(A) General description. The A-G, General Agricultural District, is established for several purposes:
(1) To provide for the continued use of land for predominantly agricultural purposes;
(2) To preserve undeveloped areas until they can feasibly be developed to urban standards and with adequate public safeguards of health, safety, and the like; and
(3) To restrict development in areas subject to severe inundation until such time as it can be shown that these areas are no longer subject to flooding.
(Prior Code, § 12-240)
(B) Uses permitted. Within the A-G, General Agricultural District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Agriculture, as defined in this chapter;
(2) Single-family dwellings;
(3) Churches and temples;
(4) Elementary schools and high schools;
(5) Golf courses, but not including golf driving ranges, pitch and putt courses, or miniature golf courses;
(6) Parks and forest preserves not operated for profit;
(7) Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes only and not for dwelling purposes, nor for a period that exceeds the completion of construction;
(8) Accessory buildings or uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses;
(9) Municipal or community recreation centers;
(10) Police or fire stations;
(11) Public buildings or buildings operated in the public interest by a not-for-profit corporation, including art galleries, post offices, libraries, or museums;
(12) Public or not-for-profit auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, armories, or sanitariums;
(13) Public or private hospitals or sanitariums;
(14) Public or private schools or colleges; and
(15) Public utility and service uses including electric substations, gas regulator stations, electric, gas, telegraph, telephone, and water transmission metering and distribution equipment and structure, micro-wave relay towers, water reservoirs or pumping stations, and other similar facilities.
(Prior Code, § 12-241)
(C) Area and height regulations.
(1) The regulations are as follows:
(a) Minimum lot area: five acres;
(b) Minimum lot frontage: 330 feet;
(c) Maximum percent coverage: 10%;
(d) Maximum height: 35 feet;
(e) Maximum front yard setback: 50 feet;
(f) Minimum side yard setback: 30 feet; and
(g) Minimum rear yard setback: 50 feet.
(2) All lots and improvements within the A-G District shall meet the following requirements:
(a) All lots shall have not less than five acres of land, and not more than one principal building shall be placed on any one lot;
(b) Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than 330 feet;
(c) Not more than 2% of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision;
(d) No improvement of structure shall exceed 35 feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot;
(e) All structures shall have not less than a 50-foot front yard setback;
(f) All principal structures shall have not less than a 30-foot side yard setback. Accessory buildings may have side yards of not less than ten feet; and
(g) All principal structures shall have not less than a 50-foot rear yard setback. Accessory buildings may have a rear yard of not less than ten feet.
(Prior Code, § 12-242)
(D) Signs and billboards. No signs, posters, bulletin boards, or other similar displays shall be permitted in the A-G District except as follows:
(1) One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional, or similar use requiring an announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light;
(2) One identification sign may be erected on each street frontage of a single-family subdivision or permitted nonresidential use. The sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light; and
(3) A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental, or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. The sign shall not exceed 80 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(Prior Code, § 243)
(Ord. 1020, passed 1-15-1970) Penalty, see § 155.999