The purpose of this district is to provide for
agricultural uses and low-density residential development in rural
areas where public sewer and/or water facilities may not be immediately
available and to provide for compatible public, semipublic and accessory
uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the AG-A Rural Residential District, the
following uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(b)
Greenhouse or tree nursery.
(h)
Public utilities, except buildings.
(j)
Oil and gas well site development, subject to §
175-155.2.
[Added 8-13-2014 by Ord.
No. 127]
(k) Landscape business, subject to §
175-155.1.
[Added 9-21-2022 by Ord. No. 137]
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Signs, subject to Article
XIV.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XIII.
(c)
Private garages and storage sheds.
(d)
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts, subject to §
175-142C.
(f)
Gardening as an avocation.
(g)
Keeping of domestic pets.
(h)
Private stables or hobby farms, subject to §
175-146.
(j)
Construction trailer or temporary dwelling, subject to §
175-147.
(k)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental
to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or
use by special exception authorized in this district.
(l)
Oil and gas well site development, subject to §
175-155.2.
[Added 8-13-2014 by Ord.
No. 127]
(m)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same
lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception
authorized in this district.
[Added 8-13-2014 by Ord.
No. 127]
(n)
Residential solar energy systems.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(o)
Residential wind energy systems.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(p)
Decks.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(q)
The keeping of fowl.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(r)
Beekeeping.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
B. Conditional uses.
[Amended 11-21-2012 by Ord. No. 125; 8-13-2014 by Ord. No. 127; 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(1) Principal uses.
(b)
Golf courses and country clubs, subject to §
175-110.
(d)
Public utility buildings, subject to §
175-127.
(e)
Lakes, ponds and water impoundments, subject to §
175-117.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Kennels and veterinary clinics, subject to §
175-116.
(b)
Horse boarding and riding academies, subject to §
175-114.
(f)
Day-care center or nursery school in a place of worship or school, subject to §
175-107.
(h)
Personal care boarding home, subject to §
175-111.
(i)
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer or temporary dwelling subject to §
175-129.
(j) Short-term rentals.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Kennels and veterinary clinics, subject to §
175-116.
(b)
Horse boarding and riding academies, subject to §
175-114.
(e) Short-term rentals.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
(f) Accessory dwelling units.
[Added 12-20-2023 by Ord. No. 138]
[Amended 11-21-2012 by Ord. No. 125]
In the AG-A Rural Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, or by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article
XI.
A. Minimum lot size:
(2) Single-family dwellings:
[Amended 3-20-2019 by Ord. No. 133]
(a)
On lots with both public water and public sewage: three-quarters
(3/4) of an acre (32,670 square feet).
(b)
On lots without public water or public sewage: one acre (43,560
square feet).
(3) Two-family dwellings:
[Amended 3-20-2019 by Ord. No. 133]
(a)
On lots with both public water and public sewage: one and one-half
(1.5) acres (65,340 square feet).
(b)
On lots without public water or public sewage: two acres (87,120
square feet).
(5) All other uses: one acre.
B. Minimum lot width:
(2) Single-family dwellings: 125 feet.
[Amended 3-20-2019 by Ord. No. 133]
(3) Two-family dwellings: 175 feet.
[Amended 3-20-2019 by Ord. No. 133]
(4) All other uses: 150 feet.
D. Minimum front yard: 50 feet from front lot line or
75 feet from street center line, whichever is greater.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Principal structures: 75 feet.
(2) Accessory structures: 10 feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) Dwellings: 25 feet each side.
(2) Accessory structures: 10 feet each side.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: See §
175-143.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 35 feet and 2 1/2 stories.
(2) All accessory structures.
(a)
Less than two acres: 15 feet.
(b)
Two or more acres: 25 feet.