This district is intended to provide for areas in which agriculture and related uses are encouraged as the principal use of land. However, uses which may be offensive to the surrounding area or to the community as a whole by reasons of noise, dust, smoke, odor, traffic or physical appearance or other similar factors are not permitted. The district prohibits urban density residential use until these areas may be served by utilities and services of the City. This district is also intended to preserve land suited for eventual development into other uses, pending proper timing for economical and practical provisions of streets, utilities, schools and other facilities so that reasonably compact development will occur and the fiscal integrity of the City is preserved. All newly annexed areas to the City will automatically be placed into this district classification unless otherwise suitably classified.
1. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted in the AG District:
A. Agriculture, including the usual agricultural buildings, dwellings and structures, and excluding offensive uses.
B. Home occupations.
2. Accessory Uses. Uses of land or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted use in the AG District including (but not limited to) the following:
A. Living quarters of persons employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
B. Private garages, barns and other farm buildings.
C. Roadside stands offering for sale only agricultural products or other products produced on the premises.
D. Temporary buildings for the uses incidental to construction work. Such buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
E. Satellite dishes.
3. Special Exceptions. Certain uses may be permitted in the AG District subject to specific conditions and requirements intended to make them compatible with and acceptable to adjacent uses.
A. Cemeteries, crematories or mausoleums.
B. Commercial kennels.
C. Stables, private or public.
D. Greenhouses and nurseries.
E. Publicly operated sanitary landfills.
F. Private recreational camps, golf courses and recreational facilities.
G. Public or private utility substations, relay stations, etc.
H. Churches or accessory facilities (on or off site).
I. Publicly owned and operated buildings and facilities.
J. Extraction of minerals or raw materials.
K. Bed and breakfast houses.
L. Solar Farms
(Ord. 780 – May 18 Supp.)
4. Bulk Regulations. The following requirements shall provide for light and air around permitted uses and buildings in the AG District:
Use | Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard | Minimum Side Yard | Minimum Rear Yard | Maximum Height (lesser of) |
Dwelling | 2 acres | 150 feet | 60 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet | 2½ stories or 35 feet |
Other Uses | 10 acres | 200 feet | 60 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet | 2½ stories or 35 feet, excluding farm buildings |
5. Off-Street Parking. The following off-street parking requirements shall apply in the AG District:
A. Dwellings – two parking spaces on the lot for each living unit in the building.
B. Churches – one parking space within 400 feet of the lot for each five seats in the main auditorium.
C. Public Buildings and Facilities – one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area or one parking space for each five seats in the main assembly area.
D. Roadside Stands – one parking space for each 50 square feet of enclosed floor area.
E. Greenhouses and Nurseries – one parking space per 1,000 square feet of enclosed floor area.
6. Off-Street Loading. The following off-street loading requirements shall apply in the AG District:
A. All activities or uses allowed in the AG District shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities accessible by motor vehicles off any adjacent service drive or open space on the same zoning lot.
B. Loading shall not be permitted to block public right-of-way.
7. Signs. The following sign regulations shall apply to the AG District:
A. Off-premises signs, except real estate or political signs, are not permitted.
B. No sign may be lighted in a manner which impairs the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle.
C. No sign may obstruct the view of any highway or railroad so as to render dangerous the use of the highway.
D. No sign may imitate or resemble an official traffic control sign, signal or device.
E. Signs shall not encroach or extend over public right-of-way.
F. No sign may obscure or physically interfere with an official traffic control sign, signal or device.
G. No advertisement or advertising structure shall be posted, erected or maintained which simulates any official, directional or warning sign erected or maintained by the State, County, City or other governmental subdivision or which incorporates or makes use of lights simulating or resembling traffic signals or control signs.
H. No advertisement shall be posted or maintained on rocks, fences, trees, or other perennial plants, or on poles maintained by public utilities.
I. All signs must comply with the provisions of Section 165.37(17) of the Supplementary District Regulations.