Chino, CA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Covers
- legal animal keeping & ag ops citywide
- Includes
- county operations annexed into Chino
- Duration
- until transition to residential zoning
- Adopted
- Ord. 2010-05; amended Ord. 2023-005
Summary
Chino's right-to-farm rule reaches every legal animal-keeping and farming operation in the city, plus land annexed from the county, letting agriculture continue until it fully converts to its underlying residential zoning.
The right-to-farm policy contained herein shall apply to all legal animal keeping and agricultural operations within the city, and all other animal keeping and agricultural operations legally established in the county at the time the property was annexed to the City of Chino. These properties are expected to continue animal keeping and agriculture uses until they transition fully to their underlying residential zoning designation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Chino Municipal Code § 20.16.020 sets the scope of the city's right-to-farm nuisance shield: it covers all legal animal keeping and agricultural operations within city limits, and also operations that were legally established in unincorporated San Bernardino County before that land was annexed into Chino. Annexed farms and animal-keeping properties are allowed to keep operating even after the underlying zoning shifts to residential, until the use fully transitions on its own, annexation alone doesn't force an immediate shutdown. This section doesn't create a separate agricultural zoning district; it defines who gets the nuisance protection in § 20.16.030.
Violations & Fines
No penalty attaches to this scope-setting section itself. Operations outside its coverage, never legally established, or established after annexation without approval, get no automatic right-to-farm shield and remain subject to ordinary nuisance and code-enforcement action.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does annexing farmland into Chino end farming rights immediately?
Is this the same as an agricultural zoning district?
Sources & Official References
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