Pleasanton, CA Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

010(A)). 030, the operative nuisance provision, protects "any present or future agricultural operation or any of its appurtenances conducted or maintained for commercial purposes and in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs and standards of the agricultural industry on agricultural land" from becoming a nuisance "due to any changed condition of the use of adjacent land," but the protection does not apply if the nuisance results from negligent or improper operation, or if the activity obstructs a public stream, canal, basin, park, square, street or highway.

020 defines "agricultural land" as property zoned A (Agricultural) or otherwise usable for agricultural operations, and "agricultural operation" broadly to include cultivation, dairying, irrigation, frost protection, viticulture, horticulture, nursery products, timber, apiculture and livestock or poultry raising. 040 directs disputes over noise, odors, fumes, dust, machinery operation at any hour including aircraft, manure storage, and chemical application to go to the city council. 060(D) makes the resulting decision binding on both parties.