AC District (Agricultural Development and Conservation)

New Development shall require a rezoning to a zoning district that is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan.

Principal Uses Permitted (P)

• Agricultural Stands*
• Agri-tourism Activities*
• Aircraft Landing Field*
• Amusement or Theme Park
• Areas for Display of Agricultural Product Excludes Equipment
• Aviaries*
• Bed and Breakfast*
• Bus or Train Station*
• Campgrounds*
• Cemeteries*
• Commercial Kennels or Stables or Similar Boarding Facilities Including Breeding*
• ***Communication Towers*
• Community Gardens*
• Community Residential/Group Home*
• Conservation Subdivision*
• Convenience Retail with Gas Pumps*
• Dairy Farms
• Daycare/Adult Daycare*
• Educational Facilities (Private)*
• Fertilizer or Feed Plants
• Food and Beverage Sales
• Forestry Operations
• Government Buildings and Facilities
• Greenhouse or Nursery (Commercial)*
• Groves and Farms
• Gun Range (Indoor)
• Gun Range (Outdoor)
• Hospital/Health Institute Houses of Worship *
• Hunt Camps*
• Livestock/Grazing Animals
• Marina (Public)*
• Membership Organizations
• Mobile/Manufactured Home*
• Model Home*
• Modular Home
• Nursing Home/Assisted Living*
• Offices and Professional Services/Vet Clinic
• Packing Houses*
• Parks, Playgrounds
• Pet Rescue*
• Propagation of Insects
• Public Fairground
• Renewable Energy Creation/Manufacturing, Research*
• Sawmills*
• Self Service Ice House*
• Self-Storage/Warehouse*
• Single Family Attached Dwelling
• Single Family Detached Dwelling
• Special Event*
• Structures for Equipment Storage for Bona Fide Agricultural Activities
• Structures for Housing Livestock, or Agricultural Product
• Utility Plants*
• Utility Support Substations*
• Water Bodies for the Propagation of Marine Foods*
• Wind Farms*

Accessory/Ancillary Uses Permitted (A)

• Accessory Living Unit/Guest Home/Temporary Residence*
• Ancillary Uses Incidental to the Primary Structure*
• Construction Trailers/Temporary Office*
• Dance, Karate, Art or Similar Afterschool Care Studio
• Dwelling or Quarters for Agricultural Employees
• Helicopter Landing Pad*
• Home Occupations* 

Conditional Uses (CU)

Requires a Conditional Use Permit Approved by the Board of Adjustment

• Airport
• Correctional Facility*
• Landfill*
• Marina (Commercial)*
• Marina (Recreational)*
• Slaughter Houses*
• Waste Related Services*
• Zoo

P - Permitted Use or Permitted Provided that Siting Standards are Incorporated into Development.

A - Accessory or Ancillary Use, Incidental to the Primary Structure or Use and Subject to Siting Standards

CU - Requires a Conditional Use Permit Approved by the Board of Adjustment

* - Specific Use that has Siting Standards.

*** - Communication Towers that choose not to adhere to the siting standards will be required to obtain a conditional use permit in accordance with this Code

Permitted Uses for AC Zoning District within the Urban Growth Boundary

New Development shall require a rezoning to a zoning district that is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan.

Principal Uses Permitted (P)

• Agricultural Stands*
• Aircraft Landing Field*
• Areas for Display of Agricultural Product Excludes Equipment
• Aviaries*
• Bed and Breakfast*
• Beverage and Food Sales
• Campgrounds*
• Cemeteries*
• Commercial Kennels or Stables or Similar Boarding Facilities Including Breeding*
• Community Gardens*
• Community/Group home *
• Dairy Farms
• Daycare/Adult Daycare*
• Dwelling or Quarters for Agricultural Employees
• Forestry Operations
• Greenhouse or Nursery (Commercial)*
• Groves and Farms
• Gun Range (indoor)
• Gun Range (outdoor)
• Houses of Worship*
• Hunt Camps*
• Livestock/Grazing Animals
• Manufactured Home
• Membership Organizations
• Mobile Home*
• Model Home*
• Nursing Home/Assisted Living*
• Packing Houses*
• Parks and Playgrounds
• Propagation of Insects
• Sawmills*
• Single Family Detached Dwelling
• Structures for Equipment Storage for Bona Fide Agricultural Activities
• Structures for Housing Livestock, or Agricultural Product
• Utility Support Substations*
• Water Bodies for the Propagation of Marine Foods*

Accessory/Ancillary Uses Permitted (A)

• Accessory Living Unit/Guest Home/Temporary Residence*
• Ancillary Uses Incidental to the Primary Structure*
• Construction Trailers/Temporary Office*
• Educational Facilities (Private)*
• Home Occupations*

Conditional Uses (CU)

Requires a Conditional Use permit approved by the Board of Adjustment

• Communication Towers*
• Landfill*
• Slaughter Houses*

P - Permitted Use or Permitted provided that Siting Standards are incorporated into development.

A - Accessory or Ancillary Use, Incidental to the Primary Structure or Use and subject to Siting Standards

CU - Requires a Conditional Use permit approved by the Board of Adjustment

* - Specific Use that has Siting Standards.

Inside Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)

Minimum Lot Size: 2 Acres

Minimum Lot Width: 150 ft

Building Height: 2 Story

• Setbacks:
  • Front Yard: 25 feet minimum
  • Side Yard: 25feet minimum
  • Rear Yard: 25 feet minimum
  • Street Side: 25 feet minimum

• Setbacks for All Accessory Uses:
  • Side Yard Setback: 5 Feet minimum
  • Rear Yard Setback: 5 Feet minimum
    *Unless easements are greater 
    * Setbacks: Setbacks are measured from existing property line

Outside Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) 5 Acres

Minimum Lot Size: 5 Acres

Minimum Lot Width: 200 ft

Building Height: 3 Story

Setbacks:

• Front Yard: 25 feet minimum
• Side Yard: 20 feet minimum
• Rear Yard: 25 feet minimum

Building Height: 2 Story

Setbacks for All Accessory Uses:

• Side Yard Setback: 5 Feet minimum
• Rear Yard Setback: 5 Feet minimum
  *Unless easements are greater 
  * Setbacks: Setbacks are measured from existing property line

Notes:

1. Corner lots or lots having double road frontage shall measure setbacks from both roads as front yards.
2. Land clearing activity to accommodate the principal use or ancillary structures where "Livestock/Grazing Animals" is the principal use shall be limited to the footprint of the proposed structure and reasonable space to accommodate construction equipment used to place the structure.
3. Lot front determination shall be where the principal vehicular access to the lot abuts the approved public or private right-of-way. If the principal vehicular access is served by alley way design, then the Planning Official shall determine the lot front.
4. Lot width determination shall be measured at the mid-point of the side lot lines.
5. No structure or building shall be erected, nor shall any existing building be moved, reconditioned or structurally altered so as to exceed in height the limit, if any, established in this chapter or amendments thereto, for the district in which such building or structure is located.
6. Accessory uses listed as ancillary in the siting standards, shall be placed at a minimum of five feet (5') behind the front entry of the principal structure and a minimum of five feet (5') from rear and side property lines. Accessory structures such as garage(s), carport(s) or like uses are exempt from this requirement and shall meet the required front and corner setbacks. Uses not listed as ancillary in the siting standards shall meet principal setbacks of the respective zoning district.
7. For lots with AC zoning inside the Urban Growth Boundary and not within a Rural Enclave, the minimum lot size is reduced to two (2) acres and the minimum lot width is reduced to one hundred fifty (150) feet.

Home Occupations: Small businesses operated from a residence are permitted but must follow specific rules to ensure they do not disrupt the residential character of the neighborhood. Common restrictions include:

• No external evidence of the business (e.g., signs or customer traffic).
• A Home Occupation shall include, but not be limited to, the following businesses: domestic crafts, such as sewing, tailoring, washing and ironing, real estate services, bookkeeping, tax preparation, computer input or computer consulting services, telemarketing services, short-term rental property management office, medical transcription, beautician, mail order, internet/web based operations, contractor (office only), interior decorator/designer, products of homemade crafts (such as writer, painter, composer, etc.), private tutoring and instruction (limited to three pupils at any one time), and professional services.
• No person shall be employed other than members of the immediate family, all of which must reside on the premises.
• The use of the dwelling unit for the Home Occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes. Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the air-conditioned floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the Home Occupation and no more than twenty-five (25) square feet of merchandise may be stored, except for properties that are located within an Agricultural Development and Conservation (AC) zoning district that meet the minimum lot area and lot width requirements. No outside display or storage is permitted, except for properties that are located within an Agricultural Development and Conservation (AC) zoning district that meet the minimum lot area requirements.

Restrictions on noise, odors, or other potential nuisances.