K- Zoning

SONOMA COUNTY CODE - Article 42.
K Recreation and Visitor-Serving Commercial District.

Sec. 26-42-005.  Purpose.
Purpose:  to encourage a compatible blend of recreation and tourist-commercial uses in such a way as to perpetuate Sonoma County’s recreational resources in the manner provided in Section 2.3.4 of the general plan.
(Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)

Sec. 26-42-010.  Permitted uses.

Permitted uses include the following:

(a) Visitor information center;

(b) Restaurants;

(c) Professional, administrative and general business offices provided that the site is within an urban service area designated in the general plan and that the use is primarily intended to serve tourist commercial and
recreational needs;

(d)  Home occupations;

(e)  The outdoor growing and harvesting of shrubs, plants, flowers, trees, vines, fruits, vegetables, hay, grain and similar food and fiber crops.  Except as noted below, agricultural cultivation shall not be permitted in the
following areas:
(1)  Within one hundred feet (100') of the top of the bank of the Russian River Riparian Corridor,
(2)  Within fifty feet (50') of the top of the bank in designated flatland riparian corridors,
(3)  Within twenty-five (25') of the top of the bank in designated upland riparian corridors.
Agricultural cultivation may be allowed as set out in subsections (e)(1) through (3) of this section upon approval of a management plan which includes either appropriate mitigations for potential erosion, bank stabilization and biotic impacts.  This plan may be approved by the planning director or by use permit pursuant to
Section 26-42-020(t).

(f)  Small residential community care facility;

(g)  Accessory uses and buildings incidental and appurtenant to the primary use;

(h)  Small family day care;

(i) Large family day care provided that the applicant shall meet all performance standards listed in
Section 26-88-080;

(j) Occasional cultural events; provided, that a written notice stating "The Sonoma County Planning Department will issue a zoning permit for a cultural event (state nature and duration) on this property if a written appeal is not received within ten (10) days from the date of this notice" is posted on the property at least ten (10) days prior to issuance of a zoning permit, and no appeal pursuant to Section 26-92-040 has been received from any interested person, and provided that approval is secured from the following departments: sheriff, public health, fire services, building inspection and public works. In the event of an appeal, a hearing on the project shall be held pursuant to Section 26-92-040;

(k) Public parks;

(l) Beekeeping;

(m) Attached commercial telecommunication facilities subject to the applicable criteria set forth in
Section 26-88-130;

(n) Minor and intermediate freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80') or less, subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(o) Noncommercial telecommunication facilities eighty feet (80') or less in height subject to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

(p) One (1) bed and breakfast inn, containing not more than ten (10) guest rooms, subject to Article 82 (Design Review) and Article 86 (Parking Regulation). Food service shall be limited to breakfast served to inn guests only, and shall be subject to approval of the Sonoma County department of health services. No weddings, lawn parties or similar activities shall be allowed unless specifically authorized by a use permit issued pursuant to Section 26-42-020. No outdoor amplified sound shall be allowed unless specifically authorized by a use permit issued pursuant to Section 26-42-020. No bed and breakfast inn shall include the use of more than one (1) single-family dwelling and one (1) accessory structure for transient occupancy. No more than two (2) of the ten (10) guest rooms allowed by this section may be located in the accessory structure, if any. If an accessory structure is used for transient occupancy, the total floor area available for use by guests, including guest rooms and common areas, shall not exceed six hundred forty (640) square feet. There shall be no internal doorway or passage between the area available for use by guests and any remaining area of the accessory structure;

(q) Small wind energy systems not located within a county-designated urban service area or within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500') of a county-designated urban service area, subject to zoning permit approval and the standards in Section 26-88-135;

(r) Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses described in this section. (Ord. No. 5435 - 2(ff), 2003; Ord. No. 5342- 3, 2002; Ord. No. 5265 1(p), 2001; Ord. No. 4973 - 9(a), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)


next- Tax Info >