A-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.5 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 87,120 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right31
- agriculture
- agritourism activity
- conservation area
- equestrian facility
- farm sales
- hunt club
- hunting preserve
- public park
- public use
- family daycare home
- home occupation
- fine arts studio
- temporary sawmill
- accessory use
- non-commercial cemetery
- non-commercial greenhouse
- private kennel
- private non-commercial marina
- mobile food unit
- private recreational shooting
- small scale solar generation facility
- minor utility
- temporary wood storage
- accessory dwelling
- two-family dwelling
- farm tenant housing
- group home
- manufactured home
- mobile home
- single-family detached dwelling
- short-term rental
Conditional / special use60
- agricultural enterprise
- agricultural sales, wholesale
- commercial livestock feed lot
- commercial livestock sales yard
- public amusement
- correctional facility
- cultural service
- educational facility
- public assembly
- public recreation assembly
- religious assembly
- sheltered care facility
- adult retirement community
- commercial amusement
- assisted living facility
- automobile repair service establishment
- bed and breakfast
- boarding house
- butcher shop
- campground
- camp
- car wash
- commercial cemetery
- child day center
- communications service
- dance hall
- daycare center
- event facility
- flea market
- funeral home
- garden center
- gas station
- commercial greenhouse
- hotel
- commercial kennel
- landscaping materials supply
- lodge
- machinery sales and service
- medical clinic
- microbrewery
- outdoor entertainment
- outdoor recreation facility
- small restaurant
- neighborhood convenience retail store
- specialty retail store
- indoor shooting range
- outdoor shooting range
- small home industry
- fine arts studio
- taxidermist
- veterinary office
- railroad facility
- resource extraction
- solid waste collection facility
- aviation facility
- minor scale solar generation facility
- outdoor gathering
- telecommunication facility
- major utility
- dormitory
Accessory1
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. structures90 ft
Buildings and structures used for agricultural purposes, including barns, silos, windmills and the like, may be erected to a height of ninety (90) feet from grade.
- Maximum dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to forty-five (45) feet provided one (1) foot or more per side yard is added for each additional foot of building height over thirty-five (35) feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, place of worship, or library or general hospital may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall each be increased one (1) foot for every foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.
Other
- Dwelling not owned by operator setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing intensive livestock structure in A-1 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.300 ft
Any dwelling not owned by the operator shall be set back from any existing intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure as follows: If the dwelling is in an Agricultural (A-1) district, 300 feet.
- Dwelling not owned by operator setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing intensive livestock structure in residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.600 ft
Any dwelling not owned by the operator shall be set back from any existing intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure as follows: If the dwelling is in a residential district, 600 feet.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from primary highway right-of-way300 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 300 feet from the right-of-way of any primary highway.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line300 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be set back 300 feet from any property line.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from secondary road right-of-way200 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 200 feet from the right-of-way of any secondary road.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from incorporated town, public school, place of worshipReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached., public water intake, adjacent residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.1,000 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 1,000 feet from any incorporated town, public school, place of worship, public water intake from a stream or river and from the boundary of any adjacent residential district.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when within 15 feet of property line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within fifteen (15) feet of any property lot line shall be more than one (1) story high.
Signage
- Development plan sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parcel for which a development plan has been approved shall display at its entrance a sign no smaller than two (2) square feet, and no larger than four (4) square feet, clearly visible from the nearest public road, indicating that a development plan is in effect for the parcel and containing the words 'Certified Agricultural Development Site.'
From the ordinance
In Agricultural, General District A-1, the following uses... shall be permitted, and no others. Maximum gross residential density: one dwelling unit per two acres. Minimum lot size: two acres. Minimum side yard: 50 feet. Minimum rear yard: 75 feet. Buildings may be erected up to thirty-five feet in height.