(A) Uses permitted outright in an Exclusive Farm Use Zone (A-1):
(1) Raising, harvesting, storing, or selling crops for the purpose of making a profit;
(2) Breeding, feeding, production, managing, and selling of livestock, poultry, fish, fur-bearing animals, or honeybees for the purpose of making a profit;
(3) Dairying and the sale of dairy products;
(4) Other agriculture, horticulture, or animal husbandry uses or activities undertaken for the purpose of making a profit; and
(5) Propagation and/or harvesting of a forest product.
(B) Conditional uses:
(1) Utility facilities other than those permitted outright;
(2) Commercial activities conducted in conjunction with farm use;
(3) Public or private parks and playgrounds;
(4) Golf courses;
(5) Home occupations;
(6) Aggregate, mineral, or other resources exploration, mining, and processing;
(7) Operation conducted for the mining and processing of geothermal resources;
(8) The boarding of horses for profit;
(9) A dwelling on real property used for farm use if the dwelling is:
(a) Located on the same lot or parcel as the dwelling of the farm operator; and
(b) Occupied by a relative, which means grandparent, grandchild, parent, child, brother, or sister of the farm operator or the farm operator's spouse, whose assistance in the management of the farm use is or will be required by the farm operator;
(10) Dwellings and other buildings customarily provided in conjunction with farm use. Prior to issuing any permits for more than one dwelling, it shall be demonstrated that one of the above permitted uses in division (A) exists and would be continued on the property, or that assurances are provided that such uses will be developed;
(11) Local distribution utility facilities and similar minor facilities necessary for public service and repair, replacement and maintenance thereof, except commercial facilities for the purpose of generating power for public use by sale;
(12) Exploration of geothermal resources; and
(13) Manufactured dwellings placed in accordance with § 155.090.
(C) Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size for new lots or parcels in the A-1 Zone shall be 160 acres.
(D) Development standards.
(1) Any proposed division of land included within the A-1 Zone resulting in the creation of one or more parcels of land shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the city.
(2) The Planning Commission and City Council shall not approve any proposed subdivision or partition of a lot or parcel described in division (B)(9).
(3) Setbacks shall be the same as those in the R Zone.
(4) Animal shelters shall not be located closer than 100 feet from an R or R-2 Zone.
(5) (a) Signs shall be limited to the following:
1. Two name plates or signs for each dwelling;
2. Temporary signs as needed for advertising the sale, lease, or rental of the property and not exceeding eight square feet in area;
3. A sign identifying non-residential use such as the sale of products grown or produced on the premises or advertising activities conducted as part of the farm use.
(b) No sign shall be moving, revolving, or flashing, and all lighting shall be directed away from residential uses or zones, and shall not be located so as to detract from a motorist's vision except for emergency purposes.
(Ord. 369, passed 4-9-1984; Ord. 496, passed 6-12-2006)