(a) Purpose. This District has been established to provide for agricultural activity on large tracts and areas of open land with a minimum of 43,560 square feet (one acre) of lot area per dwelling unit.
(b) Principal Permitted Uses.
(1) Agriculture and the usual agricultural building and structures, provided that any building in which animals are housed shall be a distance of at least 300 feet from any dwelling, other than a farm dwelling, or from any lot in a Residential, Office or Business District.
(2) Single-family dwellings.
(3) Schools and colleges for academic instruction.
(4) Publicly owned and operated buildings and facilities.
(5) Places of worship.
(6) Public parks, playgrounds and community centers.
(c) Accessory Uses.
(1) Living quarters of persons employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
(2) A private garage, parking space or stable.
(3) Roadside stands, offering for sale only agricultural products grown on the premises.
(4) The keeping of animals and/or fowl as pets or for domestic use.
(5) Home occupations as defined in Section 1165.02(34).
(6) Other accessory uses permitted for this District by Section 1153.06.
(d) Conditional Uses. The following conditional uses subject to approval in accordance with Section 1161.05.
(1) Private landing fields.
(2) Cemetery mausoleums, provided that any mausoleum shall be a distance of at least 200 feet and burial sites at least 100 feet from adjacent property, street and highway lines, and provided further that any new cemetery shall contain an area of twenty acres or more.
(3) Kennels and animal hospitals for the raising, breeding, treatment and boarding of dogs, or other small animals, provided that all outside runs be at least 200 feet from all property lines.
(4) Riding academies, provided that such building or stable shall be distant 300 feet from any lot in any Residential District.
(5) Golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, gun clubs, grange halls, and similar recreational uses and accessory uses, but not including driving ranges, miniature golf courses and pitch and putt courses, subject to the requirements of Section 1153.07.
(6) Radio, television, or other transmission towers or masts, and the usual accessory buildings, only after their height and location have been approved by the governmental agency charged with the responsibility for maintaining air safety and provided there is a yard area with a radius of half the height of the tower or mast. (Ord. 1090. Passed 5-12-97.)
(7) Extraction of sand, gravel, and other minerals, and including concrete ready mix plants, subject to the provisions of Section 1153.04.
(Ord. 1500. Passed 10-25-10.)
(8) Camp grounds, provided sanitary facilities have been approved by the State and/or local Board of Health. Accessory uses including an office; a public facilities building wherein the basic food needs of the transient guests can be purchased.
(9) Rodeos and accessory uses including retail and service uses, provided such retail and service uses are accessory to the principal use.
(e) Height Regulations. No structure shall exceed forty feet in height.
(f) Lot Area, Frontage and Yard Requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
Lot Area (Sq. ft.) | Lot Frontage (ft.) |
43,560 | 175 |
Front Yard Depth (ft.) * | Side Yard Least Width (ft.) |
40 | 20 |
Rear Yard Depth (ft.) | |
50 | |
* The front yard depth shall be measured from the established right-of-way lines as shown on the Official Thoroughfare Plan for the City.
(Ord. 396. Passed 11-8-76.)
(g) Minimum Dwelling Size. For single-family dwellings, there shall be a minimum floor area of 2,400 sq. ft. (Ord. 1090. Passed 5-12-97.)