The AG agriculture district encompasses contiguous territory located within LaSalle County, lying outside the corporate limits and within one and one-half (11/2) miles of the corporate limits of the village. These areas have traditionally been used as farms. (Ord. 92-09, 4-14-1992)

The following requirements are applicable in the AG agriculture district: (Ord. 92-09, 4-14-1992; amd. 2003 Code)

   A.   Minimum lot area: 5 acres.

   B.   Minimum lot width: 200 feet.

   C.   Minimum lot depth: 400 feet.

   D.   Minimum setbacks:

      1.   From front lot line: The front setback line shall be not less than 70 feet from the centerline of a township street or road, 100 feet from the centerline of a county highway and 175 feet from the centerline of a federal or state highway.

      2.   Side yards:

         a.   Minimum total setback from both side lot lines: 25 feet.

         b.   Minimum setback from either side lot line: 10 feet.

      3.   From rear lot line: 50 feet.

   E.   Maximum height: No structure shall exceed 3 stories or 100 feet in height. (Ord. 92-09, 4-14-1992)

Church or similar place worship, parish house, church hall, or rectory or convent.

Country club, private.

Farms.

Home garden.

Nurseries and/or greenhouses.

Nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school or high school; private.

One single-family dwelling or one two-family dwelling per lot.

Riding stable; provided, that the confining or sheltering of applicable animals is not within five hundred feet (500') of a lot having an area of less than one acre and improved with a single-family dwelling. (Ord. 92-09, 4-14-1992; amd. Ord. 09-03, 7-1-2003)

Agricultural implement sales.

Airport with unsurfaced runway.

Animal hospitals.

Cemeteries.

Churches and other places of formal worship.

Clubs or lodges, private; but not those which have as their chief activity a service customarily carried on as a business.

Golf courses, regulation size.

Government uses.

Home occupations (see section 11-10-2 of this title).

Hospital or institution of an educational, religious, charitable or philanthropic nature; provided, that it be located in a lot which contains at least one acre.

Schools, public or private.

Training of security related canines and handlers.

Utility substations (see section 11-10-5 of this title).

Wholesale and/or retail sale of farm products produced and prepared on site together with the sale of other related items. (Ord. 92-09, 4-14-1992; amd. Ord. 3-99, 5-4-1999; 2003 Code; Ord. 9-03, 7-1-2003; Ord. 17-04, 5-4-2004)