(A) General description. The A-1 Agricultural District is established for several purposes:
(1) To provide for the continued use of land for predominantly agricultural purposes;
(2) To preserve undeveloped areas until they can feasibly be developed at urban standards and with adequate public safeguards of health, safety and the like; and
(3) To restrict development in areas subject to severe inundation until such time as it can be shown that these areas are no longer subject to flooding.
(Prior Code, § 10-6-1)
(B) Uses permitted.
(1) Principal uses. No buildings or use shall hereafter be established or enlarged within the A-1 Agricultural District, except a building or use devoted to one of the following purposes:
(a) Agriculture, as defined in this chapter;
(b) Churches and temples;
(c) Elementary schools and high schools;
(d) Golf courses, but not including golf driving ranges, pitch and putt courses, or miniature golf courses;
(e) Municipal or community recreation centers;
(f) Parks and forest preserves, operated not-for-profit;
(g) Police or fire stations;
(h) Public buildings or buildings operated in the public interest by a not-for-profit corporation, including art galleries, post offices, libraries or museums;
(i) Public or not-for-profit auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, armories or sanatoriums;
(j) Public or private hospitals or sanatoriums;
(k) Public or private schools and colleges;
(l) Public utility and service uses, including electric substations, gas regulator stations, electric, gas, telegraph, telephone and water transmission metering and distribution equipment and structures, microwave relay towers, water reservoirs or pumping stations and other similar facilities;
(m) Single-family dwellings (see § 153.054(G) of this chapter for permitted mobile homes); and
(n) Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes only, and not for dwelling purposes, nor for a period that exceeds the completion of the construction.
(2) Accessory buildings and uses. Accessory buildings or uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses listed in division (B)(1) above.
(Prior Code, § 10-6-2)
(C) Area, setback and height regulations.
Min. Lot Area | Min. Lot Frontage | Max. Percent Coverage | Max. Height | Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback | Rear Yard Setback |
5 acres | 150’ including accessory buildings | 30% | 35’ | 50’ | 25’ | 50’ |
(Prior Code, § 10-6-3)
(D) Signs and billboards. The control of signs and billboards in the A-1 General Agriculture District is the same as that in § 153.054(G) of this chapter for the R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
(Prior Code, § 10-6-4)
(Ord. 2009-3, passed 5-15-2009)