(A) Purpose. The AG District provides areas in which agriculture and certain related uses are encouraged as the principal use of land. The intent is to facilitate the continued use of productive agricultural land by minimizing conflicts with incompatible uses while maintaining the long-term development potential of property on the periphery of the city.
(B) Permissive uses. The following uses are permitted by right:
(1) Agriculture;
(2) Cemetery;
(3) Community facility;
(4) Day care home;
(5) Farm implements (sale or repair);
(6) Farming, aquaponic;
(7) Farming, hydroponic;
(8) Farming, rooftop
(9) Farming, urban
(10) Golf course, except miniature courses;
(11) Grain elevators;
(12) Park and playground; and
(13) Single-family dwelling (detached).
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted by right, subject to the additional conditions listed herein, and provided the conditional uses shall comply with the height, area and parking regulations for similar uses. All proposed conditional uses shall be reviewed and approved by the Director of Community Development or his or her designee to ensure compliance with the development standards listed herein.
(1) Animal hospital/veterinary clinic for the care and treatment of domestic pets and animals only when kennels are located entirely within the building; and
(2) Nursing home/assisted living center, or clinic on sites of not less than ten acres, provided not more than 50% of the site area may be occupied by the buildings.
(D) Special uses. The following uses require a special use permit:
(1) Archery range (outdoor);
(2) Campground/recreational vehicle park;
(3) Educational institutions such as elementary and high schools or a junior college, and having no room regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes;
(4) Feed store;
(5) Greenhouse;
(6) Landscape contractor’s storage yard;
(7) Landscape waste composting yard;
(8) Nursery/garden center (retail);
(9) Philanthropic institution; and
(10) Shooting range (outdoor).
(E) Height limits. No building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered to exceed 35 feet. Height limits may be exceeded in accordance with the provisions outlined in § 152.030.
(F) Minimum yards. Every building hereafter erected or enlarged shall provide and maintain:
(1) Front yard not less than 75 feet;
(2) Side yards not less than 50 feet;
(3) Rear yard not less than 50 feet; and
(4) Minimum yards may be exceeded in accordance with the provisions outlined in § 152.031.
(G) Minimum lot areas and widths.
(1) Lot areas no less than ten acres.
(2) Lot width no less than 500 feet.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-5.1, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 13-3421, passed 10-21-2013; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)