No structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or used, and no land may be used, except for one (1) or more of the following purposes:
(a) General or specialized farming, truck gardening, greenhouses, nurseries, and fowl and rabbit raising, provided that no killing is done on the farm.
(1) On farms devoted to the housing or breeding of cattle, sheep or goats, no pen, corral or barn shall be closer than two hundred (200) feet from any side or rear property line or less than one hundred fifty (150) feet from any existing right-of-way, provided that the minimum side yard setback shall be reduced one (1) foot for each additional foot that the barn, pen or corral is set back from the existing right-of-way over one hundred fifty (150) feet, and provided, further, that the side yard setback shall not be reduced below seventy (70) feet.
(2) Barns and appurtenances thereto which are in existence at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code shall be excluded from the above setback requirements under the nonconforming use provisions of this Zoning Code.
(3) Farmers are permitted to pasteurize milk from their own farms as well as milk from other farms.
(4) The minimum land area required for the above purposes shall be ten (10) acres.
(b) The keeping of horses for recreational purposes shall be permitted in a Residential Agricultural District upon a land area of less than ten (10) acres, provided that such use is for the private personal use of the owner or lessee of such land, his or her family and friends, and does not constitute a commercial occupation or a public stable.
(1) No barn, pen or corral shall be located closer than two hundred (200) feet from all property lines or less than one hundred fifty (150) feet from all street right-of-way lines, provided that the minimum side yard setback shall be reduced one (1) foot for each additional foot that the barn, pen or corral is set back from the existing right-of-way over one hundred fifty (150) feet, and provided, further, that the side yard setback shall not be reduced below a minimum of seventy (70) feet.
(2) At least one (1) acre shall be provided for each horse kept, except that the number of horses now existing on each parcel where horses are presently kept for recreational purposes may be continued under the nonconforming use provisions of this Zoning Code, subject to all conditions therein.
(3) Foals born on parcels where horses are presently kept may be kept on such parcel for two (2) years even though such additional horses may increase the number of horses on such parcel beyond the one (1) horse per acre limitation, but in no case shall there be more than one (1) horse and one (1) foal per acre.
(c) Single-family detached dwellings.
(d) Home occupations.
(e) The keeping of not more than two (2) persons as boarders by a resident family, provided that no separate cooking facilities are provided and that separate dwelling units are not thus established.
(f) Accessory structures.
(g) On-site signs, as provided in Chapter 1292.
(h) Adult foster care family homes and adult foster care small group homes containing six (6) or fewer residents.
(i) Family day care homes.
(Res. 24-95. Passed 2-13-95.)