Title 22 LAND USE
Chapter 22.30 STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
22.30.520 Rural recreation and camping.
A. Camping. Permanent organizational group camps sponsored by a church,
youth group, corporation or other organization, or camping that is seasonal and
incidental to an agricultural use, are subject to the following provisions.
(Commercial campgrounds as principal uses are subject to Section 22.30.300 (RV
Parks); temporary camps are subject to Chapter 8.64 of the County Code
(Temporary Camps).
1. Limitation on Use. Organizational camps are allowed
only in the rural lands, Recreation, and Public Facilities categories.
Incidental camping is allowed in the agriculture category as well as where
organizational camps are allowed.
2. Permit Requirements. A health
department permit shall be required in compliance with Chapter 8.62 of the
County Code, in addition to the land use permit required by Section
22.06.030.
3. Minimum Site Area. As specified in Chapter 22.22 (Subdivision
Design).
4. Density. To be set by the review authority where use permit or
minor use permit approval is required, to a maximum of one unit per acre, which
is also to be the maximum density for incidental camping of less than ten
units.
5. Setbacks. All camping facilities and activities shall occur no
closer than one thousand feet from any property line or public
road.
6. Parking. No improved parking is required for incidental camping,
provided that sufficient usable area is available to accommodate all user
vehicles entirely on-site. The parking requirement for organizational camps
shall be determined by the use permit approval.
7. Access. All-weather
access shall be provided to the size.
8. Allowed Facilities. Camps
established in compliance with this section may include the following facilities
in addition to tent camping areas, based on the type of
camp:
a. Organizational Camps. Cabins; meeting hall; swimming pool;
permanent restroom facilities; accessory and storage
buildings.
b. Incidental Camping. Water supply and portable restrooms only.
Incidental camping uses may also include spaces for a maximum of ten
self-contained recreational vehicles, without utility hookup
facilities.
9. Sanitation. Restroom facilities shall be provided as required
by the health department.
10. Required Findings - Incidental Camping. A land
use permit for incidental camping shall be approved only where the review
authority first finds that:
a. The proposed use will not affect the
continuing use of the site as a productive agricultural unit providing food or
fibre; and
b. The proposed use will result in no effect upon the continuance
or establishment of agricultural uses on surrounding properties.
B. Dude
Ranches. A dude ranch is a commercial transient guest occupancy facility
incidental to a working ranch, which may include common eating and drinking and
recreation facilities subject to the provisions of this Subsection, provided
that these facilities shall be used by lodging facility guests only, and not
made available to the general public for day use.
1. Limitation on Use. Dude
ranches are not to be established in a residential category.
2. Permit
Requirement. Use permit approval.
3. Application Content. To include a
description of recreational facilities and activities to be offered, and an
explanation of the relationship between the recreational use and continuing
agricultural uses.
4. Minimum Site Area. One hundred sixty acres, except
that where a proposed facility has obtained a recorded right of access and use
of adjoining property for recreational purposes, the commission may reduce the
minimum site area as part of the use permit approval.
5. Setbacks. All
facilities shall be located no closer than five hundred feet from any property
line or public road.
6. Coverage. The aggregate area occupied by all
structures and facilities established for the dude ranch (including all roads,
parking areas, lodging and support facilities dedicated to the dude ranch use)
shall not exceed two percent of the total site area.
7. Lodging
Facilities.
a. Type of Facilities Allowed. Dude ranch facilities may be
authorized by the commission to be attached, motel-type units or detached
cabins, provided that they include no cooking or eating
facilities.
b. Occupancy. Lodging facilities shall be rented only to guests
which will also use other dude ranch facilities. Dude ranch lodgings are not to
be used for RV park or motel-type overnighters.
c. Density. The density of
guest lodgings shall be established by the commission, with the total number of
units to be based upon the capability of the ranching activities to continue
without interference from guest activities, provided that the maximum density of
lodging facilities shall be no more than one guest unit for each five acres in
the agriculture category, and one guest unit per acre in other
categories.
8. Parking Requirement. To be set through use permit
approval.
9. Required Findings. A use permit for a dude ranch in the
agriculture land use category shall be approved only where the commission makes
the following findings in addition to those required by Section
22.62.060.C.4:
a. The proposed use will not substantially affect the
continuing use of the site as a productive agricultural unit providing food or
fibre; and
b. The proposed use will result in no substantially adverse
effect upon the continuance or establishment of agricultural uses on surrounding
properties.
Where located in other than in an agriculture category, the only
required findings are those in Section 22.62.060.C.4.
C. Health Resorts and
Bathing. Commercial health resorts, outdoor hot springs, spas, or hot tub rental
operations that are operated as a principal use, and transient lodging
facilities accessory to such use, are subject to the
following:
1. Limitation on Use. Health resorts and bathing facilities are
not allowed in a Residential Suburban category, and are not allowed in the
agriculture land use category unless the facility is dependent upon a natural
on-site resource such as a lake or hot springs.
2. Permit Requirement. Use
permit approval, in addition to a health department permit as required by
Chapter 8.60 of the County Code.
3. Minimum Site Area. Ten acres in the
agriculture and rural lands categories; five acres in other rural categories;
one acre when located within an urban or village reserve line.
4. Parking.
Two spaces per hot tub or spa; and one space per one hundred square feet of
swimming pool area. Where lodging units are included, additional spaces shall be
provided at a ratio of one space per lodging unit.
5. Sanitation and Water
Disposal. The provision of sanitary facilities and the disposal of wastewater
from hot tubs or pools shall be in compliance with requirements established by
the health department, and by the regional water quality control board in
compliance with Section 22.10.190 (Regional Water Quality Control Board
Review).
D. Hunting and Fishing Clubs.
1. Limitation on Use. Hunting and
fishing clubs shall be located only in the agriculture, rural lands and
Recreation categories.
2. Permit Requirement. Site plan
review.
3. Location. Hunting activities shall be limited to areas no closer
than one-half mile from any residential category or residential use other than
that of the applicant.
4. Setbacks. Any membership hunting facilities and
activities shall be located no closer than one thousand feet from any property
line or the public road. No limitation on the location of fishing activities
other than required for structures by Section 22.10.140 (Setbacks) or other
provisions of this chapter.
5. Camping and Lodging. Allowable only if
authorized in compliance with Subsection A. (Camping), or Section 22.30.300
(Lodging - Recreational Vehicle Parks), including the permit requirements of
those sections.
6. Parking Requirement. No improved parking is required,
provided that sufficient usable area is made available to accommodate all
employee and user vehicles entirely on site, unless other requirements are set
through use permit approval.
E. Sport Shooting Facilities. Establishments
providing an outdoor shooting range for pistol or rifle target practice, skeet
shooting, trap shooting, archery or similar facilities open to the public,
members of a club, or public safety agency are subject to the
following:
1. Limitation on Use. Outdoor sport shooting facilities are
allowed only in the agriculture, rural lands and Public Facility
categories.
2. Permit Requirement. Use permit approval.
3. Location.
Outdoor sport shooting facilities except for archery shall be located no closer
than one mile to any urban or village reserve line or residential land use
category; and no closer than one-half mile from any residential use on an
adjoining lot.
4. Minimum Site Area. Five acres.
5. Parking Requirement.
To be set through use permit approval.
6. Noise Control. The proposed use
must satisfy the requirements of Section 22.10.120 (Exterior Noise Standards)
for the residential suburban and recreation categories, regardless of the land
use category in which the range is located. (Ord. 2892 § 1 (part),
2002)
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