SECTION 4.0 "A" AGRICULTURAL/RURAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT
4.01 Intent
To establish and preserve areas for low density residential without permitting intensified development which would require the provision of municipal facilities and services, and further allow agricultural uses in this district.
4.02 Permitted Uses
1. Agriculture, including farm dwellings and agricultural related buildings and structures subject to Minnesota Pollution Control Standards, but not including commercial feed lots or similar commercial operations.
2. Single-family dwellings.
3. Public parks, recreational areas, wildlife areas and game refuges.
4. Nurseries and tree farms.
5. Essential services.
6. Slaughtering, limited to livestock raised on the farmstead.
7. Governmental and public utility buildings and structures necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
4.03 Permitted Accessory Uses
1. Operation and storage of vehicles, machinery and equipment which is incidental to permitted or conditional uses allowed in this district.
2. Boarding or renting of rooms to not more than two (2) persons.
3. Living quarters for persons employed on the premises.
4. Home Occupations.
4.04 Conditional Uses
The following uses require a Conditional Use Permit based on the procedures set forth and regulated in SECTION 20.0 of this Ordinance.
1. Commercial outdoor recreational areas including golf courses, club houses, swimming pools and similar facilities.
2. Processing and packaging of agricultural products, including livestock, cold storage plants, fertilizer plants, livestock farming, livestock feed lots and sales yards, subject to all applicable Pollution Control Standards.
3. Kennels and animal hospitals, stables and riding academies provided that the property containing such use is adequate and is adequately separated from residential, commercial and industrial districts.
4. Churches, schools and similar uses.
5. Bed and breakfast establishments.
6. Uses deemed by the Planning Commission and City Council to be of similar nature to the listed conditional uses above and found not to be detrimental to the health and welfare of the City and its citizens.
4.05 Lot, Yard, Area and Height Requirements
1. Lot Area Lot Width Side Yards Front Yard Rear Yard
2 1/2 acres 250 60' 100' 100'
2. Building Height.
Residential structures hereafter erected shall not exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty five (35) feet in height. Agricultural buildings shall be exempt from these requirements.