The purpose of the A, Agricultural, District is to provide for agriculture and low-density single-family residential development in the more remote rural areas of the Township where public sewers are not available and are not anticipated in the immediate future and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the A, Agricultural, District, only the following uses are authorized.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agriculture, subject to § 410-92.
(b) 
Essential services.
(c) 
Forestry, subject to § 410-98.
(d) 
Garden nursery, subject to § 410-92.
(e) 
Greenhouse, subject to § 410-92.
(f) 
Municipal facility.
(g) 
Single-family dwelling.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Accessory structures, subject to § 410-87C.
(b) 
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.
(c) 
Fences, subject to § 410-87C.
(d) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 410-97.
(e) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XIII.
(f) 
On-site sales accessory to a farm, subject to § 410-96.
(g) 
Private residential swimming pool or sports courts, subject to § 410-87C.
(h) 
Private stable, subject to § 410-92.
(i) 
Signs, subject to Article XIV.
(j) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 410-91.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agribusiness, subject to § 410-83B.
(b) 
Bore holes; ventilating shafts, subject to § 410-83H.
(c) 
Church, subject to § 410-83K.
(d) 
Commercial recreation, subject to § 410-83L.
(e) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 410-83M.
(f) 
Communications tower, subject to § 410-83N.
(g) 
Golf course, golf or country club, subject to § 410-83T.
(h) 
Kennel, subject to § 410-83Y.
(i) 
Mineral extraction, subject to § 410-83Z.
(j) 
Municipal or residual waste disposal, subject to § 410-83CC.
(k) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 410-83HH.
(l) 
Oil and gas wells, subject to § 410-83DD.
(m) 
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 410-83U.
(n) 
Public recreation, subject to § 410-83HH.
(o) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 410-83II.
(p) 
School, subject to § 410-83K.
(q) 
Slaughterhouse, subject to § 410-83KK.
(r) 
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 410-83LL.
(s) 
Tourism, subject to § 410-83NN.
(t) 
Wind-energy system, individual, subject to § 410-83TT.
(u) 
Wind farm, subject to § 410-83UU.
(v) 
Recreational vehicle parks, subject to § 410-83VV.
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(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agrotourism hotel, large, subject to § 410-83C.
(b) 
Agrotourism hotel, small, subject to § 410-8C.
(c) 
Animal hospital, subject to § 410-83D.
(d) 
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to § 410-83G.
(e) 
Cemetery, subject to § 410-83J.
(f) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 410-83O.
(g) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 410-83Q.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 410-8E.
(b) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 410-83R.
(c) 
Home occupation, subject to § 410-83V.
In the A, Agricultural, District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific permitted uses, conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Article XI.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Agriculture, garden nursery or greenhouse: 10 acres.
(2) 
Boarding stable or riding academy: 10 acres.
(3) 
Kennel: five acres.
(4) 
Private stable: five acres.
(5) 
Single-family dwelling: one acre.
(6) 
Golf course: 30 acres.
(7) 
All other principal uses: two acres.
B. 
Minimum lot width.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling: 100 feet.
(2) 
All other principal uses: 200 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 30%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Principal structures: 50 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 20 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling: 20 feet.
(2) 
Farm structures: 200 feet.
(3) 
All other principal structures: 30 feet.
(4) 
Accessory structures: See § 410-87.
G. 
Special yard requirements: See § 410-87.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 410-88.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
Principal structures.
(a) 
Single-family dwelling: three stories, but no more than 50 feet.
(b) 
Farm structures, other than feed storage: 50 feet.
(c) 
Farm feed storage structures: 100 feet.
(d) 
All other principal structures: three stories, but no more than 35 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: See § 410-89.
See Article XIII.
See Article XIV.
See § 410-86.
See § 410-93.
See § 410-99.
See § 410-100.