(A) The purpose of the A-1, General Agricultural Zoning District is to provide suitable areas of the city for the retention and utilization of commercial agricultural uses and open space, prevent scattered non-farm uses from developing improperly, protect and preserve natural resources areas, and to secure economy in government expenditures for public utilities and services, while allowing places of worship under certain conditions.
(B) The intention of the A-1, General Agricultural Zoning District is to include those areas where it is necessary and desirable to preserve, promote, maintain, and enhance the use of the land for long-term agricultural uses; to protect such areas from encroachment by nonagricultural uses, structures, or activities; to prohibit those uses and densities that would require the premature extensions of urban public facilities; to promote logical and orderly development in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city; to protect and maintain the open space for the creation of an attractive living environment; and to protect, preserve, and maintain the unique rural life style. Subdivisions are allowed at a density of one dwelling unit per 40 acres. There will be no urban services provided to this district.
(C) The purpose of the AP, Agricultural Preservation District is to assist in the preservation of commercial agricultural uses consistent with the goals of M.S. Chapter 40A (Agricultural Land Preservation Program), as it may be amended from time to time, and the City Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
(Ord. 110, passed 11-15-97; Am. Ord. 1401, passed 1-28-14; Am. Ord. 1506, passed 9-8-15)