[Ord. No. 5/7/1975, 5/7/1975]
The purpose of the R-A Rural Agricultural District is to (i) identify those areas where agricultural activities should be encouraged or preserved; (ii) provide for the preservation of natural unpolluted drainageways, protection from flooding and high-water tables, preservation of open space, and conservation of the natural environment and natural resources while providing for such uses and development as are compatible with these objectives.
[Ord. No. 5/7/1975, 5/7/1975; as amended by Ord. No. 1996-1, 3/28/1996; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
1. 
Agricultural uses related to the tilling of the land, the raising of farm products, the raising and keeping of horses, cattle, and other livestock, and the raising of poultry and poultry products.
2. 
Horticultural uses related to the raising, propagating, and selling of trees, shrubs, flowers, and other vegetative material.
3. 
Structures:
A. 
Barns, silos, corncribs, poultry houses, mushroom houses, and other similar structures necessary to the proper operation of agricultural activities.
B. 
Stables, dog kennels, and greenhouses.
C. 
Grange halls or similar buildings of purely agricultural organizations.
D. 
Single-family detached dwellings and seasonal residences.
E. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
4. 
Activities related to the preservation of natural amenities.
5. 
Home occupations.
6. 
Essential services.
[Ord. No. 5/7/1975, 5/7/1975; as amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
1. 
Appropriate public uses.
2. 
Roadside stands.
3. 
Privately owned parks and recreation areas, including swimming pools, resort facilities, golf courses and country clubs.
4. 
Natural resources uses, such as excavating, quarrying, mining, and the processing of topsoil, sand, gravel, clay, shale, limestone or other natural formation.
5. 
Junkyards (see § 27-1012).
6. 
Abattoirs (meat packing plants) and forest industries (pallet mills, etc.).
7. 
Sawmills, pallet shops, assembly of wood products and wood working and wood processing operations, any of which has less than five individuals working on site.
[Ord. No. 5/7/1975, 5/7/1975]
1. 
Height Regulations.
A. 
The height of a building shall not be greater than 35 feet.
B. 
The height of a dwelling shall not be less than one story.
C. 
Buildings devoted to agricultural use shall be exempt from height regulations.
2. 
Area and Widths.
A. 
The lot area per dwelling unit shall not be less than 40,000 square feet.
3. 
Yard Regulations.
A. 
Each lot shall have front, side, and rear yards of not less than the depth and width indicated below.
(1) 
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
(2) 
Minimum side yard: 30 feet.
(3) 
Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
(4) 
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet.
B. 
Accessory buildings shall be a minimum of 12 feet from side or rear lot lines.
C. 
On each corner lot there shall be two front yards, each abutting a street.
D. 
Buildings housing livestock (including dog kennels), poultry, or mushroom culture, shall be no closer than 100 feet to any public right-of-way nor 200 feet to a residential district.