[Ord. No. 368, 11/7/2023]
The A-1 Agriculture District is intended to provide areas for agricultural activity and encourage the optimum use of natural and human resources related thereto, and to protect agriculture activity from intensive uses which are incompatible with it because of the needs and methods of farming.
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(NOTE: See § 26-166B of this chapter.)
A. 
All general and specialized farming activities.
B. 
Veterinarian services, animal hospital services, kennels and stables.
C. 
Sales facilities limited to the sale of products grown, produced and/or prepared on the premises.
D. 
Non-farm single-family dwelling, provided that such dwelling is located on a separate lot whether such dwelling be offered for sale or rent; and; further, provided, that such lot whether sold or deeded as a gift be recorded with the Perry County Recorder of Deeds; and such lot shall be in compliance with the Bloomfield Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[1] The procurement of a zoning permit for such dwelling shall be contingent on evidence of Planning Commission approval of the lot and evidence of a recorded deed for the lot.
(1) 
Including home occupations', subject to the definition in Part 2, and as prescribed in Home Occupation Regulations (see § 26-134 of this chapter).
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 21, Subdivision and Land Development.
E. 
Farm dwellings, including facilities for permanently or seasonally employed (on the same property) persons and families who receive housing in lieu of all or part of their wages, subject to Planning permission, and including reasonable conditions and safeguards.
F. 
Customary accessory uses and buildings, excluding outdoor storage, incidental to any principal permitted use, including signs subject to the provisions of § 26-128 of this chapter.
G. 
Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are of the same general character as those listed as permitted uses and which will not be detrimental to the intended purpose of this district.
H. 
The following special exception (NOTE: See § 26-167B of this chapter.) uses, after approval by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(1) 
Other business activities conducted from a residential property that exceed the standards for a home occupation, but are otherwise suitable within this district.
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A. 
Lot requirements. A lot width, lot area and setbacks of not less than the dimensions shown on the following table shall be provided for every principal building erected or altered for any use permitted in this district, per Table 53.A:
Table 53.A
Lot Requirements
Building setback requirements
Minimum Lot Area
(acres)
Minimum Lot Width
(feet)
Maximum Lot Coverage
Front
(feet)
One Side
(feet)
Total Sides
(feet)
Rear
(feet)
2
200
25%
50
25+n100*
50
50
*
Side yard requirement for buildings sheltering animals when such building is adjacent to a residential district.
B. 
Building height. No residential building shall exceed 2-1/2 stories or 35 feet in height. No auxiliary building shall exceed three stories or 45 feet in height.
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The minimum habitable floor area of any new dwelling unit hereafter utilized shall be 700 square feet and also be in accordance with § 26-65 of this chapter for all dwellings excluding on-site farm worker housing, which shall be set during the planning permission process.
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Only those signs referring or relating to uses conducted on the premises or to the materials or products made, sold or displayed on the premises or in accordance with limitations and maintenance specified in § 26-128 of this chapter shall be permitted.
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Where either or both on-lot water and sewer facilities are to be utilized in connection with non-farm uses, the minimum lot area requirement specified herein may be increased in accordance with recommendations of the Department of Environmental Resources upon that agency's approval of the on-lot utility system(s).