A. General description. This district is intended to protect agricultural lands and to preserve the natural beauty and open character of forests and other natural areas from incompatible land uses.
B. Primary uses permitted. Property and structures in the AG agricultural district shall be used for the following purposes:
1. Agricultural uses such as general farming, pasture, grazing, horticulture, viticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming and wild crop harvesting including roadside stands exclusively for the sale of produce, but excluding commercial feed lots.
2. Detached site-built or modular single-family dwellings.
3. Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to a primary use when located on the same lot, after the primary use has been established.
4. Veterinary clinics, subject to the following requirements:
a. Confinement pens for large animals and outdoor runs for small animals shall maintain a minimum setback of eighty (80) feet from all property lines.
b. The clinic facility shall be constructed and operated in such a manner as to minimize the transmission of sound to neighboring properties.
c. Fenced outdoor runs and exercise areas shall be used only during normal business hours and shall be screened to a height of eight (8) feet.
5. Telecommunications facilities.
6. Small scale solar energy conversion facility as an accessory to a primary use.
7. Home Occupation Type 1 where 15% or less of the floor area of the structure is dedicated to the home occupation.
8. Cannabis cultivation facilities.
9. Cannabis testing facilities.
10. Cannabis product manufacturing facilities.
C. Uses eligible for a conditional use permit. Conditional use permits may be granted to properties for the following land uses:
1. Animal boarding.
2. Bed and breakfast.
3. Cemetery.
4. Child care center.
5. Church.
6. Fenced outdoor private storage and/or parking.
7. Historic monument and/or place.
8. Large scale solar energy conversion facility.
9. Landscape nursery including greenhouse and sales building.
10. Personal services.
11. Private storage building built before main residence.
12. Public park and/or playground.
13. Public utility substation.
14. Public or private school or educational services.
15. Public or private recreation uses.
16. Second residence/guest house.
17. Municipal use other than parks/playground.
18. Home Occupation Type 2 with greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the floor area of the structure dedicated to the home occupation.
19. Telecommunications facilities as defined and regulated in Article V, Section 8.
D. Area regulations. All setbacks shall be measured from the owner's property lines. For reference, see Appendix 1 and Article V, Section 2.
1. Front setback. All structures, twenty-five (25) feet.
2. Side setback.
a. Primary uses, eight (8) feet.
b. Corner lots, two (2) front setbacks and two (2) side setbacks.
c. Unattached buildings of accessory use located on interior lots, five (5) feet.
3. Rear setback.
a. Primary uses, twenty-five (25) feet.
b. Unattached buildings of accessory use five (5) feet.
4. Lot width. Minimum seventy-five (75) feet at the front building line.
5. Minimum lot size. One (1) acre.
6. Maximum lot coverage. Ten (10) percent.
E. Height regulations. Maximum five (5) stories or sixty (60) feet.
F. Off-street parking and loading requirements. See Article V, Sections 3 and 5.
(Ord. No. 969, 8-18-03; Ord. No. 1030, 6-19-06; Ord. No. 1122, 8-16-10; Ord. No. 1223, 12-21-15; Ord. No. 1276, 4-2-18; Ord. No. 1285, 8-20-18; Ord. No. 1345, 7-6-21; Ord. No. 1354, 10-18-21)