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Lassen County California
Land Use Code
For
Wild Horse Acres
Building Code: "U-C-2"
Upland Conservation/Resource Management District
provisions of Chapters 18.102 through 18.108 of this Title
Per 80 acre parcel.
18.69.030 Uses Allowed by Right.
One single-family dwelling, farm buildings and accessory buildings and uses; a second single- family dwelling, provided that the dwelling is to be used in conjunction with an operation agricultural unit and is located on a parcel which meets the minimum parcel size criteria; general agriculture, crop, and tree farming, logging, grazing, animal husbandry, general nurseries, and greenhouses; private airstrips accessory to an agricultural operation; hunting clubs or lodges; hydroelectric power plants; small-scale commercial firewood processing; temporary stands for the sale of agricultural products; and other similar in nature uses.
18.69.040 Uses Allowed by Permit.
Sawmill operations, large-scale firewood processing, accessory buildings and structures;
commercial poultry, fur, frog, fish or hog farms, dairies or feedlots; agricultural product processing and packing facilities and accessory uses; retail nurseries and permanent stands for the sale of agricultural products produced on the premises and related incidental items; additional dwellings, labor housing; mining or procession of precious metal or mineral resources including sand, and gravel mining and hot plants; electrical generating facilities if the produced power is intended for sale or distribution off premises, other than hydroelectric projects; exploration wells for geothermal, gas, and oil resources;
commercial recreation facilities including, but not limited to guest ranches, trap shooting clubs, rifle ranges, campgrounds, and recreational vehicle parks, and other similar uses determined by the Planning Director.
Right verses Permit
This is open to a lot of interpretation.
With an automobile, one does not have a right to drive a car on a public street, road, or highway. As such, one is said to be privileged to drive on these roads so they need a license. A license is a stronger form of a permit. A license is between a permit and a right.
One may infer from the use of Right verse Permit with this title means as a Right to build a home, all one has to bring in the carpenters. Better yet, build it yourself, no plans, no fees, none of that stuff required for permits. However, this does not mean you can build a shanty and not worry about existing codes. You must build by applicable codes. It does mean you don't need to ask the county or other municipalities permission. You talk to the county bureaucratese that is not the case with building. Use and building have been separated. With them government bureaucrates it is, you have a right to use the property as a residence, but you need a permit to build.
Permits do have their value. If one obtains a permit for the "well" as in dwelling, the person who bought the place would know the well's casing is probably good all the way down. The reason for this is with a permit there is some inference that the municipality has inspected the job and has given approval for doing the job. Same with the building any structure. Furthermore, if the local officials like what you are doing and you pay for there advice, local officials tend to be helpful. Not always however. Conversely, argue with them, even winning the argument and sooner or later, what goes around will come around.
If one were to go get a permit for electrical wiring, the question would be; what power are you planning on putting in? The great thing about this property and the code is, you don't need to tell the municipality what you plan to do for electric power because you have a right to generate it yourself. This allows all sorts of benefits if you know how to generate electric power.
With the right attorney, one would be able to build a motel for horse riders becuse hunting clubs and lodges equals multiperson dwelling as in hotels, motels, and trailer parks. So long as these dwellings are to be use for hunting clubs and lodges, one has a right to build them. Just bring in the carpenters. What permit? What permit fees? It would take the right attorney and probably not cheap nor wise but could be done.
No permit means no plans. No plans means, no pre determined structure. Square, round, big, small, wood, steel, concrete, on stilts or underground; what ever! As said above, requires the right attorney.
You can even make a private airport. The right time of year and you could land and take off a 747 on the dry lake bed. One may argue that it isn't wise. But this author saw a full bird order the landing of a B52, may be it was not a B52 but it was a huge bird, on the private short dirt runway at California Polytechnic University for Poly Royal. That was something to see. When that thing hit dirt and they thru the jets in revers there was smoke and dust you wouldn't believe. It took 20 miniutes for the dust to clear so you see the plane and it was surprising the engines still worked. It sure was quit an impressive landing. Too bad he wasn't allowed to cut down the trees so they had to take the plane apart to truck it out of there. At Wild Horse Acres, the runway is 10 times longer, there are no trees, and the surface would be harder and flatter in the summer time. That ship could have taken off at Wild Horse Acres. The point here is that you have the right to make an airport and more importantly, the practical ability.
With or without a permit, Wild Horse Acres offers a large amount of possibilities.
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