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

010, of preserving agricultural land within the Davis planning area jointly with Yolo and Solano counties and reducing conflicts between farms and nearby development. 030 requires that, as a condition of approval for a discretionary development permit (including tentative subdivision and parcel maps, use permits, rezonings, prezonings and planned developments) on property within one thousand feet of agricultural land, agricultural operations or agricultural processing facilities, the transferor must insert a right-to-farm deed restriction in the transfer deed. 040 separately requires transferors to give every buyer or tenant a written notice of right to farm in the sale or lease documents, acknowledged by both parties; failure to include the notice does not invalidate the transfer.

050 layers on a physical agricultural buffer requirement: new developments adjacent to designated agricultural, greenbelt or environmentally sensitive habitat land must provide a minimum 150-foot agricultural buffer/transition area, split into a 100-foot buffer contiguous to the farmland and a 50-foot transition area open to public access, wider buffers being encouraged to reach the 500-foot aerial spray setback used by Yolo and Solano counties. 020, or a decision was sought and none was issued in time.