Commission weighs return of AR-36 agricultural-residential zoning for large Chino Valley parcels

Town planning staff presented a draft text amendment (TA 2025-O3) to reintroduce an AR-36 agricultural-residential zoning designation that would apply to 36-acre parcels and similar large holdings. Commissioners discussed why the designation is under consideration, which uses would be allowed or conditional, and several technical items staff would need to refine before forwarding the draft to Town Council.

Staff said the AR-36 designation had existed previously but was removed when the town updated other rules; public feedback during the 2040 general-plan process prompted reconsideration. “For those that have been on PNZ a little longer, you might remember that we did have a r 36 in our code. We got rid of it,” a staff member said, adding that the designation would give large landowners options that do not fit smaller-lot…