Title 23 COASTAL ZONE LAND USE
Chapter 23.08 SPECIAL (S) USES
23.08.072 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 23.08.266;
temporary camps are subject to Chapter 8.64 of this code.).
(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. In addition to a health department permit
as required by Chapter 8.62 of this code, camping facilities are subject to the
following:
(A) Organizational Camps. Development plan
approval.
(B) Incidental Camping. Minor use permit approval.
(3) Minimum
Site Area. As specified in Section 23.04.020.
(4) Density. To be set by the
review authority where development plan 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 are to 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 is to be determined by the development plan
approval.
(7) Access. All-weather access is to be provided to the
site.
(8) Allowed Facilities. Camps established pursuant to 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 are to be provided as
required by the health department.
(10) Required Findings -- Incidental
Camping. A land use permit for incidental camping is to 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 fiber; 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 such facilities are to 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. Development plan
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 planning commission may reduce the minimum site area
as part of the development plan approval.
(5) Setbacks. All facilities are
to 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) is not to exceed
two percent of the total site area.
(7) Lodging Facilities.
(A) Type of
Facilities Allowed. Dude ranch facilities may be authorized by the planning
commission to be attached, motel-type units or detached cabins, provided that
they include no cooking or eating facilities.
(B) Occupancy. Lodging
facilities are to be rented only to guests which will also utilize 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 is to be
established by the planning 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 is to 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 development plan
approval.
(9) Required Findings. A development plan for a dude ranch in the
agriculture land use category is to be approved only where the planning
commission makes the following findings in addition to those required by Section
23.02.034(c)(4):
(A) The proposed use will not substantially affect the
continuing use of the site as a productive agricultural unit providing food or
fiber; and
(B) The proposed use will result in no substantially adverse
effect upon the continuance or establishment of agricultural uses on surrounding
properties.
(C) Where located in other than in an agriculture category, the
only required findings are those in Section 23.02.034(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.
Development plan approval, in addition to a health department permit as required
by Chapter 8.60 of this 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 are to
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 is to be in accordance with requirements
established by the health department, and by the Regional Water Quality Control
Board pursuant to Section 23.06.102.
(d) Hunting and Fishing
Clubs.
(1) Limitation on Use. Hunting and fishing clubs are to be located
only in the agriculture, rural lands and recreation categories.
(2) Permit
Requirement. Minor use permit approval.
(3) Location. Hunting activities are
to 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 are to 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 23.04.100 or other provisions of this chapter.
(5) Camping and
Lodging. Allowable only if authorized in accordance with subsection (a) of this
section, or Section 23.08.266, 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
development plan 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. Development plan
approval.
(3) Location. Outdoor sport shooting facilities except for archery
are to 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 development plan
approval.
(6) Noise Control. The proposed use must satisfy the requirements
of Section 23.06.040 for the residential suburban and recreation categories,
regardless of the land use category in which the range is located. (Ord. 2715
§ 111, 1995; Ord. 2649 § 15, 1993; Ord. 2592 § 9 (part),
1992)
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