Following are the principal permitted uses by right within the A-l district:
(A) Single-family dwelling structures;
(B) State licensed residential facilities which provide resident service for six or fewer persons, such as family day care homes, adult foster care family homes, foster family homes, or foster family group homes, subject to the regulations in Section 206(3) of Public Act 110 of 2006, as amended.
(D) Open space residential development, as outlined by the Zoning Enabling Act, being M.C.L.A. § 125.3506, subject to the requirements in § 155.416;
(E) General farming and forestry including field crop and fruit farming, truck gardening, horticulture, aviaries, hatcheries, apiaries, greenhouses, tree nurseries and similar agricultural enterprises;
(F) Specialized farming including the raising and keeping of small animals and livestock;
(G) A minimum of five acres is required for the raising and keeping livestock such as, but not limited to, horses, cows, pigs, sheep and goats. Up to two animals may be kept on five acres and one additional animal may be kept for each additional two acres up to a maximum of ten acres. This division (G) should not be construed to limit operations on larger parcels;
(H) Public and private conservation areas and structures for the conservation of water, soil, open space, forest or wildlife resources;
(I) Grain and seed elevators and sales; cold storage for cooperative and/or wholesale agricultural products; and similar enterprises when directly related to agriculture; and provided, the use does not create harmful or nuisance conditions for adjacent areas and uses therein;
(J) Customary accessory uses to any of the permitted uses listed in the A-1 district and as defined in the definitions;
(K) Cemeteries, public or private, subject to the conditions specified for R-1 districts;
(L) Roadside stands selling products grown by the owner of the property upon which the stand is located; provided that, the contiguous space for the parking of customer's vehicles is furnished off the public right-of-way at the ratio of one parking space for each 15 square feet of roadside stand floor area; and
(M) Private airplane landing strips, subject to the following conditions:
(1) A strip shall be for the exclusive private use of the landowner and shall be situated wholly within the confines of this property;
(2) No commercial aviation or other commercial activity of any sort shall be associated with the existence or functioning of the strip; and
(3) Aircraft using a landing strip shall be limited to those owned or hired by the property owner and used only for personal travel or recreation, crop-dusting and similar limited activity.
(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 09-02, passed 10-20-2009; Ord. 16-05, passed 5-16-2016)