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LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter IV - Section 6

A-1    Agricultural District

    A.   PURPOSE

    This District is established to provide for areas of low-density rural single-family residential development which may include agriculture and ranching and to accommodate uses which are not urban in nature that are generally located in proximity to urban areas.

    B.    PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES - MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF         5 ACRES

       1.   Adult Care Home *10
       2.   Agricultural Stand *7
       3.   Child Care Facility *10
       4.   Dwelling, Single Family
       5.   Greenhouse
       6.   Group Home *10
       7.   Hobby Farm
       8.   Mobile Home
       9.   Nursery, Wholesale
      10.  Public Park & Open Space
      11.  Religious Institution
      12.  Stable, Private #
      13. Tower, Private (See  §35.11) #
      14. Truck Farm

    PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES - MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 35 ACRES

      1.   Dairy
      2.   Farm
      3.   Fur Farm
      4.   Ranch

    C.   USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES) -        MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 5 ACRES

        1.   Adult Care Home *10
        2.   Auction
        3.   Bed and Breakfast Inn *14
        4.   Cemetery
        5.   Child Care Facility *10
        6.   Club
        7.   Community Building
        8.   Dwelling, Secondary
        9.   Dwelling, Two Family
      10.   Educational Institution
      11.   Emergency Facility
      12.   Firewood Sales
      13.   Fish Hatchery
      14.   Fuel Storage #
      15.   Golf Course
      16.   Group Home *10
      17.   Half-Way House
      18.   Hospital, Convalescent
      19.   Hospital, Veterinary *2
      20.   Institution, Philanthropic & Charitable
      21.   Kennel
      22.   Library
      23.   Lumber Yard
      24.   Mineral Resource Extraction (See §§35.8 and 35.13)
      25.   Museum
      26.   Outdoor Shooting Range
      27.   Recreational Camp
      28.   Scrap Tire Recycling Facility (See Chapter VI)
      29.   Solid Waste Disposal Site & Facility (See Chapter VI)
      30.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

    USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES) - MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 10 ACRES

        1.   Amusement Center, Outdoor
        2.   Livestock Feed and/or Sales Yard
        3.   Outdoor Concert
        4.   Outdoor Theatre
        5.   Race Track
        6.   Rendering Plant
        7.   Riding Academy
        8.   Rodeo
        9.   Sawmill
      10.   Stable, Commercial

    D.   ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES

      1.   Refer to Section 35.1.

      2.   Home occupations as provided in Section 35.6.

      3.   Single-family dwelling(s) or mobile home(s) for person(s) principally employed at or engaged in the operation of the farm, ranch, dairy, or fur farm. The total number of residences on a farm, ranch, dairy or fur farm shall not exceed one (1) unit per five (5) acres.

    E.   DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

      1.   Those uses containing an asterisk (*) refer to the corresponding number in Section 35.5 for additional development requirements. 

      2.   Those uses identified with a pound sign (#) are secondary uses to be conducted in conjunction with Principal (Primary) Uses.

      3.   There shall only be one (1) Principal (Primary) Use conducted on a lot or parcel of land. Certain child care facilities, adult care homes, group homes, green-houses, wholesale nurseries, dairy, farm, fur farm, ranch or truck farms may be conducted in conjunction with a residential dwelling or religious institution as appropriate in accordance with these regulations.

      4.   Maximum structural height: Thirty (30) feet.

      5.   Minimum width at front building setback line: Two hundred (200) feet.

      6.   Setback requirements:

        a.   Front yard:    Twenty-five (25) feet.
        b.   Side yard:     Twenty-five (25) feet.
        c.   Rear yard:     Twenty-five (25) feet.
        d.   Stables & corrals:    Fifty (50) feet from all property lines.
        e.   Agricultural stand:    Thirty-five (35) feet from all property lines.
        f.    Kennels, pens & fur farms:   One hundred (100) feet from all property       lines.
        g.    Sawmills: Three hundred (300) feet from all property lines.

      7.   In the event that the land to be partitioned, platted, sold or zoned is burdened by a county road on a section line road along any of its sides, then, and in that event only, the lot width and acreage requirements shall be:

        Five (5) acre lot:            Lot width minimum:   l65 feet
                                             Minimum lot area:   4.75 acres.

    F.   GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

      1.   Off-street Parking - Refer to Section 35.3.
      2.   Advertising Devices - Refer to Section 35.4.

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