The intent of the agricultural preservation district is to protect agricultural lands and lands consisting of natural growth from incompatible land uses in order to preserve land best suited to agricultural uses and land in which the natural environment shall be continued; to limit residential, commercial and industrial development to those areas where they are best suited for reasons of practicality and service delivery.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0101)

The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted in the agricultural preservation district:

A.

Any form of agriculture including the raising of crops, horticulture, animal husbandry and poultry husbandry yet excluding commercial feedlots;

B.

A family farm unit and their normal accessory buildings, including mobile homes;

C.

Railroad track right-of-way;

D.

Single-family dwellings and their normal accessory buildings; and

E.

Home occupations.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0102)

The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted in the agricultural preservation district:

A.

Roadside produce stands in conjunction with a bona fide farm operation on the premises; and

B.

Artificial lake(s) of three acres or less; and

C.

Horticultural endeavors including greenhouses and nurseries.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0103)

After notice and appropriate safeguards, the board of adjustment/planning commission may permit the following as special exceptions in the agricultural preservation district (AG-P):

1.

Fairgrounds, racetracks and amusement parks;

2.

Utility substations;

3.

Airports;

4.

Golf courses, country clubs and golf driving ranges;

5.

Amphitheaters, stadiums, drive-in movies, arenas and field houses;

6.

Go-cart tracks, riding stables, playfields, athletic fields, bowling, swimming pools and automobile parking;

7.

Public parks, public recreational areas, churches and schools;

8.

Commercial feedlots;

9.

Operation and maintenance terminal for truck and other equipment;

10.

Sand, gravel or quarry operation;

11.

Sanitary landfill sites in accordance with South Dakota Environmental Protection Agency regulations;

12.

Cemeteries;

13.

Kennels and veterinary operations;

14.

Farm-related bulk commodities;

15.

Farm-related agriculture business or agriculture processing;

16.

Wildlife propagation and game management;

17.

High voltage lines of three hundred forty-three KV or greater.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0104)

In the AG-P district the minimum lot width shall be not less one hundred fifty feet. The minimum lot area shall be one acre providing the density requirement is met. The maximum residential dwelling density is one residence per quarter-quarter section, except where more than one residence is necessary for persons employed on a farm, then additional dwellings may be allowed.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0105)

In the AG-P district all structures shall be set back not less than one hundred feet from all improved public roads measured from road right-of-way. The minimum sideyard and rear yard set back shall each be twenty feet.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0106)

Shelterbelts consisting of one or more rows when parallel to the right-of-way shall be set back in accordance with Appendix C. Replacement trees in existing shelterbelts are exempt from minimum shelterbelt requirements as long as its nonconformance is not increased.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0107)

Along all county roads, approaches shall be a minimum of five hundred feet apart. Each side of the road shall constitute a separate road.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 2.0108)