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Germantown Hills City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 9

A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

9-9-1: PERMITTED USES:

Within the agricultural district, the following uses are permitted:
   Dwellings, one-family; provided, that the minimum lot area for each dwelling unit is one acre. The regulations and standards of section 9-6A-3 of this title shall apply.
   Farm buildings used for growing, harvesting and preparing crop products for market, or for use on the farm, or for storing and protecting farm machinery and equipment from the elements.
   Farm dwellings occupied by farm owners, operators, tenants or seasonal or year round hired farmworkers.
   Growing, harvesting and storing of crops, including legume, hay, grain, fruit and truck or vegetable crops, floriculture, horticulture, mushroom growing, nurseries, orchards, forestry, and greenhouse.
   Keeping, raising, or feeding livestock or poultry, including dairying, poultry, swine, sheep, goats, beef cattle, pony and horse productions, fur farms, or beekeeping or such structures for housing livestock or poultry, products for market; such use shall not be located closer than four hundred feet (400') to the residential district boundaries. (Ord. 158, 6-15-1978)

9-9-2: REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS:

   A.   Minimum Lot Size: The minimum lot size shall be two (2) acres, with a minimum lot width of two hundred twenty feet (220').
   B.   Yards And Open Space: The following setback line regulations and standards shall apply to all structures, except as are permitted in yards:
      1.   Front Yards:
         a.   Where the lots abut an arterial street as designated on the official zoning map, the minimum setback shall be one hundred fifty feet (150') from the centerline of such right of way, but not less than fifty feet (50') from the right of way line.
         b.   Where the lot abuts a collector or a minor street as designated on the official zoning map, the minimum setback line shall be one hundred feet (100') as measured from the centerline of such right of way, but not less than sixty feet (60') from the right of way line. (Ord. 158, 6-15-1978)
      2.   Side Yard: Each side yard shall be a minimum of thirty feet (30'), and for each additional story above the first two (2) stories, an additional ten feet (10'). (Ord. 158, 6-15-1978; amd. 2012 Code)
      3.   Rear Yard: The rear yard shall be a minimum of one hundred feet (100'). (Ord. 158, 6-15-1978)