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Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.36 A-R

AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

(A) Purpose. This district permits low density uses and other uses customarily conducted in agricultural areas.

(B) Permissive uses.

(1) One single-family dwelling per lot or one mobile home per lot;

(2) Incidental structures such as private workshops, storage, recreation, hobby, greenhouses, accessory dwelling unit or accessory living space, or for the keeping or housing of domestic animals and/or agricultural products;

(3) Home occupations;

(4) Raising of nursery products;

(5) Parks, open spaces, recreational parks, and public facilities;

(6) Agricultural activity provided the lot has an area of at least one acre:

(a) Stand for display or sale of agricultural products provided the number of stands is limited to one for each lot and that the size of the stand does not exceed 400 square feet of floor area.

(b) Animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and goats for commercial purposes; provided, that one head of cattle or horses does not exceed one for each 10,000 square feet of open lot area, one sheep or goat for each 4,000 square feet, or equivalent combination. All livestock and poultry shall be kept in such a manner as not to constitute a nuisance, through violation of the following regulations:

1. Offensive noise, odor, or dust shall be effectively controlled;

2. Areas devoted to livestock and poultry, including accessory buildings or structures, shall be constructed and maintained to discourage concentration and breeding of insect pests;

3. All animals shall be confined within the owner’s property boundaries;

(7) Temporary, emergency, construction, and repair residences, as defined in Article III, Section 154.75(C);

(8) Community residential care facility up to 10 persons, including any staff residents, providing all city regulations are met;

(9) Family child care facility with a capacity of six or less;

(10) Public utilities;

(11) Churches, other places of worship, Sunday school building, and parish house.

(C) Conditional uses (requiring use permit).

(1) Hospitals and institutions of an educational nature;

(2) Nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and other private or special schools;

(3) Fur-bearing animal farm;

(4) Kennel, veterinary hospital;

(5) Family child care facility with a capacity of seven or more;

(6) Hobby breeders and animal foster care providers as per conditions listed under the R-1 Single-Family Residential District.

(Ord. 18-20)