(A) Purpose of agricultural zone (A zone). The agricultural zone is intended to establish and preserve rural areas from urban encroachment until such areas are adaptable to orderly urban expansion, and to permit the full range of agricultural activities, including limited types of low density residential development and other uses customarily conducted in agricultural areas.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Any use permitted in the flood zone;
(2) Single-family detached dwellings, provided not more than two dwellings shall be permitted;
(3) Manufactured homes and mobile homes (subject to the requirements of § 153.078, where applicable);
(4) Parks, playgrounds, or community centers, owned and operated by a local community association for subdivisions or neighborhoods;
(5) Non-commercial institutions;
(6) Stands for the retail sale of agricultural products or commodities raised on the premises. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 153.082(A);
(7) Home occupations and home workshop/businesses;
(8) Tourist homes;
(9) Nameplate and advertising signs, provided that they shall be erected in accordance with the provisions of § 153.093(E);
(10) Riding stable of a private, non-commercial nature on at least one acre of land;
(11) Swimming pools, provided they are enclosed by an animal-proof fence of not less than three feet in height and further provided they are constructed and maintained in agreement with all County and State Board of Health laws;
(12) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses;
(13) Normal farm operations necessary to the planting and harvesting of crops and the conduct of agriculture and agricultural uses as defined in § 153.006;
(14) (a) Ponds, provided they meet the setback of 75 feet from the toe of the mound or the water’s edge from the center of a publicly dedicated roadway. In obtaining an improvement location permit as required by § 153.007, the contractor or excavator who is to install the pond shall make application in the name of the owner of the pond and shall be responsible for obtaining the permit and displaying the permit at the job site before commencing any construction. No contractor or excavator shall do any work in installing or modifying and making improvement to any pond requiring a permit without informing the owner of the necessity thereof and personally obtaining the permit on behalf of the owner. In addition to the foregoing, the contractor, on behalf of the owner, shall obtain the written approval of the County Surveyor that the proposed pond and location thereof does not disrupt any located drainage within the county and that the pond does not create drainage runoff problems which will overload or burden any existing tile and drain.
(b) In granting said approval, the County Surveyor shall require that the pond overflow does not discharge water onto adjoining lands of other property owners and that all runoff water shall be either directed towards a swale or located tile or redirected back into the pond, whichever is applicable in order to safeguard neighboring lands from runoff water created by the construction of the pond. The minimum setback from the toe of the mound or the water’s edge, whichever is applicable, the setback from the adjoining property line shall be a minimum of 20 feet except that the County Surveyor may require a greater distance where conditions of the pond require a greater distance for adequate drainage and protection of adjoining landowners. Further, in no event shall the water’s edge of a pond or the toe of the mound be closer to any existing septic tank or absorption field of the owner’s residence or any adjoining neighbor’s residence be closer than 50 feet.
(c) The County Surveyor shall consider the requirements of State Drainage Code 36-9-27 and the applicable requirements in granting approval for any pond permit.
(15) Intensive livestock operations, subject to provisions of Chapter 112.
(C) Building size regulations. No building shall be erected for residential purposes having a floor area of less than 950 square feet per primary dwelling unit exclusive of unenclosed porches, terraces, and garages. The square footage minimum for a mobile home shall be 840 square feet exclusive of unenclosed porches, terraces, and garages.
(D) Residential dwelling density. On a tract, parcel, or lot of land, there shall be permitted two individual single-family dwellings subject to the further regulations of § 153.088.
(E) Ingress and egress easements. Where an easement is desired or necessary to serve a property not adjacent to a public road, the width of said ingress/egress easement or the deeded portion of the lot which serves as ingress and egress to said parcel shall be a minimum of 25 feet in width if the same services one residence. In the case of ingress/egress ways serving more than one lot, the minimum width shall be 50 feet.
(Ord. 2005-01, passed 2-17-2005; Ord. 2017-8, passed 5-30-2017)