Okaloosa County BOCC — November 1, 2016 — Agriculture District text — reading text

2.01.00 AGRICULTURE (AA) DISTRICT 2.01.01 Purpose: The purpose of the Agriculture (AA) district is to provide areas for production of plants and animals useful to humans, including to a variable extent the preparation of plant and animal products for human use by sale or otherwise and includes aquaculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, silviculture, dairy, livestock, poultry, bees, and any and all forms of farm products and farm production. This district is also suitable for preservation of green spaces, conservation uses, outdoor recreation uses, very low-density residential uses, and public/institutional uses. 2.01.02 Intent: The intent of the AA district is to implement and otherwise put into regulatory effect the provisions of the “Agricultural” future land use category established in the Comprehensive Plan. 2.01.03 Location/Designation Guidelines: Land to be designated as, or re-zoned to, an AA district may be located inside or outside the urban development area boundary. Agriculture districts may be located in the Agriculture future land use category. 2.01.04 Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted as of right in an AA district. All other uses are permitted by special exception, or prohibited. 1. General Agriculture. Land, buildings, support machinery, and other appurtenances typically found in the production of agricultural products and activities including cropland, pastureland, orchards, vineyards, nurseries, ornamental horticulture, groves, tree farms, timberland feedlots, farmhouses, barns, stables, silos, farm accessory buildings and sheds, seasonal roadside produce stands, and the like. Specific, permitted agriculture uses are listed and described in Chapter 11, North American Industry Classification System, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012. 2. Conservation. Conservation uses including large land holdings, areas of green space, wildlife management areas, state and federal forests, bird or wildlife sanctuaries, nature parks and preserves, natural area interpretation areas, natural wonder tourist attractions, forestry-related facilities such as fire towers and maintenance yards, agriculture or fisheries-related experimental stations or facilities, environmental education facilities, and other similar conservation-related uses. 3. Outdoor Recreation. Outdoor recreation uses including public or private parks, recreation areas, campgrounds, preserves, nature walks/trails, hunting or gun clubs/lodges, shooting ranges/sporting clays, canoe/kayak/boat rentals, horseback riding stables and trails, summer camps/youth camps/day camps, motor vehicle/motorcycle/ATV tracks and trails, and other similar outdoor recreation uses where large areas of land are necessary and/or desirable to accommodate the use. 4. Public/Institutional. Public/institutional uses including college and university training and/or research facilities, public or private schools, correctional institution, telecommunications towers, cemeteries, houses of worship, private clubs/lodges, utilities necessary for the collection, transmission, generation, or distribution of utility service (i.e. electricity towers/lines, gas lines, water and sewer lines, telecommunications lines, lift station, water storage tanks/treatment plants, community or public water supply wells, wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste transfer/recycling stations, etc.), military bases and camps, government storage and maintenance yards, and similar public/institutional uses. Uses permitted by this paragraph are not subject to the 10-acre minimum lot size must comply with all other applicable bulk regulations. 5. Residential. Residential uses including single-family detached homes, category A and B manufactured/mobile homes, customary accessory uses and structures (shed, garages, pools, decks, out-buildings, etc.), residential subdivisions, home occupations, and family day care homes. More than one dwelling may be permitted when the additional dwellings will be occupied by members of the same immediate family, farm workers, or caretakers employed by the owner and the additional dwellings are not offered out for rent or sale. 6. Smaller tracts of land may exist in this district that have certain vested rights provided the owner can show proof that the lot or parcel was subdivided prior to July 10, 1990 and conformed to the zoning district at that time. One single-family detached residence and customary accessory uses may be allowed on these tracts. In these situations bulk regulations for the R-1 zoning district may be used. 7. General Commercial. General commercial uses that support agricultural uses/activities may be permitted when located on a state or county-maintained roadway outside residential subdivisions. Other general commercial uses may be permitted when located on a state or county arterial or collector roadway as identified in the Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Element Tables 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 provided, however, the depth of the commercial use shall generally be no more than 1,000 feet. 8. One-Acre Lots. The minimum lot size in the AA district may be one (1) acre when the following conditional requirements are met: a. Access to each lot must be from an existing state or county-maintained roadway. b. Each lot created shall have a minimum of 50 feet frontage on such state or county maintained road. c. Where two or less lots are created access may be provided from a recorded easement. d. Development shall not be permitted in floodways. 9. Oil and gas exploration and production activities when consistent with Comprehensive Plan Conservation Policy 3.8. 10. Customary accessory structures incidental to agriculture or residential uses (see 2.21.00). 2.01.05 Special Exceptions: The following uses may be allowed by the granting of a special exception by the Board of Adjustment (BOA). 1. Borrow pit operations when located more than one (1) mile from any residential future land use/zoning district or existing residential area, when access is from a collector or arterial roadway which does not create increased truck traffic on any residential street or through any residential area or subdivision, and when it is determined by the County or FDOT, as appropriate, that no traffic hazard will be created. 2. Private airports, residential airparks (see 2.20.06). Prior to being placed on the BOA agenda for consideration, any request for a new private airport or residential airpark received by the County subsequent to the effective date of this provision must first be reviewed by the Aviation Advisory Committee whose recommendations shall be included with the other information sent to the BOA as part of the request. 3. Electric power substations which can demonstrate compatibility with the surrounding area through site-specific setbacks, buffering, and other conditions appropriate to the area within which the substation is proposed. 4. Temporary industrial uses such as pipe storage, portable asphalt plants, equipment/materials storage yard, and similar uses may be permitted provided that, in addition to any other conditions imposed, the use is for one (1) year or less. 5. Other uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Official, are similar in nature to other uses allowed either as permitted uses or special exceptions. 2.01.06 Bulk Regulations: Bulk regulations for AA districts are prescribed in Table 2.1. TABLE 2.1 AGRICULTURE (AA) BULK REGULATIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________ MINIMUM LOT/PARCEL SIZE 10 acres/1 acre conditional ___________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM DENSITY No more than 1 dwelling/10 acres or No more than 1 dwelling/1 acre conditional 1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS 2 Front 40 feet/25 feet conditional Sides 25 feet/10 feet conditional Rear 25 feet/10 feet conditional MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE 20 feet (fronting upon a road) 50 feet conditional ___________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT 75 feet ___________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO (Non-residential) 0.10 MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE (Non-residential) 55% NOTE: See Section 2.19.00 for possible additional requirements. 1 - See 2.01.04, 8, (1) – (4) 2 - If the property abuts multiple roads, the front setback shall be from the road from which the subject property’s address is derived, with the rear being the side opposite the front provided, however, that in no case shall a building intrude