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PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT In order to comply with Sections 17021.5, 17021.6 and 17008, text amendments are needed in several sections of the zoning regulations. A redline version showing changes to the current code text is included as Exhibit A. The proposed amendments are discussed below. Definitions The zoning regulations do not currently define "agriculture". Since Section 17021.6 requires that employee housing of no more than 36 beds in a group quarters, or 12 units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household, be deemed an agricultural land use, a definition of agriculture is needed to clarify what is considered an agricultural use. The following definition is recommended: 18.08.017. "Agriculture" means the cultivation of land and raisirg of plants or animals for commercial use and includes agricultural processing, crop storage and related facilities and structures, and housing of agricultural employees. Retail sales of products is limited to the sale of wine at wineries and products grown on the premises from roadside stands. As previously stated, Section 17021.5 provides that any employee housing occupied by six or fewer employees shall be deemed a single family structure with a residential land use. This provision relates to how the zoning regulations define "dwelling unit" and affects the definition of "family". "Dwelling unit" is now defined in the Pleasanton zoning regulations as "one or more rooms with a single kitchen, designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes". The zoning regulations currently define "family" as "an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of not more than five persons, not including servants, who need not be related, living as a single housekeeping unit". This definition limits non-related households to five or fewer persons and therefore is not compliant with the requirement of Section 17021.5 that employee housing of six or fewer be deemed a single family structure. It is recommended that the definition of family be made consistent with the California Building Code which includes no numeric limits (see Exhibit C), as follows: "Family" means an individual or two or more persons who are related by blood or marriage; or otherwise live together in a dwelling unit (See Title 24 C.C.R. Part 2 §202, as amended.) Furthermore, the zoning regulations currently do not define "employee housing". It is recommended that a definition be added that is consistent with the state health and safety code, as follows: "Employee housing (agricultural)" means housing as described in California Health and Safety Code Sections 17021.5 and 17021.6, and employee housing as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 17008. These code sections are included in Exhibit B. Case No. P12-1785 City of Pleasanton Planning Commission Page 3 of 7