Chapter 17.10 A-1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
Section 17.10.020 Permitted uses.
A. Agriculture and agricultural buildings
or structures; provided, that no livestock shall be
housed closer than four hundred (400) feet from any lot in any R district;
B. Any buildings or structures occupied
by or used for churches, Sunday Schools, parish
houses, public and parochial schools, public libraries, convents, monasteries, museums and
similar public cultural uses, located not less than forty (40) feet from any R district;
C. Open air recreational use such
as park and playgrounds;
D. Essential services, as defined
in Section 17.04.030, and public service buildings or
properties, except such uses as storage yards, warehouses, garages or other uses customarily
conducted as gainful business, provided any building shall be located not less than forty (40) feet
from any R district;
E. Cemeteries;
F. Existing railroad rights-of-way,
not including switching, storage, freight yards or sidings;
G. Home occupations, as defined in
Section 17.04.030;
H. Temporary buildings and uses for
construction purposes for a period not to exceed one
year;
I. One-family detached dwellings;
J. Animal sewage lagoon, commercial
poultry facilities and commercial feed facilities,
provided such uses shall be located not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from any
lot in any R district;
K. Sale of nursery and greenhouse
products where production or growth of products takes
place on the premises;
L. Country clubs, golf courses, swimming
clubs and similar recreational uses; provided, that
any principal or accessory building in connection therewith shall be located not less than two
hundred (200) feet from any R district;
M. Billboards and signboards subject
to the following restrictions:
1. No billboard or signboard shall
be locatedwithin four hundred (400) feet of any R district.
2. No billboard or signboard shall
be located along any federal or state highway right-of-way
within one hundred (100) feet of any other public road right-of-way.
3. No billboard or signboard shall
contain more than three hundred (300) square feet of
surface area nor be higher than twenty-five (25) feet above the average grade.
4. No billboard or signboard shall
be locatedwithin five hundred (500) feet of an exit or
entrance to a controlled access route.
5. Billboards or signboards may have
constant or flashing illumination; provided, that any
such sign located in the direct line of vision of any traffic control signaling device shall not have
contrasting or flashing intermittent illumination of red, green or amber color. Where a sign is
illuminated by light reflected upon it, direct rays of light shall not project upon any existing
residential structure of any R district;
N. The following uses may be permitted
in accordance with the provisions and procedures
indicated by the governing body upon application in accordance with and after compliance with
the procedure set forth in Section 17.04.010.
1. Sanitary landfills, in accordance
with otherapplicable requirements and regulations,
provided that no such landfill shall be operated within one thousand three hundred twenty
(1,320) feet of any R district,
2. Mining, loading of coal, clay,
sand or gravel, including equipment, buildings, or structures
for washing, crushing, screening, mixing or storage subject to the following conditions and
restrictions:
a. No shaft shall be sunk and no open
pit or open cut mining for coal, clay, sand, gravel or
other minerals shall be permitted within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of any
city, village or incorporated town.
b. No open pit or shaft shall be located
less than one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320)
feet from any R district.
c. All buildings or structures for
washing, crushing, screening, mixing or storage shall be
located not less than five hundred (500) feet from any residence and one thousand three hundred
twenty (1,320) feet from any R district;
O. Accessory use or building as defined
in Section 17.04.030 as regulated by Chapter 17.42,
including the following accessory use:
Buildings and structures accessory to agricultural uses including
roadside stands selling
produce grown on the premises, provided that such stands shall be located not less than fifty (50)
feet from a street or highway right-of-way;
P. Governmental buildings and facilities,
whether of the type used to perform governmental
or proprietary functions and/or services, of all nature and kind. (Ord. 892 (part), 1991; Ord. 769 §
1, 1989; prior code § 40-5-1(A))
17.10.020