This district is primarily designed to protect and to promote dairying and other forms of agriculture in Putnam County. Stand alone commercial or industrial uses not directly associated with and on the same property as the operation of an agricultural enterprise are not permitted.

(Res. of 7-17-2007(4))

The uses allowed in the AG-1 zoning district as a matter of right are subject to section 66-34, general requirements of this article, to performance standards of article III, and to the requirements and development standards of this district. Uses not listed herein are not permitted in this district, except as provided in section 66-36, undefined uses, of this article. Consult article III, performance standards, or the other zoning districts if the use you seek is not listed in this district.

(a)

Allowed uses.

Animal care, general.

Animal care, limited animal.

Animals, domestic.

Animals, exotic (conditional use only).

Bait sales.

Bed and breakfast.

Cabin or hunting lodge.

Campground.

Child day care center.

Dwelling, manufactured home.

Dwelling, single-family detached.

Event venue (conditional use only).

Fairgrounds and amusement parks.

Farm winery.

Farmer's market.

Fishing lake.

Hangar (airplane).

Helipad.

Kennel, commercial.

Kennel, noncommercial.

Landing strip, private.

Livestock sales.

Logging and timber but not including a permanent sawmill or the preparation or treatment of lumber for commercial sale.

Meat processing and packaging facilities.

Nursery.

Personal care home, congregate.

Personal care home, family.

Personal care home, group.

Private landing strip (airplane)

Produce stands.

Public and private hunting club.

Racetrack.

Recreation, outdoor.

Recreational vehicle park.

Religious facilities.

Riding stable, commercial (conditional use only).

Riding stable, private.

Sawmill, temporary/portable

Shooting range, indoor.

Shooting range, outdoor (conditional use only).

Short-term vacation rental.

Slaughterhouse.

Solar energy system. See chapter 53.

Transmission/communication towers.

Workshop

Zoos.

The following agricultural uses shall be allowed provided that the operation is conducted on a parcel of land that consist of at least five acres, and no structure used for housing poultry, livestock or hogs, no areas where manure is stored and no odor or dust producing functions or machinery shall be located within 200 feet of a property line or 300 feet of a dwelling unit not located on same parcel. This shall not apply to any structures or uses existing prior to the adoption of this section.

Agricultural processing.

Animal production.

Aquaculture.

Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO).

Crop production.

Greenhouse production.

Horticultural production.

(b)

Accessory uses that may be contained within the principal structure or shall exist on the same property as the principal structure are as follows:

Commercial:

Cemetery, family burial plot.

Dwelling, family accessory dwelling unit, either enclosed as part of principal dwelling unit or separate structure. This building shall not be a manufactured home.

Dwelling, tenant.

Home occupation business.

(c)

Accessory uses as part of a subdivision.

Dock, community.

Recreation, community.

Recreation, outdoor.

Water treatment plant, private.

(Res. of 7-17-2007(4); Amend. of 3-18-2008; Amend. of 4-17-2012(2); Amend. of 9-17-2013(2); Ord. of 12-4-2020(1); Ord. of 12-3-2021(1); Ord. of 9-1-2023(1), § 3; Ord. of 6-25-2024(2))

(a)

Minimum lot size: Five acres.

(b)

Minimum road frontage: 50 feet. On a cul-de-sac: 40 feet.

(c)

Minimum lot width at the building setback line: 100 feet.

(d)

Minimum setback requirements for the residential principal structure are as follows:

(1)

Front setback: 30 feet.

(2)

Side setback: 20 feet.

(3)

Rear setback: 20 feet.

(4)

Setback from Lake Sinclair, Lake Oconee, creek, or river: 65 feet.

(5)

State highway/main arterial road setback: 50 feet.

(e)

Minimum set requirements for commercial structures are as follows:

(1)

Front setback: 100 feet.

(2)

Side setback: 50 feet.

(3)

Rear setback: 50 feet.

(4)

Setback from Lake Sinclair, Lake Oconee, creek, or river: 65 feet.

(5)

State highway/main arterial road setback: 100 feet.

(f)

Minimum setback requirements for allowed accessory uses, including accessory buildings, decks, porches, carports, garages, swimming pools and other allowed accessory buildings are as follows:

(1)

Front setback: 30 feet.

(2)

Side setback: 20 feet.

(3)

Rear setback: 20 feet.

(4)

State highway/main arterial road setback: 50 feet.

(g)

Maximum height of all structures: 35 feet from highest point grade for any residential structures, 45 feet from highest point of grade for any nonresidential structures (except silos or water towers).

(h)

Minimum residential heated floor area:

(1)

Dwelling, single-family detached: 1,000 square feet.

(2)

Dwelling, manufactured home: 600 square feet.

(3)

Cabin or Hunting Lodge: 600 square feet.

(i)

Minimum off-street parking spaces is two spaces for the principal use and one additional off-street space for each 1,000 square feet of accessory use.

(j)

Up to one family accessory dwelling unit is permitted per lot.

(k)

A maximum of three tenant dwellings.

(l)

Slaughterhouses are only allowed on a minimum of 20 acres; not allowed on existing nonconforming lots of record.

(m)

Racetracks are not allowed on existing nonconforming lots of record.

(n)

Maximum lot coverage by impervious surface: 35 percent.

(Res. of 7-17-2007(4); Amend. of 4-17-2012(2); Amend. of 9-17-2013(2); Ord. of 12-4-2020(1); Ord. of 2-16-2021(3); Ord. of 12-3-2021(1); Ord. of 6-25-2024(2))

Editor's note— Ord. of 12-4-2020(1) repealed §§ 66-74—66-76, which pertained to AG-2 Agriculture District and derived from Res. of 7-17-2007(4); Amend. of 4-17-2012(2); and Amend. of 9-17-2013(2).