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A-1 Agricultural.
The purpose of the A-1 district is to reserve areas for traditional agricultural activities and to provide for their continuation as well as preservation of areas of rural character.

(a) Uses permitted by right:
Accessory dwelling.
Agricultural service establishment on lots greater than or equal to five (5) acres.
Agriculture.
Aquaculture.
Automobile avocation.
Bed and breakfast inn.
Boat sales.
Campground.
Cemetery.
Club/lodge/fraternal organization.
Community use.
Equestrian use and bridle path.
Feed lot.
Forestry.
Golf course.
Group family day care home (in accordance with section 28-39(g)).
Home business.
Home occupation.
Manufactured home qualifying as a single-family home under Virginia Code.
Noncommercial kennel.
Park and playground.
Parking and storage of commercial vehicles.
Place of worship.
Plant and tree nursery/greenhouse.
Public facilities/utilities. *
Public Works excluding wastewater treatment facilities.
Recreational enterprise.
Recreational facility.
Sawmill and ancillary products.
Secondary dwelling fifty (50) or more years in age upon referral of the Stafford County Historic Commission. Single-family dwelling.
Slaughter and animal processing incidental to agricultural intensive use.
Small family day care home.
Veterinary clinic.
Wayside stand.

(b) Conditional use permit:
Airport, private.
Child care center.
Commercial kennel.
Commercial tree stump grinding and mulch sale.
Communication facility.
Horseracing.
Hotel/motel.
Indoor flea market.
Marina.
Nursing home.
Outdoor flea market.
Public Facility/Utility.**
School.
Travel trailer/RV park.
Turkey shoot.

(c) Special exception:
Agricultural service establishment on lots less than five (5) acres.
Parking and storage of commercial vehicles on lot(s) less than three (3) acres in size.
Rural home business.

*- but not including generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities which are permitted as a conditional use permit.
**- for generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities (except for the expansion or modification to wastewater treatment facilities existing prior to October 17, 2006)

(d) Requirements:
(1) Intensity:
Open space ratio for public works,cemetery,club,lodge,fraternal organization, schools, and
places of worship.........................0.50
Open space ratio, other uses..........0.80 ratio

(2) Minimum lot area (in acres) ..........3
(3) Minimum yards: Feet
Front..........50
Side...........20
Rear..........35

(4) Maximum building height (in feet) ..........35
(5) Minimum lot width (in feet) ..........200

(Ord. No. 094-29, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 095-10, 3-7-95; Ord. No. 095-41, 5-16-95; Ord. No. 095-49, 6-20-95; Ord. No. 096-05, 1-2-96; Ord. No. 096-09, 2-6-96; Ord. No. 097-13, 1-21-97; Ord. No. 097-19, 2-18-97; Ord. No. 097-35, 5-6-97; Ord. No. 000-28, 5-16-00; Ord. No. 000-73, 9-12-00; Ord. No. 001-27, 5-1-01; Ord. No. 002-08, 3-19-02; Ord. No. 002-17, 6-18-02; Ord. No. O03-29, 6-17-03)