§ 17.113.010. Uses permitted.

A.

Uses Permitted. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 17.113.020, the following uses are permitted on parcels not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area:

1.

Agricultural use of the soils for crops, orchards, grazing and forage;

2.

Electric and gas distribution, transmission substations, telephone and microwave stations;

3.

Water well and any use appurtenant to the storage and distribution of water;

4.

Riding and hiking trails, recreation lakes, and camp grounds.

B.

The following uses are permitted in conformance with the development and performance standards of this chapter provided, that the operator thereof holds a permit to conduct surface mining operations, issued pursuant to county Ordinance No. 555, which has not been revoked or suspended:

1.

Mining, quarrying, excavating, beneficiating, concentrating, processing and stockpiling of rock, sand, gravel, decomposed granite, clay gypsum, limestone, metallic ores, and similar materials, and the rehabilitation of the resulting excavations;

2.

Rock crushing plants, aggregate washing, screening and drying facilities and equipment, and concrete batching plants.

The uses permitted in this subsection and any accessory use established as a part thereof, shall assume a nonconforming status pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.180.020 on the date that the mineral resource on the site of such use or structure is depleted.

C.

Accessory Uses Permitted. Premises in the M-R zone may be used for accessory uses provided such uses are established on the same parcel of land, are incidental to, and do not substantially alter the character of any permitted use, including but not limited to:

1.

Retail and wholesale distribution of materials produced on the site;

2.

Storage of trucks and excavating vehicles;

3.

Storage of materials and machinery used in the operation;

4.

Scales and weighing equipment;

5.

Offices and maintenance shop structures, including use of mobilehomes;

6.

Residences and mobilehomes for caretakers or watchmen and their families, provided no compensation is received for the use of any such residence, mobilehome or mobilehome space;

7.

Maximum of two on-site signs, each not over one thousand (1,000) square feet in area, advertising the products being produced on the site.

D.

Reserved.

E.

The following uses are permitted provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to chapter 17.200:

1.

Sewage sludge/organic waste composting facilities.

2.

Solar power plant on a lot ten (10) acres or larger.

F.

Any use that is not specifically listed in Subsection E. may be considered a permitted or conditionally permitted use provided that the planning director finds that the proposed use is substantially the same in character and intensity as those listed in the designated subsection. Such a use is subject to the permit process which governs the category in which it falls.

(Ord. 348.3780, 1996; Ord. 348.2338, 1984; Ord. 348.2104, 1982; Ord. 348 § 12.50)

(Ord. 348.4713, § 13, 11-9-2010; Ord. 348.4705, § 9, 11-8-2011)