SCH Number 2022030776

Title: County of Santa Clara Rural Zoning Amendments and Agricultural Impact Threshold
Description: The proposed Project would amend the County of Santa Clara Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to the Exclusive Agriculture (A), Agricultural Ranchlands (AR), Hillsides (HS), and Rural Residential (RR) zoning districts and establish a threshold of significance for evaluating impacts to agricultural resources from development proposed on farmland. The Project would clarify, simplify, and standardize the permit process for agriculture-supportive uses, align development in the Exclusive Agriculture zoning district with existing County land use policies, and replace the current “local-serving” provisions with new objective development standards. The Project would also establish a threshold of significance to evaluate agricultural impacts on a project-by-project basis under CEQA.

2 documents in project

Type	Lead/Public Agency	Received	Title
EIR	Santa Clara County	7/21/2025	County of Santa Clara Rural Zoning Amendments and Agricultural Impact Threshold
NOP	Santa Clara County	3/29/2022	Rural Zoning Ordinance Amendments