Jackson County Zoning Requirements
8.5 Setback Measurement & Requirements
8.5.3 Special Setback Requirements |
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D) Irrigation Ditches or Canals
On lands where irrigation district ditches or canals exist, applicants will not establish dwellings or out buildings, septic or drain fields, water wells, or any other obstruction within 30 feet or easement width whichever is greater from the center of the ditch or canal. on the side of the canal or ditch where the maintenance/access road is located. Applicants will be required to sign a deed declaration or allow access and maintenance including:
The County may waive or reduce this setback when the setback is otherwise impracticable due to the specific configuration or use of the property, and such a reduction will not impair maintenance functions as attested by the appropriate irrigation district, or in those cases where no district exists, by downstream users or the ditch. |
EPID Rules & Regulations
STRUCTURES:
16) All structures such as bridges, stockades, fence crossings, etc., now on the easement or right of way of the District ditches will be considered District property. No new bridges, fences, fence crossings or stock gates, unless the same will have been provided for in right of way or easement contracts, will be constructed over, across or in a District canal or lateral or right of way without the permission of the District, and if permission is granted for such structures, they will be built under the specifications and directions of the Manager of the District or they may be built by the District provided the estimated cost of their building is advanced to the District before the start of such construction. Where any fence is constructed across an Eagle Point Irrigation District right of way or easement, adequate gates will be constructed across any such right of way or easement. Such structures will then become the property of the District. Unauthorized installations will be removed at the cost of the responsible party.
ACCESS TO LAND AND DITCHES:
25) Any officer, employee, ditch rider or other authorized personnel of the District will have free access at all times to the private ditches and lands being irrigated for the purpose of determining whether the ditches are in satisfactory condition to handle water and whether the water is being used economically and efficiently. No fences, ditches or other obstructions will be placed across or upon any District canal bank without special permission of the Manager and then only with the understanding suitable openings or gates will be provided to enable District employees to travel said canal banks without hindrance. The Manager will have the right to remove all fences or obstructions contrary to these provisions. Crops and other vegetation grown within the District's right of way, or which otherwise interfere with a District facility, will be subject to reasonable removal or destruction by the District.
16) All structures such as bridges, stockades, fence crossings, etc., now on the easement or right of way of the District ditches will be considered District property. No new bridges, fences, fence crossings or stock gates, unless the same will have been provided for in right of way or easement contracts, will be constructed over, across or in a District canal or lateral or right of way without the permission of the District, and if permission is granted for such structures, they will be built under the specifications and directions of the Manager of the District or they may be built by the District provided the estimated cost of their building is advanced to the District before the start of such construction. Where any fence is constructed across an Eagle Point Irrigation District right of way or easement, adequate gates will be constructed across any such right of way or easement. Such structures will then become the property of the District. Unauthorized installations will be removed at the cost of the responsible party.
ACCESS TO LAND AND DITCHES:
25) Any officer, employee, ditch rider or other authorized personnel of the District will have free access at all times to the private ditches and lands being irrigated for the purpose of determining whether the ditches are in satisfactory condition to handle water and whether the water is being used economically and efficiently. No fences, ditches or other obstructions will be placed across or upon any District canal bank without special permission of the Manager and then only with the understanding suitable openings or gates will be provided to enable District employees to travel said canal banks without hindrance. The Manager will have the right to remove all fences or obstructions contrary to these provisions. Crops and other vegetation grown within the District's right of way, or which otherwise interfere with a District facility, will be subject to reasonable removal or destruction by the District.