The purpose of the QA, Quarry/Agricultural District is to provide for safe and efficient quarry operations that are compatible with surrounding residential uses, and to provide for alternative uses of land within the District which has either been reclaimed or not yet affected by quarry operations.

A.building may be erected, altered or used, and land may be used or occupied, subject to the provisions of Article 14, 15 and 19, for any one (1) of the following Principal or Conditional Uses and no other:

A. Permitted Principal Uses

1. Any permitted principal uses in the RB District as provided for in Section 501 A.

2. Quarrying in accordance with Section 1901 X., except that the mixing of rock materials with asphaltic oils or other binders for road-building and construction purposes shall only be permitted as a Conditional Use.

3. Forestry/Timber Harvesting.'

B. Permitted Accessory Uses

1. Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to the permitted principal uses permitted in Section 1201 A.

2. Parking in accordance with Article 16.

3. Signs in accordance with Article 17.

4. No-Impact Home-Based Business.2

C. Conditional Uses (Refer to Article 19 for special Provisions and Article 21 for Standards and Criteria.

1. Cemetery

2. Golf Course; Private Recreational Facility

3. Educational Use

The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected, enlarged, altered or used shall be fifty-five (55) feet, except as provided in Article 18, and as provided in Section 502 for uses in Section 1201 A. 1.

A. The area and bulk regulations for uses permitted in the RB District shall be as set forth in Section 503.

B. Quarrying

1. Minimum Lot Area twenty-five (25) acres.

2. Minimum Lot Width at Building Line - 600 feet.

3. Minimum Lot Width at Street Line - 300 feet.

4. Maximum Impervious Surface Coverage - 10%.

5. Maximum Building Coverage - 5%.

6. Minimum Depth of Front and Year Yards - 400 feet.

7. Minimum Width of Side Yards - 300 feet.

8. Minimum Yard Width Abutting a Street - 400 feet.

C. Cemetery, Educational

1. Refer to the area and bulk regulations of Section 403 C.2.

D. Golf course, Private Recreational Facility

1. Refer to Article 19 and Section 503 CA

A. Refer to Article 19 for special regulations pertaining to Quarrying and Article 18 for general regulations pertaining to Environmental Controls.

B. A buffer area of at least fifty (50) feet in width shall be provided in accordance with Article 19, within which a twenty (20) foot buffer planting strip shall be provided.