Where district regulations permit hobby farms, the hobby farms shall be allowed, provided that the following conditions are met.
(A) No building or structure shall be permitted in C-1 Zones.
(B) Minimum lot size shall be two and one-half acres.
(C) Livestock harbored, raised, or bred is primarily for personal enjoyment and not for commercial gain. Commercial stables shall not be permitted except by special exception and only on lots five acres or more in size.
(D) Animals shall be limited as follows.
(1) Not more than one horse, pony, steer, bull, or cow shall be permitted on the first two and one-half acres. One additional horse, pony, or steer may be permitted for each additional two acres of pasture.
(2) Horses, ponies, bulls, cows, and steer shall not be permitted to graze within 50 feet of a neighboring residence (house). No animal shelter shall be permitted closer than 150 feet to a neighboring residence.
(3) Small animals such as sheep or goats shall be limited to a maximum of one per acre, and shall not be permitted within 100 feet of a neighboring residence (house). Swine shall not be permitted within 300 feet of any neighboring residence (house).
(4) Shelters for poultry, fowl, rabbits, and similar animals shall be kept a minimum of 150 feet from any neighboring residence (house).
(E) Keeping of more animals than permitted in division (D) above shall not be permitted unless first approved by special exception as prescribed in § 154.115 by the County Plan Commission and the County Board of Zoning Appeals.
(F) Hobby farms shall not be permitted in subdivisions unless 80% of the platted lots are five acres or more in size.
(Prior Code, § 154.035) (Ord. passed 4-15-1957) Penalty, see § 154.999