§ 22.30.550. Small-Scale Manufacturing.

The establishment of a small-scale manufacturing use in an Agriculture, Rural Lands or Commercial Retail category is subject to the following standards:

A.

Limitation on use.

1.

Commercial Retail category. A small-scale manufacturing use shall not be located in a ground-floor store frontage in a Commercial Retail land use category except where the storefront is used for display and retail sale of the products of the manufacturing operation.

2.

Agriculture and Rural Lands categories. Small-scale manufacturing in the Agriculture and Rural Lands categories is limited to establishments accessory or secondary to full-time farming or ranching operations on the same site, and which produce farm or ranch-related equipment, or small products sold off-site to supplement farm income. Such use shall be conducted entirely within a building, or in a yard area screened in compliance with Section 22.30.246.

B.

Required findings. The approval of small-scale manufacturing in the Agriculture or Rural Lands land use category shall require that the Review Authority first find that the proposed manufacturing use will:

1.

Be clearly secondary or accessory to a full-time farming or ranching operation on the same site; and

2.

Not detrimentally affect the continuation of agricultural uses on the subject site and on surrounding properties.

[Amended 1981, Ord. 2063; 1992, Ord. 2553] [22.08.099]