(A) Purpose: The A-1 Agriculture District is intended to preserve the City's agricultural uses in order to protect farms, to maintain the City's small town character and to create an urban reserve for such time when there is a need for additional urban development and public utilities may be extended.
(B) Bulk And Density Standards:
1. Minimum Standards:
Lot area | 40 acres |
Lot width | 150 feet |
Front yard setback | 50 feet |
Side yard setback | 20 feet |
Rear yard setback | 20 feet |
Height (maximum) | 35 feet |
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
2. Accessory Structure Standards:
Front yard setback | 50 feet |
Side yard setback | 20 feet |
Rear yard setback | 20 feet |
All standards are minimum requirements unless noted.
3. Additional Accessory Use Standards:
(a) Feedlots, fenced runs, pens and similar intensively used facilities for animal raising and care shall not be located within three hundred feet (300') of a neighboring property.
(b) Roadside stands used exclusively for the sale of locally grown agricultural products shall be permitted if:
(1) They are erected at least fifty feet (50') from the nearest edge of roadway surface.
(2) Parking space is provided off the road right-of-way. (Ord. 002-469, 2-19-2002)
(C) Uses:
1. Permitted:
Agriculture.
Single-unit detached dwelling.
Greenhouses and nurseries, commercial.
Public parks and playgrounds.
Recreational vehicle storage facilities.
Seasonal produce stands.
Specialized animal raising facilities.
Truck gardening.
2. Conditional:
Agricultural services.
Cemeteries.
Commercial recreational uses.
Community solar gardens.
Equipment maintenance and storage facilities.
Feedlots.
Golf courses.
Mineral extraction.
Places of worship.
Public and parochial schools.
Public buildings and facilities.
Public utility buildings.
Stables and riding academies.
Towers.
3. Accessory:
Accessory apartment.
Accessory structures.
Daycare facilities, in home.
Home occupations.
Kennels, residential hobby.
Solar energy systems.
4. Interim:
Soil pulverizing operation. (Ord. 018-737, 3-19-2018; amd. Ord. 021-761, 8-16-2021)