Irving, TX Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

2 governs the city's Agricultural (AG) district and lists exactly what may be built or operated there. Permitted principal uses include agriculture in the broad sense (livestock ranges, animal husbandry, field crops, tree crops, nurseries and greenhouses), plus poultry farms, kennels, riding stables and dairies, government buildings, public utility uses, and public parks. Some uses need a conditional use permit first: outdoor amusement within 500 feet of an 'R' single-family district (measured property line to property line), and any outdoor sport shooting range. Commercial mines, quarries and gravel pits are allowed only under whatever separate city ordinances regulate them, and private airports or landing strips are permitted only if the runway's one-mile flight line on each end stays clear of any 'R' district.

Accessory uses are limited to a private garage, swimming pools, and a roadside stand of no more than 400 square feet selling only agricultural products grown on the same premises. The dimensional standards are strict for a farm district: 50-foot front, rear and side yards, a 200-foot minimum lot width and depth, 150,000 square feet of lot area, and 30 feet of separation between detached buildings. Building height is capped at one story or 30 feet for the principal structure and one story or 15 feet for accessory structures.

Because AG is a conventional zoning classification rather than a nuisance-suit shield, a property must actually carry the AG designation on the zoning map for these use rights and setbacks to apply; land zoned residential or commercial does not get AG's agricultural use rights just because farming occurs there.