(A) Purpose. This district is established to recognize a district that is best suited for the transition between urban and agricultural use, to prevent unplanned, non-farm development, and to permit orderly and economic development of public services and utilities.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted within the A-1 Agriculture District:
(1) Farming and truck gardening, including farm dwellings, nurseries, greenhouses, horticulture, apiaries, excluding livestock raising, livestock feedlots, and intensive poultry farming;
(2) One- and 2-family non-farm detached dwellings;
(3) Churches, public schools, and public buildings, providing that no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot in a residential district;
(4) Home occupations, as defined in § 150.03;
(Am. Ord. passed 11-6-1996)
(5) Flood control and watershed structures;
(6) Parks, recreational areas, wildlife areas, game refuges, and forest preserves owned by governmental agencies;
(7) Golf courses, except club houses, miniature courses, and driving tees operated for commercial purposes; and
(8) Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted if granted a conditional use permit as provided in § 150.18:
(1) Water supply buildings, reservoirs, wells, elevated tanks, and similar essential public utility and service structures;
(2) Private commercial landing fields and associated facilities;
(3) Veterinary and animal clinics and facilities for the care of animals, including kennels;
(4) Cemeteries;
(5) Golf clubhouse, country club, public swimming pool, private swimming pool serving more than 1 family, provided that no principal structure shall be located within 50 feet of any lot in a residential district; and
(6) Uses determined by the Planning Commission of similar nature to the conditional uses above and found not to be detrimental to the general health and welfare of the city.
(D) Accessory uses.
(1) Private garages and carports;
(2) Private recreation facilities such as tennis courts, swimming pools, and spas;
(3) Tool houses and sheds or similar storage buildings for domestic supplies; and
(4) Accessory buildings or structures which are clearly incidental to any of the uses listed above, but must be located on the same property.
(E) Height regulations. No building hereafter erected shall exceed 2-1/2 stories or 35 feet in height.
(F) Front yard regulations. For all uses allowed there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 50 feet. Where a lot is located at the intersection of 2 or more streets, then § 150.03 shall determine which of the 2 or more sides abutting streets shall be considered the front yard. No accessory buildings shall project beyond the front yard. Also, accessory buildings on corner lots shall not be erected closer to the street line than the minimum side yard requirements hereunder for the main building on the lot.
(Am. Ord. passed 1-3-2005)
(G) Side yard regulations. There shall be a side yard, on each side of a building, having a width of not less than 15 feet.
(H) Rear yard regulations. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25% of the depth of the lot or 25 feet, whichever is greater.
(I) Lot area regulations. Every lot or tract of land upon which a structure is erected shall have an area of not less than 1 acre unless it is connected to municipal utilities. Except that if a lot or tract has less area or width than herein required and was legally platted and was of record at the time of the passage of this chapter, that lot may be used for any of the uses permitted in this section.
(J) Lot width and depth regulations. Every lot or plot of land on which a 1-family dwelling is erected shall have a minimum width of not less than 150 feet and a depth of not less than 200 feet. No lot shall have a depth greater than 3 times its width.
(K) General regulations. Additional regulations applicable to the A-1 Agricultural District are set forth in § 150.11.
(Ord. 106, passed 3-13-1995) Penalty, see § 150.99