The purpose of the A-1 zone is to designate farm areas which are likely to undergo a more intensive urban development, to set up guidelines to continue agricultural pursuits, including the keeping of farm animals, and to direct orderly low-density residential development in a continuing rural environment.

(ZO § 14-1)

Permitted uses in the A-1 zone include:

1. Accessory building or use customarily incidental to any permitted use;
2. Agriculture, or agricultural experiment station;
3. Animals or fowl kept for family food production;
4. Cemetery;
5. Chinchilla raising;
6. Church synagogue or similar permanent building used for regular religious worship;
7. Cluster subdivision in accordance with Chapter 17.96
8. No animals or fowl shall be kept or maintained closer than forty (40) feet from any dwelling, and not closer than seventy-five (75) feet from any dwelling on adjacent lot. Any barn, stable, coop, pen, corral or enclosure for the housing or keeping of animals or fowl shall be kept, constructed or maintained not less than seventy-five (75) feet from a public street and not less than twenty (20) feet from any lot line and all animals shall be fenced or contained so as to keep the same not less than ten (10) feet from the high water marks of Salina Creek and the Sevier River where properties adjoin the same;
9. Educational institution;
10. Fruit or vegetable storage packing plant or stand for fruit or vegetables produced only on the premises;
11. Golf course, except miniature golf course;
12. Greenhouse and nursery limited to sale of materials produced on premises and with no retail shop operation;
13. Home occupation;
14. Horses for private use only, and provided that not more than two horses may be kept for each one acre within any lot;
15. Household pets;
16. Parking lot accessory to uses permitted in this zone;
17. Private park, playground or recreation area but not including privately owned commercial amusement business;
18. Public building; public park, recreation grounds and associated building;
19. Single-family dwelling;
20. Sugar beet loading or collection station;
21. Temporary buildings or use incidental to construction work. Such building shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.

(Ord. 001001 § 2, 2000; ZO § 14-2)

Permitted uses requiring a two-acre minimum lot area in the A-1 zone include:

1. Animal hospital or clinic, dog breeding, dog kennels, dog training school, provided such use shall be located not less than seventy-five (75) feet from a public street and any building or enclosure for animals is located not less than fifty (50) feet from any side or rear property line;
2. Dairy farm and milk processing and milk sales, provided at least fifty (50) percent of milk processed and sold is produced on premises;
3. Farms devoted to the hatching, raising and fattening of chickens, turkeys or other fowl, rabbits, fish or frogs;
4. Hog raising of not more than eight pigs that are more than sixteen (16) weeks old, provided that no person shall feed any such hog any market refuse, house refuse, garbage or offal other than that produced on the premises;
5. Raising and grazing of horses, cattle, sheep or goats not exceeding a density of fifteen (15) head per acre of used land, and including the supplementary or full feeding of such animals as part of a farming operation, provided that such raising and grazing when conducted by a farmer in conjunction with any livestock feed yard, livestock sales yard or slaughterhouse shall not be closer than three hundred (300) feet to any dwelling, or public or semipublic building, shall not include the erection of any permanent fences, corrals, chutes or other structures normally associated with commercial feed lots, and shall be carried on during the period September 15th through April 15th only;
6. Two-family dwelling.

(ZO § 14-3)

The following uses shall be permitted only when authorized by a conditional use permit obtained as provided in Chapter 17.88:

1. Circus or transient amusement;
2. Planned residential unit development in accordance with Chapter 17.92
3. Private park, playground or recreation area not open to the general public and to which no admission charge is made, but not including privately owned commercial amusement business;
4. Public utility substation or water storage reservoir developed by a public agency;
5. Radio or television station or tower;
6. Wastewater treatment or disposal facilities meeting the requirements of the Utah State Division of Health wastewater regulation code.

(ZO § 14-4)

Site development standards in the A-1 zone include:

(ZO § 14-5) (Ord. No. 100401, § 2, 4-28-2010)

The height, size and location of the following permitted signs shall be in accordance with the regulations set forth in Chapter 17.76:

1. Development;
2. Direction;
3. Flat;
4. Freestanding;
5. Identification and information;
6. Temporary;
7. Wall.

(ZO § 14-6)