Article 40.02 — AGRICULTURAL (A) DISTRICT

The purpose of the agricultural (A) district is to preserve lands best suited for agricultural use from the encroachment of incompatible uses, and to preserve in agricultural use land suited to eventual development in other uses, pending proper timing for the economical provision of utilities, major streets and other facilities, so that compact, orderly development will occur. Change of zoning district from A to any other zoning district shall only be made in general accord with the city master plan. (Ord. 296 § 6.1)

The following principal permitted uses of land are permitted in an A district:

• (a) Agriculture, including any customary building and structure, and such uses as livestock ranges, animal husbandry, field crops, tree crops, nurseries and greenhouses, and other agricultural occupations as defined in this chapter.

• (b) Ranch and farm dwellings appurtenant to a principal agricultural use.

(c) Public parks and recreation areas. (Ord. 296 § 6.2)

The following accessory uses shall be permitted in an A district:

• (a) Living quarters of persons regularly employed on the premises, but not including labor camps and labor dwellings, accommodations or areas for transient labor.

• (b) Guest houses, not rented or otherwise conducted as a business.

• (c) Offices incidental and necessary to the conduct of a permitted use.

• (d) Private garages, parking areas and stables subject to provisions of Section 40.26.330 .

• (e) Roadside stands not exceeding four hundred square feet in floor area, for the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.

• (f) Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.

• (g) Home occupations subject to provisions of Section 40.01.010 and Section 40.26.150 . (Ord. 296 § 6.3; Ord. 875 § 2)

The following conditional uses may be permitted in an A district:

• (a) Private noncommercial recreation areas, uses and facilities including country clubs and golf courses, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.100 , and swimming pools, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.350 .

• (b) Poultry farms and hog farms, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.290 , kennels and riding stables, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.030 , guest ranches, dairies, veterinary offices and animal hospitals, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.040 .

• (c) Animal feed and sales yards, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.030 .

• (d) Any of the following uses, subject to review in accordance with the performance standards procedure in Sections 40.24.020 to 40.24.080 ; provided, that such uses are located not less than two thousand feet from the nearest R district or A district designated for future residential development in the city master plan:

  • (1) Agricultural processing plants, fertilizer plants and yards, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.120 , agricultural products storage plants and yards, forest products, manufacturing and processing plants, manufacture and storage of agricultural chemicals.

  • (2) Quarters, accommodations or areas for transient labor, such as labor cabins or camps, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.170 .

  • (3) Drive-in theaters, subject to provisions of Section 40.26.110 , golf driving ranges, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.140 and other similar commercial recreation facilities, not including such facilities in which the principal use is enclosed in a building, such as bowling alleys.

  • (4) Cemeteries, crematories, mausoleums, columbariums, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.060 .

  • (5) Commercial mines, quarries and gravel pits subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.300 .

  • (6) Private airports and landing strips, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.180 .

  • (7) Public and semipublic, including public utility buildings, or structures and uses of an administrative, educational, religious, cultural or public service type.

(8) Signs and advertising structures, subject to the provisions of Section 40.26.020 . (Ord. 296 § 6.4; Ord. 2113 § 1, 2003)

No structure shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty feet in height, except as provided in Section 40.27.030 .

(Ord. 296 § 6.5)

The following minimum area, lot width and yard requirements shall be observed, except where increased for conditional uses or as provided in Sections 40.27.040 to 40.27.080 .

(a) Lot area. Ten acres.

• (b) Lot width. Three hundred feet.

• (c) Front yard. Fifty feet.

• (d) Side yards. Each side fifty feet.

• (e) Rear yard. Fifty feet. (Ord. 296 § 6.6)

• (a) Any building or enclosure in which an animal or fowl, except domestic pets, is contained shall be distant at least two hundred feet from any lot in any R or C district, or from any school or institution for human care.

• (b) Site plan and architectural approval shall be required for all conditional uses as provided in Sections 40.31.010 through 40.31.100 .

(Ord. 296 § 6.7; Ord. 2677, 11/4/2025