(A) The purpose of the AC Agricultural Conservation District is to permit the voluntary conservation of agricultural land for agricultural operations and practices in the Town of Trafalgar and in Johnson County. The Agricultural Conservation Overlay District may only be exercised in those rural areas of the town and in this county that are already located within an A Agricultural District.
(B) (1) Permitted uses. Uses permitted in the A Agricultural District are permitted within the AC Agricultural Conservation District.
(2) Special exceptions. Uses identified as special exceptions in the A Agricultural District, only as specifically authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the regulations of §§ 152.020 and 152.021, shall be permitted as special exceptions in the AC Agricultural Conservation District.
(3) A development standards. Lot and yard requirements identified within the A Agricultural District shall apply within the AC Agricultural Conservation District.
(4) Subdivision of property prohibited. The subdivision of property (as defined in the town Subdivision Control Ordinance) is strictly prohibited in the Agricultural Conservation District.
(5) Voluntary application. A petition to rezone property within the Agricultural Conservation District, or a petition to rescind such rezoning, must be filed by the owner of the property in question, or with the expressed written consent of the property owner.
(6) Rezoning incentive. A property owner may apply for rezoning of land from A (Agricultural) to AC (Agricultural Conservation) without paying the rezoning application fee.
(Ord., § 1-31-2, passed - -1991; Ord. 2011-0008, passed 11-17-2011)