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Exhibit F – Seasonal Farmworker Housing – Inland – Section 26-88-010(l)

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Section 26-88-010(l) Seasonal Farmworker Housing is revised to read as follows:

Seasonal farmworker housing shall meet the following standards:

  1. Seasonal farmworker housing shall be located on parcels of one and one-half (1.5) acres or more having an agricultural or resources and rural development general plan land use designation. Such parcels shall be owned by the applicant. If less than ten (10) acres, such parcels shall be located within one (1) mile of a minimum of twenty (20) contiguous acres of land cultivated and either owned or long term leased by the applicant.
  2. Seasonal farmworker housing shall be located on parcels having direct access to a publicly maintained road. If a private road is to provide such access, the applicant shall file with the planning department a written agreement signed by all of the property owners entitled to use such road acknowledging and agreeing to the road’s use as access for the seasonal farmworker housing.
  3. Seasonal farmworker housing located on parcels of less than ten (10) acres shall house no more than nineteen (19) workers, including a caretaker, at any time unless a use permit is first obtained.
  4. Seasonal farmworker housing and support structures shall be set back a minimum of fifty-five feet (55’) from the center line of any roadway, sixty feet (60’) from any other property line, forty feet (40’) from any other structure, and forty feet (40’) from watering troughs, feed troughs and accessory buildings. Seasonal farmworker housing and support structures shall also be set back seventy-five feet (75’) from barns, pens or similar quarters of livestock or poultry. These setbacks may be reduced if a use permit is first obtained.
  5. Seasonal farmworker housing shall have off-street parking provided at a ratio of one (1) space per four (4) persons housed. The parking does not need to be covered or paved, but may not be located within any scenic corridor setback unless a use permit is first obtained. Parking areas shall be screened from public view by buildings, fences, landscaping or terrain features.
  6. Seasonal farmworker housing may be either one (1) or two (2) story structures.
  7. Seasonal farmworker housing shall be occupied no more than one hundred eighty (180) days in any calendar year. The director of Permit and Resource Management Department may restrict the occupancy of seasonal farmworker housing to one hundred thirty-seven (137) days between July 1st and November 15th in any calendar year for health and safety reasons.
  8. Seasonal farmworker housing having accommodations for at least six (6) workers may have a single caretaker unit per parcel occupied year-round, provided that the property meets the criteria for an agricultural employee housing unit, there are no other permanent residences on the property, and a zoning permit for the caretaker unit is obtained.
  9. Seasonal farmworker housing shall not be located within any floodway.
  10. Seasonal farmworker housing located within the one hundred (100) year flood elevation shall have the structure of the finished floor of the living quarters above the one hundred (100) year flood level, but may have a storage area below the living quarters.
  11. Seasonal farmworker housing located within the one hundred (100) year flood elevation shall have its septic tank and disposal field at least one hundred feet (100’) removed from the ten (10) year flood elevation unless otherwise authorized by the director of environmental health.
  12. Seasonal farmworker housing shall be maintained in such a manner so as not to constitute a zoning violation or a health and safety hazard.
  13. Prior to the issuance of a building permit for seasonal farmworker housing, the applicant shall place on file with the planning department an affidavit that the seasonal farmworker housing will be used to house persons employed for agricultural purposes. Further, a covenant shall be recorded, in a form satisfactory to county counsel, acknowledging and agreeing that park and traffic mitigation fees for the seasonal farmworker housing shall be waived unless and until the housing units are no longer used to house persons employed for agricultural purposes and further acknowledging and agreeing that in the event the housing units are converted to some other use, the park and traffic mitigation fees existent at the time of conversion shall be immediately due and payable and the housing units shall be either removed or, if the new use is otherwise permitted, brought into compliance with the provisions of this code and state laws in effect at the time of conversion.