The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Accessory structure means a detached subordinate building located on the same building site with the main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building.

Accessory use means a use customarily incidental to the principal use of a building site or to a building and located upon the same building site with the accessory use.

Alley means any public space or thoroughfare 20 feet or less in width which has been dedicated or deeded for public use.

Alteration means any structural change in the supporting or load-bearing members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

Automobile wrecking or salvage yard means any collection or aggregation of two or more wrecked, junked, burned, salvaged or inoperative motor vehicles owned by either one person, corporation, business firm or interest.

Boardinghouse means a building where, for compensation and by prearrangement, five or more persons other than occasional or transient customers are provided with meals and lodging.

Building means any covered structure intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattels; the term "building" shall be construed to include the term "structure."

Building site means the land area occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings and including such open spaces, yards, minimum area, off-street parking facilities and off-street truck loading facilities as are required by this chapter; every building site shall abut upon a street.

Building site boundary means any line separating a building site from a street, an alley, another building site, or any land not part of the building site.

Camper means a shelter designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes.

Camper vehicle means a motor vehicle, such as a pick-up truck, to which a camper is temporarily attached.

Church means a building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, where persons regularly assemble for religious worship, and which building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body organized to sustain public worship.

Clinic, dental or medical, means a building in which one or more physicians, dentists, and allied professional assistants are engaged in carrying on their profession; the clinic may include a dental or medical laboratory, but it shall not include inpatient care or operating rooms for major surgery.

Convalescent home means a building where three or more persons are provided with medical care, including room and board, under the supervision of one or more physicians; the convalescent home shall not include operating rooms for major surgery.

Commercial fishing camp means a privately owned fishing camp or business in which items are sold or rented or fees charged for any activity related to fishing, or other water recreation.

Completely enclosed structure means a building enclosed by a permanent roof and by solid exterior walls pierced only by windows and customary entrance and exit doors.

Dwelling unit means one or more rooms in the same structure, connected together and constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit for permanent residential occupancy and with facilities for sleeping and cooking.

Dwelling, multiple-family, means a detached building containing three or more dwelling units and used by three or more families living independently of each other; the term "dwelling, multiple-family" includes apartment houses.

Dwelling, one-family, means a detached building containing one dwelling unit and used exclusively by one family.

Dwelling, two-family, means a detached building containing two dwelling units and used by two families living independently of each other.

Family means one or more persons, including not more than four lodgers or boarders, living together as a single housekeeping unit.

Gross floor area means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, including interior balconies and mezzanines; all horizontal dimensions shall be measured between the exterior faces of walls, including the walls of roofed porches having more than one wall. The gross floor area of a building shall include the floor area of accessory buildings on the same building site measured the same way.

Home occupation means an occupation for gain or support conducted only by members of a family residing in a dwelling and conducted entirely within the dwelling; provided that no article is sold or offered for sale except such as may be produced by members of the family residing in the dwelling, and further provided that the occupation is incidental to the residential use of the premises and does not utilize more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling. Home occupations shall include, in general, personal services when performed by the person occupying the building as his private dwelling and not including the employment of any additional persons in the performance of such services.

Hospital means an institution providing health services, primarily for inpatients, and medical and surgical care of the sick or injured, including as an integral part of the institution, such related facilities as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices.

Hotel means a building containing guest rooms in which lodging is provided with or without meals for compensation, and which is open to transient or permanent guests, or both, and where no provision is made for cooking in any guest room; the term "hotel" includes "motel."

Inoperative motor vehicles means a motor vehicle which is unable to travel under its own power and/or one which does not qualify for a current, valid state inspection sticker.

Liquor, for the purpose and intent of this chapter, includes both low and high-alcoholic content beverages.

Livestock means all four-footed hooved animals.

Lot of record means a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the clerk of court and recorder of the parish, or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been recorded in the office of the clerk of court and parish recorder, prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived.

Manufactured home means a movable detached single-family dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics:

(1)

Designed for long term occupancy, and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems;

(2)

Designed and constructed on a chassis that is capable of being transported after fabrication on its own wheels or detachable wheels;

(3)

Arrives at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete, and ready for occupancy except for minor incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location or supports, connections to utilities, and the like; and

(4)

Not to be placed on a foundation as required for permanent structure.

A travel trailer is not to be considered a mobile home.

Mobile home park means a unified development of two or more mobile home sites, plots, or stands arranged on a large tract usually under single ownership, meeting the area and yard requirements of this chapter, and designed to accommodate mobile homes for more or less permanent duration; may include travel trailer accommodations provided that no more than 25 percent of the park is used for this purpose.

Modular home means a dwelling built using all of the same characteristics of a conventionally built home including the use of the structural insulation panels (SIPS) and are classified as real property. They are not built on frames, instead are built using engineered lumber and/or truss system designed to meet or exceed International Building Codes (IBC) as well as state building codes. Modular homes are to be delivered by a specifically designed trailer. Once the modular home structure has reached its destination, it is set in place either by crane or rail system. The home can be set either on pier and beams, chain wall or slab. Since there is no tongue, axles or frame to remove, the home is considered to be a permanent structure. Modular homes can be built utilizing designs that are intended to reflect all characteristics of the neighborhood while providing for modest, high quality houses. The purchase, conveyance, and financing (or refinancing) of the property must be evidenced by a valid and enforceable first lien mortgage or deed of trust that is recorded in the land records and must represent a single real estate transaction under applicable state law.

Motor home means a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached. A motor vehicle to which a camper has been temporarily attached is not a motor home. The term "motor home" includes within its meanings the terms "motor home," "housecar," and "camp car" (with motor power).

Nonconforming structure means a building or part thereof lawfully existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived and which does not conform to all of the regulations of the district in which it is located.

Nonconforming use means a use which lawfully occupied a building or land on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived and which does not conform to all of the regulations of the district in which it is located (to the use regulations of the district in which it is located).

Official map means the map established by the town council and parish police jury pursuant to the provisions of Act 558 of the 1956 Legislature, showing the streets existing and established as public streets and the lines of planned new streets or street extensions, widenings, narrowings, or vacations.

Overnight camp areas (public or private) means any area or tract of land when one or more camping sites are rented or leased or held on rent or lease or allocated by any other method to accommodate three or more tents, campers, recreation vehicles, other camping vehicles, or any other camping activity for human use.

Permitted structure means a structure meeting all the requirements established by this chapter for the district in which the structure is located.

Recreational vehicle means a motor vehicle originally designed or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently or temporarily attached. The term "recreation vehicle" includes within its meanings the terms "recreation vehicle," "motor home," "housecar" and "camp car," "camper vehicles" and "campers."

Roominghouse means a building, other than a hotel, where for compensation and by prearrangement, five or more persons other than occasional or transient customers are provided with lodging.

Storage of trucks means an open or covered area or a portion thereof, used for the storage of any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. The term "storage of trucks" includes within its meaning the storage of trucks, motor trucks and truck tractors.

Street means a public right-of-way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

Street line means the line or boundary separating the public right-of-way from the land or property adjoining.

Structure means anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or which is attached to something having a location on the ground; provided, however, that utility poles and fences and walls (other than building walls) shall not be considered to be structures.

Trailer court means any premises used or set apart for the purpose of supplying to the public parking space for one or more trailer coach or mobile home for living and sleeping purposes, and which includes any buildings, structures, vehicles, or enclosures used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such trailer camp or court.

Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling and so that it may be hauled along a highway.

Yard, front, means an open, unoccupied space on the same building site with a main building, extending the full width of the building site and situated between the street line and the front line of the building projected to the side lines of the building site. The depth of the front yard shall be measured between the front line of the building and the street lines.

Yard, rear, means an open, unoccupied space on the same building site with a main building, extending the full width of the building site and situated between the rear line of the building site and the rear line of the building projected to the side lines of the building site. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the building site and the rear line of the building.

Yard, side, means an open, unoccupied space on the same building site with a main building, situated between the side line of the building and the adjacent side line of the building site and extending from the rear line of the front yard to the front line of the rear yard; if no front yard is provided, the front boundary of the side yard shall be the front line of the building site, and if no rear yard is provided, the rear boundary of the side yard shall be the rear line of the building site.

(Ord. No. 120, § I, 1981; Ord. No. 165, 6-8-1985; Ord. No. 172, § I, 7-14-1986; Ord. No. 450, 5-13-2008)

(a)

Creation of districts. For the purposes of this chapter, all the land within the corporate limits of the town and all the land within five miles of the corporate limits, except for the following agreed upon common boundary between the Bossier City-Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission and the Benton-Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission, beginning at a point where the westerly projection of the Kingston Road intersects the Red River; thence proceed easterly along said projection to the intersection with the centerline of Highway No. 3 and the centerline of the Kingston Road; thence continue easterly along the centerline of the Kingston Road to intersect with Airline Drive; thence continue easterly along the centerline of the Deen's Point Road for approximately 3.5 miles; thence continue due east along the centerline projection of the Deen's Point Road for approximately 5.0 miles to intersect with an arc being the five-mile planning limit of the town, is divided into the following districts:

(b)

Zoning map. The zoning districts and the boundaries thereof are shown on the "Zoning Map of Benton and Vicinity," which map is hereby made part of this chapter, and is on file in the office of the Benton-Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission.

(c)

District boundaries. Except where specifically shown by dimension or otherwise on the zoning map, the boundaries of districts are lot lines or other property lines, the centerlines of streets or alleys or such lines extended, railway right-of-way lines, natural boundary lines such as watercourses, and the municipal corporate limit lines as they may exist from time to time. Questions concerning the exact location of any district boundary shall be decided by the board of appeals.

(d)

Annexed territory.

(1)

Zoning district classification. Where territory hereafter annexed to the town had, prior to its annexation, a zoning classification corresponding to one of the classifications provided for herein, such annexed territory shall retain such classification until and unless changed in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth herein; where territory hereafter annexed to the town had, prior to its annexation, a zoning classification not corresponding to one of the classifications provided for herein or had no classification, such annexed territory shall be in the R-A districts until and unless changed in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth herein.

(2)

Amendment of zoning map upon change of zoning district classification. When, by reason of the annexation of territory to the town, the unincorporated area contiguous to the corporate limits and lying within five miles of the corporate limits is correspondingly changed, the police jury may, upon recommendation of the planning commission, amend the zoning map for all or any part of the area involved.

(e)

Classification of new and unlisted uses. It is recognized that new types of land use will develop and that forms of land use not anticipated will seek to locate in parish. In order to provide for such changes and contingencies, a determination of the appropriate zoning classification of any new or unlisted form of land use shall be made as follows:

(1)

All questions concerning the classification of new or unlisted uses shall be referred to the planning commission for an interpretation of the zoning classification into which the use shall be placed. The referral of the use interpretation question shall be accompanied by a statement of facts listing the nature of the use and whether it involves dwelling activity, sales, processing, type of product, storage and amount and nature thereof, enclosed or open storage, anticipated employment, transportation requirements, nature and time of occupancy or operation of the premises, the amount of noise, odor, fumes, dust, toxic material and vibration likely to be generated and the requirements for public utilities such as sanitary sewer and water.

(2)

The planning commission shall consider the nature and described performance of the proposed use and its compatibility with the uses permitted in the various districts and determine the zoning district or districts within which such use should be permitted.

(3)

In accordance with the amendment procedures set forth herein, the planning commission shall transmit its findings and recommendations for the zoning classification of any new or unlisted use to the police jury or town council for enactment as an amendment to the zoning ordinance.

(f)

Application of regulations. Except as hereinafter provided:

(1)

No land shall be used or occupied, no structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used or occupied, and no use shall be operated unless in conformity with the regulations herein prescribed for the district in which such structure or land is located.

(2)

No structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used or occupied to exceed the height limits herein established, to have less building site area, or to have narrower or smaller front, side, and rear yards than herein prescribed for the district in which the structure is located.

(3)

No part of a yard or other open space required about any structure for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be included as a part of the yard or other open space similarly required for another structure.

(4)

No building site shall be so reduced or diminished that the building site area, yards or other open spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by this chapter.

(5)

Every structure, other than an accessory structure, hereafter designed, erected, altered, used or occupied shall have provided and continuously maintained for it a separate building site as herein defined.

(6)

Every use, unless expressly exempted by this chapter, shall be operated entirely within a completely enclosed structure.

(Ord. No. 120, § II(A), 1981)

(a)

R-A Districts: Residence-Agriculture Districts. These districts are composed mainly of unsubdivided lands that are vacant or in agricultural or forestry uses, with some dwelling and some accessory uses. The regulations are designed to protect the essentially open character of the districts by prohibiting the establishment of scattered business, industrial, and other uses that are unrelated to any general plan of development and that might inhibit the best future urban utilization of the land. It is intended that land in these districts will be reclassified to its appropriate residential, commercial or industrial category in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth herein whenever such land is subdivided into urban building sites.

(1)

Permitted uses. In R-A districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Dwelling, one-family.

3.

Extraction of oil and gas.

4.

Farming and truck gardening; need not be enclosed within structure.

5.

Golf course, but not including commercial miniature course or commercial driving range; need not be enclosed within structure.

6.

Home occupation.

7.

Livestock and poultry raising, including dairy and horse raising exercise tract; need not be enclosed within structure.

8.

Name plate, not to exceed one square foot.

9.

Race horse training facilities, not including commercial race track for parimutuel betting.

b.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located:

1.

Fire station.

2.

Outdoor general advertising structure; need not be enclosed within structure (in legally permitted areas).

3.

Pipeline or electric transmission line; need not be enclosed within structure.

4.

Park or playground not including overnight camping.

5.

Extraction of other minerals (not including extraction by strip mining).

6.

Railroad right-of-way, but not including shops, yards, and team tracks; need not be enclosed, within structure.

7.

Riding academy.

8.

School, elementary and/or secondary, meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the State of Louisiana University or College (nonprofit).

9.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

10.

Water or sewage pumping station.

c.

Special exception uses. The uses listed below are subject to the same approval of location and site plan as uses requiring planning approval; in addition, these uses are declared to possess such characteristics of unique or special form that each specific use shall be considered an individual case and shall be subject to approval of the board of appeals in accordance with the provisions of article VI of this chapter governing special exceptions:

1.

Airport; need not be enclosed within structure.

2.

Airport and dusting service; need not be enclosed within structure.

3.

Campgrounds, commercial and public owned (for overnight camping).

4.

Cemetery; need not be enclosed within structure.

5.

Church, including parish house, community house, and educational buildings.

6.

Correctional, detention, or penal institution.

7.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure, but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

8.

Golf driving range and miniature golf course; need not be enclosed within structure.

9.

Livestock auction market.

10.

Mobile home for single-family.

11.

Radio and television broadcasting transmitter, but not including studio.

12.

Revival church (temporary); as a temporary use on permit issued by the zoning administrator, such permit to be good for a period not exceeding one week and renewable for not more than three such periods.

13.

Sanitary landfill.

14.

Strip mining.

(2)

Building site area. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum building site area shall be:

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

(b)

R-1 Districts: One-Family Residence Districts. These districts are composed mainly of areas containing one-family dwellings and open areas where similar residential development seems likely to occur; few two-family and multiple-family dwellings are found in these areas. The district regulations are designed to protect the residential character of the areas by prohibiting all commercial activities; to encourage a suitable neighborhood environment for family life by including among the permitted uses such facilities as schools and churches; and to preserve the openness of the areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met.

(1)

Permitted uses. In R-1 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Dwelling, one-family.

3.

Farming and truck gardening; need not be enclosed within structure. Does not include livestock and poultry raising.

4.

Home occupation.

5.

Nameplate, not exceeding one square foot in area; need not be enclosed within structure.

6.

Park or playground (public), including recreation center; need not be enclosed within structure (not including overnight camping equipment).

b.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located:

1.

Fire station.

2.

Golf course, but not including commercial miniature course or commercial driving range; need not be enclosed within structure.

3.

Library (public).

4.

Pipeline or electric transmission line; underground lines clearly marked.

5.

Railroad right-of-way, but not including shops, yards, and team tracks; need not be enclosed within structure.

6.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

7.

Water or sewage pumping station.

c.

Special exception uses. The uses listed below are subject to the same approval of location and site plan as uses requiring planning approval; in addition, these uses are declared to possess such characteristics of unique or special form that each specific use shall be considered an individual case and shall be subject to approval of the board of appeals in accordance with the provisions of article VI of this chapter governing special exceptions:

1.

Art gallery or museum.

2.

Cemetery; need not be enclosed within structure.

3.

Church, including parish house, community house, and educational buildings.

4.

Correctional, detention, or penal institution.

5.

Convalescent home or other institution for care of special groups.

6.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure, but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

7.

Hospital or sanitarium.

8.

School, elementary and/or secondary, meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the state.

9.

Mobile home.

10.

Public overnight camping.

11.

Telephone exchange, but not including administrative offices, shops or garages.

12.

University or college (nonprofit).

(2)

Building site area. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum building site area shall be:

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

(c)

R-2 Districts: Multiple-Family Residence Districts. These districts are composed mainly of areas containing a mixture of one-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings. The district regulations are designed to protect the residential character of the areas by prohibiting all commercial activities; to encourage a suitable neighborhood environment for family life by including among the permitted uses such facilities as schools and churches; to prevent overcrowding of the land by requiring certain minimum yard and other open spaces for all buildings; and to avoid excessive population density by requiring a certain minimum building site area for each dwelling unit.

(1)

Permitted uses. In R-2 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

All uses by right permitted in R-1 districts.

2.

Dwelling, two-family.

3.

Dwelling, multiple-family.

b.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located: All uses requiring planning approval permitted in R-1 districts.

c.

Special exception uses. The uses listed below are subject to the same approval of location and site plan as uses requiring planning approval; in addition, these uses are declared to possess such characteristics of unique or special form that each specific use shall be considered an individual case and shall be subject to approval of the board of appeals in accordance with the provisions of article VI of this chapter governing special exceptions. All special exception uses permitted in R-1 districts are nursery, day care, or kindergarten.

1.

Building site area. Except as provided in section II of this chapter, the minimum building site area shall be:

2.

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed three stories or 45 feet.

3.

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

(d)

R-3 MHP Districts: Residence-Mobile Home Park Districts. These districts are composed mainly of areas containing mobile home sites arranged on a large tract, usually under single ownership and designed to accommodate mobile homes for more or less permanent duration along with other uses compatible to such parks which provide related services. Such areas shall be well suited for residential purposes, with commercial and office uses to be prohibited, to encourage a suitable living environment for family life by including among the permitted uses such facilities as schools and churches, and to preserve the openness of the areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met.

(1)

Permitted uses. In the R-MHP districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Mobile home.

3.

Nameplate, not exceeding one square foot in area; need not be enclosed within structure.

4.

Park or playground (public), including recreation center; need not be enclosed within structure (not to include overnight camp facilities).

5.

Travel trailer.

b.

Uses requiring planning commission approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located:

1.

Fire station.

2.

Golf course, but not including commercial miniature course or commercial driving range; need not be enclosed within structure.

3.

Library (public).

4.

Pipeline or electric transmission line; need not be enclosed within structure.

5.

Railroad right-of-way, but not including shops, yards, and team tracks; need not be enclosed within structure.

6.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

7.

Water or sewage pumping station.

c.

Special exception uses. The uses listed below are declared to possess such characteristics of unique or special form that each specific use shall be considered an individual case and shall be subject to approval of the board of appeals in accordance with the provisions of article VI of this chapter governing special exceptions:

1.

Art gallery or museum.

2.

Church, including parish house, community house, and educational buildings.

3.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

4.

Nursery, day care, or kindergarten.

5.

Public overnight camping.

6.

School, elementary and/or secondary, meeting all requirements of the compulsory education laws of the state. Telephone exchange, but not including administrative offices, shop or garages.

(2)

Building site area.

a.

Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum building site area shall be:

For a mobile home park: 10 acres.

b.

Except that a mobile home park may be approved for less than ten acres provided that a minimum 5,000 square-foot building site shall be required for each mobile home unit for mobile home parks of less than ten acres. No mobile home park shall be permitted on sites of less than three acres. For mobile home parks on sites of ten acres or more, a maximum density of nine units per acre will be permitted.

For all other permitted uses: 10,000 sq. ft.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be erected or altered to exceed 35 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

For the mobile home park external boundaries:

1.

Front yard: 30 feet.

2.

Side yard: 25 feet*.

3.

Rear yard: 25 feet*.

*Except that where the rear of all trailers along any side or rear yard back to that yard and have no entrances to the rear of the trailer, the side and rear yard may be reduced to ten feet.

b.

For each mobile home unit or accessory structure:

1.

Front yard:

(i)

From dedicated internal street: 20 feet.

(ii)

From private driveway designed or used for access: 10 feet.

3.

Side yard: 10 feet, or a minimum of 20 feet between each unit.

4.

Rear yard:

(i)

If either unit contains a rear door: 10 feet.

(ii)

If neither unit contains a rear door: 5 feet.

In each case, the total distance of 20 feet or ten feet may be applied.

(5)

Special conditions.

a.

Sanitation, fire protection and utility services. Sanitation, fire protection and utility services shall be provided to each building site in accordance with the requirements of the town or the parish and state health departments.

b.

Plan of ingress and egress. A plan of ingress and egress to the property shall be approved by the planning commission and the parish engineer or town engineer.

c.

Drainage and utility easements. There shall be provided on the park property adequate drainage and utility easements approved by the parish engineer or town engineer.

d.

Solid waste and trash pickup and disposal. The park owner shall provide for solid waste and trash pickup and disposal.

e.

Street standards. Streets, public or private, shall meet the requirements of the subdivision regulations of the town or the parish police jury.

f.

Screening fence. There shall be constructed and properly maintained proper screening fence between park and adjoining residences. As a minimum, fence may be chain link with slats, redwood or cedar, or masonry not less than six feet in height.

g.

Tie-downs. Every mobile home to be located in a mobile home park under provisions of this section shall be equipped with adequate foundations and tie-downs intended to secure such units against movement, settling and overturning, for the protection of life and property; and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any mobile home unit until tie-down requirements have been met.

1.

Number of tie-downs required. All mobile home stands shall be provided with tie-downs as follows:

2.

Ground anchors.

(i)

Anchors shall be bolted-in-concrete, screw auger or auger or anchor-driven or any other type manufactured and approved for use.

(ii)

All anchors shall be galvanized, high-tensile steel, not less than five-eighths-inch-diameter, with a drop-forged, closed eye or any other approved method of anchorage. All anchors shall be not less than four feet in length, installed to full depth, according to manufacturer's recommendation, with only the eye protruding above grade for connecting the tie-down system.

(iii)

Connection to the mobile home I-beam frame shall be a five-eighths-inch or larger drop-forged closed eye bolted through a hole drilled through the frame or by any other approved and adequate wraparound, hook or clamp method.

(iv)

Not less than five-eighths-inch drop-forged turnbuckles with closed eyes and screw pins shall be attached to the frame above and the ground anchor below and securely tightened in place. Steel straps or cables may be used in lieu of turnbuckles if they are of equal or greater strength and are securely tightened in place with a tensioning tool and clamped.

3.

Tie-downs may be set in the concrete slabs, strips or runners. When concrete slabs, runners, or strips are provided, tie-downs may be set in the concrete slabs, strips or runners; provided that such strips or runners are a minimum of four inches in thickness and reinforced with not less than 28-gauge wire mesh. Such strips or runners shall be a minimum of 30 inches wide, and not less than the length of the mobile home unit if tie-downs are not to be set in the concrete slabs.

(Ord. No. 120, § II(B), 1981; Ord. No. 172, § II, 7-14-1986; Ord. No. 480, 10-10-2011)

(a)

B-1 Districts: Transition Business Districts. These districts are composed of land and structures occupied by or suitable for such uses as offices, studios, and public parking lots. Although usually located between residential areas and business areas, these districts are in some instances freestanding in residential areas. The district regulations are designed to protect and encourage the transitional character of the district by limiting the permitted uses to those of a semi-commercial nature and to protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met, standards that are comparable to those called for in the residence districts.

(1)

Permitted uses. In the B-1 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Antique store.

3.

Apothecary (limited to the sale of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies).

4.

Art gallery or museum.

5.

Bookstore.

6.

Church, including parish house, community house, and educational buildings.

7.

Ceramic shop, sales only.

8.

Club or lodge, private, not including one the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.

9.

Convalescent home.

10.

Distribution service (circulars, samples, etc.).

11.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

12.

Fire station.

13.

Floral shop, not including greenhouse.

14.

Gift shop.

15.

Interior decorating shop.

16.

Library or reading room.

17.

Loan or finance office; no repossessed or acquired items or automobiles stored on premises.

18.

Nameplate, not exceeding 32 square feet in area; need not be enclosed within structure four-inch by eight-inch or 32 square feet.

19.

Nursery, day care, or kindergarten.

20.

Office.

21.

On-premises sign.

22.

Park or playground (public), including recreation center; need not be enclosed within structure.

23.

Parking lot.

24.

Picture framing shop.

25.

Pipeline or electric transmission line right-of-way.

26.

Radio and television broadcasting studio, but not including transmitter.

27.

Railroad right-of-way, but not including shops, yards, and team tracks; need not be enclosed within structure.

28.

Roominghouse or boardinghouse.

29.

Studio for professional work or teaching of any form of fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance and health club.

30.

Telephone exchange, but not including administrative offices, shops, or garages.

31.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

32.

Water or sewage pumping station.

(2)

Building site area. There is no minimum required building site area.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in section II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet.

a.

Uses requiring planning commission approval: Residential uses.

b.

Special exception uses.

1.

Outdoor advertising structure (in legal area) (need not be enclosed in a structure).

2.

Clinic, medical or dental.

(4)

Grasses required. Except as provided in section II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

Front yard: 25 feet.

b.

Side yard: 5 feet.

c.

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(b)

B-2 Districts: Neighborhood Business Districts. These districts are composed of land and structures occupied by or suitable for furnishing the retail goods, such as groceries and drugs, and the services such as barbering and shoe repairing, to satisfy the daily household needs of the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Often located on one or more thoroughfares, these districts are small and are within convenient walking distance of most of the areas they will serve. The district regulations are designed to permit the development of the districts for their purpose and to protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met, standards that are comparable to those called for in residence districts. It is intended that additional neighborhood business districts will be created, in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth in this chapter, as they are needed to serve new residential areas. To ensure that such new districts are actually developed to supply the business needs of the neighborhoods, the amendment creating the district may set a time limit for its development.

(1)

Permitted uses. In B-2 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the condition specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Antique store.

3.

Apothecary.

4.

Apparel and accessory store, including altering and repairing.

5.

Appliance store.

6.

Art gallery or museum.

7.

Artificial limbs, manufacture and sales.

8.

Automobile service station, where the primary function is the retail sale of gasoline, oil, grease, tires, batteries, and accessories; and where services are limited to installation of items sold, washing, polishing, and greasing; fuel pumps need not be enclosed within structure; pump islands shall be located at least 15 feet from the property line; canopies anchored or supported in a pump island may extend to within five feet of the property line; canopies shall have a minimum height of ten feet above the driveway.

9.

Auto parts store.

10.

Bakery, retail.

11.

Bank.

12.

Barbershop or beauty shop.

13.

Bookstore.

14.

Business machines store or agency.

15.

Camera and photographic supplies store.

16.

Candy, nut and confectionery store.

17.

Carpet store.

18.

Catering shop.

19.

Ceramic shop, sales only.

20.

Clinic, dental or medical.

21.

Club or lodge, private.

22.

Convalescent home.

23.

Dairy products sales.

24.

Delicatessen.

25.

Drugstore.

26.

Dry cleaning plant, with noninflammable cleaning agents (no outside steam).

27.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

28.

Exterminator service.

29.

Fire station.

30.

Fix-it shop.

31.

Floral shop, including greenhouse.

32.

Fruit store.

33.

Garden supplies store, handling packaged fertilizer and no other types of fertilizer.

34.

Gift shop.

35.

Grocery store, retail.

36.

Hardware store, retail.

37.

Health club.

38.

Hobby supply store.

39.

Institution for children or the aged.

40.

Interior decoration shop.

41.

Jewelry store, including repairing of jewelry, watches and clocks.

42.

Landscape garden sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

43.

Laundry, self-service or launderteria.

44.

Laundry and/or dry cleaning pickup station.

45.

Library or reading room.

46.

Loan or finance office; no repossessed or acquired items or automobiles stored on premises.

47.

Nursing home.

48.

Nursery day care, kindergarten.

49.

Office.

50.

On-premises sign.

51.

Optician.

52.

Outdoor general advertising structure; need not be enclosed within structure.

53.

Parking lot.

54.

Picture framing shop.

55.

Pipeline or electric transmission line right-of-way.

56.

Post office.

57.

Radio and television store and repair shop.

58.

Radio and/or television broadcasting studio, but not including transmitter.

59.

Railroad right-of-way, but not including shops, yards, and team tracks; need not be enclosed within structure.

60.

Rent-all store.

61.

Restaurant, where foods including beverages are served and consumed inside the enclosed structure; the serving or consumption of foods or beverages is not allowed outside the enclosed structure.

62.

Roominghouse or boardinghouse.

63.

Shoe store, retail.

64.

Sporting goods store, retail, excluding repair and testing of motors and outdoor boat display.

65.

Studio for professional work or teaching of any form of the fine arts, photography, music, drama, dance, but not including a commercial gymnasium.

66.

Telephone exchange, but not including administrative offices, shops, or garages.

67.

Theater, indoor.

68.

Toy store.

69.

Uniform sales and service, cleaning only with noninflammable cleaning agents (no outside steam).

70.

Variety store (limited to the sale of items which may be sold by any other use in this district).

71.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

72.

Water or sewage pumping station.

73.

Wig shop, retail.

74.

YMCA, YWCA, and similar institutions.

(2)

Building site area. There is no minimum required building site area.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

Front yard: 25 feet.

b.

Side yard: None.

c.

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Special exception uses.

a.

Drugstore, package liquor sales (in legally permitted areas) as a subordinate use to drug sales.

b.

Liquor Store, package sales only (in legally permitted areas).

c.

Restaurants, liquor sales for consumption on premises permitted only as a subordinate use to the principal use of food service (in legally permitted areas).

(6)

Uses requiring planning approval.

a.

Mobile home (to be occupied by owner or security personnel only), shall not be permitted in conjunction with establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.

b.

One-family dwelling.

(c)

B-3 Districts: Community and Central Business Districts. These districts are composed of land and structures used to furnish, in addition to the retail goods and services found in neighborhood business districts, the wider range of retail goods and services to satisfy all of the household and personal needs of the residents of the town and its trade area. Located at or near the convergence of principal thoroughfares and highways, these districts are centrally placed for the convenience of all of the people of the town. The district regulations are designed to permit the development of the districts for their purpose in an open, spacious arrangement by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met, standards that are comparable to those called for in residence districts. To protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas certain restrictions are placed on uses. Although new districts of this type will not often be called for, such districts can be created in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth in this chapter, if they are needed. To ensure that such districts are actually developed to supply the business needs of the groups of neighborhoods, the amendment creating the district may set a time limit for its development.

(1)

Permitted uses. In the B-3 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Air-conditioning sales and service.

3.

Ambulance service.

4.

Amusement (commercial), miniature golf course, and golf driving range; need not be enclosed within structure.

5.

Animal clinic (no outside kennels).

6.

Antique store.

7.

Apothecary.

8.

Apparel and accessory store.

9.

Appliance store.

10.

Armory.

11.

Art gallery or museum.

12.

Artificial limbs manufacture and/or sales.

13.

Auditorium.

14.

Automobile and truck sales and/or repair, but not including commercial wrecking, dismantling, or auto salvage yard; need not be enclosed within structure, provided the unenclosed part shall comply with the requirements for the maintenance of off-street parking facilities, except the prohibition of sales.

15.

Automobile and truck maintenance shops and garages.

16.

Automobile service station and/or repair, where the primary function is the retail sale of gasoline, oil, grease, tires, batteries, and accessories, washing, polishing and greasing; fuel pumps need not be enclosed within structure; pump islands shall be located at least 15 feet from the property line; canopies anchored or supported in a pump island may extend to within five feet of the side property line; canopies shall have a minimum height of ten feet above driveway; not including commercial wrecking, dismantling, or auto salvage yard.

17.

Automobile laundry/car wash, where the primary function is washing automobiles, but not including trucks or trailers, and the retail sale of accessories is a secondary use only and must be operated within an enclosed structure; all wastes shall be discharged in compliance with parish ordinance.

18.

Automobile storage, commercial; need not be enclosed within structure.

19.

Auto parts store.

20.

Bait store, sales (live bait); need not be enclosed within structure.

21.

Bakery, retail or wholesale.

22.

Bank.

23.

Barber and/or beauty school.

24.

Barbershop and/or beauty shop.

25.

Barber and/or beauty supplies and equipment sales.

26.

Beverage manufacture, not including alcoholic.

27.

Bicycle and/or lawn mower sales and repair.

28.

Bindery, bookbinding.

29.

Boat sales and repair, storage yard; need not be enclosed within structure.

30.

Blueprinting and photostating.

31.

Bookstore.

32.

Bowling alley.

33.

Brooms and brushes manufacture.

34.

Building specialties store.

35.

Business college.

36.

Business machines store or agency.

37.

Cabinet or carpenter shop.

38.

Camera and photographic supplies store.

39.

Candy, nut and confectionery store.

40.

Canvas products manufacture.

41.

Carpet store.

42.

Catering shop.

43.

Ceramic shop, sales, equipment and supplies and manufacture.

44.

City hall, police station, courthouse or federal building.

45.

Clinic, dental or medical.

46.

Club or lodge, private.

47.

Coffee roasting.

48.

Commercial fishing camp.

49.

Commercial overnight camping facility.

50.

Convalescent home.

51.

Copy service, reproduction, printing, etc.

52.

Correctional, detention or penal institution.

53.

Cosmetics (compounding only).

54.

Creamery.

55.

Dairy equipment sales.

56.

Dairy products sales.

57.

Delicatessen.

58.

Dental lab and supply.

59.

Department store (limited to the sale of items which may be sold by any other use permitted in this district).

60.

Drugstore.

61.

Drug compounding and manufacturing.

62.

Dry cleaning plant, with noninflammable cleaning agents only.

63.

Dry goods store, retail or wholesale.

64.

Electric repair shop.

65.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure but must be enclosed within a wall at least ten feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons.

66.

Elevator maintenance and service.

67.

Exterminator service.

68.

Farm equipment and supplies store.

69.

Feed store.

70.

Fire station.

71.

Fix-it shop.

72.

Fixture sales.

73.

Floor covering sales.

74.

Floral shop, including greenhouse.

75.

Food locker plant, renting only individual lockers for home customer storage of food (cutting and packaging of meats and game permitted, but not including any slaughtering or eviscerating thereof).

76.

Food products, wholesale storage and sales.

77.

Fruit store, retail.

78.

Fruit and produce, wholesale.

79.

Funeral home, mortuary or undertaking establishment.

80.

Fur dyeing, finishing, storage (no tanning).

81.

Furniture repair and upholstering.

82.

Furniture store, retail or wholesale.

83.

Garden supplies store, handling packaged fertilizer and no other types of fertilizer.

84.

Gift shop.

85.

Glass store.

86.

Golf driving range and miniature golf; need not be enclosed within structure.

87.

Greenhouse, commercial.

88.

Grocery store, retail.

89.

Gymnasium, commercial.

90.

Hardware store, retail.

91.

Hardware, wholesale storage and sales.

92.

Hatchery.

93.

Health club.

94.

Hobby supply store.

95.

Hotel, motel, tourist home, all for transient occupancy except that not more than one-third of the gross floor area may be used for apartments for permanent occupancy.

96.

Ice cream manufacture.

97.

Ice cream store.

98.

Institution for children or the aged.

99.

Interior decorating shop.

100.

Janitorial service.

101.

Jewelry store, including repairing of jewelry, watches and clocks.

102.

Kennels (no outside kennels).

103.

Laboratory.

104.

Laboratory, dental or medical.

105.

Landscape garden sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

106.

Laundry, self-service or launderteria.

107.

Laundry, and/or dry cleaning, with noninflammable cleaning agents only.

108.

Leather goods or luggage store.

109.

Library or reading room.

110.

Loan office.

111.

Locksmith.

112.

Machinery, tools, and construction equipment, sales and service.

113.

Mail-order house.

114.

Marine store.

115.

Millinery manufacture.

116.

Miniature golf course; need not be enclosed within structure.

117.

Mobile home sales.

118.

Motorcycle sales and service.

119.

Moving and storage warehouse.

120.

Music store.

121.

Newsstand.

122.

Novelty and souvenir manufacture.

123.

Nursery, day care, kindergarten.

124.

Nursery, landscape garden sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

125.

Nursing home.

126.

Office.

127.

Office equipment and supplies, sales.

128.

On-premises sign.

129.

Optical goods, wholesale.

130.

Optician.

131.

Outboard motors, sales and repair.

132.

Outdoor general advertising structure; need not be enclosed within structure.

133.

Paint and wall paper store.

134.

Painting and decorating contractor.

135.

Paper supplies, wholesale.

136.

Parking lot.

137.

Passenger depot, railway or bus.

138.

Pawnshop.

139.

Pet store.

140.

Photographic studio and/or processing.

141.

Picture framing and/or mirror silvering.

142.

Pipeline or electric transmission line right-of-way.

143.

Plumbing shop.

144.

Police station.

145.

Post office.

146.

Pressing, altering and repairing of wearing apparel.

147.

Printing, publishing and allied industries.

148.

Radio and television broadcasting, studio and transmitter.

149.

Radio and television store and repair shop.

150.

Railroad facilities, except shops; need not be enclosed within structure.

151.

Recreation center, commercial.

152.

Recreational vehicle, sales and service.

153.

Rent-all store.

154.

Restaurant.

155.

Restaurant, drive-in.

156.

Restaurant supplies sales.

157.

Riding academy; need not be enclosed within structure.

158.

Roominghouse and boardinghouse.

159.

Rug cleaning.

160.

Seafood store, retail.

161.

Seed store.

162.

Shoe repair shop.

163.

Shoe store, retail.

164.

Shoe store, wholesale.

165.

Sign shop.

166.

Skating rinks.

167.

Small animal clinic (no outside kennels).

168.

Sporting goods store, retail.

169.

Sporting goods store, wholesale.

170.

Stone monument sales, retail; need not be enclosed within structure.

171.

Studio for professional work or teaching of any form of fine arts, photography, music, drama and dance.

172.

Surgical, medical or dental supplies store.

173.

Tailor shop.

174.

Taxidermy shop.

175.

Telephone exchange, but not including shops and garage.

176.

Theater, indoor.

177.

Tile shop.

178.

Tire store.

179.

Tobacco store.

180.

Toy store.

181.

Trailer sales.

182.

Uniform sales and service, cleaning only with noninflammable cleaning agents.

183.

Variety store.

184.

Vegetable store.

185.

Vending machine shop.

186.

Venetian blind and metal awning, fabrication and cleaning.

187.

Warehousing including mini warehousing.

188.

Water distillation.

189.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

190.

Water or sewage pumping station.

191.

Wholesale and warehousing.

192.

Wig shop, retail.

193.

YMCA, YWCA, and similar institutions.

194.

X-ray apparatus.

b.

Special exception uses. Liquor sales in legally permitted areas.

c.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which it is located:

1.

Theater, outdoor; need not be enclosed within structure.

2.

Dancehall and discotheques.

3.

Mobile home (to be occupied by owner or security personnel only), shall not be permitted in conjunction with establishments that sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises.

4.

One-family dwelling.

5.

Roofing and sheet metal contractor.

(2)

Building site area. There is no minimum required building site area.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

Front yard: 25 feet.

b.

Side yard: None.

c.

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(Ord. No. 120, § II(C), 1981; Ord. No. 125, 4-5-1982; Ord. No. 227, 10-8-1990; Ord. No. 239, 2-10-1992; Ord. No. 368, 9-9-2002)

(a)

I-1 Districts: Light Industry Districts. These districts are composed of land and structures used for light manufacturing or wholesaling, or suitable for such uses, where the use and its operation do not directly adversely affect nearby residential and business uses. These districts are usually separated from residential areas by business areas or by natural barriers. The district regulations are designed to allow a wide range of industrial activities subject to limitations designed to protect nearby residential and business districts.

(1)

Permitted uses. In the I-1 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Accessory use.

2.

Air-conditioning sales and service.

3.

Airport; need not be enclosed within structure.

4.

Airport and dusting service; need not be enclosed within structure.

5.

Animal hospital or clinic, with outside kennels.

6.

Armory.

7.

Automobile and truck maintenance, shops and garages.

8.

Automobile and truck sales and/or repair, but not including commercial wrecking, dismantling, or auto salvage yard; including steam cleaning; need not be enclosed, provided the unenclosed part shall comply with the requirements for maintenance of off-street parking facilities, except the prohibition of sales.

9.

Automobile storage, commercial; need not be enclosed within structure.

10.

Automobile and truck body repair.

11.

Aviary; need not be enclosed within structure.

12.

Awning fabrication and cleaning.

13.

Bakery, wholesale.

14.

Barber and beauty supplies and equipment sales.

15.

Battery manufacture.

16.

Beverage manufacture, not including alcoholic.

17.

Boat manufacture.

18.

Boat sales and repair.

19.

Brooms and brushes manufacture.

20.

Burial vaults manufacture.

21.

Canvas products manufacture.

22.

Carnival or circus; as a temporary use on permit issued by the zoning administrator, such permit to be good for a period not exceeding three days and renewable for not more than three such periods; need not be enclosed within structure.

23.

Carting, express, crating, hauling and storage.

24.

Casket manufacture.

25.

Clothing manufacture.

26.

Coffee roasting.

27.

Cold storage plant.

28.

Commercial recreation center.

29.

Concrete and concrete products manufacture; need not be enclosed within structure.

30.

Contractor's storage yard for vehicles, equipment, materials, and/or supplies; need not be enclosed within structure.

31.

Cosmetics (compounding only).

32.

Creamery.

33.

Dairy equipment sales.

34.

Dog pound; need not be enclosed within structure.

35.

Drug manufacture.

36.

Dry cleaning.

37.

Dry goods, wholesale.

38.

Electric repair shop.

39.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure.

40.

Electronic and communication equipment manufacture.

41.

Electroplating.

42.

Elevator maintenance and service and manufacture and sales.

43.

Farm equipment and supplies sales.

44.

Farming and truck gardening; need not be enclosed within structure.

45.

Feed store.

46.

Fiberglass fabricators.

47.

Fire station.

48.

Fixture sales.

49.

Food locker plant, renting only individual lockers for home customer storage of food (cutting and packaging of meats and game permitted, but not including any slaughtering or eviscerating thereof).

50.

Food products manufacture.

51.

Food products, wholesale storage and sales.

52.

Foundry.

53.

Freight depot; railway, truck or bus.

54.

Frozen food plant.

55.

Fruit and produce, wholesale.

56.

Glass products manufacture (from glass stock).

57.

Greenhouse, commercial.

58.

Hardware, wholesale storage and sales.

59.

Hardware manufacture.

60.

Hatchery.

61.

Horse training facility.

62.

Hosiery mill.

63.

Ice cream manufacture.

64.

Ice manufacture.

65.

Janitorial service.

66.

Kennels, boarding.

67.

Laboratory.

68.

Laundry, linen supply, or diaper service.

69.

Lumberyard and building materials; need not be enclosed within structure.

70.

Machine shop.

71.

Machinery, tools, and construction equipment, sales and service.

72.

Mail-order house.

73.

Mattress manufacture and rebuilding.

74.

Metal products fabrication.

75.

Metal sharpening.

76.

Millinery manufacture.

77.

Millwork and similar wood products manufacture.

78.

Mobile home manufacture.

79.

Moving and storage warehouse.

80.

Novelty and souvenir manufacture.

81.

Nursery, landscape garden sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

82.

Office.

83.

Office equipment and supplies manufacture.

84.

Oil well supplies and machinery; need not be enclosed within structure.

85.

On-premises sign.

86.

Optical goods, wholesale.

87.

Outdoor general advertising structure; need not be enclosed within structure.

88.

Packing and gasket manufacture.

89.

Painting and decorating contractor.

90.

Paper supplies, wholesale.

91.

Parking lot.

92.

Passenger depot; railway or bus.

93.

Pipe storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

94.

Pipeline or electric transmission line right-of-way.

95.

Pipeline compressor station.

96.

Playground equipment manufacture.

97.

Plumbing shop.

98.

Plumbing supplies, wholesale.

99.

Pistol or rifle range, indoor.

100.

Poultry (live) storage and/or dressing.

101.

Printing, publishing, and allied industries.

102.

Railroad facilities, except shops; need not be enclosed within structure.

103.

Recreation center, commercial.

104.

Restaurant supplies sales.

105.

Revival church (temporary); as a temporary use on a permit issued by the zoning administrator, such permit to be good for a period not exceeding one week and renewable for not more than three such periods.

106.

Riding academy; need not be enclosed within structure.

107.

Roofing and sheet metal shop.

108.

Rug cleaning.

109.

Sand and gravel storage yard; need not be enclosed within structure.

110.

Seafood store, retail and wholesale.

111.

Seed store.

112.

Shoe store, wholesale.

113.

Shoe manufacture.

114.

Sign shop.

115.

Sporting goods store, wholesale.

116.

Taxidermy.

117.

Telephone exchange, including shops and garages.

118.

Toy manufacture.

119.

Trailer manufacture.

120.

Trailer sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

121.

Transit vehicle storage and servicing; need not be enclosed within structure.

122.

Trade school.

123.

Vending machine shop.

124.

Venetian blind and metal awning fabrication and cleaning.

125.

Vo-tech school.

126.

Vulcanizing shop.

127.

Water distillation.

128.

Water or sewage pumping station.

129.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

130.

Welding shop.

131.

Well drilling company.

132.

Wholesale and warehousing.

133.

Wig manufacture.

134.

X-ray apparatus and supplies.

b.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located:

1.

Quarter horse race track.

2.

Theater, outdoor; need not be enclosed within structure.

(2)

Building site area. The minimum site area shall be 10,000 square feet.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed three stories or 45 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

Front yard: 25 feet.

b.

Side yard: 10 feet.

c.

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(b)

1-2 Districts: Heavy Industry Districts. These districts are composed of land and structures used for heavy manufacturing and related activities or suitable for such uses. Located for convenient access from existing and future arterial thoroughfares and railway lines, these districts are in many instances separated from residential areas by business or light industry areas or by natural barriers; where they are adjacent to residential areas some type of artificial separation may be required. The district regulations are designed to permit the development of the district for almost any industrial use, subject to the minimum regulations necessary for the mutual protection of the uses.

(1)

Permitted uses. In the I-2 districts, only the following uses are permitted:

a.

Uses by right. The uses listed below are permitted subject to the conditions specified:

1.

Abrasives manufacture.

2.

Accessory use.

3.

Acetylene gas manufacture and/or storage.

4.

Air products manufacture.

5.

Airport-need not be enclosed within structure.

6.

Airport and dusting service; need not be enclosed within structure.

7.

Alcohol distillation and/or storage.

8.

Ammonia, bleaching powder, and chlorine manufacture.

9.

Animal hospital or clinic, with outside kennels.

10.

Armory.

11.

Asbestos products manufacture.

12.

Asphalt products manufacture.

13.

Automobile manufacture.

14.

Automobile storage, commercial; need not be enclosed within structure.

15.

Automobile and truck body manufacture.

16.

Automobile and truck maintenance shops and garages, but not including commercial, wrecking dismantling or auto salvage yard.

17.

Aviary; need not be enclosed within structure.

18.

Battery manufacture.

19.

Beverage manufacture.

20.

Boat manufacture.

21.

Boiler or tank works.

22.

Brewery.

23.

Burial vaults manufacture.

24.

Canvas products manufacture.

25.

Carnival or circus; as a temporary use on permit issued by the zoning administrator, such permit to be good for a period not exceeding three days and renewable for not more than three such periods (need not be enclosed within structure).

26.

Carting, express, crating, hauling and storage.

27.

Casket manufacture.

28.

Caustic soda manufacture.

29.

Celluloid manufacture.

30.

Chemicals (heavy or industrial), manufacture and/or processing.

31.

Clothing manufacture.

32.

Coffee roasting.

33.

Cold storage plant.

34.

Concrete and concrete products manufacture; need not be enclosed within structure.

35.

Contractor's storage yard for vehicles, equipment, materials and/or supplies.

36.

Cotton compress.

37.

Cotton ginning and baling.

38.

Diesel engine repair.

39.

Dog pound; need not be enclosed within structure.

40.

Drug manufacture.

41.

Dyestuff manufacture.

42.

Electric power generating plant.

43.

Electric substation; need not be enclosed within structure.

44.

Electroplating.

45.

Farming and truck gardening; need not be enclosed within structure.

46.

Felt manufacture.

47.

Fiberglass fabricators.

48.

Fire station.

49.

Food products manufacture.

50.

Food products, wholesale storage and sales.

51.

Foundry.

52.

Freight depot; railway, truck or bus.

53.

Frozen food plant.

54.

Fungicides manufacture.

55.

Glass manufacture.

56.

Glass products manufacture (from glass stock).

57.

Grain drying or feed manufacture from refuse, mash, or grain.

58.

Grain milling, storage and elevators.

59.

Graphite manufacture.

60.

Hair products manufacture or processing.

61.

Hardware manufacture.

62.

Hosiery mill.

63.

Ice manufacture.

64.

Incinerator.

65.

Insulation manufacture or fabrication.

66.

Kennels, boarding.

67.

Laboratory.

68.

Linoleum manufacture.

69.

Lumberyard and building materials; need not be enclosed within structure.

70.

Machine shop.

71.

Metal products fabrication.

72.

Millwork and similar wood products manufacture.

73.

Mobile home manufacture.

74.

Office.

75.

Office equipment and supplies manufacture.

76.

Oil Well supplies and machinery, need not be enclosed within structure.

77.

On-premises sign.

78.

Outdoor general advertising structure.

79.

Packing and gasket manufacture.

80.

Paints, pigments, enamels, japans, lacquers, putty, varnishes, whiting, and wood filler manufacture or fabrication.

81.

Parking lot.

82.

Pipe storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

83.

Pipeline or electric transmission line right-of-way; need not be enclosed within structure.

84.

Pipeline compressor station.

85.

Plastics manufacture.

86.

Potash works.

87.

Railroad facilities; need not be enclosed within structure.

88.

Revival church (temporary); as a temporary use on a permit issued by the zoning administrator, such permit to be good for a period not exceeding one week and renewable for not more than three such periods.

89.

Riding academy; need not be enclosed within structure.

90.

Rock crusher; need not be enclosed within structure.

91.

Roofing and sheet metal shop.

92.

Sand and gravel storage yard; need not be enclosed within structure.

93.

Sawmill or planing mill.

94.

Sewage disposal plant.

95.

Shoe manufacture.

96.

Shoe polish or stove polish manufacture.

97.

Soda and washing compound manufacture.

98.

Stonecutting.

99.

Sugars and starches manufacture.

100.

Syrup manufacture.

101.

Tar distillation or manufacture.

102.

Taxidermy.

103.

Telephone exchange, including shops and garages.

104.

Tool manufacture.

105.

Toy manufacture.

106.

Trailer manufacture.

107.

Transit vehicle storage and servicing; need not be enclosed within structure.

108.

Trade school.

109.

Vo-tech school.

110.

Vulcanizing shop.

111.

Water storage; need not be enclosed within structure.

112.

Water or sewage pumping station.

113.

Welding shop.

114.

Well drilling company.

115.

Wood preserving by creosote or other impregnation treatment; need not be enclosed within structure.

b.

Uses requiring planning approval. The uses listed below are permitted upon approval of the location and site plan thereof by the planning commission as being appropriate with regard to transportation and access, water supply, waste disposal, fire and police protection, and other public facilities, as not causing undue traffic congestion or creating a traffic hazard, and as being in harmony with the orderly and appropriate development of the district in which the use is located: None

c.

Special exception uses. The uses listed below are subject to the same approval of location and site plan as uses requiring planning approval; in addition, these uses are declared to possess such characteristics of unique or special form that each specific use shall be considered an individual case and shall be subject to approval of the board of appeals in accordance with provisions of article VI of this chapter governing special exceptions:

1.

Acid manufacture (hydrochloric, nitric, picric, sulphuric, sulphanous, carbolic).

2.

Animal reduction.

3.

Animal black, lampblack, or bone black manufacture.

4.

Automobile or motorcycle race track.

5.

Automobile wrecking, dismantling or salvage; need not be enclosed within structure but must be enclosed within a fence at least seven feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons (chain link or similar fence will be permitted if screen planting is adequate to obstruct view and is provided and maintained).

6.

Bones distillation.

7.

Butane and other liquified petroleum gas products storage and sales; need not be enclosed within structure.

8.

Cement, lime, gypsum and plaster manufacture.

9.

Clay and clay products manufacture; need not be enclosed within structure.

10.

Explosives, fireworks and gunpowder manufacture and/or storage.

11.

Fertilizers, manufacture or processing.

12.

Garbage dumping; need not be enclosed within structure.

13.

Glue, size or gelatin manufacture.

14.

Junkyard, including storage, baling or sale of rags, paper, iron or junk; need not be enclosed within structure, but must be enclosed within a fence at least seven feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise, and passage of persons (chain link or similar fence will be permitted if screen planting adequate to obstruct view is provided).

15.

Outdoor concert (temporary use).

16.

Paper products manufacture.

17.

Paper, pulp, cellulose, and rayon manufacture.

18.

Poultry (live), storage and/or dressing.

19.

Matches manufacture.

20.

Meat slaughtering and/or packing.

21.

Metal ingots, pigs, casings, sheets or bars manufacture.

22.

Petroleum and petroleum products manufacture, processing or storage.

23.

Rubber or gutta-percha manufacture, processing or reclaiming.

24.

Sanitary landfill; need not be enclosed within structure.

25.

Stockyards; need not be enclosed within structure.

26.

Tannery, including curing of hides.

27.

Wrecking contractors, building; need not be enclosed within structure, but must be enclosed within a fence at least seven feet high and adequate to obstruct view, noise and passage of persons.

(2)

Building site area. The minimum building site area shall be 10,000 square feet.

(3)

Building height limit. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, no structure shall be designed, erected, or altered to exceed three stories or 45 feet.

(4)

Yards required. Except as provided in article II of this chapter, the minimum dimensions of yards shall be:

a.

Front yard: 25 feet.

b.

Side yard: 10 feet.

c.

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(Ord. No. 120, § II(D), 1981; Ord. No. 239, 2-10-1992)