Butte County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 24. ZONING |
Article III. General Regulations |
Division 7. Agricultural Buffers |
§ 24-81. Purpose.
This article establishes a means to conserve and stabilize agricultural land uses in order to protect agricultural lands from encroachment and conversion to residential uses. This article advances this purpose by:
A.
Requiring residential development to provide land use transitions, setbacks, and buffers between residential development and agricultural uses, in order to reduce interference and conflict;
B.
Creating development and performance standards designed to protect agricultural uses from residential encroachment conflicts; and
C.
Providing a clear delineation between long-term agricultural production lands and residential areas.
(Ord. No. 4062, § 1, 9-10-13; Ord. No. 4105, § 1, 1-12-16 )