The purpose of this district is to provide for agricultural areas within the City and to protect and conserve these areas within and adjacent to urban development. The regulations of this district are designed to protect, stabilize and enhance the development of agricultural resources and to prohibit those activities which would adversely affect the urban-rural characteristics of this district.

(Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99)

[The following are uses permitted in this district:]

(1) Single-family dwellings.

(2) Field crops such as cotton, grain, vegetables, fruit trees, flowers.

(3) Raising and marketing of poultry, rabbits and other small domesticated animals provided they are contained within a fence or cage. No slaughtering of animals for commercial purposes.

(4) Agrarian subdivisions, subject to:

(a) Livestock raising and grazing is permitted for a maximum of one (1) livestock animal per seven thousand (7,000) square feet of lot area.

(b) No more than one (1) hog, weighing more than fifty (50) pounds, may be kept per thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet of lot area.

(c) All animals must be contained in a stock-tight fence and/or corral. Such fence or corral shall not be permitted closer than one hundred (100) feet to the front property line. For corner lots, no such fence or corral shall be located closer to the side right-of-way line than the principal building.

(d) Accessory buildings used specifically for animals and fowl, provided they are located within the area fenced for animals and maintain the same front yard requirements as provided for the principal building.

(5) Farm roadside stand.

(6) Riding stables (minimum area, ten (10) acres).

(7) Home occupations, in accordance with Article XXII, section 35-2215 of this Code.

(8) Fences, walls, landscape screens not exceeding seven (7) feet in height adjacent to rear and side property lines and not to exceed three (3) feet in height adjacent to front yard.

(9) Swimming pools, private, in accordance with Article XXII, section 35-2205 of this Code.

(10) One (1) accessory building, In accordance with Article XXII, section 35-2202 of this Code.

(11) Signs are permitted in accordance with the Chandler Sign Code [Chapter 39].

(12) Storage shed, In accordance with Article XXII, section 35-2203 of this Code.

(13) Accessory dwelling units, in accordance with Article XXII, section 35-2202.2 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99; Ord. No. 4931, § 2(Exh.), 8-13-20; Ord. No. 5075, § 2(Exh.), 2-22-24; Ord. No. 5113, § 2(Exh.), 12-9-24)

(1) Any other use determined by the Council to be compatible with other uses in the area and consistent with the general plan [are permitted by use permit].

(Ord. No. 1251, § 1, 10-10-83; Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99)

(1) Height regulations: No building shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height at the building setback line, except any building may exceed such height provided that at no point it projects above a line sloping inward and upward at a forty-five (45) degree angle at the required setback line to a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet.

(2) Front yard: The yard requirements shall be determined by the right-of-way width of the street the lot fronts. The following schedule indicates front yard requirements:

For through lots, a front yard shall be required from the street which the principal building will front.

(3) Side yard:

(a) Interior lots: Each side yard shall not be less than thirty (30) feet.

(b) Corner lots: For street side, the minimum side yard shall be one-half (½) as required for a front yard for the abutting street but in no case less than thirty (30) feet. Interior side yards shall be a minimum of thirty (30) feet.

(4) Rear yard: No rear yard shall be less than forty (40) feet.

(5) Intensity of lot use: For residential purposes, dwelling units shall not exceed one (1) unit per net acre (forty-three thousand (43,000) square feet). In no event shall all buildings cover more than forty (40) percent of the net lot area.

(Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99)

All required off-street parking shall be in accordance with Article XVIII of this Code.

(Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99)