Minerva City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1139
A-1 Agricultural District
1139.01 PERMITTED AND ACCESSORY USES.
The following regulations and the regulations contained in Chapter 1137
shall apply in A-1 Agricultural Districts.
(a) Principal Permitted Uses.
(1) Agriculture and usual agricultural buildings and structures. Nothing contained in this Zoning Ordinance shall prohibit the continued use of any land for agricultural purposes in Agricultural Districts or the construction or use of buildings or structures incidental to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which such buildings or structures are located, and no zoning certificate shall be required for any such use, building or structure.
(2) Single family dwellings.
(3) Public parks, playgrounds and community centers, private noncommercial recreation areas and centers including country clubs, swimming pools and golf courses, public and private forests, wildlife preserves and similar conservation areas.
(b) Accessory Uses. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, including:
(1) Living quarters of persons employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
(2) A private garage, parking space or stable.
(3) Customarily incidental home occupations and office of a resident physician, dentist, architect, engineer, attorney or similar professional person, including a sign not to exceed two square feet in area.
(4) The keeping of roomers or boarders by a resident family.
(5) Roadside stands, offering for sale only neighborhood agricultural products or other products produced on the premises.
(6) The keeping of animals and fowl as pets or for domestic use.
(7) Temporary buildings for the uses incidental to construction work, which building shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
1139.02 HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet in height, except as provided in Section 1157.03(a).
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)
1139.03 LOT AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REQUIREMENTS.
The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modified requirements contained in Section 1157.03.
SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM LOT, FRONTAGE AND YARD SIZES | |||||||
Lot Area (Sq.Ft.) | Lot Area Per Family (Sq.Ft.) | Minimum Required Front Yard Depth (Ft.) | Lot Width at Minimum Required Front Yard Depth (Ft.) | Side Yard Least Width (Ft.) | Widths Sum of Widths (Ft.) | Rear Yard Depths (Ft.) | |
Dwelling | 20,000 | 20,000 | 40 | 100 | 13 | 30 | 50 |
Other Permitted Uses | 1 Acre | 40 | 100 | 22 | 50 | 50 | |
(Ord. 11-71. Passed 5-25-71.)