A. Outdoor recreation areas, churches, and schools provided that plans for such facilities provide measures that will:
1. Prevent any overburdening of local roads that may occur during peak traffic periods;
2. Reduce traffic hazards to principal access points.
B. Cemeteries.
C. Private airports, provided the facilities and approach zones:
1. Such measures are taken to reduce adverse effects from blowing dirt and debris.
2. Such safeguards are taken to minimize any adverse affect on adjacent property.
D. Local government buildings and facilities.
E. Animal feedlots or poultry lots of five hundred (500) or more animal units and/or animal feedlots proposed within two (2) miles of any incorporated community or one-half (1/2) mile from any platted subdivision.
F. Agricultural service establishments, provided:
1. All establishments shall be located to allow at least three hundred feet (300') between its property lines and any driveway affecting access to a farm dwelling or field and five hundred feet (500') from any nonfarm dwelling.
2. All establishments shall be necessary to the conduct of agriculture within the district.
3. The use shall not be one to which the noise, odor, dust or chemical residues of commercial agriculture or horticulture might result in creation or establishment of a nuisance or trespass.
G. Essential services, in accordance with Section 8-3M-9 of this Chapter.
H. Temporary uses.
I. Kennels, provided:
1. Minimum lot area is five (5) acres.
2. The facility has two hundred fifty feet (250') of continuous frontage on a public street.
3. Buildings and fenced running areas are located at least fifty feet (50') from any property line and two hundred feet (200') from any existing dwelling unit, other than the dwelling of the owner.
J. Radio and television transmission towers, including station offices and studios subject to the following conditions:
1. Transmitter Towers: The following ratios of distances shall apply to all freestanding and guyed radio and television transmitter towers:
The Number Of Levels Ratio Of Tower Height To
Of Guys Along The Distance From Tower Base
Height Of The Tower To Nearest Property Line
Of Guys Along The Distance From Tower Base
Height Of The Tower To Nearest Property Line
2 or less 1 : 1
3 3 : 2
4 2 : 1
5 5 : 2
6 or more 3 : 1
When guyed towers are used, all anchor points from the guys must be on the same property as the tower. All towers must meet the requirements of the Minnesota State Building Code in terms of structural strength. For the purpose of protecting public safety and welfare, additional standards may be added by the Planning Commission as a condition attached to any permit issued.
2. Station Offices: Radio or television station offices when located on the same property with and operated in connection with radio or television transmitter towers.
3. Studios: Studios seating less than one hundred (100) persons, when located on the same property and used in conjunction with radio or television towers.
K. Four (4) nonfarm single-family dwellings per quarter section (160 acres), provided that:
1. The number of nonfarm single-family dwellings which may be allowed shall not exceed four (4) in a quarter section or quarter-quarter and shall be calculated based on the number of existing nonfarm single-family dwellings or lots as well as the amount of contiguous property (based on a quarter-quarter rating) under the ownership of a developer in one quarter of the same section of land. The matrix provided below identifies the maximum number of nonfarm single-family residential dwellings or lots allowed in a quarter section (or quarter-quarter) based on existing dwelling or lots of the same type and also ownership of property by the developer to a maximum of one hundred sixty (160) contiguous acres (4 quarter-quarters) in the same quarter of the same section (this gives no consideration for nonfarm single- family dwellings located in the future on nonproductive or nonprime farmland).
The number of contiguous quarter-quarter (40 acres) in a quarter (160 acres) located entirely within one section and owned by the developer.
Existing nonfarm single-family dwellings or existing lots of record within a quarter (160 acres):
40 Acres 80 Acres 120 Acres 160 Acres
0 Units 1 2 3 4
1 Unit 0 1 2 3
2 Units 0 0 1 2
3 Units 0 0 0 1
4 Units 0 0 0 0
2. When an instance arises where a person wishes to locate a nonfarm single-family dwelling in a quarter-quarter where he does not have full ownership or if he wishes to relocate the allotment from that one partially owned quarter-quarter to another, the provisions of subsection 8-3H-2D3 of this Article, dealing with conveyances must be complied with.
3. If a cluster (grouping) of two (2) to four (4) nonfarm single- family dwellings is allowed within a single quarter-quarter (40 acres), the proposed cluster must not require additional public roadways other than the existing public roadway on which the proposed development is to front.
4. The Planning Commission may require the proposed developer to erect or plant buffers to reduce the potential conflict of residential and agricultural uses; including deed restrictions which may reduce any future conflicts between the proposed use and existing adjacent uses; and/or make any other requirements which are pertinent to each respective conditional use of this type.
5. As part of the conditional use proceedings or the subdivision hearing, the developer of a proposed cluster (4/160) must also be in compliance with all other applicable sections of this Title including the restrictions or requirements of the AgP-1 District.
6. If a conditional use permit is approved for a cluster (4/160), a separate public hearing for review and approval of a subdivision must be carried out.
L. Extractive uses.
M. Redi-mix cement plants, asphalt batch plants and uses associated with such facilities. (Amd. Ord., 5-25-1993)