The purpose of this district is to preserve productive agricultural land resources and to provide for low-density single-family residential development that will be compatible with agricultural pursuits and will preserve natural features and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses or uses by special exception.
In the R-A Rural Agricultural District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agriculture, subject to § 180-75.
(b) 
Commercial greenhouse.
(c) 
Essential services.
(d) 
Forestry, subject to § 180-77.
(e) 
Impoundments used exclusively for oil and gas operations, subject to § 180-78.1.
[Added 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 440[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former Subsection A(1)(e) through (h) as Subsection A(1)(g) through (j), respectively.
(f) 
Oil and gas operations, subject to § 180-78.1.
[Added 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 440]
(g) 
Passive recreation.
(h) 
Pet grooming.
(i) 
Public buildings.
(j) 
Single-family dwelling.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Agricultural sales, subject to § 180-75.
(b) 
Fences, subject to § 180-70.
(c) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(d) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 180-78.
(e) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XIII.
(f) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 180-70.
(g) 
Private residential swimming pools or sports courts, subject to § 180-70.
(h) 
Private stable, subject to § 180-75.
(i) 
Signs, subject to Article XIV.
(j) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 180-74.
(k) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Active recreation, high-impact, subject to § 180-66A.
(b) 
Active recreation, low-impact, subject to § 180-66A.
(c) 
Animal shelter, subject to § 180-66X.
(d) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 180-66D.
(e) 
Boarding stable or riding academy, subject to § 180-66F.
(f) 
Communications tower, subject to § 180-66K.
(g) 
Community club or community swimming pool, subject to § 180-66L.
(h) 
Compressor station, subject to § 180-66RR.
[Added 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 440[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former Subsection B(1)(h) through (q) as Subsection B(1)(i) through (r), respectively.
(i) 
Fire and emergency medical services, subject to § 180-66R.
(j) 
Golf course; golf or country club, subject to § 180-66S.
(k) 
Group-care facility, subject to § 180-66T.
(l) 
Hospital, subject to § 180-66V.
(m) 
Mineral removal, subject to § 180-66BB.
(n) 
Mobile home park, subject to § 180-66DD.
(o) 
Oil and gas wells, subject to § 180-66EE.
(p) 
Personal-care boarding home, subject to § 180-66T.
(q) 
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 180-66KK.
(r) 
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 180-66T.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Private use helipad, subject to § 180-66HH.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Cemetery, subject to § 180-66H.
(b) 
Churches, subject to § 180-66I.
(c) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 180-66J.
(d) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 180-66M.
(e) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 180-66O.
(f) 
Kennel, subject to § 180-66X.
(g) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 180-66JJ.
(h) 
Schools (public or private), subject to § 180-66I.
(i) 
Temporary use or structure other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 180-66LL.
(j) 
Veterinary clinics, subject to § 180-66PP.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 180-66Q.
(b) 
Home occupation, subject to § 180-66U.
(c) 
Personal wind energy system.
[Added 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 423]
(d) 
Accessory structures in excess of 15 feet in height, subject to § 180-66SS.
[Added 6-11-2013 by Ord. No. 442]
In the R-A Rural Agricultural 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 XI:
A. 
Minimum lot area:
(1) 
Agriculture: 10 acres (435,600 square feet).
(2) 
Boarding stable or riding academy: 10 acres (435,600 square feet).
(3) 
Mobile home park: 10 acres (435,600 square feet).
(4) 
Private stable or kennel: five acres (217,800 square feet).
(5) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: one acre (43,560 square feet).
(b) 
With public sewers: one acre (43,560 square feet).
(6) 
All other principal uses: two acres (87,120 square feet).
B. 
Minimum lot width:
(1) 
Single-family dwelling:
(a) 
Without public sewers: 150 feet.
(b) 
With public sewers: 100 feet.
(2) 
All other principal uses: 200 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 15%.
D. 
Minimum front yard:
(1) 
Principal and accessory structure: 50 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Principal structures: 70 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 180-70C.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
Principal structures:
(a) 
Dwellings: 25 feet.
(b) 
All other principal structures: 30 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: See § 180-70C.
G. 
Special yard requirements: See § 180-70.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 180-71.
I. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories, but no more than 35 feet.
(2) 
Accessory farm structures: 75 feet.
(3) 
All other accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: See § 180-72.