The purpose of the R-A Agricultural Residential District is
to provide for agricultural activities 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 to become
available in the immediate future and to provide for accessory uses
and other compatible uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the R-A Agricultural Residential District, only the following
uses are authorized:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(c)
Church.
(d)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 350-106.
(e)
Essential services.
(h)
Passive recreation.
(i)
Public buildings.
(j)
Schools, public or private, excluding postsecondary.
(k)
Single-family dwellings.
(2)
Accessory uses.
B.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Active recreation, high-impact, subject to § 350-93A(1).
(b)
Active recreation, low-impact, subject to § 350-93A(1).
(c)
Airports, airstrips, subject to § 350-93A(3).
(d)
Fire and emergency medical services, subject to § 350-93A(19).
(e)
Golf course; golf or country club, subject to § 350-93A(21).
(f)
Hobby farm, subject to § 350-93A(23).
(g)
Mineral removal, subject to § 350-93A(29).
(h)
Mobile home park, subject to § 350-93A(30).
(i)
Personal care boarding home, subject to § 350-93A(22).
(k)
Oil and gas wells.
[Added 7-21-2011 by Ord. No. 5-2011]
(l)
Natural gas compressor stations.
[Added 7-21-2011 by Ord. No. 5-2011]
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 350-93A(6).
(b)
Private use helipad, subject to § 350-93A(35).
C.
Uses by special exception.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Cemetery, subject to § 350-93A(10).
(b)
Commercial greenhouse, subject to § 350-93A(11).
(c)
Communications tower, subject to § 350-93A(13).
(d)
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 350-93A(16).
(e)
Kennel, subject to § 350-93A(27).
(f)
Landfill, subject to § 350-93A(28).
(g)
Outdoor shooting range, subject to § 350-93A(31).
(h)
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 350-93A(36).
(i)
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 350-93A(37).
(j)
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 350-93A(39).
(k)
Veterinary clinics, subject to § 350-93A(42).
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Family day-care home, subject to § 350-93A(18).
(b)
Home occupation, subject to § 350-93A(24).
(c)
Pet grooming as a home occupation, subject to § 350-93A(24).
In the R-A Agricultural Residential 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 conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XV.
A.
C.
Maximum lot coverage: 20%.
I.
Maximum height:
(1)
All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories, but no more than 35
feet. [NOTE: Height of single-family dwelling may be increased by
up to 10 additional feet, provided side and rear setbacks are increased
by the same number of feet.]
(2)
Accessory farm structures: 50 feet.
(3)
All other accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.
See Article XVII.
See Article XVIII.
See § 350-96.
See § 350-103.