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

16 sets out the purpose and standards for Dublin's A Zoning District. 010 states the district exists to preserve and protect agricultural lands used for commercial production of agricultural commodities, to restrict the land to crop production and the raising of livestock, poultry and other animals, to encourage agricultural uses where more intensive development is not desirable, and to prohibit land uses that are not compatible with commercial agricultural operations. A lists the use types permitted by right in the A district: Animal Keeping-Residential, Community Care Facility, Garage/Yard Sale, Mobile Home, Single Family Residence, Small and Large Family Day Care Home, Supportive Housing and Transitional Housing, plus similar, related, temporary and conditional uses.

050 needs a Conditional Use Permit issued by the Zoning Administrator. B. C ties the district to the Rural Residential/Agriculture designation of the Dublin General Plan. The chapter was most recently revised by Ordinance 1-25 in February 2025. 16 governs land-use permissions rather than shielding farms from nuisance suits, Dublin has no separate right-to-farm nuisance-immunity statute; the zoning district itself is the operative protection, steering agricultural land away from incompatible development while the CUP and SDR processes bring in barns and additional agricultural uses.