§ 62-1333. Agricultural, AGR.

The AGR agricultural zoning classification encompasses lands devoted primarily to productive agricultural pursuits and rural single-family residential development. This zoning classification also implements the county's future land use policies which require low-intensity uses and low-density development in the rural area to prevent urban sprawl.

(1)

Permitted uses.

a.

Permitted uses are as follows:

Single-family detached residential dwelling.

Mobile home residential dwelling.

Tenant dwellings: Where there are 20 acres or more of land under the same ownership, one tenant dwelling unit is permitted for each five acres, not to exceed a total of ten tenant dwellings.

Agricultural pursuits, including the packing and processing of commodities raised on the premises. The sale of products produced on the property and any other agricultural produce may be sold from roadside stands as provided in chapter 86, article IV.

Raising and grazing of animals.

Bed and breakfast inns.

Dude ranches, with a minimum site size of 40 acres.

Landscaping businesses.

Parks and public recreational facilities.

Pet kennels.

Plant nurseries and sale of plants raised on the premises.

Private golf courses.

Foster homes.

b.

Permitted uses with conditions are as follows (see division 5, subdivision II, of this article):

Fish camps.

Group homes, level I, subject to the requirements set forth in section 62-1835.9.

Power substations, telephone exchanges and transmission facilities.

Preexisting use.

Private parks and playgrounds.

Resort dwellings.

Temporary living quarters during construction of a residence.

Tenant dwellings: Mobile home.

Tiny house or a THOW.

(2)

Accessory buildings or uses. Accessory buildings and uses customary to residential and agricultural uses are permitted. (Refer to definition cited in section 62-1102 and standards cited in section 62-2100.5).

(3)

Conditional uses. Conditional uses are as follows:

Airplane runways.

Boarding of horses and horses for hire.

Captive wildlife (section 62-1958).

Change of nonconforming agricultural use.

Composting facility.

Development rights receipt and transfer.

Farmers' markets.

Guesthouses or servants' quarters, without kitchen facilities.

Hog farms.

Land alterations (over five acres).

Parking of recreational vehicles accessory to fish camps.

Private heliports (section 62-1943.5).

Roadside stands.

Security mobile homes.

Single-family residential second kitchen facility.

Skateboard ramps.

Substantial expansion of a preexisting use.

Temporary medical hardship mobile homes.

Towers and antennas (see division 5, subdivision III, of this article).

Veterinary hospital, office or clinic.

Zoological parks.

(4)

Minimum lot size. An area of not less than five acres is required, having a minimum width of 200 feet and a minimum depth of 300 feet.

(5)

Setbacks.

a.

Primary structures shall be set back not less than 25 feet from the front lot line, not less than 15 feet from the side lot lines and not less than 20 feet from the rear lot line. On corner lots, both street frontages shall be subject to the front yard setback.

b.

Accessory structures shall be set back not less than 15 feet from the side and rear lot lines and shall be located behind the front building line of the principal structure.

c.

Setbacks for barns and stalls are as follows:

1.

Front: 125 feet from the front lot line.

2.

Side: 50 feet from the side lot line.

3.

Rear: 50 feet from the rear lot line.

(6)

Minimum floor area. Minimum floor area is 750 square feet of living area.

(7)

Maximum height of structures. Maximum height of structures is as follows:

a.

Residential structures: 35 feet.

b.

Structures accessory to an agricultural use: 45 feet.

(Code 1979, § 14-20.08(C); Ord. No. 95-47, §§ 6, 7, 10-19-95; Ord. No. 95-49, § 18, 10-19-95; Ord. No. 95-51, § 2, 10-19-95; Ord. No. 96-16, §§ 6, 7, 3-28-96; Ord. No. 96-46, § 9, 10-22-96; Ord. No. 97-29, § 2, 8-12-97; Ord. No. 98-03, § 5, 1-29-98; Ord. No. 98-08, § 2, 2-10-98; Ord. No. 98-11, § 2, 2-26-98; Ord. No. 98-62, § 4, 12-3-98; Ord. No. 2002-49, § 4, 9-17-02; Ord. No. 2003-03, § 5, 1-14-03; Ord. No. 04-29, § 5, 8-5-04; Ord. No. 2004-52, § 3, 12-14-04; Ord. No. 2005-25, § 4, 5-19-05; Ord. No. 05-27, § 2, 5-19-05; Ord. No. 06-003, § 3, 1-10-06; Ord. No. 2007-59, § 8, 12-6-07; Ord. No. 2009-06, § 1(Exh. A), 2-5-09; Ord. No. 2011-17, § 3, 5-26-11; Ord. No. 2018-27, § 6, 12-4-18)