The purpose of the General Agriculture Zone (GA) is to protect and preserve for present and future utilization commercially viable important agriculture resource production areas.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

(a)

The following uses shall be permitted in the General Agriculture Zone (GA):

(1)

Agriculture, timber management, wildlife management, agricultural product sales, animal breeding and boarding, and employee housing;

(2)

One dwelling unit and, on any parcel of eighty (80) acres or more, one additional dwelling unit;

(2.1)

Accessory dwelling units as set forth in Article 45, Accessory Dwelling Units, of this chapter; and

(3)

Child day care homes, limited child day care homes, and home businesses.

(b)

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the issuance of a special use permit:

(1)

Mining, limited electric generation, home industry, public utility facilities, public service facilities, agricultural auction yards, agricultural processing, transport stations, veterinary services, outdoor shooting ranges, hunting clubs, and commercial social events; and

(2)

On land of a soil type not suitable for identification as an important agricultural area, non-commercial campgrounds, recreation facilities, and resorts.

(c)

The following uses shall be permitted subject to the issuance of a planned development permit:

(1)

Dwelling units at the ratio of up to one per forty (40) acres of lot area.

(d)

The following use shall be permitted subject to the issuance of an administrative use permit:

(1)

Commercial social events, limited.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 24, Ord. 86-623, eff. February 6, 1986, and Exh. A, § 6, Ord. 873, eff. October 31, 1996; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2019-1116, adopted January 22, 2019; § 3(Exh. A), Ord. 2020-1129, adopted May 19, 2020; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. No. 2024-1154, adopted May 7, 2024)

No structure in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall exceed sixty (60') feet in height, except for dwelling units, which shall not exceed thirty-five (35') feet, and windmills, silos, elevators, and barns, which may be any height.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

(a)

The minimum gross lot area in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall be forty (40) acres.

(b)

The minimum width shall be three hundred (300) feet.

(c)

When a parcel resulting from a lot line adjustment contains an area zoned General Agriculture Zone (GA), that area shall be of at least the minimum area required by subsection (a) of this section, or the lot line adjustment shall be denied.

(d)

Each dwelling unit and accessory buildings shall cover no more than one (1) acre. Miscellaneous permitted compatible uses shall cover no more than one (1) acre.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 4, Ord. 94-834, eff. June 23, 1994; § 3(Exh. A), Ord. 2020-1129, adopted May 19, 2020)

The minimum yard requirements in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall be as follows, except as modified by Section 9-2.419 of Article 4 of this Chapter (General Requirements: Yards) and Sec. 9-2.4504 of Article 45 of this Chapter (Accessory Dwelling Units: Development Standards):

(a)

Front yards: Not less than twenty (20') feet; and

(b)

Side and rear yards: Not less than five (5') feet.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985, as amended by § 1, Ord. 91-762, eff. October 3, 1991; § 18, Ord. No. 2004-998, adopted January 6, 2004; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. 2018-1114, adopted October 9, 2018; § 1(Exh. A), Ord. No. 2024-1154, adopted May 7, 2024)

Parking and loading in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall be as required by Section 9-2.414 of Article 4 of this chapter (General Requirements: Parking and loading).

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)

(a)

Signs in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall be as permitted by Section 9-2.416 of Article 4 of this chapter (General Requirements: Signs).

(b)

Business signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.

(§ 3, Ord. 84-593, eff. January 3, 1985)