It is the intention of the following regulations to conserve
undeveloped area as long as possible before being needed for development
by permitting farming and the keeping of farm livestock to the extent
that such activities are not incompatible with urban development,
especially residential uses.
This article does not intend to establish regulations for household
pets, to be regulated by Municipal Code separate from this chapter, nor for boarding and breeding kennels for dogs, uses which
are regulated, as conditional uses, in this chapter apart from this
article.
The raising of field crops, tree plantations and plant nurseries
and all related activities thereto shall be permitted in any district
except as may be restricted in the CON District and except that a
commercial greenhouse in excess of 1,000 square feet shall be permitted
only in an agricultural or commercial district or on an existing operation
of at least 10 acres and except that crops requiring application of
inorganic chemicals or fungicides shall not be grown closer than 200
feet to a residence.
The keeping or raising of horses, poultry, beef and domestic
livestock, and all related activities thereto, shall be permitted
in any district not served with public sewer, except as may be restricted
in the CON District, subject to the following:
A. No such use shall be permitted on a lot less than three acres in
area, exclusive of existing rights-of-way.
B. Except on an existing farm operation of at least 20 acres, such use
shall be limited to not more than one head of livestock per acre,
not more than 20 fowl per acre, and not more than 10 rabbits pre acre.
C. The keeping of hogs, goats, roosters or fur-bearing animals, other
than rabbits, shall not be permitted except on an existing farm operation
of at least 20 acres.
D. The keeping of horses for private use shall be permitted on the basis
of one horse per acre. The operation of a commercial stable for boarding
or training shall be permitted only as a conditional use.
E. Any area where poultry, domestic livestock or horses are allowed
to pasture or run shall be adequately fenced to keep them confined
to such area.
F. In any district other than on an existing farm of at least 20 acres,
no building housing domestic livestock, poultry or horses shall be
permitted closer than 50 feet to an adjoining lot line of a property
zoned residential.
G. The stocking of private ponds with fish shall be permitted in any
district, except that commercial fish hatcheries or the operation
of commercial fishing ponds shall be permitted only as a conditional
use in the A District.