(A) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the RR - Rural Residential District:
(1) Single-family dwelling;
(2) Farm;
(3) Public parks and recreation areas;
(4) Church or similar place of worship;
(5) Convent, monastery, rectory or parish house to be occupied by not more than ten persons;
(6) Government building/government use;
(7) Drilling/extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil (not including permanent compressor stations/facilities); and
(8) Surface mining of coal and clay provided that the entire disturbed area is reclaimed, reshaped and re-vegetated in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances and regulations governing surface mining.
(B) Uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Hospitals, religious and philanthropic institutions;
(2) Permanent compressor stations/facility buildings associated with the extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil; and
(3) Telecommunications towers.
(C) Accessory uses.
(1) Detached private garage;
(2) Garage, shed or building for domestic storage (sheds or similar small structures less than 144 square feet shall be exempt from permitting, but shall meet the required setbacks for this district);
(3) Fence or ornamental wall, not over six feet in height;
(4) Swimming pool;
(5) Private greenhouse (noncommercial);
(6) Raising and keeping of domestic animals as pets, but not on a commercial basis or on a scale objectionable to neighboring property owners, and provided specifically that all horses, pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats and similar farm animals not be permitted, unless the property is operated as a farm or farmette (no permit required);
(7) Farmette as defined under § 154.004;
(8) Home occupation-home office;
(9) Small scale wind generators, as per § 154.088; and
(10) Outdoor furnace, as per § 154.091.
(D) Accessory uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Home occupation-home business; and
(2) Temporary meteorologic towers, as per § 154.090.
(F) Area regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than one acre. Each lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 120 feet.
(2) Yard areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yard areas are provided and maintained:
(a) Front yard. Not less than 30 feet; fences or ornamental walls shall be not less than ten feet when located along a public street;
(b) Side yard. Not less than 20 feet on each side; side yards on corner lots shall be not less than 30 feet; and
(c) Rear yard. Not less than 50 feet.
(3) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings appurtenant to a residential structure shall maintain a minimum yard area of not less than ten feet to the side and rear lot lines.
(G) Height. The maximum height, to the highest point of the roof, of buildings hereafter erected or altered shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family dwelling: 35 feet;
(2) Farm - primary building: 45 feet;
(3) Church - primary building: 45 feet;
(4) Accessory building: 25 feet; and
(5) Recreation facility or other similar use building: 45 feet.
(H) Dwelling standards. Every one-story dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum 1,400 square feet of habitable living area. Every two-story dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum of 1,800 square feet of habitable living area.
(I) Building area. All buildings, including accessory uses, shall cover not more than 35% of the area of the lot.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010; Ord. 686, passed 4-18-2012)