Title 17 ZONING
Chapter 17.20 AGRICULTURAL FRINGE PROTECTION DISTRICT (AG-II)
17.20.010 Statement of intent.
17.20.020 Permitted principal uses and structures.
17.20.030 Permitted accessory uses and structure.
17.20.040 Special exceptions.
17.20.050 Maximum number of approaches.
17.20.060 Maximum yard.
17.20.070 Minimum shelter-belt setback.
17.20.010 Statement of intent.
The intent of this district is to protect land adjacent to
communities from premature development that would inhibit orderly growth and
development within the fringe area while maintaining normal agricultural
undertaking. (Ord. 292 § 701, 1980)
17.20.020 Permitted principal uses and structures.
The following principal uses and structures shall be
permitted in agricultural fringe protection district:
A. Any form of agriculture, including the raising of crops,
horticulture, animal husbandry and kennels;
B. Dwellings and their normal accessory buildings including
mobilehomes (mobilehomes not to exceed five units);
C. Railroad track right-of-way; and
D. Living quarters of persons employed on premises. (Ord. 292
§ 702, 1980)
17.20.030 Permitted accessory uses and structure.
The following accessory uses and structures shall be
permitted in the agricultural fringe protection district:
A. Roadside produce stands in conjunction with a bona fide
farm operation on the premises;
B. Artificial lake(s); and
C. Home occupations. (Ord. 292 § 703, 1980)
17.20.040 Special exceptions.
After notice and appropriate safeguards, the board of
adjustment may permit the following special exceptions in the (AG-II) district,
providing no new facility is closer than one mile from any occupied dwelling
unless written permission is granted by owner or owners of such dwelling:
(Existing activities listed below that expand within their present locations are
exempt from this section.)
A. Fairgrounds, racetracks and amusement parks;
B. Utility substations;
C. Airports;
D. Cemeteries;
E. Golf courses, country clubs and golf-driving
ranges;
F. Amphitheaters, stadiums, drive-in movies, arenas and field
houses;
G. Go-cart tracks, riding stables, play fields, athletic
fields, bowling, swimming pools and automobile parking;
H. Public parks, public recreational areas, churches and
schools;
I. Commercial feedlots;
J. Operation and maintenance terminal for truck and other
equipment;
K. Junkyards and salvage yards provided they are set back one
thousand (1,000) feet from state and federal road rights-of-way; if not, they
must be screened and not visible to main traveled ways; and
L. Sanitary landfill sites in accordance with the South
Dakota Department of Environmental Protection Agency regulations. (Ord. 292
§ 704, 1980)
17.20.050 Maximum number of approaches.
There shall be no more than one access approach on a public
road or highway per one-quarter mile on each side of the roads. (Ord. 292 §
705, 1980)
17.20.060 Maximum yard.
There shall be a front yard of not less than eighty (80) feet
deep from state and federal right-of-ways or sixty (60) feet deep from other
public rights-of-way. The minimum lot area shall be ten (10) acres. There shall
be a frontage of not less than two hundred (200) feet across the lot. (Ord. 292
§ 706, 1980)
17.20.070 Minimum shelter-belt setback.
Shelter-belts consisting of one or more rows when parallel to
the right-of-way shall be set back a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) feet
from the right-of-way line. Field belts consisting of one or two rows
perpendicular to the right-of-way shall be set back a minimum of seventy-five
(75) feet from the right-of-way line. Shelter-belts for existing farmstead
purposes are exempt from minimum setback requirements. (Ord. 292 § 707,
1980)