Organic Materials Zoning Ordinance Update

Organic Materials Zoning Ordinance Update

The project will amend the County of San Diego's Zoning Ordinance and Code of Regulatory Ordinances to help divert organic materials (such as food, plant, and agricultural materials) from landfills. These changes will help facilitate community garden, residential, agricultural, and commercial based composting operations. The project proposes 1) the creation of a standalone ordinance, Section 6977 Organic Materials Processing; 2) changes to Section 6902 Animal Waste Processing, which includes changing the section title to Large Commercial Organic Processing; and 3) minor updates and cross references to the existing Zoning Ordinance, Use & Enclosure matrix, and Code of Regulatory Ordinances to ensure that organic materials processing is incorporated throughout the ordinance where necessary.

Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Imperial Beach, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Pauma Valley, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, Vista

San Diego

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Other (Organic Materials)

Ordinance Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire