[Ord. No. 213.19, 2-13-2019]
The regulations set forth in this Article or set forth elsewhere
in this Chapter, when referred to in this Article, are the regulations
in the "R-A L" Rural Agricultural Low-Density District. The Rural
Agricultural Low-Density District is intended for neighborhoods in
the City consisting primarily of single-family homes on individual
building lots. The Low Agriculture District is the least intense of
agriculture zoning districts with restrictions on the density and
intensity of use to protect and enhance the character of neighborhoods,
accommodate the range of age groups, lifestyles and economic levels
within the community.
[Ord. No. 213.19, 2-13-2019]
A.
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings.
2.
Country club or golf course, except miniature course or practice
tee operated for commercial purposes.
3.
Roadside stand for display or sale of agricultural products
raised on the premises, provided that there shall be no more than
one (1) such stand on each lot and, provided, further, such stands
shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet in floor area.
4.
Church and incidental facilities.
5.
Home occupations.
6.
Public elementary and high school, or private school with curriculum
the same as ordinarily given in public elementary and high schools.
7.
Publicly owned or operated building, except sewage treatment
plant, garbage incinerator, warehouse, garage, shop and storage yard.
8.
Installation for sewer, water, gas, electric and telephone mains
and incidental appurtenances, including electrical substations.
9.
Public recreation area, park playground, wildlife preserve,
forest preserve, and such buildings and structures as are related
thereto.
10.
Railroad right-of-way, tracks and yards.
11.
Temporary sign with an area of not more than thirty (30) square
feet pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises
on which such sign is located.
12.
Accessory identification sign or sign advertising products raised
on the premises having an area of not more than thirty (30) square
feet.
13.
Accessory open or enclosed storage of ranch or farm materials,
products or equipment, accessory farm buildings, including barns,
stables, sheds, toolrooms, private shops, bins, tanks and silos, and
other accessory buildings and uses, including, but not limited to,
accessory private garages, servants' quarters, fences, guest
houses, swimming pools, home barbecue grills, customary church bulletin
boards or identification signs not exceeding thirty (30) square feet
in area for permitted public and semi-public uses, accessory storage,
and accessory off-street parking and loading spaces.
14.
General farming and ranching, cultivation of field crops, orchards,
groves, or nurseries for growing or propagation of plants, trees and
shrubs, keeping or raising for sale of large or small animals, reptiles,
fish, birds or poultry, and including structures for processing and
sale of products raised on the premises.
15.
No cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennets, sheep, goats, or other
such animals, or ruminants of any kind, may be kept or maintained
within one hundred (100) feet of any residence or other dwelling place
other than that of the owner; nor shall any person keep or maintain
any rabbits, geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys, guineas, quail, pheasants,
peacocks, pea hens, or other such domestic fowl or animals or any
animals raised for fur harvesting within one hundred (100) feet of
any residence, a church, a school, a dwelling house or a place of
business, other than that of the owner.
16.
No person shall keep swine of any kind anywhere within the "R-A
L" Rural Agricultural Low-Density District.
17.
No person shall keep more than one (1) cow, bull, jack, horse,
goat or sheep or any combination of such animals in an outdoor enclosure
or pasture, unless such enclosure or pasture shall have an area of
forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet (one
(1) acre) or each foraging unit. The term "foraging unit" as used
in this Section shall include cattle horses, mules, jacks, jennets,
sheep, goats or any other such animals or ruminants of any kind or
any combination of such animals which have a total weight of not more
than one thousand (1,000) pounds, provided, that this area requirement
shall not apply to the keeping of suckling offspring of a cow or mare.
No more than twenty-four (24) fowl.
18.
No person shall keep, allow or permit to be kept on any premises
occupied by him/her or under his/her charge and control, any animal
or animals or fowl in a pen or other enclosure of any kind, under
such conditions that an offensive or noxious smell or odor shall arise
therefrom to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of any inhabitant
or the neighborhood.
19.
Any person who violates any provisions of this Section shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment
for not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
20.
The term "person" as used in this Section shall include the
plural, and shall be further defined as to include firms, partnerships,
corporations, political subdivisions, organizations or associations.
[Ord. No. 213.19, 2-13-2019]
The parking, height, building code and area regulations are
the same as those in the "R-A" Rural Agricultural District.
