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o 10. 11. agriculture areas should generally be included in the agriculture preservation district (AgP-1). The AgP-2 district is intended for use in those agricultural areas which will become urbanized in the immediately foreseeable future as urban facilities become available. It may be that a local governmental unit would wish to establish more or fewer districts in order to better tailor its ordinances to the local situation. It is also possible that a local unit of government may want to apply a given district to more than one area of land. This is legally permissible, however, agricultural districts, like all other zoning districts, must be designated on the zoning map. See comment number 2. If sections of an existing zoning ordinance are to be repealed, this section should be included. The repealed sections should be referenced by section number, ordinance number, and the date of adoption. The AgP-1 Agriculture Preservation District is, with minor exceptions, an excluslve agricultural use district. Agricultural uses and structures are permitted by right. Residential uses are limited to the farm dwelling unit and one non-farm dwelling unit for each quarter- quarter section (40 acres more or less} which does not already contain a dwelling unit. However, the required lot size for a residential dwelling unit is one acre. In the AgP-1 district, development is restricted by a density factor rather than by lot size. After the non-farm dwelling unit has been built, thirty-nine acres still remain in agricultural use through the use of density rather than large lot zoning, The terms "local road", "collector road" and "minor arterial" are commonly used terms in most county thoroughfare plans. Before adopting this ordinance, you will want to check to make sure that these are the terms used by your county. Should your county use other terms in its thoroughfare plan, those terms should be substituted here. Local governmental units treat applications for conditional use permits in various ways. The body given responsibility for issuing conditional use permits in your local governmental. - unit should be inserted in this blank. Home occupation is a term that is commonly defined in most zoning ordinances. For that reason, it has not been defined in this ordinance. If the local governmental unit's existing zoning ordinance does not include a definition of home occupations, the term should be defined as the local government sees fit. Several uses are permitted in the agriculture preservation district by conditional use permit. If the local governmental unit has an existing zoning ordinance, it probably already has standards governing the granting of conditional use permits. The more specific the standards are, the better the process works. Those standards are referenced by section and ordinance number in this section. If the local governmental unit does not already have standards for the granting of conditional use permits, the following additional specific concerns should be addressed in this ordinance: Ingress and egress to the property and proposed structures thereon with particular reference to automotive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, access in conformance with the county thoroughfare plan. Offstreet parking and loading areas where required or necessary with particular reference to the items in a above and the effects of noise, glare, odor and conges- tion on adjoining property and properties generally in the district. Refuse and sanitary service areas, with particular reference to areas specified in items a and b above. 47