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110.12 A-1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT! (1) PERMITTED USES (a) Single family detached dwelling units. (b) Duplexes. (c) All types of agriculture including general farming, dairying, livestock and poultry raising, dog kennels, apiaries, colony houses, fur farms, horticulture, including nurseries, 'green houses and roadside stands which offer for sale only those products which are grown or produced on the premises. (d) Landing fields or landing strips along with the accessory structures which are for the convenience of the owner of the land on which the facilities are located. (e) Utility lines both above and below ground along with such structures as are necessary for the operation of such lines but not including buildings used for offices, exchanges, storage or garages. (f) Municipal buildings, community buildings but not including buildings for the storage or repair of trucks, road building machinery or equipment. Public libraries, museums, schools, universities and colleges but not including music, dancing, trade or vocational schools which are privately operated. Publicly owned golf courses, tennis courts, archery ranges, swimming pools and parks. (g) Home occupations. _5'4 dc4/0. (h) Accessory buildings including private garages and buildings clearly incidental to a permitted use of the.premises. Such buildings shall not be used for residential purposes. (i) Snowmobile races of not more than two days of scheduled racing. C�)(K)Ch) �1- (2) CQNDITIONAL USES PERMUTED IN the A-1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (a) Mineral extraction. 1. Mineral extraction operations including washing, crushing, quarrying borrow pits, or other processing ' or removal of mineral resources, the erection of buildings and the installation of necessary machinery used in said extraction or processing, and the preparation of hot blacktop mix and ready-mixed concrete are conditional uses and may be permitted in the A-1 Agricultural District provided that: 2. An application for a permit shall be submitted by the owner and shall include an adequate description of the operation; a plan of the site showing the proposed and existing roads and drives, the sources, quantity and disposition of water to be used, if any; estimated dates for completion of the extraction and commencement and completion dates for the reclamation; a reclamation plan, and such other information as may be necessary to determine the nature of the operation and the effect on the surrounding area. 3. The reclamation plan shall contain adequate provision that all final slopes around the area be flatter than a 3 to 1 horizontal slope in a sand and gravel or borrow pit operation, or in a safe angle of repose in a quarrying operation; excavations below the grade of the nearest abutting public street or highway .shall be set back from said street or highway a distance not less than that required for buildings and structures under this ordinance; excavations made to a water producing depth shall be not less than 3 feet measured from the low water mark, all final slopes shall be covered with topsoil from the original site and seeded to prevent future erosion; the plan shall require that after completion of the anticipated operation that the area shall be cleared of all debris and be left in a workmanlike condition, subject to the approval of the Dane County Zoning Committee or its agent. L . Application for a conditional use permit for a mineral extraction operation proposed to be located within 600 feet of a residence district zone, a residential subdivision, or a city or village limits line, or within 300 feet of any building occupied for residential purposes; or for a hot black-top mix or ready mixed concrete plant, shall be submitted to the County Zoning Committee for public hearing and approval. The conditional use permit shall be for a period of time as stated in the application or as modified by the County Zoning Committee. Modification of the application or reclamation plan may be permitted or additional conditions may be required upon application. The County Zoning Committee shall consider the effect of the proposed operation and the proposed reclamation upon existing and future conditions, in- cluding streets, neighboring land development, land use drainage, water supply, water pollution, air pollution, soil erosion, natural beauty and land value of the locality. The County Zoning Committee may approve, approve conditionally or reject the application and reclamation plan. 5. All other applications for conditional use permits for mineral extraction shall include a letter of approval of the site by the town board of the town affected and shall be submitted to the County Zoning - Supervisor who shall issue the permit for a period of time as stated in the application but not to exceed four years providing that the application and reclamation plan meets the terms of this ordinance. The owner may apply for renewal of the permit or modification of the permit. All existing mineral extraction operations shall be considered non-conforming uses and may be continued providing that they have been worked prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance and that they have been registered with the Dane County Zoning Supervisor within one year of the date of the adoption of this ordinance. -13-