Industrial Hemp Regulations

On May 19, 2020, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. SCC 2020-02 amending Title 17, Zoning Plan, of the Shasta County Code to regulate industrial hemp within the unincorporated area of Shasta County. The indoor cultivation and processing of industrial hemp is limited to nursery stock and micro-greens and is permissible only in the Exclusive Agriculture (EA), Limited Agriculture (A-1), and Unclassified (U) districts if a use permit is issued; outdoor cultivation and processing of industrial hemp is prohibited in all districts. The manufacturing of industrial hemp products is permissible in a fully enclosed building only in the General Industrial (M) and Light Industrial (M-L) districts if a zoning permit is issued; manufacturing of industrial hemp products is prohibited in all other districts and is prohibited outdoors in all districts.