17.07.010 Purpose of Classification - The purpose of this district is to protect land and water resources for production of food, feed, fiber and to protect agricultural uses and facilities. In addition, this district is intended to establish use requirements so that utilization of lands having the above mentioned characteristics will not occur in such a way as to decrease their importance and economic value as agricultural land.

1. Normal accessory uses customary (for example barn, sheds, and seasonal worker cabins) and incidental to the permitted and/or conditional use of the property.
2. Additional residential units for extended family or full time employees of a farm upon which they work and live.
3. Home Occupations.
4. Bed and Breakfast.

1. Minimum lot area is 20 acres.
2. Minimum lot width is 100 feet.

1. Front - minimum is 50'
2. Side - minimum is 50'
3. Rear - minimum is 50'

1. Maximum height for all uses in the zone shall be 35’, except as noted in sections 2 through 7, below.
2. Maximum height shall be 50’ for: appurtenances and decorative non-structural architectural components on roofs of single family dwelling units and on roofs of accessory agricultural buildings.
4. Maximum height for agricultural uses shall be 65’, except as noted in section 5.
5. Maximum height for the following list of uses shall be 65’, unless otherwise limited by condition of a conditional use permit, PD, or by a County Commissioner-sanctioned Community Advisory Committee, as identified in the district use chart: agricultural wind machines; barns and silos; church steeples, spires, belfries, cupolas, and domes; crosses and other religious or civic monuments; fire towers; fruit and vegetable packing facilities; gas holders or other similar structures; hose towers; petroleum storage tanks; school auditoriums and theaters.
6. Maximum height for the following list of uses is 100’: amateur radio poles or antennas; grain elevators; single family residential windmills; water tanks.
7. Maximum height for electric transmission and distribution towers and poles shall be 150’.
8. Maximum height for communication facilities (commercial or public agency radio and TV, microwave or other antennas for transmitting and receiving) shall be 200’.