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In Pleasanton today there is little agricultural activity remaining. It is primarily limited to grape-growing along the Vineyard Avenue corridor. Most of the city's agricultural lands are within specific plan areas, or within Planned Units Developments (PIJDs), or both. In those cases it is the existing specific plans and PUDs, and not this code amendment, that would govern agricultural activities. Aside from specific plan areas and PUDs the A Agriculture and R-1 One Family Residential zoning districts permit and conditionally permit a variety of agricultural activities. The A district covers limited land, but the R-1 district is broadly mapped throughout the city. In order to insure that R-1 neighborhoods are not negatively affected by agricultural employee housing, yet are still allowed to grow food for domestic use, it is proposed that "agriculture" be defined as a commercial use. The raising of plants and animals for private, non-commercial purposes would be permitted in both the A district and the R-1 district without allowing the employee housing (except, pursuant to Secl:ion 17021.5, six or fewer employees in a single dwelling). It is further recommended that some limited commercial-scale agriculture be permitted in the A district and conditionally permitted in the R-1 district. The higher impact commercial-scale agricultural uses would be conditionally permitted in the A district and not permitted in the R-1 district. The table below shows the general concept of this proposal. The shading represent areas of change from existing regulations. R-1 One-Family A Agricultural Residential District District Limited raising plants& animals for Permitted Permitted private, non-commercial purposes Limited commercial-scale agricultural uses* Permitted Higher impact commercial Conditionally agricultural activities* Permitted SIAreas where change would occur * Allows employee housing of up to 36 beds or 12 units/spaces The primary impact of the proposed amendment would be in the R-1 district, where limited commercial agriculture would require a conditional use permit, and conditionally permitted agricultural activity would not be permitted. However, the only higher impact agricultural activity currently conditionally permitted in R-1 which would become not permitted is the raising of rabbits and fowl. Any legally existing commercial agriculture would be allowed to continue as a legal non-conforming use. Under this proposal that activity would be prohibited. Page 3 of 4