Rapid City City Zoning Code

17.34 GAD

General Agricultural District

17.34.010 General description.

This district is intended to provide for land situated on the fringe of the urban area that is used for agricultural purposes, but will be undergoing urbanization in the future. Most of these areas will be in close proximity to residential and commercial uses and therefore the agricultural activities conducted in this district should not be detrimental to urban land uses. It is not intended that this district provide a location for a lower standard of residential, commercial or industrial development than is authorized in other districts. The types of uses, area and intensity of use of land which is authorized in this district is designed to encourage and protect agricultural uses until urbanization is warranted and the appropriate change in district classification is made.

17.34.020 Uses permitted.

Property and buildings in a general agricultural district shall be used only for the following purposes:

A. Detached single-family dwellings, but not including manufactured homes;

B. Churches or similar places of worship, with accessory structures, but not including missions or revival tents;

C. Public schools, or schools offering general educational courses similar to those ordinarily given in the public schools and having no rooms regularly used for housing or sleeping;

D. Agricultural crops;

E. The raising of farm animals, but not the operation of commercial feed pens for livestock. On all tracts of land containing less than 40 acres, the raising of hogs shall be prohibited. And on all other tracts of 40 acres or more, the number of hogs shall not exceed 20 grain-fed or 3 garbage-fed hogs. Hogs shall not be located closer than 200 feet from the property line of the tract on which they are located;

F. Country clubs without on-sale liquor establishment;

G. Golf courses;

H. Home occupations as regulated in § 17.50.350 and associated signage as regulated by §§ 17.50.080 through 17.50.100;

I. Municipal uses;

J. Parks or playgrounds;

K. Garden centers and sod farms;

L. Accessory buildings, including barns, sheds and other farm buildings, private garages; and

M. Microcell wireless communications facilities on buildings as defined in § 17.50.400A.

17.34.030 Conditional uses.

The following may be permitted as conditional uses by the Planning Commission or City Council, in accordance with the provisions contained in § 17.54.030:

A. Lodge halls, veterans organizations, service organizations;

B. Airplane landing fields;

C. Cemeteries;

D. Kennels;

E. Radio and television station and transmission towers;

F. Stables, public;

G. Child care centers as regulated in § 17.50.150;

H. Historical monuments or structures;

I. Community corrections facilities;

J. Country clubs with on-sale liquor establishments;

K. Veterinary clinics;

L. Microcell wireless communications facilities on poles as defined in § 17.50.400B;

M. Banquet halls with on sale liquor establishments;

N. Race tracks with on-sale liquor establishments;

O. Planned developments as regulated in this title;

P. Temporary quarries or mines for construction aggregate and rock to be processed and used in construction, subject to the following:

1. The property and/or lot(s) is at least 40 acres.

2. Any application for a conditional use permit must include the following additional items:

a. Documentation that all necessary state and/or federal permits and licenses have been obtained, as applicable;

b. Site plan showing the area to be mined/quarried and including the location of temporary structures, parking, access and utilities;

c. Written operation plan which identifies the type of material to be mined/quarried, the estimated quantity of material to be displaced, and the anticipated volume of truck traffic;

d. Master plan;

e. Phasing plan;

f. Haul road route plan;

g. Reclamation plan, including a cost estimate, and a surety for reclamation of the site;

h. Stormwater management plan; and

i. Air quality compliance plan.

3. Upon receipt of an application for a conditional use permit under this section, Development staff will notify the Mayor and the Common Council of the application at least 10 business days before the Planning Commission meeting at which the application will be considered.

4. Prior to the initiation of the conditional use, the temporary quarry or mine must obtain all required city and county permits, licenses, and agreements, as well as any state and federal permits or licenses. Failure to obtain and possess a necessary permit or license may result in revocation of the conditional use permit.

5. The temporary quarry or mining complies with all laws, ordinances and regulations related to permits, operation, and reclamation, including but not limited to SDCL Chapter 45-6, SDCL Chapter 45-6B, and SDCL Chapter 45-6C.

6. The maximum period of time for any conditional use permit issued to a temporary quarry or mining is 36 months. The permit holder may apply for a major amendment to the conditional use permit to extend the time the conditional use is permitted, but under no circumstance may the conditional use be permitted for more than 5 years, including time spent on reclamation of the site.

17.34.040 Area regulations.

All buildings shall be set back from street right-of-way lines and lot lines to comply with the following yard requirements:

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 25 feet from the front property line.

b. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 25 feet from the front property line.

b. Side loaded garages (attached to the dwelling) shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the front property line.

c. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

a. Dwellings and detached garages shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the front property line.

b. Side loaded garages (attached to the dwelling) shall be set back not less than 15 feet from the front property line.

c. All other main and accessory structures, including churches, shall be set back not less than 35 feet from the front property line.

1. For dwellings of 1 story located on interior lots, there shall be a side yard on each side of the main building of not less than 8 feet and of not less than 12 feet for dwellings of more than 1 story. For unattached buildings of accessory use there shall be a side yard of not less than 8 feet; provided, however, that, unattached 1-story buildings of accessory use shall not be required to set back more than 5 feet from an interior side lot line when all parts of the accessory building are located not less than 90 feet from the front property line.

2. Churches and main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings, and buildings accessory to dwellings, shall set back from all exterior and interior side lot lines a distance of not less than 35 feet.

C. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard for a main building of not less than 25 feet or 20% of the depth of the lot, whichever is smaller. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building, but shall not be closer than 5 feet from the rear property line.

D. Setback from section lines. Principal and accessory buildings and structures shall be set back no less than 58 feet from any section line. No setback is required from any legally vacated section line; however, if the vacated section line forms a property line, the applicable side, rear or front yard setbacks shall be observed.

E. Lot width. For dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of 65 feet at the front building line, and the lot shall abut on a street for a distance of not less than 25 feet.

1. For each dwelling and buildings accessory thereto, there shall be a lot area of not less than 20 acres.

2. For churches and main and accessory buildings other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings, the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this section and the off-street parking areas required in § 17.50.270 of this title.

G. Coverage. Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than 25% of the lot area on interior lots, and 30% of the lot area on corner lots. Accessory buildings shall not cover more than 20% of the rear yard.

17.34.050 Height regulations.

No building shall exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet in height except as provided in § 17.50.260. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height.