Home Based Businesses Zoning Amendment

Home Based Businesses Zoning Amendment

Solano County is considering an amendment to its Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 28 of the Solano County Code) related to Home Based Businesses. As defined in the Zoning Ordinance, Home Based Businesses include different types of home occupations and cottage industries, with different standards and permit requirements. The proposed changes would clarify the definitions of “home occupation” and “cottage industry,” and reorganize and clarify the regulations related to home occupations (Type I and II) and cottage industries (Type I and II) to promote readability and internal consistency. The proposed changes would also add a Type III Cottage Industry land use as allowed with a conditional use permit in certain zoning districts, with corresponding regulations. Aside from the proposed addition of a Type III Cottage Industry land use, the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance does not alter prior regulations for the intensity or location of development or otherwise compel any physical disturbance to the existing physical environment.

Fairfield

Solano

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Other (Home Occupation Businesses)

Code Update

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Water Supply/Groundwater