Ch. 3 Sec. D Part 2 Glossary of Use Types

SECTION D: USE TYPES

PART 2: GLOSSARY OF USE TYPES

313-170 Agricultural Use Types

Agricultural use types include the on-site production of plant and animal products by agricultural methods. The following are agricultural use types: (Former Section CZ#A313-9(A))

The Agriculture-Related Recreation Use Type includes recreational facilities developed in conjunction with agriculture, including hunting and duck camps, skiing and dude ranches, but not including such recreational activities as golf courses which require non-agricultural development. (Former Section CZ#A313-9(F))

The Feed Lot/Slaughter House Use Type includes large on-site yard(s) with pens or stables and other structures, other than those which are a part of a typical livestock ranch, where cattle, sheep, and similar animals are kept for finishing, shipment or slaughter. (Former Section CZ#A313-9(D))

The General Agriculture Use Type includes cultivation of food and fiber such as field and tree crops, dairying, pasturage, tree farming, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, apiaries, and animal and poultry husbandry, but not including feed lots, stock yards, slaughter houses, hog farms, fur farms, turkey farms, frog farms, fertilizer works or plants for the reduction of animal matter. (Former Section CZ#A313-9(B))

The Hog Farming Use Type refers to any premises used solely or primarily for the raising or keeping of three (3) or more hogs, when raised, fed or fattened for the purposes of sale and consumption by other than the owner or resident of the site. (Former Section CZ#A313-9(C))

Any premises used solely or primarily for the raising or keeping of animals such as furbearers, frogs, or turkeys, when raised, fed or fattened for the purpose of sale and/or consumption by other than the owner of the site. (Former Section CZ#A313-9(G); Ag Zone Amendments approved by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on 2/9/99)

The Stables and Kennels Use Type refers to raising and keeping of dogs or horses (or similar hoofed animals) for hire or animals boarded and fed for compensation. (See “Stable” and “Kennel” in Section C: “Index of Definitions of Language and Legal Terms.”) (Former Section CZ#A313-9(E))