Within the A-1 Agricultural District, the regulations set forth in this section shall apply.
(A) Permitted uses. No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or altered within any A-1 Agricultural District unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for the following uses:
(1) Agriculture and agricultural buildings or structures; provided that, no livestock is housed closer than 400 feet from any lot in any R district;
(2) Any buildings or structures occupied by or used for churches, Sunday schools, parish houses, public and parochial schools, public libraries, convents, monasteries, lodges and fraternal and private club buildings, museums and similar public cultural uses, located not less than 40 feet from any R district;
(3) Open air recreational use as parks and playgrounds;
(4) Essential services, as defined in § 155.004 of this chapter and public service buildings or properties, except such uses as storage yards, warehouses, garages or other uses customarily conducted as gainful business; provided, any building is located not less than 40 feet from any R district;
(5) Cemeteries;
(6) Existing railroad rights-of-way, not including switching, storage, freight yards or sidings;
(7) Home occupations, as defined in § 155.004 of this chapter;
(8) Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year;
(9) One-family detached dwellings;
(10) Small community residence; provided:
(b) It is located not less than 600 feet from another small community residence and not less than 1,320 feet from a large community residence; and
(c) Prior to occupancy, a certificate of zoning compliance is applied for and received.
(11) Animal sewage lagoon, commercial poultry facilities and commercial feed facilities; provided, the uses shall be located not less than 800 feet from any lot in any R district;
(12) Sale of nursery and greenhouse products where production or growth of products takes place on the premises;
(13) Country clubs, golf courses, swimming clubs and similar recreational uses provided that any principal or accessory building in connection therewith shall be located not less than 200 feet from any R district;
(14) Billboards and sign boards subject to the following restrictions.
(a) No billboard or sign board shall be located within 400 feet of any R district.
(b) No billboard or sign board shall be located along any federal or state highway right-of-way within 100 feet of any other public road right-of-way.
(c) No billboard or sign board shall contain more than 300 square feet of surface area nor be higher than 25 feet above the average grade.
(d) No billboard or sign board shall be located within 500 feet of an exit or entrance to a controlled access route.
(e) Billboards or sign boards may have constant or flashing illumination; provided that, any sign located in the direct line of vision of any traffic-control signaling device shall not have contrasting or flashing intermittent illumination of red, green or amber color. Where a sign is illuminated by light reflected upon it, direct rays of light shall not project upon any existing residential structure or any R district.
(15) Sanitary landfills, in accordance with other applicable requirements and regulations; provided that, no landfill shall be operated within 1,320 feet of any R district, but only upon application in accordance with and after compliance with the procedure set forth in §§ 155.110 through 155.113 of this chapter;
(16) Extractive uses such as the excavation, removal, stripping, surface mining or quarrying of topsoil, soil, earth, sand, rock, gravel, clay, coal, minerals, ores or similar substances, or the surface location of shafts, mineheads and similar facilities for the subsurface removal of the substances; provided that, no such use shall be permitted within one-half mile of the corporate limits of the city as they existed on 11-12-1976, and shall be permitted only upon application in accordance with and after compliance with the procedures and requirements set forth in §§ 155.110 through 155.113 of this chapter;
(17) Oil wells and the storage of crude oil; providing that, no such operation shall be conducted within 400 feet of any residence and 1,320 feet of any R district;
(18) Accessory use or building, as defined in § 155.004 of this chapter and as regulated by §§ 155.110 through 155.113 of this chapter including buildings and structures accessory to agriculture uses including roadside stands selling produce grown on the premises; provided that, the stands are located not less than 50 feet from a street or highway right-of-way; and
(19) Signs subject to the following limitations.
(a) Signs accessory to roadside stands shall be limited to two per stand with no sign larger than ten square feet and set back 20 feet from the right-of-way. The signs shall be less than 15 feet in height and pertain to agricultural products offered for sale and identification of the stand.
(b) Real estate sign of a temporary nature, not exceeding two in number per lot nor larger than 12 square feet, set back 20 feet from any highway, street or road right-of-way.
(c) Small announcement or professional signs, not exceeding four square feet in area; except that, an announcement sign or bulletin board, not over 12 square feet in area, set back 20 feet from any right-of-way may be erected in connection with any of the permitted principal uses of a non-residential character.
(d) A sign or signs flat against the building appertaining to a non-conforming use on the premises, not exceeding in the aggregate 50 square feet in area, except as may be authorized by the Board of Appeals.
(B) Height. There shall no restriction on the height of buildings in agricultural districts.
(C) Lot size. No minimum lot area shall be required for agricultural use.
(1) Every building to contain a one-family detached dwelling use other than agricultural, except as otherwise provided herein, hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 20,000 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 100 feet, except as provided in § 155.005 of this chapter; and, provided further that, any building to contain a one-family detached dwelling use may be erected or constructed on a smaller lot of record.
(2) Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in a public elementary school or public high school including religious instruction in parochial schools, hereafter erected, shall conform to the following minimum standards:
(a) Elementary school: five acres, plus one additional acre per 100 student design capacity in excess of 500 students;
(b) Junior high school: ten acres, plus one additional acre per 100 student design capacity in excess of 1,000 students; and
(c) Senior high school: 15 acres, plus one additional acre per 100 student design capacity in excess of 1,500 students.
(D) Yard areas.
(1) No minimum yard areas shall be required for agricultural use, except a front yard requirement of 80 feet along state and federal highways and a requirement of 60 feet along state aid highways and other public roads. Every lot upon which a building to contain a one-family detached dwelling use is constructed shall meet the same front yard requirements of agricultural structures and buildings and shall have a side yard on each side of not less than 15 feet.
(2) Side yards on each side of a building on a lot of record which is less than 100 feet in width shall have a side yard of 12% of the lot, but shall not be less than five feet.
(3) Corner lots shall meet the front yard requirements on each street side of the lots.
(4) The lots shall have a rear yard of not less than 35 feet or 20% of the depth of the lot, whichever amount is larger, but it need not exceed 45 feet.
(1994 Code, § 155.030) (Ord. 200, passed 4-28-1969; Ord. 276, passed 2-27-1978; Ord. 399, passed 4-22-1991)