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Buffer zones are well-defined strips of land located between farmland and
urban development used to minimize possible conflicts between these uses.
The following cities and counties report that they require agricultural
buffer zones:
Amador County
Arroyo Grande
Artesia
Arvin
Brawley
Brentwood
Calimesa
Carlsbad
Ceres
Chico
Chino
Clayton
Clovis
Colusa County
Contra Costa County
Corona
Davis
Del Norte County
Dixon
El Dorado County
Greenfield
Half Moon Bay
Hanford
Humboldt County
Imperial County
King City
Kings County
Kingsburg
Lake County
Lassen County
Lincoln
Live Oak
Livermore
Mendocino County
Mendota
Merced
Mono County
Montague
Murrieta
Napa
Nevada County
Ontario
Paso Robles
Patterson
Petaluma
Plumas County
Portola
Redlands
Reedley
Salinas
San Benito County
San Jacinto
San Juan Bautista
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County
San Mateo County
Santa Barbara County
Santa Cruz County
Santa Fe Springs
Shafter
Shasta County
Sonoma County
Tehama County
Tuolumne County
Turlock
Vacaville
Visalia
Watsonville
Windsor
Yuba County