Sec. 11.00. This district is designed to classify publicly-owned uses and land and permit the normal principal and incidental uses required to carry out governmental functions and services.

(Amended: 9-28-09)

Sec. 11.01.

1.

Outdoor public recreational uses, such as: playgrounds, playfields, golf courses, boating areas, fishing sites, camping sites, parkways and parks. No structure shall be erected or maintained upon dedicated park land which is not customarily incidental to the principal use of the land.

2.

Natural open space, such as: public conservation lands, public wildlife sanctuaries, and forest preserves.

3.

Developed open space, such as: arboreta, botanical and zoological gardens.

4.

Educational services, such as: public primary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.

5.

Cultural services, such as: museums and art galleries.

6.

Public-service institutions, such as: hospitals, sanatoria, homes for the elderly, children's homes and correctional institutions.

7.

Essential services, buildings containing essential services, electrical substations and receiving and transmission towers.

8.

Municipal airports.

9.

Civic center.

10.

Government offices and courts.

(Amended: 9-28-09)

Sec. 11.02. For all uses permitted in the PL Public Land District, a site plan shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for review and approval in accordance with Section 13.07(216.1307), only if a variance or rezoning is necessary, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

(Amended: 4-22-02; 9-28-09)

1.

No building or outdoor storage area shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property or street right-of-way lane.

2.

Facilities shall provide off-street parking and passenger loading areas at least twenty-five (25) feet from residential lot lines.

3.

All sports fields shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from any lot line and from any dwelling.

4.

All buildings shall be harmonious in appearance with the surrounding area and shall be similar in design and appearance to other buildings on the same development site.

5.

Lighting of outdoor activities shall be shielded from adjacent residential areas.

(Amended: 9-28-09)