Alameda, CA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

2 that the City Council can map on top of a base zoning district rather than stand alone. Where the A designation is combined with another district, every use already allowed in that base district remains permitted, and the A overlay adds three more: all uses permitted in the underlying district, large animal husbandry and livestock farming, capped at one horse, one mule, one cow, or one steer or bull for each half acre of land, and crop and tree farming. Four other uses, a dog and cat kennel, dairy farming, a veterinary hospital, or on-site sale of agricultural products grown on the premises, require a use permit from the Planning Board rather than being allowed outright, and any structure for selling farm products on-site cannot be a permanent commercial building.

14(d) sets special siting rules for farm structures: barns, stables, and similar accessory buildings must sit at least 50 feet from the front property line, at least 10 feet from any side property line, and at least 40 feet from any dwelling. 1(b)(3) already permits agriculture, horticulture, and home gardening as a by-right use in the base R-1 Residential District citywide, without an A overlay, so long as it excludes retail nursery sales or raising animals commercially; the A Combining District exists specifically to authorize actual livestock and larger-scale farming beyond that baseline home-gardening allowance.