§ 8.68.040. Permit application.

Any person, firm or corporation desiring or proposing to engage in the commercial hog ranch business shall make written application to the planning commission of Riverside County for a permit to do so. Such application shall be accompanied by the application fee required in Section 8.68.090; provided, however, that no permit shall be granted for a commercial hog ranch having more than three thousand (3,000) hogs. Each application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner or his or her authorized agent, stating the following:

A.

The name and address of the owner of the property;

B.

The acreage of the property;

C.

The legal description of the property;

D.

The name and address of the proposed operator or operators of the commercial hog ranch, and, if a corporation, the names and addresses of the directors and officers thereof;

E.

An affidavit of the proposed operator of the commercial hog ranch which affidavit shall set forth:

1.

The maximum number of hogs which the applicant proposes to maintain, raise, feed or fatten on the ranch,

2.

The type of feed to be used; if commercial garbage or garbage and whether or not the same will be cooked in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture, state of California,

3.

The source or sources and estimated quantity of garbage and offal to be fed daily,

4.

A plot plan showing the premises described in the application such plan to designate clearly the specific portions of the premises which will be used for the operation of the commercial hog ranch, the proposed location of all buildings, structures, pens, food containers, feeding devices, fences and drainage installations,

5.

A statement of the method of waste disposal that will be employed and information concerning the character of the soil,

6.

A statement that the premises described in the application which are to be used for the operation of the commercial hog ranch, are not within two miles of any public school, public park, the boundaries of any municipality in Riverside County, or any then existing residential subdivision under private deed restrictions; or within one mile of any occupied dwelling house not on the premises; or within two thousand (2,000) feet of any county or state highway; or within two miles of any duly permitted or existing commercial hog ranch; provided, however, that facts inconsistent with the foregoing may be set out if accompanied with affiant's statement of the circumstances which he believes justifies the issuance of the permit notwithstanding the inconsistency,

7.

A statement to the effect that the premises on which the commercial hog ranch is to be operated are so zoned under the Zoning Ordinance of Riverside County, Ordinance No. 348 (Title 17 of this code), as then amended, as to permit the type of desired operation.

(Ord. 431.3 § 4, 1989)