The primary purpose of the AG Agriculture District is to provide for limited areas of agricultural activity and for activities associated with a rural setting.
(A) Permissive uses:
(1) Agricultural activity;
(2) Single-family dwelling;
(3) Park or forest preserve;
(4) Church;
(5) Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum equivalent to a public elementary or public high school and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping purposes;
(6) Golf course except miniature course or driving range;
(7) Roadside stand for the display or sale of agricultural products raised on the premises;
(8) Greenhouse or nursery; and
(9) Large-scale residential development.
(B) Conditional uses:
(1) Extraction of coal, sand and gravel;
(2) Airport;
(3) Public building erected by any governmental agency;
(4) Hospital, nursing home and educational, religious and philanthropic institution on sites of not less than five acres;
(5) Mobile home court;
(6) Radio and television towers and public utility substations;
(7) Sanitary landfill;
(8) Sewage treatment facility;
(9) Fertilizer processing, blending and sales;
(10) Riding stables, veterinary hospitals or the keeping of small animals; provided that any building or enclosure housing animals shall be located at least 100 feet from all property lines; and
(11) Grain elevator or similar storage structures, including buildings for seasonal or temporary storage of grain, whenever the elevator and temporary storage are located upon or adjacent to a railroad right-of-way.
(Ord. passed 7-23-2002; Ord. 17-09-02, passed 9-26-2017)