(A) Purpose. This district is established to preserve the present agricultural lands and maintain other lands in a natural state and permit low-density residential development where the development is in accordance with the Land Use Plan and where municipal utilities are not available.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted within the A-1 Agriculture District:
(1) Agriculture, farming and truck gardening; provided that, no agricultural building or accessory feedlot shall be located within 100 feet of any lot line abutting residential property;
(2) One- and two-family non-farm detached dwellings;
(3) Flood control and watershed structures;
(4) Golf courses, except clubhouses;
(5) Railroad rights-of-way, but not including switching, storage, freight yards, shops or industrial buildings;
(6) Parks, recreational areas, wildlife areas, game refuges and forest preserves owned by governmental agencies; and
(7) Nurseries and greenhouses for growing plants.
(1) Municipal administration buildings, police and fire stations, libraries, museums, art galleries, post offices, and other municipal services buildings, except those customarily considered industrial in use; providing that, no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot in a residential district;
(2) Water supply buildings, reservoirs, wells, elevated tanks and similar essential public utility and service structures;
(3) Golf clubhouse, country club, public swimming pool, private swimming pool serving more than one family; provided that, no principal structure shall be located within 50 feet of any lot in a residential district;
(4) Offices of professional persons as a home occupation;
(5) Mineral, stone or gravel extraction;
(6) Organized group camps, schools;
(7) Riding stables and academies;
(8) Mobile homes if part of farm operation;
(9) Commercial livestock and poultry feeding operations; provided, they are in compliance with the state minimum standards as per state statutes;
(10) Veterinary and animal clinics and facilities for the care and/or breeding of animals, including kennels;
(11) Private commercial landing fields and associated facilities;
(12) Sanitary landfills, cemeteries;
(13) Confined feedlots as regulated by county and state regulations; and
(14) Uses determined by the Planning Commission of similar nature to the conditional uses above and found not to be detrimental to the general health and welfare of the city.
(D) Accessory uses.
(1) Private garages and carports;
(2) Private recreation facilities such as tennis courts and swimming pools; provided that, the pool is completely enclosed within a chainlink or similar fence at least five feet in height and is intended for the use and convenience of the residents;
(3) Tool houses and sheds or similar storage buildings for domestic supplies; and
(4) Accessory buildings or structures, which are clearly incidental to any of the uses listed above, but must be located on the same property.
(E) Height regulations.
(1) Agriculture buildings: none required; and
(2) All other buildings shall not exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height.
(F) Front yard regulations. For all uses allowed, there shall be a front yard having depth of not less than 50 feet. 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.
(G) Side yard regulations. For all uses allowed, there shall be a side yard on each side of a building having a width of not less than 30 feet.
(H) Rear yard regulations. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25% of the depth of the lot or 25 feet, whichever is greater.
(I) Lot area regulations. Every lot or tract of land upon which a structure is erected shall have an area of not less than one acre unless it is connected to municipal utilities. If a lot or tract has less area or width than that required and was legally platted and was of record at the time of the passage of this chapter in 1996, that lot may be used for any of the uses permitted in this section.
(J) Lot width and depth regulations. Every lot or plot of land on which a one-family-dwelling is erected shall have a minimum width of not less than 200 feet and a depth of not less than 200 feet. No lot shall have a depth greater than three times its width.
(2001 Code, § 11.05)