This district is intended to provide a location for the land situated within the jurisdictional limits of the City that is used for agricultural purposes. Therefore, the agricultural uses and activities should not be detrimental to urban land uses. It is not intended that this district provide a location for a lower standard of residential, commercial or industrial development than is authorized in other districts. The types of uses, area and intensity of use of land that is authorized in this district is designed to encourage and protect any agricultural uses until urbanization is warranted and the appropriate changes in district classification are made. (Ord. No. 710, 11-15-90)

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the following uses shall be permitted in an A-1 Agricultural District:

1. Farming, dairy farming, livestock (except hogs and swine), poultry raising, game birds, pasturing of livestock and all uses commonly classed as agricultural, with no restrictions as to operation of such vehicles or machinery as are customarily incidental to such uses, and with no restrictions as to the sale or marketing of products raised on the premises, provided that any building, structure or open area for raising, feeding, pasturing, housing of or sale of livestock or poultry shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet from an R-1 to R-4 District and provided further, that there shall be no feeding or disposal of garbage, rubbish or offal, other than regular removal, within three hundred (300) feet of an R-1 to R-4 District. The Board of Adjustment is hereby empowered to grant permits for the keeping of hogs and swine.
2. Public parks, public playgrounds and recreational areas operated by membership organizations for the benefit of their members and not for financial gain.
3. Public schools and institutions of higher education, public libraries, municipal buildings.
4. Single-family dwellings on a minimum of one (1) acre of ground, not connected to agricultural operations.
5. Private clubs, except skeet and gun clubs and those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
6. Roadside stands for the sale of farm products grown on the premises. Such roadside stands shall be required to be set back from the edge of the roadway pavement at least twenty-five (25) feet to permit adequate ingress and egress and parking.
7. Grain elevators or similar storage structures, including buildings for seasonal or temporary storage of grain, whenever such elevators and temporary storage are located upon or adjacent to a railroad right-of-way.
8. Public utilities including water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants and electrical distribution plants.
9. Veterinary hospitals or the keeping of small animals, provided that any building or enclosure housing animals shall be located at least one hundred (100) feet from all property lines.
10. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, including repair shops, sheds, garages, barns, silos, irrigation wells and pumps and bunk houses. One (1) sign, not to exceed four (4) square feet, shall be considered an accessory use.
11. Nurseries, greenhouses and truck gardens. (Ord. No. 710, 11-15-90)

The following area regulations shall apply within an A-1 Agricultural District.

1. Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560) square feet (1 acre).
2. Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet.
3. Minimum front yard. The minimum front yard shall be fifty (50) feet.
4. Minimum rear yard. The minimum rear yard shall be fifty (50) feet.
5. Minimum side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side of a dwelling of not less than fifteen (15) feet. (Ord. No. 710, 11-15-90)

The maximum height of buildings in an A-1 Agricultural District shall not exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet above the average finished grade. (Ord. No. 710, 11-15-90)