CHAPTER 3

AGRICULTURE DISTRICT PROVISIONS

300      Purposes

310      Principal Uses

320      Accessory Uses

330      Bulk and Area Requirements

340      Special Exceptions Uses, Requirements

SECTION 300            PURPOSES OF AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

The Agriculture Districts are designed to:

(A)       Protect agricultural land.

(B)       Discourage wasteful scattering of development in rural areas.

SECTION 310            USES PERMITTED IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

The principal uses permitted in the Agriculture Districts are: animal and poultry raising, arboretum, chick hatchery, cultivation, dairy farming, electrical regulation station (excluding storage or service garages and yards), farming, fishery, flood management project, forestry, grazing, guest or dude ranch, horticulture nursery, planting, pressure control station (gas or liquid, excluding storage or service garages and yards), ranching, reservoir, riding stable or academy, shelter (civil and storm), single-family detached dwelling, transmitting tower (excluding amateur radio tower), water storage facility NEC, wildlife preserve.

The special exception uses permitted in the Agriculture Districts are: airport, aquarium, arena, art gallery, bus station, care home, cemetery, children’s nursery, church, college, commercial camp ground, community center, convent, convict pre-release center, crematory, cultural facility NEC, day camp, drag strip, drive-in theater, fairgrounds, Frisbee golf course, go-cart track, golf course, governmental services NEC, gun club, halfway house, heliport, hospital, hydro-electric generation plant, juvenile delinquency center, library, marina, mausoleum, miniature auto track, monastery, offsite construction facility, outdoor recreation NEC, park, planetarium, post office, race tracks (auto, dog, horse), rifle and skeet range, rodeo grounds, sanitarium, sanitary land fill, school, sewage disposal facility, skateboard track, stadiums NEC, temporary open air facilities (i.e. carnival, Christmas tree sales, circus, and tent revival), tennis court, water slide, water treatment plant.

The special exception uses permitted in the Agriculture District are subject to the requirements, safeguards, and conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Adjustment.  Further, the special exception uses shall conform to the bulk and area requirements of the Agriculture District.

 

SECTION 320            ACCESSORY USES IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

320.1      Accessory Uses Permitted

Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an Agriculture District are permitted in such district. 

In addition, home occupations are permitted as accessory uses.  A home occupation is an occupation, profession, or trade customarily carried on by occupants of a dwelling unit as a secondary use that is clearly incidental to the principal use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes.  Home occupations are allowed as an accessory use in agriculture districts, subject to the following provisions:

            A.        Location:  Home Occupation shall be conducted only within the principal structure.

            B.         Area:  The maximum floor area utilized for home occupation purposes shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total floor area of the principal structure.

            C.        Employees:  The home occupation shall be engaged in only by the family or person occupying the dwelling as a private residence.  No person shall be employed in the home occupation other than a member of the immediate family residing on the premises.

            D.        Merchandise:  The home occupation shall not involve the retail sale of merchandise manufactured off the premises.

            E.         Visibility of Merchandise:  No merchandise shall be displayed in such a manner as to be visible from outside.

            F.         Outdoor Storage:  No outdoor storage shall be allowed in connection with any home occupation.

            G.        Maintenance of Non-Commercial Character:  No alteration of the non-commercial character of the premises may be made, including the removal of garage doors.

            H.        Signs:  No signs, display, or advertising on premises shall be permitted.

            I.          Disturbances:  No mechanical or electrical equipment or other activities shall be allowed which create a noise, dust, odor, or electrical disturbance.

            J.              Traffic and Parking:  No home occupation shall generate more than 15 trips per day to and from the premises and all parking needs generated shall be accommodated by off-street parking which does not alter the non-commercial character of the premises.

320.2               Accessory Use Conditions

General Conditions

1.         An accessory building constructed as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part thereof, and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.

2.         Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum yard or building setback requirements.

SECTION 330            BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

Table 3

Bulk and Area Requirements in the Agriculture District 

 

AG District

Lot Width (Min. Feet)

200

Lot Area (Min. Acres)

2

Land Area (Min. Acres per Dwelling Unit)

2.2

Front Yard and Any Yard Abutting a Right of Way

 

               Arterial

35

               Not an Arterial

25

Side Yard (Min. Feet)

 

               One Side Yard

15

               Other Side Yard

15

Rear Yard (Min. Feet)

40

Building Height (Max. Feet)

N/A