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Smith Township Washington County
City Zoning Code

PART 5

A-1 Rural Residential District

§ 500 Purpose.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
The purpose of the A-1 Rural Residential District is to provide for agriculture and low-density single-family residential development in rural areas of the Township where public sewers are not available and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses.

§ 501 Authorized Uses.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007; Ord. 2009-6, 8/20/2009; Ord. 20101-3, 9/1/2010; Ord. 2010-4, 11/8/2010; Ord. 2013-1, 9/9/2013; Ord. 2015-3, 5/12/2015; Ord. 2015-8, 9/21/2015; Ord. 2015-9, 9/28/2015; Ord. No. 2023-2, 4/17/2023; Ord. No. 2024-5, 11/12/2024]
In the A-1 Rural Residential District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Agriculture, subject to § 1208.
(b) 
Boarding stable, subject to § 1208.
(c) 
Churches.
(d) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building, public utility storage or transmission structure or existing communications tower, subject to § 1211.
(e) 
Essential services.
(f) 
Forestry.
(g) 
Garden nursery or greenhouse, subject to § 1208.
(h) 
Kennel, subject to § 1208.
(i) 
Oil and gas pipelines, subject to § 1214.
(j) 
Reentry drilling, subject to notice provision in § 1103, Subsection 49.
(k) 
Pet grooming.
(l) 
Public buildings.
(m) 
Public recreation.
(n) 
Schools, public or private.
(o) 
Single-family dwellings.
(p) 
Traffic control sites, subject to notice provision in § 1103, Subsection 47.
(q) 
Certified small temporary water facilities.
(2) 
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses are permitted when accessory to any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district:
(a) 
Accessory structures, subject to § 1203C.
(b) 
No-impact home-based business, subject to § 1212.
(c) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Part 13.
(d) 
On-site sales accessory to a farm, subject to § 1210.
(e) 
Private residential swimming pools, subject to § 1203C.
(f) 
Private stables, subject to § 1208.
(g) 
Signs, subject to Part 14.
(h) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 1207.
(i) 
Temporary housing for well site workers, subject to § 1215.
(j) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
(k) 
Accessory solar energy systems.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Airport, subject to § 1103, Subsection 2.
(b) 
Cemetery, subject to § 1103, Subsection 8.
(c) 
Equestrian center, subject to § 1103, Subsection 13.
(d) 
Mineral extraction, subject to § 1103, Subsection 23.
(e) 
Mobile home park, subject to § 1103, Subsection 25.
(f) 
Compressor stations and processing plants, subject to § 1103, Subsection 28.
(g) 
Recreational vehicle park, subject to § 1103, Subsection 44.
(h) 
Shooting range, subject to § 1103, Subsection 35.
(i) 
Sportsmen's club, subject to § 1103, Subsection 37.
(j) 
Wind power generating facility, subject to § 1103, Subsection 42.
(k) 
Oil and gas development, subject to § 1103, Subsection 45.
(l) 
Certified water storage facilities (small, medium, large and MLVTs), subject to § 1103, Subsection 46.
(m) 
Storage depot(s) and truck staging area(s), subject to § 1103, Subsection 48.
(n) 
Reentry-related operations, subject to § 1103, Subsection 50.
(o) 
Public utility installation/substation, subject to § 1103, Subsection 33.
(p) 
Public utility substation, subject to § 1103, Subsection 33.
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Animal hospital, subject to § 1103, Subsection 3.
(b) 
Communications tower, subject to § 1103, Subsection 9.
(c) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 1103, Subsection 12.
(d) 
Golf course or golf or country club, subject to § 1103, Subsection 17.
(e) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 1103, Subsection 27.
(f) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 1103, Subsection 33.
(g) 
Riding academy, subject to § 1103, Subsection 34.
(h) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 1103, Subsection 38.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Bed-and-breakfast, subject to § 1103, Subsection 5.
(b) 
Family day-care home, subject to § 1103, Subsection 14.
(c) 
Home occupation, subject to § 1103, Subsection 18.
(d) 
Private-use helipad or private landing strip, subject to § 1103, Subsection 31.
(e) 
Wind power generating facility, private, subject to § 1103, Subsection 43.

§ 502 Area and Bulk Regulations.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
In the A-1 Rural Residential District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses or uses by special exception contained in Part 11:
Type
Requirement
Minimum lot area
Agriculture, nursery or greenhouse
10 acres
Boarding stable or riding academy
10 acres
Golf course
30 acres
Kennel
5 acres
Single-family dwelling
Without public sewers
2 acres
With public sewers
1 acre
All other principal uses
2 acres
Minimum lot width
200 feet
Maximum lot coverage
30%
Minimum front yard
50 feet
Minimum rear yard
Principal structures
50 feet
Accessory structures
20 feet
Minimum side yard
Single-family dwelling
20 feet
All other principal structures
30 feet
Accessory farm structures
60 feet
All other accessory structures
20 feet
Special yard requirements
See § 1203
Permitted projections into required yards
See § 1204
Maximum height
Farm structures, other than feed storage
50 feet
Farm feed storage structures
100 feet
All other principal structures
2 1/2 stories, but no more than 45 feet
Accessory structures
Farm structures
50 feet
All others
1 story, but no more than 20 feet
Height exceptions
See § 1205

§ 503 Off-Street Parking and Loading.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See Part 13.

§ 504 Signs.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See Part 14.

§ 505 Screening and Landscaping.

[Ord. 2007-2, 5/22/2007]
See § 1202.