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Rochester City Zoning Code

35-61 A-1

General Farming District

   A.   Uses. Uses in the A-1 General Farming District are allowed and/or limited as set forth below and in the referenced sections of this Municipal Code.
      1.   Permitted Principal Uses.
         Apiculture
         Dairying
         Forestry
         Grazing, pasturage and paddocks
         Greenhouses, plant nurseries, floriculture
         Raising of hay, cash crop grain, mint, grass, seed crops, silage, tree fruits, nuts and berries, and vegetables
         Livestock raising, including poultry, provided that new or expanded livestock facilities with 500 or more animal units require a license and must meet the requirements as set forth in Chapter 39
         Orchards
         Paddocks and pasturage
         Stables
         Truck farming permitted in s. 35-64, A-4 Truck Farming District, subject to the size and height requirements provided therein.
         Viticulture
      2.   Accessory Uses.
         Farm dwellings for those farm owners and laborers actually engaged in a principal use and residential dwellings for the parents and children of the farm owners are accessory uses to the farm operation but shall comply with all the dwelling requirements of the A-2 General Farming and Residential District. Such residential dwellings for parents and children are permitted as such a use is in compliance with the adopted farmland preservation plan. A separate, recorded lot shall be recorded for such dwellings.
         Existing dwellings not accessory to any farm operation and farm dwellings remaining after consolidation of neighboring farms are permitted but shall comply with all the provisions of the A-2 General Farming and Residential District.
         Not more than one roadside stand on any one farm shall be permitted as an accessory use.
         See also s. 35-21 of this Chapter.
      3.   Conditional Uses. See s. 35-100.
         Animal hospitals, provided the lot area is not less than three acres, and all principal structures and uses are not less than 100 feet from any residential district
         Commercial raising, training 6 , propagation, boarding or butchering of animals not defined as livestock, including but not limited to dogs, mink, rabbits, foxes, emus, ostriches, camels, alpacas and llamas
         Condenseries, creameries, pea vineries
         Grain elevators, commercial grain storage and seed operations, which operate exclusive of any farm operation
         Migratory laborer’s housing
         Worm farms and sod farms.
         Airstrips and landing fields for the use of the property owner for personal and farm related activities
   B.   Area Requirements
Lot (Farm)
Width
Minimum 150 feet
 
 
 
 
Area
Minimum 35 Acres.
 
 
 
Building/Structure:
 
 
Dwelling
Height
Maximum 50 feet
 
 
Area
Minimum
1,200 sq. ft. single story;
1,700 sq. ft. multiple story
 
Agricultural Structures such as barns, silos, sheds and storage bins
 
Height   
Maximum: Two times the distance from the nearest lot line
 
Yard (Setbacks)
Street
Minimum 100 feet
 
 
Side
Minimum 100 feet
 
 
Rear
Minimum 100 feet