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Tilden Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XIV

A Agricultural Districts

§ 500-51 Purpose and intent.

The purpose of Agricultural Districts is to protect and preserve land for agricultural purposes. The districts are composed of areas used predominantly for agriculture and areas where agricultural conservation easements have been established.

§ 500-52 Use regulations.

[Amended 11-6-2004 by Ord. No. 152; 7-11-2009 by Ord. No. 195]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. 
Single-family detached dwelling.
B. 
Farm and accessory farm buildings, including a greenhouse, provided that any building used for keeping or raising livestock or poultry shall be situated not less than 100 feet from any street line, proposed street line or dwelling other than the owner's dwelling and not less than 50 feet from any other property line.
C. 
Roadside stand for the sale of farm or nursery products, 75% of which are produced on the property where offered for sale, provided:
(1) 
Any stand shall be situated not less than 15 feet from any street line or proposed street line; and
(2) 
That any such stand shall be removed or kept in good condition during seasons when products are not being offered for sale.
D. 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
E. 
Home occupations as defined, when conducted in accordance with the provisions of § 500-73.
F. 
Telephone office or utility substation when authorized as a special exception.
G. 
Forestry as a use permitted by right.
H. 
No-impact home-based business as a use permitted by right.
I. 
Kennel.
J. 
Accessory solar energy systems as a use permitted by right in accordance with § 500-113.
[Added 8-9-2023 by Ord. No. 252]

§ 500-53 Area regulations.

A. 
Lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 52 acres, with a width of not less than 175 feet at the building line, shall be provided for each dwelling and for every other principal use or building permitted in this district.
B. 
Building area. Not more than 10% of the area of any lot shall be occupied buildings.
C. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard along each street or proposed street on which a lot abuts which shall have a depth of not less than 60 feet.
D. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot neither of which shall be less than 40 feet in width with an aggregate of 90 feet.
E. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.
F. 
Height regulations. The height of any building shall not exceed 50 feet in the case of agricultural buildings, 80 feet for silos and 35 feet for any other building.