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- Zoning
Article V. District
Use Regulations
Sec. 31-73. District A-1 - Agricultural District
A. INTENT AND PURPOSE OF DISTRICT It is
the intent of the "A-1" Agricultural District to protect agricultural
uses in the Planning Area through control of density, land use and
land coverage.
B. DISTRICT
REGULATION In District "A-1", no building or land
shall be used and no building or structure altered, enlarged or erected,
which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed
in Section C below. All land annexed into the city and not otherwise
zoned at the time of annexation shall automatically
be zoned A-1.
C. USE REGULATIONS
(Amended 1/19/93 Ordinance No. 6673)
- 1. Agricultural uses, which
shall include any use of land for the purpose of growing crops, no use
at all -- such as land in soil bank, orchards, trees or forest lands
and any other use pertaining to
farming, agricultural research or any activity, normally connected
with farming. Such uses shall allow all the types of structures normally
associated with these uses, including dwelling units, storage bins, barns,
sheds, tool houses, garages, and including relocation of portable buildings
without permit, and any other use or facility ancillary to farming or
open land. More than one dwelling unit may be on agricultural land or
a farm, provided it is for the occupancy and use of people working on
the farm. Only by special permit of the Planning & Zoning Commission,
may more than two (2) dwelling units be on a single farm. The Commission
shall issue this permit after a hearing, based upon the compatibility
of the proposed dwelling unit with the surrounding area. No trailers,
trailer houses or mobile homes will be permitted to be occupied as a
dwelling unit in A-1 District.
2. Public parks, playgrounds,
recreation areas and community buildings owned and operated by a public
agency.
3. Churches, synagogues and other similar
places of worship.
4. Golf courses, except miniature
golf courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.
5. Greenhouses and nurseries.
6. Public, private, or parochial
schools; elementary, junior high, high schools and institutions of higher
learning, including dormitory accommodations when located on the same
tract as the educational buildings.
7. Public or Private residential licensed
therapy or psychiatric treatment facilities for disadvantaged youth, together
with ancillary education facilities, recreation facilities, medical, therapeutic
or psychiatric treatment services offices, business offices, and related structures
as are customarily associated with such activities.
8. Public buildings including
libraries and museums.
9. Stands for the sale, at
retail, of agricultural products or commodities raised on the premises.
10. Accessory buildings and uses customarily
incidental to any of the above uses.
11. Keeping of livestock, poultry
or other animals or fowl. Animals or fowl shall be kept in accordance
with the existing city ordinances of Chapter 5 and any other that shall
pertain. However, in annexed land the owner or operator shall be permitted
to keep livestock or fowl in those areas in which they were being kept
immediately prior to annexation provided that the number being kept
shall not be increased in such numbers as to create a public nuisance.
12. SPECIAL USE PERMIT. The following
exceptions may be allowed when submitted, reviewed and
approved by the Commission.
a. Airport or heliport.
b. Animal hospitals, clinics or kennels.
c. Cemetery or crematory.
d. Drive-in theaters.
e. Isolation homes, penal institutions, sanitariums
or asylums for the insane or mentally retarded.
f. Nursing and care homes subject to inspection
and license requirements.
g. Seasonal or temporary uses such as recreation
camp or similar enterprise.
h. Telephone exchange, electrical substations or
similar public utilities.
i. Any public building erected or land used by any
department of the City, County, State, or Federal Government.
j. Animal feed lots subject to the license requirements
of the State and subject to the following minimum sanitation and
odor practices: (The intent is to establish
a healthful environment around the feed lot.)
k. Public buildings including libraries, museums
and hospitals.(Amended 7/3/89 Ordinance No. 6416) -
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- DRAINAGE
- 1. All ground surfaces within
pens shall be so graded and compacted to insure proper drainage.
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- 2. Surface runoff shall be
so controlled that no appreciable amount of soil or manure is carried
into any roadway ditch or drainage area where it will deposit and form
sludge banks where flies and
mosquitoes can breed.
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- D. INTENSITY OF USE REGULATIONS
- 1. Tracts shall be five (5)
acres or larger.
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- 2. Tracts which are smaller
than five (5) acres shall be considered as a subdivision and shall be
platted in accordance with the subdivision regulations and must be rezoned.
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- E. HEIGHT REGULATIONS Except
as otherwise provided herein, no building or structure shall exceed the following
height restrictions:
- 1. When the building or structure
is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a residential district zone, said building or
structure shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.
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- F. YARD REGULATIONS
- 1. Front Yard - The front yards in this district
shall be a minimum depth of forty (40) feet.
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- 2. Side Yard - The side yards in this district for
every dwelling, except accessory buildings, shall not be less than twenty-five
(25) feet.
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- 3. Rear Yard - The rear yards in this district for
every dwelling, except accessory buildings, shall not be less than forty(40)
feet.
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- G. PARKING REGULATIONS
- 1. Dwellings - Two (2) off-street parking spaces
shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
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- 2. Schools - Schools shall be provided with off-street
parking spaces as follows:
Elementary - Two (2) parking spaces for each classroom.
Jr. High Schools - Two (2) parking spaces for each
classroom.
High School - Eight (8) parking spaces
for each classroom plus
one (1) space for each two employees.
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- 3. Churches and other places of public assembly -
One (1) off-street parking space shall be provided for each four (4)
seats based upon the maximum designed seating capacity,
including choir lofts.
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