§ 159.041 PERMITTED USES.
   The following uses are permitted within the district:
   (A)   Agricultural activities:
      (1)   Farming, horticulture, forestry, crop and tree farming, truck farming, gardening, dairy farming, stock raising, horse breeding, domestic animals, poultry breeding and raising, together with the operation of any machinery or vehicles incidental to the above uses;
      (2)   Research and/or experimental farms;
      (3)   Greenhouses and/or nurseries;
      (4)   Roadside stand for the display of agricultural products raised on the premises but not including live animals and provided that the stand shall contain not more than 600 square feet of floor area. Such stands or produce offered for sale shall be located not less than 50 feet from the center line of the highway, except a temporary roadside stand may be located not less than 20 feet from the nearest edge of pavement. They shall be placed at such locations only during the harvest season of produce offered for sale and shall contain not more than 200 square feet of floor area. Each roadside stand shall have facilities approved by the Zoning Administrator for vehicle ingress and egress and adequate off-street parking;
      (5)   Farmer's market.
   (B)   Residential uses:
      (1)   Farm homestead on a parcel which meets the site and structure requirements within this district.
      (2)   A single family detached dwelling on a parcel which was legally created consisting of five acres or more, recorded on or before the amendment date of this chapter/section.
   (C)   Cemeteries, including any mausoleum located thereon;
   (D)   Public buildings erected by any governmental agency;
   (E)   Meeting halls and offices for agricultural, horticultural, rural, or public conservation agencies;
   (F)   One sign not larger than 20 square feet in area pertaining to the sale, lease or identification of the premises on which it is located or the sale of products produced thereon;
   (G)   Poultry farms;
   (H)   The storage and grinding of grain, farm products and machinery and equipment related thereto;
   (I)   Truck gardening, nurseries, mushroom barns and apiaries;
   (J)   Waterways and such hydraulic power plants and terminals as may be erected by the village, county, state or federal government or by the Greater Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago;
   (K)   Golf courses, club houses and country clubs;
   (L)   Dog kennels not nearer than 500 feet to any zone, residential district, or an existing dwelling other than the dwelling of the owner or lessee of the property;
   (M)   Essential services such as: gas regulatory stations, telephone exchanges, electric substations, and well sites, which are not municipally/governmentally owned;
   (N)   Transmission pipelines, utilities, easements and rights-of-way not directly serving a specific premises, but used for the general transportation of the pipelines, utilities, product, or services;
   (O)   Railroad rights-of-way and passenger stations;
   (P)   Uses not explicitly enumerated in this section as permitted uses, but closely similar thereto, provided those uses are not explicitly mentioned as permitted or special uses elsewhere in this chapter.
(Am. Ord. 12-0984, passed 5-2-12)