The A District is intended to allow for and
protect agricultural uses within the Town by controlling density and
land coverage and providing for compatible land uses.
The following uses may be operated as permitted
uses in the A District:
A.
General agriculture, which shall include farming,
ranching, grazing, dairying, animal or plant husbandry. Not permitted,
however, are:
(1)
The spreading, accumulation, feeding or use of garbage
in any manner on the open surface of the land.
(2)
Animal feedlot or commercial holding pens.
(3)
A use or activity engaged in within 300 feet of a
residential or retail business structure if such use or activity results
in unreasonable and continuous odors, dust or noise.
B.
Church and parish house.
C.
Cemetery.
D.
Fire station.
E.
Golf course.
F.
Greenhouse or plant nursery.
G.
Kennel for the keeping, boarding or training of animals.
H.
Public or private schools for elementary or secondary
education.
I.
Public park, playground and other public recreational
facilities.
J.
Recreation camp.
K.
Radio and television transmitting stations and towers.
L.
Stand for the sale, at retail, of agricultural products
or commodities raised on the premises.
M.
Transmission line, station and tower.
N.
Veterinary clinic, including observation pens.
O.
Essential public utility and public service installations.
Such uses shall not include business offices, repair, sales or storage
facilities.
Any use which complies with all of the following
conditions may be operated as an accessory use to a permitted use
in the A District:
A.
Is clearly incidental to and commonly associated with
the operation of a permitted use.
B.
Is operated under the same ownership and on the same
property as the permitted use.
C.
Does not include permanent residential occupancy except
by owners or persons employed on the premises and their immediate
families. Single-family dwellings, manufactured homes, guest homes
and lodges may be accessory uses to a permitted use.
[Amended 8-23-2010 by Ord. No. 461]
When a permanently occupied dwelling unit is
maintained as an accessory use to one of the permitted uses listed
in this article, a home occupation may be conducted in that dwelling
unit in the A District, provided all of the following conditions are
met:
A.
Such use shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling
unit and carried on by the inhabitants living there and no others.
B.
Such use shall be clearly incidental and secondary
to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and shall not change
the residential character thereof.
C.
The total area used for such purposes shall not exceed
1/3 of the gross floor area of the user's dwelling unit.
D.
There shall be no offensive noise, vibration, smoke,
dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the property line.
E.
A home occupation shall provide additional off-street
parking of one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor
area occupied by the home occupation.
There is no minimum area requirement for zone
lots in the A District, except that, where permanent residential occupancy
is conducted as an accessory use, there shall be at least three acres
of land for each permanently occupied dwelling unit.
There is no minimum width for zone lots in the
A District.
