC
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
Residential hotel

17.228.112
PDC
PDC

Uses
Adult-related establishment

17.228.103
PDC

17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assembly facilitycultural,
religious, social
PDC
Autosales, storage, rental
Repair work is permitted if

confined to a building;
17.228.118
PDC
Autoservice, repair
Entire business shall be

conducted within a building.
No outdoor storage or display
of merchandise is permitted in
this zone;
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
83
126 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
17.228.118
Bar; nightclub

17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

17.228.121
PDC

PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
Prohibited in the Central City

unless the drive-through facility
is within 500 feet of freeway
right-of-way
17.228.109
PDC
Equipmentrental, sales yard

17.228.118
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
17.228.118

Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
84
127 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Kennel
PDC
PDC
Medical marijuana dispensary

17.228.700 et seq.
ZA/PDC
Mini storage; locker building

17.228.106
PDC
Mobilehomesales, storage

17.228.118
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

operation and any applicable
ZA
Plant nursery
Permitted with a conditional

use permit if use is located less
than mile from the center of a
light rail station platform;
permitted by right if use is
located mile or greater from
the center of a light rail station
platform
PDC
Retail store

use permit if use exceeds 40,000
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
85
128 of 368
Use
Limitations
School, K-12
PDC

17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

17.228.119
Tobacco retailer
school (K-12). Otherwise the
use is to be treated as Retail
Towing service; vehicle storage

yard

17.228.107

storage

hospital
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
ZA
PDC
ZA
PDC
PDC
use permit if animals are
boarded outside, or entire
business is not conducted
within a building
PDC

17.228.300 et seq.
PDC

facility
Boat dock; marina
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA
86
129 of 368
Use
Limitations
(exceeding 3.0 acres )
17.228.810 et seq.
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
87
130 of 368
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
SECTION 30.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex

17.228.117


17.228.102

Childcare center

17.228.113
Cinema
College extension
Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory
Museum
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
88
131 of 368
Use
Limitations

Entire business, including storage and display,


and distribution

within a building.
Office
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater
Entire business to be conducted within a building,

and no outdoor boarding of animals is allowed; a
conditional use permit is required if animals are
boarded outside, or entire business is not
Wholesale store

within a building

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.


section17.228.810 et seq.

within a building

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
89
132 of 368
Use
Limitations

property)

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Dormitory

PDC

Residential hotel
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

Uses

PDC

PDC
PDC
social
PDC

confined to a building
PDC
Autoservice, repair
Entire business shall be conducted

within a building. No outdoor
storage or display of new and/or
used merchandise is permitted in
this zone;
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
90
133 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations
Bar; nightclub

PDC

PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station

PDC
Kennel
PDC
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

market
Retail store

ZA
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
Sports complex
PDC

17.612.020
ZA
Superstore
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
91
134 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Tobacco retailer

storage
hospital
ZA
PDC
permit if animals are boarded
outside, or entire business is not
PDC

PDC

Uses
facility
Boat dock; marina
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC

facility

CC

acres)

ZA
Produce stand
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
92
135 of 368
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
SECTION 31.
A.
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
Temporary residential shelter (24 or
fewer beds)

17.228.600 et seq.


17.228.102

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
93
136 of 368
Use
Limitations

conditional use permit is required if use is located
less than mile from the center of a light rail
station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
Cinema (inside the arts and

College extension
Commercial service

permit is required;
Area calculation does not include areas that are
not publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124
Repair work is permitted if confined to a

building;
station platform
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Ordinance No.
310414

17.228.106;
station platform
Adopted on
94
137 of 368
Use
Limitations
Repair work is permitted if confined to a building
Mortuary; crematory
Museum


and distribution

within a building
Office
Permitted if use is limited to 10,000 gross square

feet per parcel, or up to 25% of gross floor area of
a building(s) per parcel, whichever is greater;
Permitted with a conditional use permit if use
exceeds 10,000 gross square feet per parcel, or
over 25% of gross floor area of a building(s) per
parcel, whichever is greater
Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater
Towing service; vehicle storage yard

17.228.107

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
95
138 of 368
Use
Limitations
within a building
Wholesale store

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.


17.228.810 et seq.

feet;
exceeds 6,400 gross square feet;
Use may include incidental, non-nuisance
producing processing, packaging, fabricating
entirely within a building

Market garden (not exceeding 3.0 acres) 17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
property)

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
Dwelling, duplex
Permitted where less than mile

from the center of a light rail station
platform
ZA
Permitted in central city, or outside

central city if use is located less than
mile from the center of a light rail
station platform;
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
96
139 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);

section 17.228.117
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
Temporary residential shelter Subject to special use regulations in

(more than 24 beds)
PDC
Residential hotel
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
section 17.228.103
PDC

section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC

permit if use is located less than
station platform; permitted by right
if use is located mile or greater
platform
PDC
Autoservice, repair

platform
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC
Cemetery
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
97
140 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA

PDC
College campus
PDC
Commercial service

feet;
Area calculation does not include
areas that are not publicly accessible
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
Prohibited in the Central City unless

the drive-through facility is within
500 feet of freeway right-of-way
section 17.228.109
PDC
Equipmentrental, sales
yard
Repair work is permitted if confined

to a building;
platform
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
to a building

Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
98
141 of 368
Use
Limitations
Gun range; rifle range
Shall, at a minimum, meet the

requirements established by the
National Rifle Association for
ranges
Kennel
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
PDC
ZA/PDC

Mini storage; locker building if use is located mile or greater
platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Office

square feet per parcel, or over 25%
of gross floor area of a building(s)
per parcel, whichever is greater;
Permitted by right if use is limited to
10,000 gross square feet per parcel,
or up to 25% of gross floor area of a
building(s) per parcel, whichever is
greater
PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
99
142 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer

zones
repair, storage
hospital
Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
PDC
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
100
143 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Uses
facility
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Manufacturing, service, and

repair

square feet;
Permitted if use is limited to 6,400
gross square feet;
Use may include incidental, nonnuisance producing processing,
packaging, fabricating entirely
within a building
PDC

acres)
ZA
Recycling facility
Subject to special use regulation in

ZA/PDC
Solar energy system,

commercial (non-city
property)
Subject to special use regulation in

section 17.228.123
ZA

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
101
144 of 368

17.228.110

Child care, in-home (family day care
home)
Common area
Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Tasting room, on-site
Limited to on-site consumption and off-site sales of

malt beverages or wine produced on the premises
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
SECTION 32.
17.220.110 M-1 zonePermitted uses.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the M-1 zone, subject to the
limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
fewer beds)

17.228.600 et seq.


17.228.102

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
102
145 of 368
Use
Limitations

station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
College extension
Commercial service

required;
Area calculation does not include areas that are not
publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124

station platform;
Repair work permitted if confined to building
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mobilehome sales, storage
Mortuary; crematory
Museum
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
103
146 of 368
Use
Limitations

Entire business, including storage and display, shall

be conducted within a building
Non-profit organization, food storage Entire business, including storage and display, shall
and distribution
Office

feet per parcel, or up to 25% of gross floor area of a
building(s) per parcel, whichever is greater;
exceeds 10,000 gross square feet per parcel, or over
25% of gross floor area of a building(s) per parcel,
Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

required;
publicly accessible

School, vocational
Theater

17.228.126

17.228.107

storage

boarded outside, or entire business is not conducted
within a building
Wholesale store

Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
104
147 of 368
Use
Limitations
station platform

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.
Contractor storage yard

Lumber yard, retail
17.228.810 et seq.
Market garden
Passenger terminal
May be used for railroad tracks or spur tracks;

Loading and unloading platforms or structures may
be located on a railroad right-of-way only if: (i) the
abutting property is located within a C-4 or M zone,
and (ii) no residential zoning is within 300 feet of
said facility on the same side of the right-of-way
Railroad ROW
property)
Terminal yard, trucking
Tractor or heavy truck sales, storage,
rental
Tractor or heavy truck service, repair
Warehouse; distribution center
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the M-1 zone require approval of a
conditional use permit, subject to the conditions specified:
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
105
148 of 368
Use
Limitations
Permitted in central city; permitted

outside central city if use is located
less than mile from the center of a
section 17.228.117

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
ZA
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC

(more than 24 beds)
PDC
Residential hotel
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
section 17.228.103
PDC

section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
social
PDC

platform
PDC
Autoservice, repair

platform
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
106
149 of 368
Use
Limitations
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
feet;
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
section 17.228.109
PDC

Equipmentrental, sales yard if use is located mile or greater
platform;
Repair work permitted if confined
to building
PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station
Ordinance No.
310414

to building
Adopted on
PDC
107
150 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
ranges
Kennel
PDC
PDC

ZA/PDC

platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Office

greater
PDC
Outdoor market

the Zoning Administrator may
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
108
151 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
market
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
PDC
Tobacco retailer

applicable zones
ZA

hospital

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
109
152 of 368
Use
Limitations
Wholesale store

platform

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC

Uses
Airport
PDC
Animal slaughter
PDC

facility
PDC
Auto dismantler
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC
Fuel storage yard

section 17.228.120
PDC
Hazardous waste facility
Must be consistent with the

provisions of the Sacramento
County hazardous waste
management plan
PDC
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Junk yard
PDC
Livestock yard
PDC
Public utility yard
PDC
Recycling facility

ZA/PDC
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
110
153 of 368
Use
Limitations
property)
section 17.228.123

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Solid waste landfill
PDC
Solid waste transfer station
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the M-1 zone when
Use
Limitation
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the M-1 zone.
SECTION 33.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
111
154 of 368

17.220.210 M-1(S) zonePermitted uses.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the M-1(S) zone, subject to the
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
fewer beds)

17.228.600 et seq.


17.228.102


station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
College extension
Commercial service

permit is required;
Community market

17.228.124

station platform;
Gas station
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
112
155 of 368
Use
Limitations
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum


and distribution

Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;

School, vocational
Ordinance No.
310414

113
Adopted on
156 of 368
Use
Limitations
17.228.126
Theater

17.228.107
Transit vehicleservice, repair, storage

Wholesale store

station platform

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.

Lumber yard, retail
Manufacturing, service, repair
Market garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
Railroad ROW

Loading and unloading platforms or structures
may be located on a railroad right-of-way only if:
(i) the abutting property is located within a C-4 or
M zone, and (ii) no residential zoning is within
300 feet of said facility on the same side of the
right-of-way

property)

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
114
157 of 368
Use
Limitations

rental
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the M-1(S) zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses

central city if use is located less than
station platform;
section 17.228.117
ZA
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
section 17.228.112
PDC
shelter (more than 24 beds) section 17.228.600 et seq.
PDC
Residential hotel
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses

section 17.228.103
PDC


section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC

Autosales, storage, rental permit if use is located less than
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
PDC
115
158 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
station platform; permitted by right if

use is located mile or greater from
platform
Autoservice, repair

platform
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC
Cemetery
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
feet;
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

section 17.228.109
PDC
yard

PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
116
159 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

platform;
Repair work permitted if confined to
building
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
building

PDC
PDC

National Rifle Association for ranges
Kennel
PDC
Medical marijuana
dispensary

section 17.228.700
Mini storage; locker

building

platform;
section 17.228.106
ZA/PDC
PDC
PDC
Non-profit residential care

facility
PDC
Office
Ordinance No.
310414

square feet per parcel, or over 25% of
gross floor area of a building(s) per
parcel, whichever is greater;
Adopted on
PDC
117
160 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

greater
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Plant nursery
Permitted by right if farther than

station platform; conditional if
within mile from the center of a
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer

zones
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
ZA
118
161 of 368
Use
Limitations

Veterinary clinic; veterinary permit if animals are boarded
hospital
Wholesale store

platform
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
PDC
3. Industrial and
Agricultural Uses
Airport
PDC
Animal slaughter
PDC
Antenna;
PDC
Auto dismantler
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC
Fuel storage yard

section 17.228.120
PDC

provisions of the Sacramento County
hazardous waste management plan
PDC
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Junk yard
PDC
Livestock yard
PDC
Public utility yard
PDC
Recycling facility
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
ZA/PDC
119
162 of 368
Use
Limitations

property)

section 17.228.123
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses in the M-1(S) zone are permitted when
Use
Limitation
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the M-1(S) zone.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
120
163 of 368
SECTION 34.
17.220.310 M-2 zonePermitted uses.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the M-2 zone, subject to the
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
fewer beds)

17.228.600 et seq.


17.228.102


station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
College extension
Commercial service

required;
publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124
Equipment rental, sales yard

station platform;
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
121
164 of 368
Use
Limitations
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum

and distribution
Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

required;
publicly accessible

School, vocational
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
122
165 of 368
Use
Limitations

17.228.126
Theater

17.228.107

storage

within a building
Wholesale store

station platform

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.

Lumber yard, retail
Market garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
Railroad ROW

Loading and unloading platforms or structures may
be located on a railroad right-of-way only if: (i) the
abutting property is located within a C-4 or M zone,
and (ii) no residential zoning is within 300 feet of
said facility on the same side of the right-of-way
Railroadyard, shop
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
123
166 of 368
Use
Limitations
property)

rental
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the M-2 zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Permitted in central city, or

outside central city if use is located
less than mile from the center of
a light rail station platform;
ZA
Mobile home park
PDC
PDC
PDC
Temporary residential shelter Subject to special use regulations

(more than 24 beds)
PDC
Residential hotel
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
PDC
Alcoholic beverage sales, off- Subject to special use regulations

PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC

Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
PDC
124
167 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

station platform; permitted by
right if use is located mile or
greater from the center of a light
rail station platform
Autoservice, repair

PDC
Bar; nightclub

PDC
Cemetery
PDC

PDC
Childcare center

ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
square feet;
areas that are not publicly
accessible
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414

unless the drive-through facility is
within 500 feet of freeway right-ofway
Adopted on
PDC
125
168 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

yard

rail station platform;
to building
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
to building
PDC
PDC

ranges
Kennel
PDC
PDC
ZA/PDC

Mini storage; locker building right if use is located mile or
PDC

service facility
PDC

facility
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
126
169 of 368

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Use
Limitations
Office

Permitted by right if use is limited
to 10,000 gross square feet per
parcel, or up to 25% of gross floor
area of a building(s) per parcel,
PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Plant nursery

PDC
Retail store

square feet;
accessible
PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
17.612.020
Adopted on
ZA
127
170 of 368

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Use
Limitations
Superstore

PDC
Tobacco retailer
ZA

hospital

PDC
Wholesale store

PDC

Uses
Airport
PDC
Animal slaughter
PDC
Antenna; telecommunications Subject to special use regulations

facility
PDC
Auto dismantler
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC
Fuel storage yard
Ordinance No.
310414

section 17.228.120
Adopted on
PDC
128
171 of 368

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Use
Limitations

management plan
PDC
Heliport; helistop

PDC

facility

CC
Junk yard
PDC
Livestock yard
PDC
Recycling facility

ZA/PDC

property)

chapter 17.228.123
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

et seq.
Child care, in-home (family day

care home)
Common area
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
129
172 of 368
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted, conditional, or accessory uses shall
be prohibited in the M-2 zone.
SECTION 35.
17.220.410 M-2(S) zonePermitted uses.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the M-2(S) zone, subject to the
Use
Limitations
1. Residential Uses
fewer beds)

17.228.600 et seq.


17.228.102


station platform
Auto service, repair

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
130
173 of 368
Use
Limitations
station platform
College extension
Commercial service

permit is required;
publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124

station platform;
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum


and distribution

Office
Ordinance No.
310414

131 174 of 368
Adopted on
Use
Limitations
Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;
publicly accessible

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater

17.228.107

Wholesale store

station platform

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
132
175 of 368
Use
Limitations
Lumber yard, retail

17.228.810 et seq.
Market garden
Passenger terminal

Loading and unloading platforms or structures
may be located on a railroad right-of-way only if:
(i) the abutting property is located within a C-4 or
M zone, and (ii) no residential zoning is within 300
feet of said facility on the same side of the right-ofway
Railroad ROW
Railroad yard, shop

property)


rental
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the M-2(S) zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses

central city if use is located less
section 17.228.117
ZA
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
133
176 of 368
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Use
Limitations
Residential hotel

section 17.228.112
PDC

(more than 24 beds)
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses
section 17.228.103
PDC

section 17.228.108
PDC
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC

platform
PDC
Autoservice, repair

platform
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC
Cemetery
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
134
177 of 368
Use
Limitations
College campus
Commercial service
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC

feet;
accessible
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

section 17.228.109
PDC
yard

platform;
to building
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
to building
PDC
ranges
Kennel
Medical marijuana
dispensary
310414
PDC
PDC
Mini storage; locker building Permitted with a conditional use

Ordinance No.
PDC
Adopted on
ZA/PDC
PDC
135
178 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC

facility
PDC
Office

PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
136
179 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

feet;
accessible
School, K-12
Superstore
PDC
17.612.020
section 17.228.119
ZA
PDC
Tobacco retailer


hospital

PDC
Wholesale store

platform
PDC
ZA

Uses
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
137
180 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Airport
PDC
Animal slaughter
PDC
Antenna;

PDC
Auto dismantler
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC
Fuel storage yard

section 17.228.120
PDC

management plan
PDC
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC
Junk yard
PDC
Livestock yard
PDC
Recycling facility

ZA/PDC

property)

section 17.228.123
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the M-2(S) zone when
Use
Ordinance No.
310414
Limitations
Adopted on
138
181 of 368
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
be prohibited in the M-2(S) zone.
SECTION 36.
17.220.510 MIP zonePermitted uses.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the MIP zone, subject to the limitations
specified:
Use
Limitations

Uses
Childcare center
Community market
Office
Allowed when incidental to a manufacturing or

laboratory use;
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
139
182 of 368
Not to exceed 25% percent of the total floor area of the

primary use
Restaurant


et seq.
acres)

et seq.

(city property)

this title
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the MIP zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

Uses

ZA

facility

CC

acres)

ZA
Solar energy system, commercial Subject to special use regulations

(non-city property)
section 17.228.123
ZA
C.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as permitted or conditional uses are prohibited in
the MIP zone.
SECTION 37.
17.220.610 MRD zonePermitted uses.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
140
183 of 368
A.
The following uses are permitted by right in the MRD zone, subject to the
Use
Limitations

Uses
Childcare center
College campus
College extension
Commercial service
Community market
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Museum
Office
Restaurant
Retail store

required
Wholesale store
Permitted if use is located mile or greater from the

center of a light rail station platform; a conditional use
permit is required if use is located less than mile from
the center of a light rail station platform

Aquaculture

et seq.
Subject to special use regulations in section17.228.810

et seq.
Manufacturing, service and repair
Market garden

et seq.

(city property)

this title
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
141
184 of 368

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the MRD zone require approval of a
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
section 17.228.117
PDC

section 17.228.108
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub
PDC
2. Commercial and
Institutional Uses

section 17.228.109
PDC
PDC
Gas station
PDC
Retail store

square feet
School, vocational
ZA

17.612.020
Wholesale store

from the center of a light rail
station platform
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
142
185 of 368

Uses
facility
PDC

facility

CC
Recycling facility
This use shall be located wholly

within a completely enclosed
building;
ZA/PDC

property)

section 17.228.123
ZA
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the MRD zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
home)
Common area
Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the MRD zone.
SECTION 38.
17.224.110 H zonePermitted uses.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
143
186 of 368
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the H zone,
Use
Limitations

Childcare center

17.228.113
Community market

17.228.124
Office
17.228.126


17.228.810 et seq.
Market garden

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the H zone require approval of a conditional
use permit, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
PDC
PDC

Uses
PDC
social
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
144
187 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
Cemetery
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

market
School, K-12
ZA
PDC
17.612.020
ZA

Uses
facility

PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section17.228.114
PDC

CC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
145
188 of 368
Use
Limitations

acres)

Produce stand
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
ZA
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the H zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
17.228.110

Common area
Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the H zone.
SECTION 39.
17.224.210 SPX zonePermitted uses.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
146
189 of 368
A.
Conditional uses. The following uses in the SPX zone require approval of a
conditional use permit, subject to the conditions specified:
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
1. Residential Uses
PDC

Uses
PDC
PDC
social
PDC
PDC
Childcare center

PDC
Community market

ZA
Commercial services
PDC
PDC
Office
PDC
Outdoor market

permit the Zoning Administrator
noise, hours of operation and any
market
ZA
Restaurant
PDC
Retail store
PDC
Sports complex
PDC
Tobacco retailer
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
PDC
147
190 of 368

in all applicable zones.
Uses

in section17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Heliport; helistop

PDC

CC
Market garden

ZA
Produce stand
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
B. Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the SPX zone when accessory to
a conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110
Common area
Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
C.
Additional uses. Other uses compatible with on-site and adjacent existing or
designated land uses, may be conditionally permitted if they are specified by the PUD.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
148
191 of 368
D.
Prohibited uses. All uses not listed as conditional or accessory uses are
prohibited in the SPX zone.
SECTION 40.
17.224.410 HC zonePermitted uses.
A.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the HC zone,
Use
Limitations

Autoservice, repair
Community market

17.228.124

17.228.109
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Retail store
Limited to 5,000 square feet
Restaurant

17.228.126
Theater
Tobacco retailer
Tobacco retailers are permitted by right if the space

allocated to tobacco products does not exceed 10%
of gross square footage of floor area

Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.


17.228.810 et seq.

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.

property)

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
149
192 of 368
B. Conditional uses. The following uses in the HC zone require approval of a

Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
1. Residential Uses
Mobilehome park
PDC
PDC
PDC

Uses
PDC
social
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
Childcare center
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.113
ZA
Cinema
PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
PDC
Kennel
PDC

preparation for office-site
consumption
PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
150
193 of 368
Use
Limitations
Outdoor market

market
School, K-12
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
ZA
PDC
17.612.020
ZA

storage
PDC

hospital
PDC

Uses
Airport
facility
PDC
Boat dock, marina
PDC
PDC


ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

CC

acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
151
194 of 368
Use
Limitations

Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses in the HC zone are permitted when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the HC zone.
SECTION 41.
A. Section 17.228.122 of the Sacramento City Code is repealed and reserved to read as
follows:
17.228.122 [Reserved]
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
152
195 of 368
SECTION 42.
A. Subsection A.2 of section 17.706.050 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to
read as follows:
2. The development incorporates a green roof or rooftop farm. A height bonus
of 10% of the otherwise allowable height may be granted for a green roof or
rooftop farm, subject to the following standards.
a.
The green roof or rooftop farm must cover more than 50% of the net
roof area (i.e., the total gross area of the roof minus any roof area covered by
mechanical equipment) or 2,000 square feet of contiguous roof area,
whichever is greater.
b.
Documentation must be submitted demonstrating that the roof can
support the additional load of plants, soil, and retained water, and that an
adequate soil depth will be provided for plants to thrive.
c.
The roof area must contain sufficient space for future installations
(e.g., mechanical equipment) that will prevent adverse impacts (e.g., removal
of or damage to plants or reduction in area) on the green roof or rooftop farm.
d.
The green roof shall comply with the Citys water efficient landscape
requirements in chapter 15.92. The rooftop farm is exempt from the
requirements of chapter 15.92, but must be irrigated with low volume drip
irrigation and must use weather-based irrigation controllers.
e.
The green roof or rooftop farm must be maintained for the life of the
building.
B. Except as specifically amended by subsection A, above, all provisions of section
17.706.050 of the Sacramento City Code remain unchanged and in full effect.
SECTION 43.
A. Article VIII is added to chapter 17.228 of the Sacramento City Code to read as follows:
Article VIII. Urban Agriculture
17.228.810 Development standards.
Urban agriculture in residential and non-residential zones shall comply with the
development standards in this section.
A.
Maintenance. Urban agriculture uses shall be maintained in an orderly
manner, including litter removal, irrigation, weeding, pruning, pest control and
removal of dead or diseased plant materials.
B.
Equipment.
1. Use of mechanized farm equipment is prohibited in residential districts.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
153
196 of 368
197 of 368
198 of 368
199 of 368
ORDINANCE NO.
Date Adopted
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 9.44.330 AND 9.44.340 IN TITLE 9
AND AMENDING, ADDING, AND REPEALING VARIOUS SECTIONS IN TITLE
17 OF THE SACRAMENTO CITY CODE, RELATING TO URBAN
AGRICULTURE
SECTION 1.
Section 9.44.330 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as follows:
9.44.330 Keeping of beehives.
It is unlawful to permanently keep, have or ranch more than two beehives on
a single parcel of property within the city, unless such parcel of property is zoned
A or A-OS for agricultural uses by applicable provisions of the Planning and
Development Code of the city, or unless such keeping, harboring, or maintaining of
hives would constitute a valid nonconforming use under the applicable provisions of
the Planning and Development Code; provided, however, that nothing in this section
shall be deemed to authorize anyone to keep, harbor or maintain any such hives in
violation of any other applicable law.
SECTION 2.
A. Subsection B.1 of section 9.44.340 f the Sacramento City Code is amended to read as
follows:
1.
To any parcel of property zoned for agricultural uses A or A-OS by
applicable provisions of the Planning and Development Code of the city or to any property
zoned rural estates and located within the area bounded by Sotnip Road on the south,
Sorento Road on the west, and East Levee Road on the north and east (and generally
known as Valley View Acres), or to any property zoned M-1(S)R-AOL and located with the
area fronting on Ascot Avenue and bounded by Dry Creek Road on the west and Raley
Boulevard on the east (and generally known as the Ascot Avenue overlay zone).
B. Except as amended by subsection A, above, all provisions of section 9.44.340 remain
unchanged and in full effect.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
200 of 368
SECTION 3.
A.
aquaculture to read as follows:
Aquaculture means the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish, or plants
under controlled conditions. Aquaculture includes aquaponics which integrates
aquaculture with hydroponics by recycling the waste products from fish to fertilize
hydroponically growing plants.
B.
SECTION 4.
A.

1.
The definition of community garden as amended to read as follows:
Community garden, private means an otherwise undeveloped lot divided into

multiple plots for the growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,
nuts, seeds, and culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that
is established, operated, and maintained by a group of persons, other than the city. A
community garden does not include a private garden or edible landscaping that is
incidental to the primary use of the lot, including a private garden or edible
landscaping: (1) on a lot developed with one or more residences and devoted to the
personal use of the occupants of the residences; or (2) on a lot developed with a
nonresidential use. Regulation of this use varies, depending on the size of the garden.
2.
The definition of community garden, public is added to read as follows:
Community garden, public means public land divided into multiple plots that are
available to the public for growing and harvesting of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,
nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs primarily for the personal use of the growers, and that
is established, operated, and maintained by the city.
B.
SECTION 5.
A. Section 17.108.090 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to add the definition of
hydroponics to read as follows:
Hydroponics means a method of growing plants in a soil-less medium or an
aquatic-based environment in which plant nutrients are distributed via water.
B.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
201 of 368
SECTION 6.
A.
market garden to read as follows:
Market garden means the primary use of a site for cultivation of fruits, vegetables,
flowers, fiber, nuts, seeds, or culinary herbs for sale or donation of its produce to the
public which is in a zone other than an A or A-OS.
B.
SECTION 7.
A.

1. The definition of private garden is added to read as follows:
Private garden means a private food-producing garden that is accessory to the
primary use of the site and which is located in the front yard, side yard, rear yard,
rooftop, courtyard, balcony, fence, wall, window sill or basement.
2. The definition of produce is added to read as follows:
Produce means any food in its raw or natural state which is in such form as to
indicate that is intended for consumer use with or without any or further processing.
B.
SECTION 8.
A.
rooftop farming as follows:
Rooftop farming means cultivating food crops on the rooftop of a building.
B.
SECTION 9.
A. Section 17.108.220 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to add the definitions of
urban agriculture and urban agriculture stand and urban beekeeping as follows:
Urban Agriculture means the production of food in a form and scale that is
appropriate for the urban context and includes market garden; community garden,
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
202 of 368
but excludes the cultivation of medical marijuana, as regulated under section

8.132.
203 of 368
204 of 368
205 of 368
206 of 368
207 of 368
208 of 368
209 of 368
facility


(exceeding 1.0 acre21,780 gross
section 17.228.810 et seq.122
square feet)
PDC
ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

acre)

Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the R1-A zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 13.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
11
210 of 368
211 of 368
212 of 368
213 of 368
214 of 368
215 of 368
216 of 368
217 of 368
218 of 368
219 of 368
220 of 368
221 of 368
222 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in R-2B zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 17.
A.
subject to the limitations as specified:
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
24
223 of 368
224 of 368
225 of 368
1.0 acre21,780 gross square feet)
17.228.810 et seq.122
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

17.228.810 et seq.
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in R-3 zone when accessory
to a permitted or conditional use, subject to the limitations specified:
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
27
226 of 368
227 of 368
228 of 368
229 of 368
230 of 368
231 of 368
232 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)

17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC

17.228.121
PDC


PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
Kennel

PDC
food preparation for off-site display, shall be conducted within a
consumption
building
PDC

food storage and distribution
building
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
PDC
34
233 of 368
234 of 368
Use
Limitations

1.0 acre)

17.228.810 et seq.
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

seq.
Urban beekeeping

seq.
D.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
36
235 of 368
236 of 368
237 of 368
238 of 368
Use
Limitations
Cinema

Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
PDC
Non-profit organization, food Entire business, including storage and

consumption
building.
PDC

building.
PDC

PDC

PDC
Kennel
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
ZA
Tobacco retailer

ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
40
239 of 368
240 of 368
241 of 368
242 of 368
243 of 368
Use
Limitations
social
Bar; nightclub
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
PDC

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Cinema

PDC
College campus
PDC
College extension
PDC
PDC
PDC
Kennel

PDC

consumption

building
PDC


PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
45
244 of 368
245 of 368
Approval
Required by:
Planning and
Design
Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
Use
Limitations
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

acre)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

et seq.

care home)
Common area

Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
47
246 of 368
247 of 368
248 of 368
Use
Limitations
Bar; nightclub

17.228.108
Cemetery
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
PDC
PDC

17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

17.228.113
ZA
PDC
Kennel
PDC

PDC

PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

ZA
Restaurant

square feet
PDC
Retail store

PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
50
249 of 368
250 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator
(ZA); or City
Council (CC)
17.228.500
et seq.

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the RMX zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Aquaculture

17.228.810 et seq.

home
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the RMX zone.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
52
251 of 368
252 of 368
253 of 368
254 of 368
255 of 368
256 of 368
257 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)


College campus
Kennel
PDC
PDC

PDC
PDC

service facility
PDC

PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Retail store

square feet
PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA
59
258 of 368
259 of 368
260 of 368



Childcare center

College extension

Commercial service

Community market
Hotel; motel

Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory

Museum
preparation for off-site consumption Entire business, including storage and display, shall be

Office
Restaurant

Retail store

required

arts

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
62
261 of 368
262 of 368
263 of 368
264 of 368
Use
Limitations
facility

acres)

Passenger terminal
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
ZA
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
SECTION 26.
A.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
66
265 of 368
266 of 368
267 of 368
268 of 368
269 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);

(exceeding 3.0 acres21,780
gross square feet)
ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

facility

CC

3.0 acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.
Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
71
270 of 368
271 of 368
272 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station
PDC
PDC
Hotel; motel
PDC
Kennel
PDC

consumption
PDC

This use is limited to 6,400 gross

square feet
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

noise, hours of operation, and
any applicable development
standards related to the proposed
outdoor market
ZA
Retail store

PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA
74
273 of 368
274 of 368
Use
Limitations

17.720
Wellgas, oil
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the SC zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the SC zone.
SECTION 28.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
76
275 of 368
276 of 368
277 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
PDC
Kennel
PDC

consumption
PDC
Non-profit organization, food This use is limited to 6,400 gross

square feet
PDC
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Retail store

feet
PDC
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
ZA
PDC
ZA
79
278 of 368
279 of 368
280 of 368
Use
Limitations

Childcare center

17.228.113

district)
College extension
Commercial service
Community market

17.228.124
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Mortuary; crematory
Museum
Non-profit organization, food storage and may include incidental, non-nuisance producing
distribution
within a building.
Office
Plant nursery

conditional use permit is required if use is
located less than mile from the center of a
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required

School, vocational
Ordinance No.
310414

17.228.126
Adopted on
82
281 of 368
282 of 368
283 of 368
Use
Limitations
Bar; nightclub

17.228.108
Cemetery
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
PDC

17.228.121
PDC

PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

unless the drive-through facility
is within 500 feet of freeway
right-of-way
17.228.109
PDC

17.228.118
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
17.228.118
PDC
PDC
Kennel
PDC
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
85
284 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations

17.228.700 et seq.
ZA/PDC

17.228.106
PDC

17.228.118
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

operation and any applicable
ZA
Plant nursery

use permit if use is located less
permitted by right if use is
located mile or greater from
platform
PDC
Retail store

use permit if use exceeds 40,000
PDC
School, K-12
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA
86
285 of 368
286 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations
Heliport; helistop

17.228.114
PDC

17.228.500 et seq.
CC

acres)

17.228.810 et seq.
ZA

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area

17.228.105

Home occupation

17.228.200 et seq.
Private garden

17.228.810 et seq.

17.228.400 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
88
287 of 368
288 of 368
289 of 368
290 of 368
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
Use
Limitations
Bar; nightclub

PDC

PDC
College campus
PDC
PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station

PDC
Kennel
PDC
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Outdoor market

market
Retail store

ZA
PDC
School, K-12
PDC
Sports complex
PDC

17.612.020
ZA
Superstore
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
92
291 of 368
292 of 368
293 of 368
Use
Limitations

station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
Cinema (inside the arts and

College extension
Commercial service

permit is required;
Community market

17.228.124
Repair work is permitted if confined to a

building;
station platform
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive
Ordinance No.
310414

17.228.106;
station platform
Adopted on
95
294 of 368
Use
Limitations
Mortuary; crematory
Museum


and distribution

within a building
Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater

17.228.107

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
96
295 of 368
296 of 368
297 of 368
Use
Limitations
Cemetery
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA

PDC
College campus
PDC
Commercial service

feet;
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

section 17.228.109
PDC
yard

to a building;
platform
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
to a building
Adopted on
PDC
99
298 of 368
Use
Limitations
PDC
ranges
Kennel
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
PDC
PDC
ZA/PDC

platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Office

greater
PDC
Outdoor market

ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
100
299 of 368
Use
Limitations
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
market
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer

zones
repair, storage
hospital
Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
PDC
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
PDC
101
300 of 368
301 of 368
302 of 368
Use
Limitations


station platform
Autoservice, repair

station platform
College extension
Commercial service

required;
publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124

station platform;
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mobilehome sales, storage
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
104
303 of 368
Use
Limitations
Mortuary; crematory
Museum

and distribution
Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

required;
publicly accessible

School, vocational
Theater

17.228.126

17.228.107

storage

within a building
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
105
304 of 368
305 of 368
306 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
platform
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
feet;
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC
section 17.228.109
PDC

Equipmentrental, sales yard if use is located mile or greater
platform;
to building
PDC
Firearms business
PDC
Gas station
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
PDC
108
307 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
to building
PDC
ranges
Kennel
PDC
PDC

ZA/PDC

platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC

service facility
PDC
PDC
Office

greater
PDC
Outdoor market

ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
109
308 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

market
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
PDC
Tobacco retailer

applicable zones
ZA

hospital

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
110
309 of 368
310 of 368
Use
Limitations

property)

section 17.228.123

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitation
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
prohibited in the M-1 zone.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
112
311 of 368
312 of 368
Use
Limitations
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum


and distribution

Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;

School, vocational
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
114
313 of 368
314 of 368
315 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

platform
Autoservice, repair

platform
PDC
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
PDC
Cemetery
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
feet;
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

section 17.228.109
PDC
yard

PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
117
316 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

platform;
building
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
building

PDC
PDC

National Rifle Association for ranges
Kennel
PDC
Medical marijuana
dispensary

section 17.228.700
Mini storage; locker

building

platform;
section 17.228.106
ZA/PDC
PDC
PDC

facility
PDC
Office
Ordinance No.
310414

square feet per parcel, or over 25% of
gross floor area of a building(s) per
parcel, whichever is greater;
Adopted on
PDC
118
317 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)

greater
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Plant nursery
Permitted by right if farther than

station platform; conditional if
within mile from the center of a
PDC
Retail store

feet;
ZA
School, K-12
PDC

sections 17.608.040 and 17.612.020
Superstore

section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer

zones
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
ZA
119
318 of 368
319 of 368
Use
Limitations
Public utility yard
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
Recycling facility

ZA/PDC

property)

section 17.228.123
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses in the M-1(S) zone are permitted when
Use
Limitation
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
121
320 of 368
321 of 368
Use
Limitations
station platform;
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum

and distribution
Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

required;
Ordinance No.
Adopted on
310414
123
322 of 368
323 of 368
324 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
Assemblycultural,
religious, social
PDC

PDC
Autoservice, repair

PDC
Bar; nightclub

PDC
Cemetery
PDC

PDC
Childcare center

ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
square feet;
accessible
Ordinance No.
310414
ZA
PDC
Adopted on
126
325 of 368
Use
Limitations
Drive-in theater

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC

unless the drive-through facility is
within 500 feet of freeway right-ofway
PDC
yard

to building
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
to building
PDC
ranges
Kennel
PDC

Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
Adopted on
ZA/PDC
PDC
127
326 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
service facility
PDC

facility
PDC
Office

PDC
Outdoor market

market
ZA
Plant nursery

PDC
Retail store

square feet;
accessible
PDC
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
128
327 of 368
328 of 368
Use
Limitations

Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
Auto dismantler
PDC
Boat dock; marina
PDC
Community garden
(exceeding 21,780 gross
square feet)

ZA
Fuel storage yard

section 17.228.120
PDC

management plan
PDC
Heliport; helistop

PDC

facility

CC
Junk yard
PDC
Livestock yard
PDC
Recycling facility

ZA/PDC

property)

chapter 17.228.123
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
130
329 of 368
330 of 368
Use
Limitations

station platform
Auto service, repair

station platform
College extension
Commercial service

permit is required;
publicly accessible
Community market

17.228.124

station platform;
Gas station
Hotel; motel
Library; archive

station platform;
17.228.106
Mortuary; crematory
Museum
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
132
331 of 368
Use
Limitations



and distribution

Office

Plant nursery

station platform
Restaurant
Retail store

permit is required;
publicly accessible

School, vocational

17.228.126
Theater

17.228.107

Wholesale store

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
133
332 of 368
333 of 368
334 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
platform
Bar; nightclub

section 17.228.108
Cemetery
PDC
PDC

section 17.228.121
PDC
Childcare center

section 17.228.113
ZA
College campus
Commercial service
PDC
feet;
accessible
ZA
PDC
Drive-in theater
PDC

section 17.228.109
PDC
yard

platform;
to building
PDC
Firearms business
Gas station
PDC
to building

Ordinance No.
310414
PDC
PDC
Adopted on
136
335 of 368
Use
Limitations

ranges
Kennel
Medical marijuana
dispensary
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
PDC
PDC
ZA/PDC

platform;
section 17.228.106
PDC
PDC

facility
PDC
Office

PDC
Outdoor market

ZA
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
137
336 of 368
Use
Limitations
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
market
Plant nursery

platform
PDC
Retail store

feet;
accessible
ZA
School, K-12
Superstore
PDC
17.612.020
section 17.228.119
Tobacco retailer


hospital

Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
ZA
PDC
ZA
PDC
138
337 of 368
338 of 368
Use
Limitations

property)

section 17.228.123
Level of Review:
Planning and Design
Commission (PDC);
(CC)
ZA
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted in the M-2(S) zone when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

care home)
Common area
Home occupation

et seq.
Private garden

et seq.

et seq.

Urban beekeeping

et seq.
D.
be prohibited in the M-2(S) zone.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
140
339 of 368
340 of 368
341 of 368
342 of 368
343 of 368
344 of 368
345 of 368
346 of 368
347 of 368
348 of 368
349 of 368
350 of 368
351 of 368
Use
Limitations
facility

Boat dock, marina
Approval Required
by: Planning and
Design Commission
(PDC); Zoning
Administrator (ZA);
or City Council
(CC)
PDC
PDC

(exceeding 3.0 acres21,780 gross
square feet)
ZA
Heliport; helistop

section 17.228.114
PDC

CC

acres)

ZA
Passenger terminal
PDC
PDC
PDC

17.720
Wellgas, oil
PDC
PDC
C.
Accessory uses. The following uses in the HC zone are permitted when
Use
Limitations
Accessory antenna

17.228.110

home)
Common area
Private garden
Ordinance No.
310414

Adopted on
153
352 of 368
17.228.810 et seq.
Urban beekeeping

17.228.810 et seq.
D.
prohibited in the HC zone.
SECTION 41.
A. Section 17.228.122 of the Sacramento City Code is repealed and reserved to read as
follows:
17.228.122 Community garden[Reserved]
A.
Fencing. Notwithstanding section 17.620.120, the development, improvement, or
use of a lot for a community garden shall not require the provision of a solid wall along
property lines abutting a residential zone or use.
B.
On-site sales. A community garden may include the incidental on-site sale of fruits,
vegetables, flowers, or herbs grown in the community garden.
SECTION 42.
A. Subsection A.2 of section 17.706.050 of the Sacramento City Code is amended to
read as follows:
2. The development incorporates a green roof or rooftop farm. A height bonus
of 10% of the otherwise allowable height may be granted for a green roof or
rooftop farm, subject to the following standards.
a.
The green roof or rooftop farm must cover more than 50% of the net
roof area (i.e., the total gross area of the roof minus any roof area covered by
mechanical equipment) or 2,000 square feet of contiguous roof area,
whichever is greater.
b.
Documentation must be submitted demonstrating that the roof can
support the additional load of plants, soil, and retained water, and that an
adequate soil depth will be provided for plants to thrive.
c.
The roof area must contain sufficient space for future installations
(e.g., mechanical equipment) that will prevent adverse impacts (e.g., removal
of or damage to plants or reduction in area) on the green roof or rooftop farm.
d.
The green roof shallPlant varieties, soil depths and soil content must
comply with the Citys water efficient landscape requirements in chapter
15.92. The rooftop farm is exempt from the requirements of chapter 15.92,
but must be irrigated with low volume drip irrigation and must use weatherbased irrigation controllers.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
154
353 of 368
e.
Vegetation The green roof or rooftop farm must be maintained for the
life of the building.
B. Except as specifically amended by subsection A, above, all provisions of section
17.706.050 of the Sacramento City Code remain unchanged and in full effect.
SECTION 43.
A. Article VIII is added to chapter 17.228 of the Sacramento City Code to read as follows:
Article VIII. Urban Agriculture
17.228.810 Development standards.
Urban agriculture in residential and non-residential zones shall comply with the
development standards in this section.
A.
Maintenance. Urban agriculture uses shall be maintained in an orderly
manner, including litter removal, irrigation, weeding, pruning, pest control and
removal of dead or diseased plant materials.
B.
Equipment.
1. Use of mechanized farm equipment is prohibited in residential districts.
2. Exceptions.
a.
Heavy equipment may be used initially to prepare the land for
agriculture use.
b.
3.
from sight.
Landscaping equipment designed for household use is permitted.

Equipment when not in use must be enclosed or otherwise screened
C.
Structures. Structures to support urban agriculture, such as storage sheds,
hoop-houses, and greenhouses, are permitted, subject to the underlying zone
regulations.
D.
regulations of the
Aquaculture operations.
1.
Are allowed as an accessory use in residential and residential mixed use
zones (R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-2A, R-2B, R-3, R-3A, R-4, R-4A, R-5, RMX, and
RO). The operation shall be contained entirely within an enclosed structure that
meets the requirements of chapter 17.624, or in a yard that is screened from view of
adjacent streets by fencing or landscaping.
Ordinance No.
310414
Adopted on
155
354 of 368
355 of 368
356 of 368
ORDINANCE NO.
Date Adopted
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 17.722 TO THE SACRAMENTO CITY
CODE RELATING TO AN URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE
SECTION 1.
Chapter 17.722 is added to the Sacramento City Code to read as follows:
Chapter 17.722
17.722.010
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone
Purpose.
This chapter is adopted in accordance with the Urban Agricultural Incentive Zones
Act (California Government Code section 51040 et seq.) to promote urban
agricultural use of otherwise vacant, unimproved, and blighted parcels by providing a
tax-incentive for properties that produce food and agricultural products.
The city recognizes that urban agriculture improves community access to healthy
food, helps create a more sustainable food system, builds community, and connects
people to the land. Increased opportunity to participate in small-scale entrepreneurial
agriculture will supplement incomes and help to create a more resilient economy.
Lack of access to land is a major obstacle for urban agriculture. By creating an Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zone, the city seeks to encourage owners of eligible property to
commit the property to urban agriculture for at least five years, giving urban
agriculturalists access and stability.
17.722.020
General provisions.
A.
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone includes all eligible property within
the city boundary.
B.
The city and owners of vacant, unimproved, or blighted property within the
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone may enter into an enforceable contract to
restrict use to urban agriculture, as defined in chapter 17.108.
357 of 368
C.
The city may impose a fee upon contracting property owners for the
reasonable costs of implementing and administering the contracts.
D.
The city shall maintain a standard form "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones
Contract" approved as to form by the city attorney. A contract entered
intopursuant to this chapter must include at least the following provisions:
1.
An initial term of at least five years;
2.
A restriction that the property under contract be at least 0.10 of an

acre, and not more than 3 acres;
3.
A requirement that the entire property be dedicated to urban

agriculture use in accordance with the Urban Agriculture Incentive
Zones Act, this chapter, the Planning and Development Code, and the
contract;
4.
A prohibition against dwellings on the property during the term of the

contract;
5.
Consent to allow periodic inspections of the property by the city

manager, the city managers designee, the county assessor, and the
State Board of Equalization, as may be necessary for tax assessment
purposes or to determine the property owner's compliance with the
contract and the law;
6.
A requirement that the contract be binding upon, and inure to the

benefit of all successors in interest to the property owner;
7.
Cancellation provisions in accordance with section 17.722.040;
8.
A requirement that urban agriculture activity must commence on the

property within 30 days of execution of the contract;
9.
A requirement that the property owner:

a.
Notify the planning director in writing of any cessation of urban

agriculture use for any reason, including but not limited to
cessation due to the loss of a tenant who was conducting urban
agricultural uses on the property. This notice must be given
within two weeks of the cessation of activity; and
b.
Resume urban agricultural activity within three months of any

such cessation or the city may cancel the contract;
358 of 368
10.
A requirement that the property owner defend and indemnify the city
from any claims arising from any use of the property;
11.
A prohibition of the use of pesticides or fertilizers on the property,

except pesticides or fertilizers allowed by the United States
Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program;
12.
A requirement that the property owner comply with all provisions of

the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act;
13.
A requirement that the property be used in accordance with a water

conservation plan approved by the city and that includes best practices
for water conservation;
14.
A requirement for a metered water service connection or approved

water well;
15.
A requirement that the property be assessed pursuant to section 422.7

of the Revenue and Taxation Code during the term of the contract;
16.
A notification that if the property owner cancels the contract, the city
must assess a cancellation fee pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of section 51042 of the California
Government Code.
17.722.030
Approval process.
A.
To qualify for the tax assessment specified in section 17.722.020.C, the

property owner must file an application on a form provided by the planning
director.
B.
The city will review the application and conduct site inspections within 30
days of the date a complete application is filed.
C.
The application and contract may be approved by the city manager or the city
managers designee if it meets all the requirements of the Urban Agriculture
Incentive Zones Act, this chapter, and other applicable requirements of the
Planning and Development Code.
D.
The application and contract requires city council approval if:

1.
The contract would result in a combined tax revenue loss to the city,
County, and other recipients of ad valorem property taxes of more
than $25,000 per year or more than $125,000 for the term of the
contract; or
359 of 368
2.
The estimated combined cumulative tax revenue loss to the city,

County, and other recipients of ad valorem property taxes for all
properties currently under contract is greater than $250,000 through
January 1, 2019.
F.
Appeal. If the city manager or city managers designee denies an application

and contract, the denial shall be final unless the property owner files an
appeal with the planning director in pursuant to chapter 17.812 within ten
days after the denial. Notwithstanding section 17.812.060, an appeal shall be
to the city council.
G.
The city manager or city managers designee shall execute the approved
contract upon determination that the property owner has obtained all required
approvals for the proposed urban agriculture use. Following final approval of
the contract, the city manager or city managers designee shall send written
notification to the assessor and to the property owner. Once executed, the
property owner shall record the contract against the property. Once the
contract is recorded against the property, the assessor will apply the reduced
property tax valuation methodology to the property at the next property tax
lien date.
17.722.040
Contract cancellation.
A.
The city manager or city managers designee may cancel the contract upon
finding that a property owner is in breach of the terms of the contract. The
county assessor and the property owner will be notified of the citys
cancellation of the contract.
B.
A property owner may cancel a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter
at any time by submitting written notice to the planning director. Upon
cancellation of the contract prior to the expiration of its term, the property
owner shall record a notice of cancellation of the contract against the
property.
C.
If the contract is cancelled by the city or property owner prior to the

expiration of its term, the property owner must pay to the county a
cancellation fee equal to the cumulative value of the tax benefit received
during the duration of the contract plus interest, as determined by the
assessor. The city manager or city managers designee may waive payment of
all or a portion of the fee, if he or she determines that the cancellation was
caused by extenuating circumstances despite the good faith effort by the
property owner.
17.722.050
Sunset provision.
360 of 368
The city shall not enter into a new contract or renew an existing contract after
January 1, 2019, unless the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act is amended to
authorize contracts after that date. Any contract entered into pursuant to the Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zones Act and this chapter on or before January 1, 2019 will
be valid and enforceable for the duration of the contract.
361 of 368
ORDINANCE NO.
Date Adopted
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 17.722 TO THE SACRAMENTO CITY
CODE RELATING TO AN URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE
SECTION 1.
Chapter 17.722 is added to the Sacramento City Code to read as follows:
Chapter 17.722
17.722.010
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone
Purpose.
This chapter is adopted in accordance with the Urban Agricultural Incentive Zones
Act (California Government Code section 51040 et seq.) to promote urban
agricultural use of otherwise vacant, unimproved, and blighted parcels by providing a
tax-incentive for properties that produce food and agricultural products.
The city recognizes that urban agriculture improves community access to healthy
food, helps create a more sustainable food system, builds community, and connects
people to the land. Increased opportunity to participate in small-scale entrepreneurial
agriculture will supplement incomes and help to create a more resilient economy.
Lack of access to land is a major obstacle for urban agriculture. By creating an Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zone, the city seeks to encourage owners of eligible property to
commit the property to urban agriculture for at least five years, giving urban
agriculturalists access and stability.
17.722.020
General provisions.
A.
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone includes all eligible property within
the city boundary.
B.
The city and owners of vacant, unimproved, or blighted property within the
Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone may enter into an enforceable contract to
restrict use to urban agriculture, as defined in chapter 17.108.
362 of 368
C.
The city may impose a fee upon contracting property owners for the
reasonable costs of implementing and administering the contracts.
D.
The city shall maintain a standard form "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones
Contract" approved as to form by the city attorney. A contract entered
intopursuant to this chapter must include at least the following provisions:
1.
An initial term of at least five years;
2.
A restriction that the property under contract be at least 0.10 of an

acre, and not more than 3 acres;
3.
A requirement that the entire property be dedicated to urban

agriculture use in accordance with the Urban Agriculture Incentive
Zones Act, this chapter, the Planning and Development Code, and the
contract;
4.
A prohibition against dwellings on the property during the term of the

contract;
5.
Consent to allow periodic inspections of the property by the city

manager, the city managers designee, the county assessor, and the
State Board of Equalization, as may be necessary for tax assessment
purposes or to determine the property owner's compliance with the
contract and the law;
6.
A requirement that the contract be binding upon, and inure to the

benefit of all successors in interest to the property owner;
7.
Cancellation provisions in accordance with section 17.722.040;
8.
A requirement that urban agriculture activity must commence on the

property within 30 days of execution of the contract;
9.
A requirement that the property owner:

a.
Notify the planning director in writing of any cessation of urban

agriculture use for any reason, including but not limited to
cessation due to the loss of a tenant who was conducting urban
agricultural uses on the property. This notice must be given
within two weeks of the cessation of activity; and
b.
Resume urban agricultural activity within three months of any

such cessation or the city may cancel the contract;
363 of 368
10.
A requirement that the property owner defend and indemnify the city
from any claims arising from any use of the property;
11.
A prohibition of the use of pesticides or fertilizers on the property,

except pesticides or fertilizers allowed by the United States
Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program;
12.
A requirement that the property owner comply with all provisions of

the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act;
13.
A requirement that the property be used in accordance with a water

conservation plan approved by the city and that includes best practices
for water conservation;
14.
A requirement for a metered water service connection or approved

water well;
15.
A requirement that the property be assessed pursuant to section 422.7

of the Revenue and Taxation Code during the term of the contract;
16.
A notification that if the property owner cancels the contract, the city
must assess a cancellation fee pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of section 51042 of the California
Government Code.
17.722.030
Approval process.
A.
To qualify for the tax assessment specified in section 17.722.020.C, the

property owner must file an application on a form provided by the planning
director.
B.
The city will review the application and conduct site inspections within 30
days of the date a complete application is filed.
C.
The application and contract may be approved by the city manager or the city
managers designee if it meets all the requirements of the Urban Agriculture
Incentive Zones Act, this chapter, and other applicable requirements of the
Planning and Development Code.
D.
The application and contract requires city council approval if:

1.
The contract would result in a combined tax revenue loss to the city,
County, and other recipients of ad valorem property taxes of more
than $25,000 per year or more than $125,000 for the term of the
contract; or
364 of 368
2.
The estimated combined cumulative tax revenue loss to the city,

County, and other recipients of ad valorem property taxes for all
properties currently under contract is greater than $250,000 through
January 1, 2019.
F.
Appeal. If the city manager or city managers designee denies an application

and contract, the denial shall be final unless the property owner files an
appeal with the planning director in pursuant to chapter 17.812 within ten
days after the denial. Notwithstanding section 17.812.060, an appeal shall be
to the city council.
G.
The city manager or city managers designee shall execute the approved
contract upon determination that the property owner has obtained all required
approvals for the proposed urban agriculture use. Following final approval of
the contract, the city manager or city managers designee shall send written
notification to the assessor and to the property owner. Once executed, the
property owner shall record the contract against the property. Once the
contract is recorded against the property, the assessor will apply the reduced
property tax valuation methodology to the property at the next property tax
lien date.
17.722.040
Contract cancellation.
A.
The city manager or city managers designee may cancel the contract upon
finding that a property owner is in breach of the terms of the contract. The
county assessor and the property owner will be notified of the citys
cancellation of the contract.
B.
A property owner may cancel a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter
at any time by submitting written notice to the planning director. Upon
cancellation of the contract prior to the expiration of its term, the property
owner shall record a notice of cancellation of the contract against the
property.
C.
If the contract is cancelled by the city or property owner prior to the

expiration of its term, the property owner must pay to the county a
cancellation fee equal to the cumulative value of the tax benefit received
during the duration of the contract plus interest, as determined by the
assessor. The city manager or city managers designee may waive payment of
all or a portion of the fee, if he or she determines that the cancellation was
caused by extenuating circumstances despite the good faith effort by the
property owner.
17.722.050
Sunset provision.
365 of 368
The city shall not enter into a new contract or renew an existing contract after
January 1, 2019, unless the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act is amended to
authorize contracts after that date. Any contract entered into pursuant to the Urban
Agriculture Incentive Zones Act and this chapter on or before January 1, 2019 will
be valid and enforceable for the duration of the contract.
366 of 368
367 of 368
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Meeting Date: 3/17/2015

City Council Report

Report ID: 2015-00129

915 I Street, 1st Floor

Title: (Pass for Publication) Urban Agriculture Ordinance

James Sanchez, City Attorney

Shirley Concolino, City Clerk

John F. Shirey, City Manager

Private garden and

Limiting their operation to two specific days: Tuesdays and Saturdays.

What is Urban Agriculture?

Urban Agriculture is the production of food in a form and scale that is

Aquaculture means the cultivation of marine or freshwater fish, shellfish,

Community garden, private means an otherwise undeveloped lot divided

Hydroponics means a method of growing plants in soil-less medium or

Market garden means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fiber,

Private garden means a private food-producing garden located in the

Rooftop farming means cultivating food crops on the rooftop of a

What is an urban agriculture incentive zone?

otherwise blighted parcels between 0.1-3.0 acres to agricultural uses in

It depends on the assessed value of the parcel. The Sacramento Urban

Does urban agriculture reduce neighboring property values?

What is an urban agriculture stand?

Urban agriculture stand means a temporary produce stand that is accessory to

What is the difference between an urban agriculture stand and a produce

A produce stand is a permanent structure, and permitted only in A or A-OS

What is a community market?

A community market, as defined in 17.108.040, 17.228.124 of the city code, is a

How did San Francisco handle pesticides?

San Francisco does not regulate pesticides. It does however provide an

What is the rough acreage of city-operated community gardens?

Farm stands not

Not relevant for comparison

Accessory farm stands

Even though small

Not necessarily relevant for this

No issues according to memo from

All farms need to apply

No, a public hearing is

Must be removed during

Comparison of On-Site Stands, Various Jurisdictions

Not relevant for this comparison

In residential zones, onsite sales are allowed as

On-site sales only

Only have 10-15 stands in the entire

Complaints have been insignificant.

Not allowed by right in

Not relevant for this comparison

Stands are allowed as

Limited to one day

Yes, but this is

Limited hours, 6 am- 8

Not necessarily relevant because

Comparison of On-Site Stands, Various Jurisdictions

Yes, all zones

Referred to Susan McClain in

7:00 am 7:00 pm,

All of the sites/stands but one

Attachment 3: Public Outreach

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER

California Health and Safety Code 40961