§ 18.08.040. Agriculture.

"Agriculture" means the raising of crops or livestock and includes the following:

A.

Growing and raising trees, vines, shrubs, berries, vegetables, nursery stock, hay, grain and similar food crops and fiber crops;

B.

Grazing of livestock and feeding incidental thereto;

C.

Animal husbandry, including, without limitation, the breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry and egg production, except as provided in subsection (G) of this section;

D.

Farmworker housing as defined in Section 18.08.294 and is also consistent with the California Employee Housing Act;

E.

Sale of agricultural products grown, raised or produced on the premises;

F.

Farm management uses meeting all of the standards in subsections (F)(1) through (F)(6) of this section. Farm management shall mean the operation, maintenance and storage of farm machinery, equipment, vehicles and supplies used exclusively for agricultural cultivation and harvesting where all machinery, equipment, vehicles and supplies are leased or owned and operated by the farm manager whether that manager is an owner, tenant, or agricultural contractor, and regardless of whether properties managed are contiguous or under similar ownership, provided that at least seventy-five percent of the managed acres are within Napa County. Farm management shall not include manufacturing for sale or retail sales of any kind and shall not include businesses devoted to equipment storage, rental or repair rather than farming. Farm management shall not include the operation, maintenance or storage of equipment used for construction of structures, even if those structures are in support of agriculture;

1.

Offices used for farm management shall meet the definition of accessory uses in Section 18.08.020;

2.

Farm management activities established or expanded after June 30, 2006, alone or in combination with any wineries subject to Section 18.104.220 shall not occupy more than fifteen acres or twenty-five percent of the parcel size, whichever is less;

3.

No single farm management building or structure newly constructed or expanded after June 30, 2006 shall exceed five thousand gross square feet. Multiple smaller buildings are permitted as long as they conform to the lot coverage standard in subsection (F)(2) above;

4.

Uncovered storage areas shall be screened from preexisting residences on adjacent parcels and from designated public roads defined in Chapter 18.106. Screening shall generally consist of evergreen landscape buffers;

5.

Farm managers shall possess all applicable local, state and federal permits and licenses;

6.

All exterior lighting, including landscape lighting, for farm management uses shall be shielded and directed downward, located as low to the ground as possible, and the minimum necessary for security, safety, or operations. Additionally, motion detection sensors must be incorporated to the greatest extent practical. No flood-lighting or sodium lighting of buildings is permitted, including architectural highlighting and spotting. Low-level lighting shall be utilized in parking areas as opposed to elevated high-intensity light standards. Prior to issuance of any building permit for construction, two copies of a separate detailed lighting plan shall accompany building plans showing the location and specifications for all lighting fixtures to be installed on the property shall be submitted for department review and approval.

G.

Agriculture shall not include the raising and keeping of more than twenty-five roosters per acre, up to a maximum of one hundred roosters per legal parcel, except as may be permitted pursuant to Chapter 6.18.

H.

Agriculture shall include the following, but only upon grant of a use permit pursuant to Section 18.124.010, or unless previously issued a small winery certificate of exemption pursuant to subsection (H) of Section 18.16.020 and subsection (I) of Section 18.20.020, or legal existence as a winery prior to July 31, 1974 as provided in subsection (G) of Section 18.16.020 and subsection (H) of Section 18.20.020:

1.

Production and processing of agricultural products, including agricultural processing facilities; and

2.

Marketing, sales, and other accessory uses that are related, incidental and subordinate to the main agricultural processing use.

(Ord. 1285 § 1, 2006: Ord. 511 § 1 (part), 1976: prior code § 12019)

(Ord. No. 1349, § 1, 10-26-2010, eff. 12-26-2010; Ord. No. 1381, § 2, 3-12-2013, eff. 4-11-2013; Ord. No. 1420, § 1, 5-9-2017)