This district is intended to comprise lands devoted to agriculture, related activities and other open uses. This district is further intended to constitute a "hold" district to retain land in less intensive use until the time is appropriate for more intensive development so as to prevent scattered development and the premature and costly extension of utility mains and services related thereto, and to regulate development of the city so that it occurs in stages according to market needs and progresses contiguously outward from the developed urban area. Regulations are designed to limit uses to those which are compatible with agriculture, to prevent encroachment by more intensive uses, and to preserve the open space characteristics of the district.
A. Principal Uses Permitted:
1. Agricultural Uses:
General agriculture on parcels not less than five (5) contiguous acres in area.
Commercial breeding, raising, training and feeding principally by grazing of horses, cattle, sheep, goats and hogs; provided, that pens, buildings, corrals and yards other than open pastures are not closer than five hundred feet (500') to any residence, except the residence of the property owner.
Dairies; poultry and egg farms; fur farms; public stable; provided, that pens, buildings and enclosures other than open pastures are not closer than five hundred feet (500') to any residence, except the residence of the property owner.
Oil wells.
Soil crops.
2. General Uses:
Guest ranches, on parcels having an area not less than ten (10) acres; provided, that pens, buildings and yards other than open pastures used for keeping of livestock are not closer than one hundred feet (100') to any street, highway or residential district.
Veterinary clinic or animal hospital.
3. Conditional Uses Permitted:
Churches and church facility complexes.
Public recreational uses, including public or quasi- public golf courses and similar activities.
Schools.
Water pumping plants and storage tanks.
B. Accessory Uses Permitted:
1. Accessory buildings, structures and uses customarily incidental to permitted principal or conditional uses.
2. Employee housing, servants' quarters, guesthouses.
3. Storage of petroleum products required for use on the premises; provided, that such storage shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) gallons and shall be subject to all applicable health and safety laws.
4. Home occupations.
C. Property Development Standards For Principal Permitted Uses:
1. Minimum lot or site area: Five (5) acres.
2. Minimum lot or site width: Four hundred feet (400').
3. Minimum setback from all street lines: One hundred feet (100').
4. Minimum side yards: One hundred feet (100').
5. Minimum Rear Yard: One hundred feet (100').
D. Property Development Standards For Accessory Buildings:
1. Maximum Height: In accordance with requirements of the current city airport master plan.
2. Minimum Space: The minimum space between a building used for sleeping or living purposes and any other detached building is twenty feet (20').
3. Minimum Side And Rear Setbacks: Minimum side and rear setbacks of buildings not used for keeping poultry or animals is twenty feet (20').
4. Accessory Buildings: Accessory buildings, whether attached or detached, shall not be erected in any required front or side yard, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
E. Maintenance Of Stock Fences: All livestock and poultry kept shall be kept confined to the premises by erection and maintenance of a stock fence and necessary cattle guards. (Ord. 256, 4-11-1978)