Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

ZONE (DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS) 1.31
1.31 (AG) Agricultural Zoning District.
This Zoning District is intended to conserve and protect agricultural land and related
activities in their present character and to prevent urban and agricultural land use conflicts. The
General Plan land use classification for this District is Low Density Residential.
A. Permitted uses.
1. One (1) single-family dwelling unit on any lot or parcel (10 acre minimum).
2. Grazing and harvesting of field, tree, or bush crops including flowers.
3. Aviaries and apiaries; providing buildings, pens, or hives are not closer than two
hundred (200) feet to any residential area.
4. Plant nurseries and greenhouses for the propagation, cultivation, and wholesale
distribution of plants produced on the premises.
5. Dairies, poultry, bird, and egg farms, public stables; provided that pens, buildings,
and enclosures other than open pasture are not closer than two hundred (200) feet
to any property line, not closer than two hundred (200) feet to any street, highway,
or residential district.
6. Commercial breeding, raising, training, and feeding principally by grazing of
horses, cattle, sheep, and goats; provided that pens, buildings, corrals, and yards
other than open pasture are not closer than two hundred (200) feet to any property
line, nor closer than two hundred (200) feet to any street, highway, or residential
district.
7. Home occupations.
8. Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to any use allowed in this
Section; provided that if any necessary building contains sleeping quarters it shall
maintain the side yards otherwise required.
9. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding
territory; provided, that no public business offices and no repair or storage
facilities are maintained therein.
10. Golf courses.
11. Churches or similar places of worship.
12. Group homes for the handicapped, so long as the supplemental conditions of
Section 2.67 are complied with.
13. Uses requiring Use Permits
a. Sales stands for the sale of farm or ranch products produced on the premises
or items similar to these products, or related to the sale of these products.
b. Veterinary clinics, pounds, shelters and dog kennels.
c. Cemetery, crematory, and mausoleum
d. Extractive industries, including the removal of sand, rock, soil, and gravel
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