The regulations as set forth in this section or elsewhere in this chapter which are applicable, shall apply in the “A-1” Existing Agricultural District.

1.   Purpose and Intent. This district is intended to provide a district which will allow the existing agricultural and undeveloped areas of the City to be retained and utilized in their current state, and prevent scattered non-farm uses from developing improperly.

2.   Principal Permitted Uses. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.

   A.   Continuation of the existing uses actually being made of each parcel as of October 8, 1996, as well as any uses made of the parcel on a substantial basis during the immediately preceding five years, at the same general level of intensity and density of such uses.

   B.   Crops, grazing, truck gardening, nurseries, other agriculture uses, and the usual agriculture buildings and structures, including farm residences, provided that no permanent dwelling units shall be erected thereon unless the tract contains 10 or more acres.

   C.   Forestry, silviculture, and tree farming.

   D.   Management for watershed, and for fish and wildlife habitat, hunting, and fishing.

   E.   Any use erected or maintained by a public agency.

   F.   Public utility structures and equipment necessary for the operation thereof.

   G.   Transmitting stations and towers.

   H.   Any other uses, including recreational uses, that (i) are compatible with one or more of the foregoing uses actually being made or to which the parcel is suited, and (ii) do not require substantial new construction, grading, fill, improvements, road-cutting, clear-cutting, draining, dredging, or other modifications of the existing surface features of the parcel.

3.   Accessory Uses:

   A.   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.

   B.   Bulletin boards and signs pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises, or signs pertaining to any material that is grown, or treated within the District; provided however, such signs shall be located upon or immediately adjacent to the building or in the area in which such materials are treated, processed, or stored.

4.   Height Regulations. Any building hereafter erected or structurally altered may be erected to any height not in conflict with any other provision of this Code of Ordinances.

5.   Lot Area, Lot Frontage and Yard Requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed:

   A.   Lot area   5 acres

   B.   Lot width   200 feet

   C.   Front yard depth   50 feet

   D.   Side yard (least width on any one side)   50 feet

   E.   Width (minimum sum of both side yards)   100 feet

   F.   Rear yard depth   50 feet

6.   Required Conditions. No commercial feed lot may be located closer than one-half mile from any “R” Residential District or “C” Commercial District.