The R-A Residential Agriculture District is created in order to preserve agricultural areas within the Township and to permit less intrusive residential and accessory uses subject to specific restrictions.
A building may be used or altered, or erected and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes, subject to off-street parking regulations as set forth in Article XV.
Permitted uses:
A. 
Agricultural operations.
(1) 
Such uses are conducted upon a lot or parcel of land not less than five contiguous acres in area.
(2) 
No building or structure used for shelter or enclosure of fowl, game, horses, farm livestock, or dogs shall be closer to any property line than 50 feet. See § 172-115.
(3) 
The display for sale of products grown or raised by the owner, tenant or lessee on a roadside stand shall only be permitted where:
(a) 
The place of sale of such products is within the confines of the property upon which they have been grown or raised.
(b) 
The place of sale of any such products shall include adequate off-street parking spaces as required in Article XV of this chapter.
B. 
Forestry.
C. 
Single-family detached dwellings.
D. 
Planned residential developments. See Article XI.
E. 
Public parks and playgrounds.
F. 
Veterinary clinic.
G. 
Commercial kennel, as defined.
H. 
Private kennel, as defined.
I. 
The breeding and raising of nondomestic animals.
J. 
Private recreation, as defined.
K. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection K, regarding RV campers, mobile or modular homes and/or RV campgrounds or mobile home parks, was repealed 5-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2-2014. See now § 172-28G.
L. 
Communications tower. See § 172-124.
M. 
Riding academies and the boarding of horses, provided that no more than two horses per acre may be boarded, and the minimum lot or parcel of land size is five contiguous acres.
N. 
Public building structures or uses owned and maintained by Darlington Township.
O. 
Golf courses and driving ranges.
P. 
Accessory uses and accessory buildings incidental to the permitted principal uses and located on the same lot shall be permitted. Any greenhouse facility for personal use as an accessory use for noncommercial purposes, i.e., for the private use of the occupant of the principal use, shall not exceed an area of 256 square feet. Permitted accessory buildings shall be set back not less than 10 feet from the closest side or rear property lines.
Q. 
Bed-and-breakfast.
[Added 7-11-2011 by Ord. No. 44A]
R. 
No-impact home-based businesses.
[Added 8-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2-2012]
Public hearing shall be required to be held by the Board of Supervisors. All conditions referenced herein shall be met:
A. 
Education or religious uses. See § 172-134.
B. 
Recreation accessory structures used for and in conjunction with municipal or county recreation programs, provided the architecture is in harmony with existing materials in use in the district. See § 172-144.
C. 
Home occupation. See § 172-136.
D. 
Greenhouses and landscaping supply yards. See § 172-135.
E. 
Mineral extraction. See § 172-115C.
F. 
Two principal uses limited to those allowed under the permitted and conditional uses of this zoning district. No property shall have more than two principal uses under this conditional use provision.
[Added 9-12-2011 by Ord. No. 44]
G. 
RV campers, mobile or modular homes, RV campgrounds, mobile home parks, and/or campers. See Chapter 103, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, of the Code of the Township or Darlington. See also § 172-125.
[Added 5-12-2014 by Ord. No. 2-2014]
Uses by special exception:
A. 
Temporary second dwelling. See § 172-145.
B. 
Nonresidential storage buildings. See § 172-146.
[Added 8-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2-2012]
A. 
The lot shall have a width of at least 100 feet frontage at the building setback line.
B. 
Lot area of not less than 1/2 acre (21,780 square feet) shall be required when approved sanitary sewers are provided. Where approved sewers are not available, no lot shall be less than 1 1/2 acres (65,340 square feet) in area.
A. 
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 40 feet from the front lot line if such is also the right-of-way line, or 65 feet from the center line of the street or road, etc., whichever is greater. In the case of a corner lot, the provisions of Article XII, § 172-121A, shall dictate.
B. 
There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the property, neither of which shall be less than 10 feet from the closest place along a structure wall to the property line.
C. 
Rear yard. No dwelling shall be constructed less than 40 feet from the rear property line; and no accessory or supplementary structure shall be constructed any closer than 10 feet to the rear lot line unless the lot abuts an alley in which case a twenty-five-foot setback shall be required.
A. 
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 36 feet, except for agricultural accessory buildings which may be erected to a maximum height of 60 feet.
B. 
See Article XII, § 172-118 (supplemental regulations).
The total area of the footprints of all permitted buildings shall not exceed an area equal to 20% of the lot area.
See Article XV
See Article XIV.
See Article XIX.
See Article IV.