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

The Yucaipa Municipal Code export read for this page contains no right-to-farm section, so agricultural land use in the City of Yucaipa is controlled by zoning in the Development Code. The Additional Agriculture (AA) Overlay District, § 85.040101, is designated by the symbol (AA) on the City of Yucaipa Official Land Use Plan. It fits neighborhoods substantially occupied by rural-type, single family homes on large parcels that are predominantly used for small-scale, commercial agricultural activities.

Inside the overlay, § 85.040120 permits additional animals by minimum lot area. Horses and cattle are set at 1 per 10,000 square feet on 1/2 acre and 1 acre lots respectively, and 1 per 7,000 on 2 1/2 acre lots. Sheep and female goats are 1 per 4,000 on 1/2 acre. Hogs are capped at 5 on 1 acre and 9 on 2 1/2 acres. A conditional use permit is required for commercial kennels and catteries on a minimum of two acres, agricultural support services, higher densities or other animal types (commercial poultry ranches restricted to a minimum of 10 acres), cow and goat dairies on 10 acres or more, and hog ranches and calf-growing ranches on five acres or more.

Outside the overlay, the Rural Living (RL) District, § 84.0320, permits row, field, tree, and nursery crop cultivation, with associated structures limited to 10,000 square feet on parcels of five acres or less. Animal raising as a primary use must be on a parcel no less than two acres, lot area used to qualify one animal type cannot be reused for another, and manure management follows Title 3 of the San Bernardino County Code as adopted by the city of Yucaipa. Aviaries and apiaries need a parcel of at least one-half acre, and fish raising is limited to one pond per acre, a maximum of four ponds per parcel, each no larger than one-half surface acre. In the RS and RM districts, crop cultivation is permitted on parcels of 10,000 square feet or greater with any associated structure limited to 1,000 square feet.

Section 83.030135 adds findings for agricultural support services, including that the use is incidental and subordinate to existing agricultural uses in the vicinity and will not detract from the agricultural character of the area.