Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 8. ZONING |
Division 88. SPECIAL LAND USES |
Chapter 88-20. AGRICULTURAL FARM STANDS AND FARM MARKETS |
§ 88-20.204. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
(a)
"Farm market" means an area accessory to an on-site agricultural operation that is used to sell farm products, value-added farm products, and non-agricultural items, as specified, where the total sales area does not exceed three thousand five hundred square feet.
(b)
"Farm product" includes any of the following in its raw or natural state: any agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product of the soil; poultry products; livestock products; and apiary products. "Farm product" does not include any livestock, poultry, fish, or shellfish.
(c)
"Farm stand" means an area accessory to an on-site agricultural operation that is used primarily to sell farm products, value-added farm products, and non-agricultural items, as specified, where the total sales area does not exceed one thousand five hundred square feet.
(d)
"Grower stand" means an area accessory to an on-site agricultural operation that is used to sell farm products produced on-site or proximate to the site, as specified, where the total sales area does not exceed one thousand five hundred square feet.
(e)
"Non-agricultural item" means any item offered for sale other than farm products and value-added farm products.
(f)
"Total sales area" means the total area of all outdoor sales areas and all indoor sales areas.
(g)
"Value-added farm product" means a farm product that has been changed from its natural state to an item in a different form through canning, drying, freezing, preserving, fermenting, compounding, processing, packing, or a similar alteration, so as to increase the value of the farm product.
(Ord. 2007-23 § 2).
Article 88-20.4. Standards