(a) 
This district classification is intended to be applied to land areas which are used or are suitable for use for intensive agricultural production purposes and are designated in the general plan as land areas of fertile soils or other favorable agricultural production characteristics within which agricultural preserves may properly be created for purposes of utilizing provisions of law relating to agricultural zoning and agricultural preserves, and to preserve such areas and protect them from the encroachment of incompatible uses.
(b) 
It is intended also that the board of supervisors may, at their discretion, issue statements to property owners that it is not their intent that the regulations of this chapter be removed or modified in the predictable future with respect to particular described properties.
(c) 
No subdivisions for residential development purposes, or commercial or industrial uses other than those specified in this chapter, shall be permitted in exclusive agricultural or E-A districts.
(Ord. 467 § 16, 1984)
The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in all E-A districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters 18.102 through 18.108 of this title.
(Ord. 467 § 16, 1984)
Uses permitted by right in an E-A district shall be as follows:
(1) 
All general agricultural uses, except those listed in Section 18.66.040 of this chapter;
(2) 
Farm or ranch related dwellings occupied by the owner or operator or help employed on the property; farm buildings and farm labor housing, accessory buildings and uses; greenhouses, fish farms, frog farms, roadside stands for sale of agricultural product from premises;
(3) 
Private airstrips accessory to an agricultural operation;
(4) 
Hydroelectric power plants of five megawatts or less;
(5) 
Kennels, provided that a residential use is first established.
(Ord. 467 § 16, 1984; Ord. 467-V § 14, 1998; Ord. 467-AC § 21, 2003; Ord. 2023-08, 11/14/2023)
Uses permitted by use permit in an E-A district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Poultry, fur farms, and commercial hog farms;
(2) 
Commercial cattle feedlots, auction and sales yards, dairies;
(3) 
Agricultural products processing plants;
(4) 
Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics;
(5) 
Airports for commercial farm services;
(6) 
Exploration for geothermal, gas, oil and other hydrocarbon resources;
(7) 
Commercial electrical generating facilities utilizing biomass, cogeneration, gas, oil, geothermal, solar, and wind if the produced power is intended for sale or distribution off premises;
(8) 
Hydroelectric power plants greater than five megawatts.
(9) 
Kennels, if a residential use is not first established.
(Ord. 467 § 16, 1984; Ord. 467-AC § 21, 2003; Ord. 2023-08, 11/14/2023)
Development standards in an E-A district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum Parcel Size. One hundred acres, or as specified in a project for which a use permit has been secured;
(2) 
Minimum Yards. Front, twenty feet; side, twenty feet; rear, twenty feet.
(Ord. 467 § 16, 1984)