§ 159.037 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES.

   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the A-1 agricultural district in conformance with the conditions prescribed herein, or by obtaining a conditional use permit for that use in conformance with the requirements of §§ 159.390 through 159.399:

   (a)   A building eligibility may be used within a farmstead provided:

      (1)   The building eligibility exists on property contiguous to and under the same ownership as the farmstead;

      (2)   There will be no more than two dwellings within the farmstead; and

      (3)   The residential structure may be a single-family dwelling, manufactured home or mobile home.

   (b)   Cemetery, subject to, the cemetery shall contain an area of 20 acres or more or be an expansion of an existing cemetery;

   (c)   Pet cemetery, subject to, a minimum area of two acres;

   (d)   Wind energy conversion system in conformance with § 159.287;

   (e)   Off-premises signs in conformance with §§ 159.350 through 159.355;

   (f)   Greenhouses and nurseries provided there is no retail sale of products conducted on the premises;

   (g)   A single-family dwelling located on a lot of record in accordance with the following:

      (1)   A lot of record consisting of less than 80 acres and containing no other dwellings shall have one building eligibility;

      (2)   A lot of record consisting of 80 acres or more shall qualify for building eligibility as follows:

         A.   The acreage of the lot of record shall be divided by 40 acres. The resulting whole number minus the number of existing dwellings on the parcel shall represent building eligibility; and

         B.   If there is more than one building eligibility, each additional building site shall be required to obtain a conditional use permit.

      (3)   Approval must be granted by the appropriate governing entity for access onto the public road; and

      (4)   Any parcel conveyed from a lot of record must be a minimum of one acre. The remaining portion of the lot shall be retained as agricultural land or in its present use.

   (h)   Telecommunications tower, subject to:

      (1)   A minimum distance of 300 feet from the telecommunications tower to any residential zoning district, existing residential use except a farmstead, or future residential area designated on the adopted land use plan, measured from the base of the telecommunications tower to the property line;

      (2)   A minimum distance of one-half mile between telecommunications towers measured from the base of one telecommunications tower to the base of another; and

      (3)   Stealth design approved by the county planning director.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 3.03) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 34-04, passed 3-15-2004)