CHAPTER 3

AGRICULTURE DISTRICT PROVISIONS

300.    Purposes
301.    Principal Uses
302.    Accessory Uses
303.    Bulk and Area Requirements
304.    Special Exception Uses, Requirements

SECTION 300. PURPOSES OF AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

The Agriculture District Is designed to:

A. Encourage and protect agricultural land until an orderly transition to urban development may be accomplished.

B. Discourage wasteful scattering of development in rural areas.

C. Obtain economy of public fund expenditures for improvements and services.

SECTION 301. PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

The principal uses permitted in the Agriculture District are designated by use units. The use units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off-street parking, loading, screening requirements and other use conditions in Chapter 12. The use units permitted in the Agriculture District are set forth in Table 1.

Table 1
Use Units Permitted in the Agriculture District*

	Use Units	District
No.	Name	AG
1.	Area-Wide Uses by Right	X
2.	Area-Wide Special Exception	E
3.	Agriculture	X
4.	Public Protection & Utility Facilities	X****
5.	Community Services & Similar Uses	E
6.	Single-Family Dwelling	X
8	Multifamily Dwelling & Similar Uses	E**
9.	Manufactured Home Dwelling	E
11.	Offices, Studios & Support Services	E***
20.	Commercial Recreation: Intensive	E
24.	Mining and Mineral Processing	E

     *X =    Use by Right
      E =    Special Exception
      ** =    Community group home, convent, monastery and novitiate are the only uses within Use Unit 8 permitted by special exception in the AG District.
    *** =    Adult day care and children’s nursery are the only uses within Use Unit 11 permitted by special exception in the AG District
    **** =    Antenna and Supporting Structures require Board of Adjustment approval.

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SECTION 302. ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

A. Accessory Uses Permitted

Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an Agriculture District shall be permitted in such district. In addition, the uses set forth in Table 2 shall be permitted as accessory uses.

Table 2
Accessory Uses Permitted In the Agriculture District

	Uses	District
1.	Bulletin Boards	AG
2.	Home Occupation As permitted by Section 402.B.6.a As permitted by Section 402.B.6.b. and 404.B*	AG AG
3.	Identification Signs	AG
4.	Real Estate Signs	AG
5.	Parking/Storage of Recreational Vehicles	AG
6.	Antennas and Supporting Structures	AG

*By Special Exception requiring Board of Adjustment approval subject to the requirements set forth in Section 404.B.

B. Accessory Use Conditions

1. General Conditions

      a.     An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part of the principal building, and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.
      b.     Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum yard or building setback requirements.
      c.     Antennas and their supporting structures which are accessory to a residential use are permitted to be mounted on a residential dwelling or customary accessory building; provided that it does not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height measured from the average ground elevation at the residential dwelling to the highest horizontal point of the antenna supporting structure and that the surface area of all such mounted antennas shall not exceed ten (10) square feet. Only one (1) side having the largest surface area is to be calculated. These provisions do not apply to principal use antennas or to antennas which are accessory to uses requiring Board of Adjustment approval.
      d.     Structures other than a dwelling or customary accessory building which are used to support accessory antennas (including guy lines) shall:
     (1)     be located in the rear yard only, and limited to one (1) such structure,
     (2)    not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height, measured from the average ground elevation at the residential dwelling to the highest horizontal point of the antenna supporting structure;
     (3)     not encroach upon the land or airspace of any abutting property, and
     (4)     not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in width above twenty-five (25) feet in height, exclusive of guy lines.
      e.    Uses within Use Units 12, 12a, and 15 through 28, inclusive, shall not be considered as home occupations and are prohibited in the agricultural district.

2. Accessory Signs in the AG District

a. One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional, or similar use requiring announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in display surface area, nor twenty (20) feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
b. One identification sign may be erected on each street frontage of a permitted nonresidential use. The sign shall not exceed two tenths (2/10) of a square foot of display surface area per lineal foot of street frontage; provided that in no event shall the sign be restricted to less than thirty-two (32) square feet nor permitted to exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet of display surface area. The sign shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.

3. Parking or Storage of Recreational Vehicles

a. Other than for purposes of loading and unloading, which shall take place within a forty-eight (48) hour period, recreational vehicles located in an AG District shall be parked or stored:

(1)     inside a garage; or
(2)     within a rear yard, if located at least three (3) feet from any lot line; provided where said lot line abuts a public street, the recreational vehicle shall not be parked or stored closer to the street than the existing dwelling; or
(3)     within a non-required side yard; or
(4)     within a required side yard if the recreational vehicle is less than six (6) feet in height (excluding the height of an outboard motor or windshield) and it is screened by a six (6) foot screening fence along the lot line nearest the vehicle and extending the full length of the vehicle; or
(5)     within the front yard, provided:

[a]     space is not available or there is no reasonable access to either the side yard or rear yard; a corner lot shall always deemed to have reasonable access to the rear yard; a fence shall not necessarily deemed to prevent reasonable access;
[b]     parking inside the garage is not possible because of the size of the garage structure;
[c]     the unit is parked perpendicular to the front lot line;
[d]     the body of the recreational vehicle is at least twelve (12) feet from the face of the curb or traveled portion of the street, but in no instance shall any portion of the vehicle extend over a sidewalk; and,
[e]     not more than one (1) recreational vehicle is parked or stored in the front yard. A boat that is loaded on a boat trailer shall be considered one (1) recreational vehicle.

b. The parking and storage of recreational vehicles in an AG District is permitted as set out above, provided:

(1)     The vehicle is not used for dwelling purposes;
(2)     the vehicle is not permanently connected to sewer lines, water lines, or electricity; and
(3)     the vehicle is not used for storage of goods, materials, or equipment other than those items considered to be a part of the unit or essential for its use as a recreational vehicle.

c. The Board of Adjustment may, as a minor special exception, permit recreational vehicles to be parked or stored in the front yard or required side yard if the conditions listed in subsection 302.B.3.a cannot be met.

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SECTION 303. BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

Table 3
Bulk and Area Requirements in the Agriculture District

		District AG
LOT WIDTH (Minimum)			200 feet
LOT AREA (Minimum)			2 acres
LAND AREA PER DWELLING UNIT (Minimum)			2.2 acres
FRONT YARD AND ANY YARD ABUTTING A PUBLIC STREET (Minimum)
Measured from Centerline of abutting street, add to the distance designated in the column to the right, 1/2 of right-of-way designated on Major Street Plan: or 25 feet if not designated on the Major Street Plan:
	Arterial or Freeway Service Road		35 feet
	Not an Arterial or Freeway Service Road		25 feet
SIDE YARDS (Minimum)
	One side yard		10 feet
	Other side yard		5 feet
REAR YARD (Minimum)			40 feet
BUILDING HEIGHT (Maximum) NA

SECTION 304. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES IN AN AGRICULTURE DISTRICT

The Special Exception Uses permitted in the Agriculture District, as designated in Table 1, are subject to the requirements set out below, and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Adjustment.

A. The accessory use provisions of the Agriculture District pertaining to signs are applicable to accessory signs for uses permitted by special exception.

B. Special Exception uses shall conform to the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located, unless the use unit requirements are more restrictive, in which case the more restrictive shall control.

C. A nursing home shall meet the use conditions as set forth in Section 1202.C.5 of this code. A community group home, convent, monastery and novitiate shall meet the use conditions as set forth in Section 1208.C.4 of this Code.

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