The Agriculture District is designed to:

A.

Protect agricultural land.

B.

Discourage wasteful scattering of development in rural areas.

C.

Obtain economy of public fund expenditures for improvements and services.

The principal uses permitted in the Agriculture Districts are designated by use units. The use units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off-street parking, loading, screening requirements and other use conditions in Chapter 9. The use units permitted in the Agriculture District are set forth in Table 1.

Table 1
Use Units Permitted in the Agriculture District

X — Use by right.

E — Special exception.

**Nursing home, community group home, convent, monastery novitiate are the only uses within Use Unit 8 permitted by special exception.

***Antennas and antenna support structures are permitted in the Agriculture District only upon approval of a Special Exception by the Board of Adjustment as provided by Section 904 of this Code.

320.1.

Accessory uses permitted. Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in an Agriculture District are permitted in such district. In addition, the uses set forth in Table 2 are permitted as accessory uses.

Table 2
Accessory Uses Permitted in the Agriculture District

*See conditions set forth in Section 320.2.B, which are also applicable in an AG District.

320.2.

Accessory use conditions.

A.

General Conditions.

1.

An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part thereof, shall have a common wall therewith, and shall comply with the requirements.

2.

Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum yard or building setback requirements.

B.

Wind energy conversion systems (WECS).

1.

All WECS tower structures shall comply with the design and construction techniques in the BOCA Basic Building Code. Compliance shall be certified in writing by the manufacturer's engineering staff or by a registered structural engineer.

2.

Towers shall have either tower-climbing apparatus located not closer than two (2) feet from the ground or shall have a locked anti-climb device installed on the tower.

3.

Safety wires shall be installed on the turnbuckles of the guy wires for all guyed WECS towers.

4.

A WECS shall be equipped with both manual and automatic controls to limit the rotational speed of the blade below the design limits of the rotor. The conformance of rotor and over speed control design with good engineering practices shall be certified by the manufacturer's engineering staff or by a registered mechanical engineer. The compatibility of the tower and the rotor shall also be certified by the manufacturer or by a registered mechanical engineer.

5.

If a WECS is within three hundred (300) feet of a structure or a tree, the lowest moving part shall be a minimum of thirty (30) feet above the highest structure or potential tree height, whichever is higher.

6.

No part of a WECS shall be located within or over drainage, utility, or other established easements. No part of a WECS shall be located within or over any required minimum front, side, or rear yard setbacks.

C.

Antennas and antenna support structures.

1.

Antennas and antenna support structures which are accessory to a principal use are permitted to be mounted on a permitted agricultural building or a customary accessory building; provided that it does not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height measured from the average ground elevation at the base of such structure to the highest horizontal point of the antenna and antenna support structure and that the horizontal surface area of all such mounted antennas shall not exceed ten (10) square feet. Only one (1) side having the largest surface area is to be calculated. These provisions do not apply to principle use antennas which are accessory to uses requiring Board of Adjustment approval.

2.

Structures other than a permitted principal structure or customary accessory building, which are used to support accessory antennas (including guy lines) shall:

a.

Be located in the rear yard only and limited to one (1) such structure;

b.

Not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height, measured from the average ground elevation at the base of the structure to the highest point of the antenna and antenna support structure;

c.

Not encroach upon the land or airspace of any abutting property; and

d.

Not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in width above twenty-five (25) feet in height, exclusive of guy lines.

Table 3
Bulk and Area Requirements in the Agriculture District

The special exception uses permitted in the Agriculture District, as designated in Table 1, are subject to the requirements set out below, and the Board of Adjustment may impose such additional safeguards and conditions as:

A.

The accessory use provisions of the Agriculture District pertaining to signs are applicable to accessory signs for uses permitted by special exception.

B.

Special exception uses, except as provided in [subsection] A above, shall conform to the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located, unless the use unit requirements are more restrictive, in which case the more restrictive shall control.

C.

A nursing home, community group home, monastery, and novitiate shall meet the use conditions as set forth in Section 908.3.