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To help guide development of urban and rural areas along an orderly design to preserve continuity and efficiency of service. To provide a method by which the urban farm can be guided so as to control urban sprawl and still conserve land in an economic status until such time as the need is present for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. To reduce the possibilities of rural-urban conflicts in estab- lishing types and levels of service, methods of financing the services and needs. (To maintain an acceptable per capita cost for such services as sanitary sewer, water, police, fire, road maintenance, school transportation, and others is a necessity.) The minimum land area for any (A) District shall have at least five (5) acres of land and the minimum lot width at the street shall be at least three hundred (300) feet. Permitted Uses-In an Agricultural (A) District, no building or land shall be used or divided and no building shall be erected, converted, or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one or more of the following uses: (A) Any use permitted in the R-1 Residence District. (B) General Farming, gardening or sod farms. (C) Commercial greenhouses and nurseries. (D) Permanent stands for the sale of agricultural products produced on the premises. (These stands are to be constructed according to set-back rules and regulations.) (E) Stock raising and dairying. (Hog raising and handling shall be in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Village Council. (F) Golf Courses. (G) Airports, cemeteries, wild game farms, and gun clubs, any of which shall require a special use permit to be issued by the Village Council. 6.03 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS These districts are designed and intended to aid in guiding development towards fulfillment of the Comprehensive Plan and to serve the follow- ing functions:; To provide within the community a variety of lot sizes. To provide a choice of physical sites on which to develop a home- 101 stead and thus to permit individuals to have a choice as to density desired. -19-