(A) Purpose. The R-A, Agricultural-Residence District, is intended to provide a district which:
(1) Will allow extensive areas of the community to be retained in a rural use in advance of the need for these lands for urban purposes;
(2) Will prevent scattered, haphazard urban growth and provide an orderly transition; and
(3) Will secure economy in governmental expenditures for municipal services, utilities and schools.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Single-family detached dwellings;
(2) Agricultural land uses;
(3) Nurseries, landscape gardening and tree farms and greenhouses all for the growing of plants, but not to include retail sales;
(4) Parks and recreational areas owned or operated by governmental agencies;
(5) Public schools, elementary, secondary and colleges and universities or private schools having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or secondary school or college or university;
(6) Golf courses; except that, club houses, miniature courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes are not permitted; and
(7) Churches; provided that, no building shall be located within 75 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in any of the classes of residence districts.
(C) Uses by conditional use permit. Within an R-A, Agricultural-Residence District, no building or land shall be used for one or more of the following uses, except by conditional use permit:
(1) Municipal administration buildings, police and fire stations, hospitals, community center buildings, public libraries, museums, art galleries, post office and other municipal service buildings, except those customarily considered industrial in use; and, provided that, no buildings shall be located within 75 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in any of the classes of residence districts;
(2) Retail sales commonly incident to the uses listed in division (B)(3) above;
(3) Water supply buildings, reservoirs, wells, elevated tanks and similar essential public utility and service structures;
(4) Golf club house, country club, public swimming pool, private swimming pool serving more than one family; provided that, no principal structure shall be located within 75 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in any of the classes of residence districts;
(5) Cemetery or memorial garden;
(6) Extraction of materials; provided that, the land is left in a usable condition when the use ceases to operate, and provided the application for a conditional use permit is accompanied by a map or plan clearly showing the proposed depth, side slopes and grades which will be permanently established upon the land as a result of the extraction;
(7) Stables and riding academies; and
(8) Keeping five or more boarders and/or roomers by a resident family.
(D) Permitted accessory uses. Within an R-A, Agricultural-Residence District, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:
(1) Private garage;
(2) Barns, stables, silos and other buildings used for agricultural purposes;
(3) Private swimming pool, when completely enclosed within a suitable fence at least five feet in height;
(4) Keeping of not more than four boarders and/or roomers by a resident family;
(5) Living quarters of persons employed on the premises;
(8) Accessory uses customarily incident to the uses permitted in divisions (B) and (C) above.
(E) Height, yard, area and lot width and depth regulations.
(1) Height regulations.
(a) No single-family detached dwelling hereafter erected or altered shall exceed three stories or 30 feet in height.
(b) For agricultural accessory buildings, no height regulations shall be required.
(2) Width and depth regulations. A single-family dwelling shall have a width of not less than 20 feet at the front setback line and a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(3) Front yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet, unless 30% or more of the frontage on the same side of the street between two intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a greater or less depth of front yard, in which instance no new building or portion thereof shall project beyond a straight line drawn between the front building line of the residence upon either side of the proposed structure or, if there be residences upon only one side, then beyond a line determined by the average setback of residences in that block.
(b) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 40 feet on a lot or plot that abuts a thoroughfare, as shown an the adopted city thoroughfare plan.
(c) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of each corner lot. No accessory buildings shall project into the front yard bordering either street.
(4) Side yard regulations. There shall be a side yard, on each side of a building, having a width of not less than ten feet.
(5) Rear yard regulations. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20% of the depth of the lot.
(6) Lot area, width and depth regulations. Every lot or plot of land on which a single-family dwelling is erected shall contain an area of not less than two and one-half acres and shall have a minimum width of not less than 130 feet at the building setback line and a minimum depth of not less than 125 feet.
(2002 Code, § 7.10) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 47, Second Series, effective 7-1-1974; Ord. 6, Third Series, effective 7-1-1979; Ord. 71, Third Series, effective 8-15-1982)