Schaumburg, IL Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

157 sets up the 'A' Agricultural District as a holding classification rather than a permanent one: any parcel of five acres or more marked with the letter 'A' on the zoning map stays agricultural 'until such time as the land is subdivided,' after which it automatically converts to whatever district the map's underlying color or pattern designates. 27, cultivation of field and garden crops, farms, wholesale greenhouses and nurseries, apiaries, permanent roadside farm stands, one principal single-family dwelling for the farm owner or operator, and an accessory farm-tenant dwelling on unsubdivided farmland.

Special uses layered on top include temporary concrete batch plants and, outside the right-of-way, small wireless facilities. Subsection (D) gives agricultural buildings and uses a real dispensation: they're exempt from the district's yard and area requirements entirely, except that improvement setbacks along thoroughfares still apply, whichever is greater between the setback of the zoning classification shown under the tone or pattern on the map or the village's official plan and setback ordinances. Nonagricultural uses on the same land, meanwhile, must meet the height, setback, yard, floor area, lot area, lot width, and parking requirements of whatever district the map's underlying pattern represents, not the agricultural designation itself. '