Right to Farm in Cupertino, CA (2026)
1 verified right to farm rules for Cupertino, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Cupertino maintains two agricultural zoning districts, Agricultural (A) and Agricultural-Residential (A-1), under Chapter 19.24 specifically to preserve farming and forestry uses, with minimum lot sizes as large as 400,000 square feet. Permitted uses on that land include field and truck crops, orchards, tree farms, livestock ranches and apiaries, keeping working farmland viable within city limits.
Cupertino Agricultural Zoning Districts
Few RestrictionsCupertino Municipal Code § 19.24.010
Agricultural (A) zones are intended to preserve agriculture or forestry activities in areas suited to that purpose, and to include therein incidental residential development of a rural character. Agricultural-residential (A-1) zones are intended to preserve agriculture or forestry activities in areas suited to that purpose, and to include therein residential development of a semi-rural character.
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