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Rochester City Zoning Code

35-64. A-4

Truck Farming District.

   A.   Uses. Uses allowed in the A-4 Truck 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, floriculture, greenhouses, horticulture, nurseries, orchards, viticulture
      Paddocks, raising of horses not to exceed three horses per five acres
      Raising of cash crops
      Truck farming
      Farm dwellings for those resident owners actually engaged in a principal agricultural use
      Existing dwellings not accessory to any farm operation or dwellings remaining after consolidation of neighboring farms are permitted but shall comply with all provisions of the R-8 Suburban Residential District
      2.   Accessory Uses.
      Residential dwellings for laborers actually engaged in a principal agricultural use are accessory uses in the farm operation but shall comply with all provisions of the R-8 Suburban Residential District. See s. 35-21 of this Chapter.
      Not more than one roadside stand per farm shall be permitted as an accessory use.
      3.   Conditional Uses. See s. 35-100 of this Chapter
      Airstrips and landing fields for the use of the property owner for personal and farm related activities
      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
      Creameries, condenseries, pea vineries
   B.   Area requirements
Lot (Farm)
Width
Minimum 300 feet
 
 
 
 
Area
Minimum 10 acres
Building/Structure:
 
 
Dwelling
Height
Maximum 35 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