Vinita City Zoning Code

The A-1 agricultural district is established for several purposes: a) to provide for the continued use of land for predominantly agricultural purposes; b) to preserve undeveloped areas until they can feasibly be developed at urban standards and with adequate public safeguards of health, safety, etc.; and c) to restrict development in areas subject to severe inundation until such time as it can be shown that these areas are no longer subject to flooding. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   A.   Principal Uses: No buildings or use shall hereafter be established or enlarged within the A-1 agricultural district, except a building or use devoted to one of the following purposes:

"Agricultural", as defined in this title.

Churches and temples.

Elementary schools and high schools.

Golf courses, but not including golf driving ranges, pitch and putt courses, or miniature golf courses.

Municipal or community recreation centers.

Parks and forest preserves, operated not for profit.

Police or fire stations.

Public buildings or buildings operated in the public interest by a not for profit corporation, including art galleries, post offices, libraries, or museums.

Public or not for profit auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, armories, or sanitariums.

Public or private hospitals or sanitariums.

Public or private schools and colleges.

Public utility and service uses, including electric substations, gas regulator stations, electric, gas, telegraph, telephone and water transmission metering and distribution equipment and structures, microwave relay towers, water reservoirs or pumping stations, and other similar facilities.

Single-family dwellings 1 .

Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes only, and not for dwelling purposes, nor for a period that exceeds the completion of the construction.

   B.   Accessory Buildings And Uses: Accessory buildings or uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses listed in subsection A of this section. (Ord., 11-1-1983)