Right
to Farm
To
Buyers of Placer County
Real Estate:
 Welcome
to Placer County.
As a new property owner,
it is important for you
to understand that Placer
County has a Farm Ordinance
for the unincorporated areas
of Placer County.
Please read the following
ordinance and certify below
that you understand the
ordinance as read.
CHAPTER 5 - PLACER COUNTY
RIGHT-TO-FARM ORDINANCE
Ordinance 4983-B ARTICLE
XII:
SEC. 5.700: It is
the declared policy of the
County of Placer to preserve,
protect and encourage the
development and improvement
of its agricultural land
for the production of food
and other agricultural products.
When non-agricultural land
uses extend into agricultural
areas, agricultural operations
often become the subject
of nuisance suits.
As a result, agricultural
operations are sometimes
forced to cease or are substantially
curtailed. Others
may be discouraged from
making investments in agricultural
improvements. It is
the purpose of this Ordinance
to reduce the loss to the
County of its commercial
agricultural resources by
limiting the circumstances
under which agricultural
operations may be deemed
to constitute a nuisance.
SEC. 5.705: No agricultural
activity, operation, or
facility, or appurtenances
thereof, conducted or maintained
for commercial purposes,
and in a manner consistent
with proper and accepted
customs and standards, as
established and followed
by similar agricultural
operations shall be or become
a nuisance, private or public,
due to any changed condition
in or about the locality,
after the same has been
in operation for more than
one year if it was not a
nuisance at the time it
began.
SEC. 5.710: For purpose
of this section, the term
"agricultural activity,
operation, or facility,
or appurtenances thereof
shall include, but not be
limited to, the cultivation
and tillage of soil, dairying,
the production, cultivation,
growing, and harvesting
of any agricultural commodity
including timber, Christmas
trees, viticulture, apiculture,
nursery stock, or horticulture,
the raising of livestock,
fur bearing animals, fish,
or poultry, and game birds,
and any practices performed
by a farmer or on a farm
as incident to or in conjunction
with such farming operations,
including preparation for
market, delivery to storage,
or to market, or to carriers
for transportation to market.
SEC. 5.715: For the
purpose of the chapter,
commercial agriculture shall
mean those agricultural
lands in designated areas,
or those lands that are
within the California Land
Conservation Act, or within
a Timber Preserve Zone or
those lands that produce
a gross annual income of
$4500.00 (Four Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars) from
the sale of agricultural
products.
SEC. 5.720: Each prospective
buyer of property in unincorporated
Placer County shall be informed
by the seller or his/her
authorized agent of the
right-to-farm ordinance.
The seller or his/her authorized
agent will keep on file
a disclosure statement signed
by the buyer with the escrow
process.
SEC. 5.725: Whenever a building
designated for residential
occupancy is to be located
on property in the unincorporated
area of Placer County, the
owners of the property,
or their authorized agent,
shall acknowledge receipt
of the Right-To-Farm Ordinance.
Signature: ___________________________
Date: _________________
Signature: ___________________________
Date: _________________
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