Blue Ridge City Zoning Code
§ 6
“A-1” AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the “A-1” district:
6.1
PURPOSE: This zone is designated to provide for general ranching and farming under minimum restrictions.
6.2
USES PERMITTED: Single-family dwellings located on a lot of two acres or more, excluding mobile homes; customary home occupations; Farm, farm accessory buildings, ranch, garden, orchard, nursery, or truck garden; water reservoirs; water well. The following uses may be permitted when approved in the manner specified in Section 13 [14]: Manufactured Housing. Mobile homes are not permitted under any circumstances. Mobile homes already in place are subject to the conditions of Section 16 [17] of this ordinance.
6.3
CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted when approved in the manner specified in Section 13 [14]: Church buildings and other places of worship; County Club; golf courses with a minimum of forty (40) acres; radio, television, cell phone and pager transmitters, antennas and towers.
6.4
AREA REQUIREMENTS: Every structure, except fences, shall have minimum yard and other requirements as follows:
FRONT YARD: The minimum front yard distance from the property line to the building line shall be twenty-five (25) feet. |
REAR YARD: The minimum rear yard shall be ten (10) feet. SIDE YARD: The minimum side yard shall be fifteen (15) feet. |
LOT WIDTH: The minimum lot width shall be seventy-five (75) feet. |
LOT AREA: The minimum area of a lot in an agricultural zone shall be two (2) acres. LOT COVERAGE: The combined area of all principal building and accessory buildings shall not cover more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total area of the lot. |
HEIGHT LIMIT: A building shall not be over two and one-half stories in height and shall, in no event, exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. |
(Ordinance 2002-0305-AA, sec. 6, adopted 3/5/02)