(a) Purpose. The A-1 Agricultural District is hereby created in order that there be areas within the City which are either in agricultural cultivation or open land and which have been annexed to the City but not yet developed at urban densities. This land is to be reserved for agricultural cultivation, very low density residential development and other essentially nonurban activities so that the basically rural character of these areas may be preserved and maintained until such time as the land becomes subject to urban development.
(b) Permitted Uses. The following uses shall be permitted as a use-by-right in the A-1 Agricultural District:
(1) Any customary agricultural use, building or structure, including nurseries, greenhouses, farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture and viticulture;
(2) One single-family detached dwelling unit (rural farm house or rural nonfarm house);
(3) Churches and similar places of worship;
(4) Neighborhood and community parklands and open space; and
(5) Government buildings, facilities and uses.
(c) Conditionally Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted as conditional uses in the A-1 Agricultural District, subject to the approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals and the subsequent issuance of a conditional use permit by the Code Enforcement Officer, which procedure is specified in Sections 1266.01 and 1268.05(f):
(1) Cemetery;
(2) Country club or golf course;
(3) Kindergarten or day nursery and juvenile and adult group homes;
(4) Private recreation development;
(5) Public and parochial schools;
(6) Public utility substations or exchanges; and
(7) Farm tenant houses or mobile homes, caretakers' cottages and similar uses customarily accessory to agricultural and residential uses, provided there is not more than one such unit for every twenty acres of lot area.
(d) Minimum Lot Area and Width. There shall be permitted zoning lots not less than five acres in land area. No lot width shall be less than 200 feet.
(e) Maximum Building Height. No dwelling shall exceed thirty-five feet in height.
(f) Minimum Yards.
(1) Front. There shall be a minimum setback of not less than thirty-five feet.
(2) Side. There shall be a minimum width on either side of not less than ten feet, with the combined width of both side yards to be not less than twenty-five feet.
(3) Rear. There shall be a minimum depth of not less than forty feet.
(g) Required Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the requirements specified in Section 1266.05.
(h) Other Development Controls.
(1) Radio or television towers and antennae, flagpoles, stacks, observation towers, water tanks and silos shall be set back a distance equal to the height from all property lines, as measured from ground level.
(2) All permitted uses and conditionally permitted uses in this zone shall require a certificate of approval from the City Engineer, certifying his or her approval of the type and manner of construction to be built (ensuring that such construction shall not cause flood hazard, soil erosion, adverse changes in the natural drainage courses or unnecessary destruction of natural features), which completed certificate shall be submitted to the appropriate board, as required in this Zoning Code, at the time of request.
(3) No lighting shall be permitted which would glare from this zone onto any street, road, highway or deeded right of way or into any residential zone.
(Ord. 79-56. Passed 11-13-79.)