Alma City Zoning Code
§ 9
AG Agricultural District.
A.
Purpose.
The AG District is intended to be used primarily in areas where agricultural uses should be retained, where scattered non-farm growth should be prevented, and as a temporary classification for newly annexed lands.
B.
Uses permitted.
The following uses shall be permitted:
(1)
Any customary agricultural use, building, or structure, including nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, truck farms and animal farms.
(2)
Single-family detached residential dwellings.
(3)
Churches and parish houses; cemeteries and crematories for the human dead; school(s) and colleges, including dormitories; public buildings and structures of the recreational, cultural, administrative and public service type; parks, playgrounds, and neighborhood recreational centers.
(4)
Private noncommercial recreation areas, including country clubs, riding stables, swim clubs, and similar uses.
(5)
Dairies and related establishments for processing milk products, not including retailing.
(6)
Public utilities and railroad right-of-way and tracks, not including terminals, railroad yards, reservoirs, water towers pumping plants, or storage yards.
C.
Conditional uses.
The following uses shall be permitted only if expressly authorized by the City Council:
(1)
Hospitals for human care and veterinary hospitals of any kind, provided that the hospital grounds shall be distant at least two hundred (200) feet from any residential district.
(2)
Utility stations and communications. Static transformer stations, booster stations, transmitters and utility stations, when operating requirements necessitate locating in the district, provided there is no yard or garage for service or storage, and provided further that the premises upon which the utility station is erected and maintained shall be appropriately landscaped and screened so as to be in harmony with the general appearance of the neighborhood, and not objectionable as to noise, odor, vibration or other disturbances.
(3)
Radio and television transmitter tower.
(4)
Satellite dishes.
D.
Accessory uses.
Accessory uses, buildings, or structures customarily incidental to any aforesaid permitted or conditionally permitted uses, including the following:
E.
Area, yard; height; and lot coverage requirements.
The requirements regulating the minimum lot size, minimum yard sizes (front, side, and rear) maximum building height (stories and feet), and maximum percent of lot coverage by buildings, as pertains to this district, shall conform with the provisions of Section 19, "Schedule of District Regulations" and other applicable provisions of Section 20, "Supplementary District Regulations."
(Ordinance 2021-5-1 adopted 5/25/21)