Corona, CA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum lot size
- 5 acres (17.06.060)
- Lot width/depth minimum
- 250 ft / 300 ft (17.06.070)
- Building height limit
- 2 stories or 30 ft (17.06.090)
- Maximum lot coverage
- 30% of lot area (17.06.120)
- Livestock allowance
- 4 horses/cattle per 1+ acre (17.06.020(G))
- Commercial cannabis
- Prohibited outright (17.06.040)
Summary
Corona's A Agricultural Zone sets a five-acre minimum lot size for farms and ranches, caps building height at two stories or 30 feet, and limits lot coverage to 30 percent. The zone permits crop farming, plant nurseries, agricultural worker housing, and limited livestock while barring commercial and manufacturing uses outright.
The Agricultural Zone (in this title referred to as A zone) is intended as a district for general agricultural purposes, with appropriate single-family residences and customary accessory buildings. Except as specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter, any and all buildings and premises, or land, in the A zone shall be used for, or occupied, and every building shall be erected, constructed, established, altered, enlarged, maintained, moved into or within the A zone exclusively and only in accordance with the regulations set forth in this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
010. 020 include farms or ranches for tree, field, or row crops, truck or flower gardening, and plant nurseries, plus housing for agricultural workers employed by the property owner. Noncommercial keeping of poultry and animals is allowed up to specific caps: three weaned dogs, three weaned cats, chinchillas, 15 fowl over 12 weeks old (kept at least 50 feet from any dwelling and 100 feet from a school or hospital), four adult rabbits under the same distance rules, and up to four horses, cattle, or similar animals on a lot of at least one acre, kept at least 100 feet from any dwelling other than the owner's.
040, all manufacturing uses, and every form of commercial cannabis activity, including storefront and non-storefront retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing. 120 set a five-acre minimum lot area (both generally and per dwelling unit), a 250-foot minimum lot width and 300-foot minimum depth for newly created lots, a building height limit of two stories or 30 feet (25 feet for single-story structures), a 25-foot front yard (reducible to no less than 20 feet), 15-foot side yards, a 10-foot rear yard, and lot coverage capped at 30 percent of total lot area. 92.
Violations & Fines
Building or maintaining a use, building, or animal-keeping arrangement that does not conform to Chapter 17.06's permitted use list, density caps, or dimensional standards is a zoning violation enforceable by the Planning and Development Department under Corona's zoning enforcement and abatement procedures in Chapter 17.108. Unpermitted commercial cannabis activity in the A zone is separately barred outright under Section 17.06.040 regardless of any conditional use process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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