1. Statement of Intent. This district is intended to accommodate areas predominately agricultural in character or undeveloped for urban use and which are beyond the corporate limits but which fall in the extended area set out in the 28E Agreement between the City of Carroll and Carroll County for zoning, platting and building code control.
2. Principal Permitted Uses. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
A. Agricultural purposes including necessary buildings and structures which shall be used for agriculture including but not limited to farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating and storing, the produce, provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities.
B. Public parks, playgrounds and recreational areas.
C. Public utility and public service installations and facilities.
D. Cemeteries of 10 acres or more in size.
E. Churches, chapels or parish houses located not less than 20 feet from any side lot line in any “R” District.
F. Any building or structure occupied or used for nursery, elementary, junior high or high schools, public libraries and similar public cultural uses located not less than 20 feet from any side lot line.
G. Sale of nursery and greenhouse products.
H. Railroad rights of way and trackage, not including switching, storage, terminal facilities or freight yards.
I. Single Family detached dwellings.
J. Transformer stations or booster or pressure regulating stations without service yard or storage.
K. Accessory buildings and uses incidental to the principal use, including outdoor swimming pools.
L. Private parking areas.
M. Hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent home, or similar institutions that are connected and served by City of Carroll public water and sanitary sewer systems.
(Ord. 1703 - May-17 Supp.)
3. Special Uses: The following special uses are permitted in the “A-2” District only in accordance with the provisions set forth hereinafter.
A. Home occupations.
B. When granted Special Use Permit by the Board of Adjustment after consultation with the Planning and Zoning Commission:
(1) Sanitary landfills, in accordance with County and State regulations except that no sanitary landfill shall be operated within 1,320 feet of any “R” District.
(2) Removal and loading of minerals, sand and gravel, including equipment, buildings or structures for screening, crushing, mixing, washing or storage located not less than 500 feet from any “R” District and suitably distant or properly screened from any designated scenic highway.
(3) Privately operated country clubs, golf courses, marinas or docking facilities, guest ranches, swimming clubs, riding stables, lakes, resorts or similar recreational uses provided that any principal or accessory building in connection therewith shall be located above flood hazard elevation and not less than 200 feet from any lot in an “R” District.
(4) Airports and landing fields.
(5) Rural business enterprise. A small business which is clearly secondary to the principal permitted use of a single-family dwelling. Such business enterprise shall be owned by the owner of the single-family dwelling located thereon. A Rural Business Enterprise may include manufacturing, assembling, compounding, packaging, processing, or treatment of products or raw materials. It may also include the storage of raw materials to be used in production, goods in process, or manufactured items. These uses are of such nature they require isolation from other kinds of land uses allowed within an A-2 Agricultural District which is intended to accommodate areas predominately agricultural, rather than industrial, in character. The following restrictions shall also apply to a Rural Business Enterprise.
a. Any Special Use Permit granted under this Section for a Rural Business Enterprise shall be for businesses whose primary use is agricultural in nature.
b. A Rural Business Enterprise may be permitted on an adjacent vacant parcel in this district provided that the adjacent vacant parcel is owned by the same owner of the principal single-family dwelling.
c. Rural Business Enterprises may be permitted on vacant parcels across a public right-of-way so long as the parcel is within 200 feet of the property owned and occupied as the principal single-family dwelling and said vacant parcel is owned by the same owner as the dwelling.
d. A Rural Business Enterprise shall be limited to one structure which shall be no larger than 20,000 square feet and shall comply with existing height and lot restrictions established in this district.
e. A structure used for a Rural Business Enterprise shall comply with all state and local building code requirements.
f. All equipment and materials outside the structure shall be stored inside a privacy fenced area on the same parcel.
g. A Rural Business Enterprise shall employ no more than Fifteen (15) employees, including both full and part-time.
h. Only wall signs shall be permitted for a Rural Business Enterprise. The total square footage of the sign face area shall not be greater than 32 square feet and shall not be illuminated.
i. Only one Rural Business Enterprise may be permitted per single-family dwelling.
k. Special use permit applications and standards must be satisfied as established and required in Section 170.36.
(Ord. 2302 - Jul. 23 Supp.)
4. The following minimum or maximum requirements shall be observed:
A. Lot area: The minimum lot area shall be 5 acres.
B. Lot width: 300 feet minimum
C. Front Yard: 80 feet minimum along state and federal roads 60 feet minimum along other public roads.
D. Side Yards: 30 feet minimum
E. Rear Yard: 100 feet minimum
F. The maximum height for a principal structure shall be 30 feet and 15 feet for an accessory structure, except as provided in Section 170.32(1).
5. Off-Street Parking Requirements: Two per unit required for single family dwelling; and for all other permitted uses as required in Section 170.34.