Boone County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 5
PROVISIONS FOR BOONE COUNTY ZONING MAP
SECTION 500 ZONING MAP
- A.The districts established herein are shown on the Boone County, Kentucky Zoning Map which, together with all explanatory matter thereon, are hereby adopted as part of these regulations.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 501 OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
- A.The county-wide joint planning unit for Boone County consisting of the cities of Florence, Walton and Union, as well as the Boone County Fiscal Court and their respective territorial jurisdictions, this planning unit being served by the Boone County Planning Commission, is divided into zoning classifications or districts as listed herein, these classifications, districts or zones being hereby declared to be part of the applicable zoning ordinance and regulations for the Boone County planning unit. The zoning map serves as the official record of the status for all zoning classifications, districts, or zones for land within the Boone County planning unit and shall be kept in electronic data bases that are maintained as part of Boone County’s Geographic Information System (GIS) which is part of the Boone County Planning Commission. This electronic depiction of the zoning boundaries, along with additional reference data in the GIS, constitutes the official zoning map for the Boone County planning unit upon its proper adoption and enactment by the legislative bodies comprising the planning unit for Boone County. This zoning map shall be kept up-to-date to reflect the adopted mapping data and all of its amendments by the legislative bodies comprising the Boone County planning unit in accordance with Chapter 100 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes. This zoning map may be viewed by the general public at the offices of the Boone County Planning Commission and that Commission may certify a paper copy of a portion of this zoning map as true and accurate.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 502 DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION
- A.For the purpose of these regulations, the Cities of Florence, Union, Walton, and Unincorporated Boone County, are hereby divided into zoning districts as shown in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 Zoning Districts | |
|---|---|
| AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| A-1 | Agriculture |
| A-2 | Agricultural Estate |
| RECREATION DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| R | Recreation |
| CONSERVATION DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| CONS | Conservation |
| RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| RSE | Rural Suburban Estates |
| RS | Rural Suburban |
| SR-1 | Suburban Residential One |
| SR-2 | Suburban Residential Two |
| SR-3 | Suburban Residential Three |
| UR-1 | Urban Residential One |
| UR-2 | Urban Residential Two |
| UR-3 | Urban Residential Three |
| MHP | Mobile Home Park |
| R-1F | Residential One Family |
| COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| C-1 | Commercial One |
| C-2 | Commercial Two |
| C-3 | Commercial Services |
| C-4 | Commercial Four |
| EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| O-1 | Office One |
| O-2 | Office Two |
| O-1A | Professional Office One |
| I-1 | Industrial One |
| I-2 | Industrial Two |
| I-3 | Industrial Three Surface Mining |
| I-4 | Industrial Four Subsurface Mining |
| PUBLIC FACILITY DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| PF | Public Facilities |
| AIRPORT DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| A | Airport |
| PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| EPD | Employment Planned Development |
| RPD | Residential Planned Development |
| OVERLAY DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| H | Historic Landmark/Historic District |
| HDO | Houston-Donaldson Study Corridor |
| MR | Mall Road |
| PD | Planned Development |
| PO | Parkway Corridor Study |
| SC | Small Community |
| UTO | Union Town |
| SPECIAL STUDY DISTRICTS | |
| Abbreviation | Name |
| FMS | Florence Main Street Zoning Study |
| UC | Union Commercial |
| UNO | Union Neighborhood Office |
| UTC | Union Town Center |
| WD | Walton Downtown |
GR-R | Graves Road Residential |
| GR-C | Graves Road Commercial |
| GR-BP | Graves Road Business Park |
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 503 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
- A.Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the zoning districts identified herein as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
- 1.Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of thoroughfares or highways, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines, such centerlines, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
- 2.
- 3.Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the centerlines or street lines of streets, or the centerlines or right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimensions shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.
- 4.Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located in the middle of the main tracks of said railroad line.
- 5.
- 6.
- 7.Where the boundaries of a district are based on a legal description or property survey that was submitted in conjunction with a zoning map amendment application, the boundaries provided in said instrument(s) shall be construed as the district boundaries for the property in question, and may be used in determining district boundaries for adjoining properties.
- B.The Zoning Administrator can have the district boundaries adjusted on the Zoning Map, using the above rules.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 504 AREAS NOT INCLUDED WITHIN DISTRICTS
- A.When an area is de-annexed or proposed to be de-annexed by a legislative body, the zoning to be applied shall meet the requirements of KRS 100.209 and KRS Chapter 81A, as amended.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 505 USE/DISTRICT MATRICES
- A.Table 5-2 through Table 5-6 identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
SECTION 506 ACTION BY LEGISLATIVE BODY
- A.When amendments to the zoning map have been approved by the appropriate legislative body, the legislative unit shall inform the Zoning Administrator of the date which such action becomes effective. A log of all approved zoning map amendments shall be kept by the Zoning Administrator and, the official zoning map shall be updated within thirty (30) days of the date upon which final action approving such amendments was taken. A Certificate of Land Use Restriction shall be filed in accordance with SECTION 210. Furthermore, the Resolution files maintained by the Planning Commission shall constitute the official record of all requests for zoning map amendments, including those which have not been approved by the appropriate legislative body.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 507 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
- A.Where a Concept Development Plan has been approved/adopted by the legislative body, the zoning map shall designate the affected area with the 'CD' designation. This notation, which is not an official zoning district, signifies that a specific site or district is subject to supplemental conditions of approval, a variance, or a conditional use permit.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
SECTION 508 ZONING DISTRICT DECLARED INVALID
- A.Should any zoning district be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, by either the construct of its text within these regulations or by its application or amendment to the Boone County Zoning Map, the zoning district that applied to the affected properties prior to the unconstitutional or invalid zoning district shall be in force.
Effective on: 12/20/2022
Section 505.1 Use/District Matrix - Agricultural, Recreation, and Conservation Districts
- A.The following table identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
- B.The following symbols are used in the tables:
- 1."P" means that a use is principally permitted.
- 2."A" means that a use is an accessory use.
- 3."C" means that a use is a conditional use and is subject to review by the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to procedures contained in ARTICLE 2.
- 4."-" means that a use is prohibited.
- C.The following footnotes are used in the table:
- 1."1" means it does not apply in the City of Florence.
- 2."2" means it applies only in the City of Florence.
- 3."3" means it applies only in the City of Walton.
- 4."4" means it applies only in Unincorporated Boone.
- 5."5" means it applies only in the City of Florence and Unincorporated Boone.
- 6."6" means it applies only in the Cities of Florence and Walton and Unincorporated Boone County.
- 7."7" means it applies only in the City of Union.
TABLE 5-2 AGRICULTURAL, RECREATION, and CONSERVATION DISTRICTS | |||||
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| Use | A-1 | A-2 | R | CONS | Use Standards |
| AGRICULTURAL USES | |||||
| Agricultural | P | P | P | P | |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | - | - | - | - | |
| Fish Hatcheries, Fish Culture Activities, and Related Services | P | P | P | - | |
| Horse related uses, including riding and boarding stables, as defined by KRS 100.111(2)(c) | P | P | C | - | |
| Household Agriculture | P | P | - | - | |
| COMMERCIAL USES | |||||
| Airport | - | - | - | - | |
| Airstrip, Private Noncommercial | C | C | - | - | |
| Amusement Park | - | - | C | - | |
| Art Gallery | C | C | - | - | |
| Auto Parts Store | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Automotive Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | |
Expansion of existing auto repair uses | - | - | - | - | |
| Automotive Sales | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Automotive Leasing or Rental | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles when operated in conjunction with an existing automotive repair facility and requiring of no more than twelve (12) inventory vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles requiring the storage of no more than twenty-five (25) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | |
Motorcycle Sales | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Sales and leasing of new and used recreational vehicles requiring the storage of no more than fifty (50) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) |
| Automotive Wrecking | - | - | - | - | |
| Body Art Services | - | - | - | - | |
| Brewpub | - | - | - | - | |
| Business Support Services | - | - | - | - | |
| Campgrounds For Recreational Vehicles | C | C | P | - | |
| Car Wash | - | - | - | - | |
| Cannabis Business | |||||
Cultivator - Tier I | P7 | P7 | - | - | |
Cultivator - Tier II | P7 | P7 | - | - | |
Cultivator - Tier III | P7 | - | - | - | |
Cultivator - Tier IV | P7 | - | - | - | |
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| - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Cemetery | C | C | C | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Cemetery, Family | P | P | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking | - | - | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking, Recreational Vehicle | - | - | - | - | |
| Construction Sales and Service | - | - | - | - |
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| Convention Facility | - | - | - | - | |
| Crematory | - | - | - | - | |
| Data Center | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3163 |
| Drive-In Theater | - | - | C | - | |
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | - | - | C/P2 | C | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Farmers Mart | P | P | P | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Ferry Boat Landing | - | - | C | - | |
| Financial Services | - | - | - | - | |
Automatic Teller Machines | A | A | A | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) Sec. 602.6 (A-2 Zone) Sec. 700.6 (R Zone) Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) |
Check Cashing (Payday Loan), as regulated by KRS 368.010 to 368.120 | - | - | - | - | |
| Fireworks Retail Sales | - | - | - | - | |
| Flea Market | - | - | - | - | |
| Freight Terminal | - | - | - | - | |
| Funeral Home | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Gambling Establishment | - | - | C | - | |
| Garden and landscape sales, lawn furniture and the like, farm and garden supply outlets including equipment and vehicles | - | - | - | - | |
| Garden store, nursery and similar landscape sales of products produced on the premises | C | C | - | - | |
| Greenhouse | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
| Hotel or Motel and Apartment Hotel | - | - | - | - | |
| Junk Yard | - | - | - | - | |
| Kennel | C | C | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Medical, Dental or Optical Clinics | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Microbrewery | - | - | P2 | - | |
| Microdistillery | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home display and sale from individual mobile home lot | - | - | - | - | |
| Office | - | - | - | - | |
| Pawn Shop | - | - | - | - | |
| Personal Service | - | - | - | - | |
| Prefabricated Structure Sales | - | - | - | - | |
| Radio and TV Station | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1003.6. (C-3 Zone) Sec. 1100.6 (O-1 Zone) Sec. 1105.6 (O-1A Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) Sec. 1106.18 (I-4 Zone) Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) |
| Reception Hall | C | C | - | - | |
| Residential Storage Warehouse (mini warehouse) | - | - | - | - | |
| Retail | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| - | - | - | - | ||
Retail sales or service of gasoline, oil, marine craft accessories, grocery items, confectionary, drug and proprietary, art and craft products, books and stationary, antiques, sporting and athletic goods, bait, fuel and ice, bottled gas, newspapers and magazines, photographic supplies, gifts, novelties, souvenirs, and similar products | - | - | - | C | |
Retail trade for the sale of hay, grain, feed and other farm and garden supplies and agriculture related equipment, excluding vehicles | P | P | P | - | |
| Retail Filling Station (Gasoline Filling Station) | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Roadside Stand | P | P | P | C | |
| Sexually Oriented Business | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3198 |
| Short Term Rental | P | C | P | C | Sec. 3191 |
| Studios for artists, designers, photographers, musicians and sculptors | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Taxidermy | C | C | - | - | |
| Towing and Impound Lot | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck and Trailer Rental | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
| Truck Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Sales | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Stop | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Wash | - | - | - | - | |
| Veterinary Animal Hospital or Clinic | C | C | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Yachting, boat rentals, boat access and other marina activities | C | C | P | - | |
| INDUSTRIAL USES | |||||
| Equipment, Heavy | - | - | - | - | |
| Equipment, Light | - | - | - | - | |
| Industry, Heavy | - | - | - | - | |
Asphalt and Concrete Plants | - | - | - | - | |
Extraction of stone, sand, minerals from beneath the existing surface of the ground, not including oil, gas, or other flammable materials, surface mining is not permitted | - | - | - | - | |
Gas production plants, natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points, gas pressure control stations | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment, or storage of the following: acids, creosote, biodiesel, or petroleum products; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mill, coke oven, forging, founderies, refining, and smelting; corrosion of aluminum, copper, iron, tin, lead or zinc; distillation of alcohol, coal, or wood; electroplating; enameling, japanning, or lacquering; grinding, sandblasting, cutting, washing, or other reduction or waterproofing; poultry and small game products; sawmills and planing mills, hardwood products and flooring, millwork, veneer and plywood and prefabricated wooden buildings and other lumber and wood products; stone, clay, and glass products including cement, lime, gypsum, plaster of paris, abrasives, and cut stone excluding extraction; heavy machinery, transportation vehicles and equipment (heavy); tobacco products; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and coal products; rubber and plastic products; leather and leather products | - | - | - | - | |
Operations appurtenant to the treatment and processing of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, coal, and other natural resources including washing and screening, cement and lime manufacturing, drying, crushing, concrete batching and mixing, storage loading and unloading from rail, river or highway vehicles in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
Poultry and small game dressing and packing | - | - | - | - | |
Production, processing and sales of fertilizer | C | C | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
Sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, and other mineral extraction from pits upon to the surface in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
Storage, crushing, washing, screening, sorting, drying, weighing, loading, unloading, and conveyance of raw materials excavated on site | - | - | - | - | |
Uses in which the primary business activity involves the following: the storage of explosives or fireworks according to State law, gas, biodiesel, or petroleum; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mills, coke ovens, forging, foundering, refining or smelting; creosote treatment; distillation of bones, coal or wood; enameling, japanning or lacquering; radium or radioactive elements; crushing or other reduction or waterproofing; the storage of chemicals | - | - | - | - | |
Uses involving the use, manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment or storage of acetylene gas, ammonia, explosives or fireworks as permitted under State law | - | - | - | - | |
Welding and repair of industrial machinery and light and heavy equipment | - | - | - | - | |
| Industry, Light | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacturing, refinishing or production of crafts and woodwork products for the household | - | - | - | - | |
Post-mining uses within a vacated room and pillar mine including: warehousing of non-hazardous material; storage, computer tapes and other records; climate controlled storage or manufacturing operations that do not involve hazardous materials | - | - | - | - | |
Small equipment and engine repair and service | - | - | - | - | |
Small scaled workshop uses including small engine repair, fabrication, assembly, and repair of household goods and small electronic goods, excluding outside storage and uses that involve hazardous or toxic substances | - | - | - | - | |
Welding or limited fabrication of metal products provided the use is of office or service contract and not storage or manufacturing which is more appropriate to an industrial district | - | - | - | - | |
| River barge loading and unloading operations that are conducted in conjunction with permitted stone, sand, and mineral extraction activities | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary Landfills | C | C | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Warehousing and Distribution | - | - | - | - | |
Commercial Stockyards and Feed Lots | C | C | - | - | |
| Wholesaling | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of heavy machinery, equipment, and supplies, including transportation and farm equipment | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of non-containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of paints, varnishes, chemicals, and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of small machinery, equipment (light) and supplies except transportation or farm vehicles | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale vehicle sales or auctions | - | - | - | - | |
| PUBLIC FACILITY USES | |||||
| Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Wildlife Preserve, and Natural Exhibition | C | C | P | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Business and Trade School | - | - | C | - | |
| College and University | - | - | - | - | |
| Cultural Exhibits | - | - | P | - | |
| Day Care Center | C | C | A | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Emergency medical transport helicopter base or heli-pad when located immediately adjacent to a public emergency care ambulance/fire department station, which is used exclusively for the transport of emergency care patients, and ancillary facilities such as office, hangar and parking | - | - | - | - | |
| Family Day Care | A | A | - | - | |
| Heritage Tourism | C | C | - | - | |
| Historic sites and structures, monuments and other exhibits available for public viewing | P | P | - | P | |
| Hospital Complex | - | - | - | - | |
| Postal Services | - | - | - | - | |
| Prisons and Other Correctional Institutions | - | - | - | - | |
| Recreation, Active | - | - | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Commercial | C | C | C/P2 | - | Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Non-Commercial | - | - | - | - | |
| Recreation, Passive | C | C | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-R Zone) |
| Religious Assembly | C | C | P | - | |
| Safety Services | - | - | C | - | |
| School | - | - | - | - | |
| Shelter, Temporary or Emergency | P | P | - | - | Sec. 3116 |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, inpatient | - | - | - | - | |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient | - | - | - | - | |
| Utilities | - | - | A | - | |
| RESIDENTIAL USES | |||||
| Accessory Dwelling Unit | A | A | - | - | Sec. 3114 |
| Duplex Dwelling Unit | C | C | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 904.6 (SR-2 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) Sec. 2007 (SC Zone) |
| Dwelling Unit For Property Owner, Owner/Operator, Caretaker, Or Property Manager | - | - | A | A | |
| Elderly Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home | P | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home, Qualified | P | P | P | - | |
| Mobile Home | P | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home Park | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi Family Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Nursing Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Patio Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Residential Care Facility For Handicapped Persons | P | P | P | - | |
| Single Family Dwelling Unit | P | P | P | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 2705 (GR-R Zone) |
| Townhouse Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | |
| Transitional Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | |
OTHER USES | |||||
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 1 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3118 |
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3118 |
| Customary Accessory Buildings and Uses | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3153 |
Outside storage, display, loading, uncrating or unpacking areas | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3154 |
| Drive-through facility operated in conjunction with a permitted or conditional use | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3155 |
| Fences | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3655 |
| Home Business | C | C | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Home Occupation | A | A | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Mixed use buildings with the principally permitted uses noted herein on any floors and apartments or dwelling units on second or third floors only | - | - | - | - | |
| Parking | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 33 |
Indoor commercial parking facilities and indoor commercial recreational vehicle parking facilities, limited to parcels with frontage on Old Union Road between the intersections with Mt. Zion Road and U.S. 42/Whispering Trail | - | - | - | - | |
Parking located in the side or rear of the lot | - | - | - | - | ARTICLE 33 |
| Recycling Collection Containers | - | - | A | - | |
| Signs | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 34 |
| Solar Energy System, Integrated | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Rooftop | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 1 | A4/C2 | A4/C2 | A4 | A4 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 3 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Storage of materials must be located in the principle structure; no commercial or office accessory buildings are permitted | - | - | - | - | |
[Ord. # F-O-21-2024, R-24-023-A, 11/18/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-18, R-24-023-A, 12/15/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-19, R-24-029-A, 12/15/2024; Ord. # F-O-13-2025, R-24-036-A, 06/16/2025; Ord. # U-2026-01, R-25-028-A, 01/20/2026; Ord. # F-O-3-2026, R-25-028-A, 02/23/2026; Ord. # U-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 03/16/2026; Ord. # BC-2026-02, R-26-002-A, 03/24/2026; Ord. # W-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 04/14/2026; Ord. # F-O-6-2026, R-26-002-A, 04/21/2026]
Effective on: 4/21/2026
Section 505.2 Use/District Matrix - Residential Districts
- A.The following table identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
- B.The following symbols are used in the tables:
- 1."P" means that a use is principally permitted.
- 2."A" means that a use is an accessory use.
- 3."C" means that a use is a conditional use and is subject to review by the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to procedures contained in ARTICLE 2.
- 4."-" means that a use is prohibited.
- C.The following footnotes are used in the table:
- 1."1" means it does not apply in the City of Florence.
- 2."2" means it applies only in the City of Florence.
- 3."3" means it applies only in the City of Walton.
- 4."4" means it applies only in Unincorporated Boone.
- 5."5" means it applies only in the City of Florence and Unincorporated Boone.
- 6."6" means it applies only in the Cities of Florence and Walton and Unincorporated Boone County
- 7."7" means it applies only in the City of Union.
Table 5-3 Residential Districts | |||||||||||
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| Use | RSE | RS | SR-1 | SR-2 | SR-3 | UR-1 | UR-2 | UR-3 | MHP | R-1F | Use Standards |
| AGRICULTURAL USES | |||||||||||
| Agricultural | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fish Hatcheries, Fish Culture Activities, and Related Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Horse related uses, including riding and boarding stables, as defined by KRS 100.111(2)(c) | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
| Household Agriculture | A1 | A1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| COMMERCIAL USES | |||||||||||
| Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Airstrip, Private Noncommercial | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Amusement Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Art Gallery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Auto Parts Store | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Automotive Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Expansion of existing auto repair uses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Automotive Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Automotive Leasing or Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles when operated in conjunction with an existing automotive repair facility and requiring of no more than twelve (12) inventory vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles requiring the storage of no more than twenty-five (25) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Motorcycle Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Sales and leasing of new and used recreational vehicles requiring the storage of no more than fifty (50) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) |
| Automotive Wrecking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Body Art Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brewpub | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Business Support Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Campgrounds For Recreational Vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cannabis Business | |||||||||||
Cultivator - Tier I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) (Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier IV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| Car Wash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cemetery | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | - | - | C | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cemetery, Family | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking, Recreational Vehicle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Construction Sales and Service | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
| Convention Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Crematory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Data Center | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3163 |
| Drive-In Theater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Farmers Mart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ferry Boat Landing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Automatic Teller Machines | A | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) Sec. 602.6 (A-2 Zone) Sec. 700.6 (R Zone) Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) |
Check Cashing (Payday Loan), as regulated by KRS 368.010 to 368.120 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fireworks Retail Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Flea Market | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Freight Terminal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Funeral Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Gambling Establishment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Garden and landscape sales, lawn furniture and the like, farm and garden supply outlets including equipment and vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Garden store, nursery and similar landscape sales of products produced on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenhouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
| Hotel or Motel and Apartment Hotel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Junk Yard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kennel | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Medical, Dental or Optical Clinics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Microbrewery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Microdistillery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home display and sale from individual mobile home lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | |
| Office | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pawn Shop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Personal Service | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | Sec. 909.6 (MHP Zone) |
| Prefabricated Structure Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Radio and TV Station | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1003.6. (C-3 Zone) Sec. 1100.6 (O-1 Zone) Sec. 1105.6 (O-1A Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) Sec. 1106.18 (I-4 Zone) Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) |
| Reception Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Residential Storage Warehouse (mini warehouse) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Retail | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Retail sales or service of gasoline, oil, marine craft accessories, grocery items, confectionary, drug and proprietary, art and craft products, books and stationary, antiques, sporting and athletic goods, bait, fuel and ice, bottled gas, newspapers and magazines, photographic supplies, gifts, novelties, souvenirs, and similar products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Retail trade for the sale of hay, grain, feed and other farm and garden supplies and agriculture related equipment, excluding vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Retail Filling Station (Gasoline Filling Station) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Roadside Stand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sexually Oriented Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3198 |
| Short Term Rental | C4 | C5 | C5 | C5 | C5 | C5 | C5 | C5 | - | C2 | Sec. 3191 |
| Studios for artists, designers, photographers, musicians and sculptors | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Taxidermy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Towing and Impound Lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck and Trailer Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
| Truck Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Stop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Wash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Veterinary Animal Hospital or Clinic | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Yachting, boat rentals, boat access and other marina activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| INDUSTRIAL USES | |||||||||||
| Equipment, Heavy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equipment, Light | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Industry, Heavy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Asphalt and Concrete Plants | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Extraction of stone, sand, minerals from beneath the existing surface of the ground, not including oil, gas, or other flammable materials, surface mining is not permitted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gas production plants, natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points, gas pressure control stations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment, or storage of the following: acids, creosote, biodiesel, or petroleum products; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mill, coke oven, forging, foundries, refining, and smelting; corrosion of aluminum, copper, iron, tin, lead or zinc; distillation of alcohol, coal, or wood; electroplating; enameling, japanning, or lacquering; grinding, sandblasting, cutting, washing, or other reduction or waterproofing; poultry and small game products; sawmills and planing mills, hardwood products and flooring, millwork, veneer and plywood and prefabricated wooden buildings and other lumber and wood products; stone, clay, and glass products including cement, lime, gypsum, plaster of paris, abrasives, and cut stone excluding extraction; heavy machinery, transportation vehicles and equipment (heavy); tobacco products; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and coal products; rubber and plastic products; leather and leather products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Operations appurtenant to the treatment and processing of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, coal, and other natural resources including washing and screening, cement and lime manufacturing, drying, crushing, concrete batching and mixing, storage loading and unloading from rail, river or highway vehicles in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
Poultry and small game dressing and packing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Production, processing and sales of fertilizer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, and other mineral extraction from pits upon to the surface in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Storage, crushing, washing, screening, sorting, drying, weighing, loading, unloading, and conveyance of raw materials excavated on site | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Uses in which the primary business activity involves the following: the storage of explosives or fireworks according to State law, gas, biodiesel, or petroleum; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mills, coke ovens, forging, foundering, refining or smelting; creosote treatment; distillation of bones, coal or wood; enameling, japanning or lacquering; radium or radioactive elements; crushing or other reduction or waterproofing; the storage of chemicals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Uses involving the use, manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment or storage of acetylene gas, ammonia, explosives or fireworks as permitted under State law | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Welding and repair of industrial machinery and light and heavy equipment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Industry, Light | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacturing, refinishing or production of crafts and woodwork products for the household | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Post-mining uses within a vacated room and pillar mine including: warehousing of non-hazardous material; storage, computer tapes and other records; climate controlled storage or manufacturing operations that do not involve hazardous materials | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small equipment and engine repair and service | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small scaled workshop uses including small engine repair, fabrication, assembly, and repair of household goods and small electronic goods, excluding outside storage and uses that involve hazardous or toxic substances | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Welding or limited fabrication of metal products provided the use is of office or service contract and not storage or manufacturing which is more appropriate to an industrial district | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| River barge loading and unloading operations that are conducted in conjunction with permitted stone, sand, and mineral extraction activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sanitary Landfills | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Warehousing and Distribution | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Commercial Stockyards and Feed Lots | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Wholesaling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of heavy machinery, equipment, and supplies, including transportation and farm equipment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of non-containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of paints, varnishes, chemicals, and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of small machinery, equipment (light) and supplies except transportation or farm vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale vehicle sales or auctions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PUBLIC FACILITY USES | |||||||||||
| Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Wildlife Preserve, and Natural Exhibition | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Business and Trade School | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| College and University | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cultural Exhibits | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Day Care Center | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Emergency medical transport helicopter base or heli-pad when located immediately adjacent to a public emergency care ambulance/fire department station, which is used exclusively for the transport of emergency care patients, and ancillary facilities such as office, hangar and parking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Family Day Care | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |
| Heritage Tourism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Historic sites and structures, monuments and other exhibits available for public viewing | C | C | C | C | P | P | P | P | P | C | |
| Hospital Complex | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Postal Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Prisons and Other Correctional Institutions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Recreation, Active | C | C | C | - | C | C | C | C | C | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Commercial | C | C | - | - | P | P | P | P | P | - | Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Non-Commercial | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |
| Recreation, Passive | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-R Zone) |
| Religious Assembly | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
| Safety Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| School | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Shelter, Temporary or Emergency | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | Sec. 3116 |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, inpatient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Utilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| RESIDENTIAL USES | |||||||||||
| Accessory Dwelling Unit | A | A/C | A/C | A/C | A/C | A/C | A/C | A/C | - | A/C | Sec. 3114 |
| Duplex Dwelling Unit | C | C | C | P1/C2 | P | P | P | P | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Dwelling Unit For Property Owner, Owner/Operator, Caretaker, Or Property Manager | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | - | |
| Elderly Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | C | C | C | C | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | |
| Manufactured Home, Qualified | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
| Mobile Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | |
| Multi Family Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Nursing Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Patio Home | - | - | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | |
| Residential Care Facility For Handicapped Persons | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | |
| Single Family Dwelling Unit | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Townhouse Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | P1/C2 | P | P | P | P | - | - | |
| Transitional Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
OTHER USES | |||||||||||
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 1 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3118 |
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3118 |
| Customary Accessory Buildings and Uses | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3153 |
Outside storage, display, loading, uncrating or unpacking areas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3154 |
| Drive-through facility operated in conjunction with a permitted or conditional use | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3155 |
| Fences | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3655 |
| Home Business | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Sec. 3142 |
| Home Occupation | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3142 |
| Mixed use buildings with the principally permitted uses noted herein on any floors and apartments or dwelling units on second or third floors only | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Parking | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 33 |
Indoor commercial parking facilities and indoor commercial recreational vehicle parking facilities, limited to parcels with frontage on Old Union Road between the intersections with Mt. Zion Road and U.S. 42/Whispering Trail | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Parking located in the side or rear of the lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ARTICLE 33 |
| Recycling Collection Containers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Signs | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 34 |
| Solar Energy System, Integrated | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Rooftop | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 1 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Storage of materials must be located in the principal structure; no commercial or office accessory buildings are permitted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
[Ord. # F-O-21-2024, R-24-023-A, 11/19/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-18, R-24-023-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-19, R-24-029-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # F-O-13-2025, R-24-036-A, 06/17/2025; Ord. # U-2026-01, R-25-028-A, 01/21/2026; Ord. # F-O-3-2026, R-25-028-A, 02/24/2026; Ord. # U-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 03/16/2026; Ord. # BC-2026-02, R-26-002-A, 03/24/2026; Ord. # W-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 04/14/2026; Ord. # F-O-6-2026, R-26-002-A, 04/21/2026]
Effective on: 4/21/2026
Section 505.3 Use/District Matrix - Commercial Districts
- A.The following table identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
- B.The following symbols are used in the tables:
- 1."P" means that a use is principally permitted.
- 2."A" means that a use is an accessory use.
- 3."C" means that a use is a conditional use and is subject to review by the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to procedures contained in ARTICLE 2.
- 4."-" means that a use is prohibited.
- C.The following footnotes are used in the table:
- 1."1" means it does not apply in the City of Florence.
- 2."2" means it applies only in the City of Florence.
- 3."3" means it applies only in the City of Walton.
- 4."4" means it applies only in Unincorporated Boone.
- 5."5" means it applies only in the City of Florence and Unincorporated Boone.
- 6."6" means it applies only in the Cities of Florence and Walton and Unincorporated Boone County
- 7."7" means it applies only in the City of Union.
Table 5-4 Commercial Districts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use | C-1 | C-2 | C-3 | C-4 | Use Standards |
| AGRICULTURAL USES | |||||
| Agricultural | - | - | - | - | |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | - | - | - | - | |
| Fish Hatcheries, Fish Culture Activities, and Related Services | - | - | - | - | |
| Horse related uses, including riding and boarding stables, as defined by KRS 100.111(2)(c) | C | C | C | C | |
| Household Agriculture | - | - | - | - | |
| COMMERCIAL USES | |||||
| Airport | - | - | - | - | |
| Airstrip, Private Noncommercial | - | - | - | - | |
| Amusement Park | - | - | - | - | |
| Art Gallery | P | P | P | - | |
| Auto Parts Store | - | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Automotive Repair Facility | C | C | P | P | |
Expansion of existing auto repair uses | C | C | P | P | |
| Automotive Sales | - | C3 | P | P1 | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Automotive Leasing or Rental | - | C1 | P1 | C1 | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles when operated in conjunction with an existing automotive repair facility and requiring of no more than twelve (12) inventory vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles requiring the storage of no more than twenty-five (25) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | |
Motorcycle Sales | - | P | P | P | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Sales and leasing of new and used recreational vehicles requiring the storage of no more than fifty (50) vehicles on the premises | - | C1 | P | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) |
| Automotive Wrecking | - | - | - | - | |
| Body Art Services | - | C2 | - | P1 | |
| Brewpub | P | P | P | P | |
| Business Support Services | - | P | P | - | |
| Campgrounds For Recreational Vehicles | - | - | - | - | |
Cultivator - Tier I | P7 | P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier II | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier III | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier IV | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
| P7 | P7 | C2/P7 | P7 | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | C2/P7 | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| Car Wash | - | C | P | P | |
| Cemetery | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Cemetery, Family | - | - | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking | - | - | P | - | |
| Commercial Parking, Recreational Vehicle | - | - | P | - | |
| Construction Sales and Service | - | - | P | - |
|
| Convention Facility | - | P | P | P | |
| Crematory | P | P | P | P | |
| Data Center | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3163 |
| Drive-In Theater | - | - | - | - | |
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | P | P | P | P | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Farmers Mart | - | - | - | P4 | |
| Ferry Boat Landing | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial Services | P | P | P | P | |
Automatic Teller Machines | A | A | A | A | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) Sec. 602.6 (A-2 Zone) Sec. 700.6 (R Zone) Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) |
Check Cashing (Payday Loan), as regulated by KRS 368.010 to 368.120 | - | - | P2 | - | |
| Fireworks Retail Sales | - | - | C5 | C5 | |
| Flea Market | - | - | P | - | |
| Freight Terminal | - | - | C7/-2 | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) |
| Funeral Home | P | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Gambling Establishment | - | - | - | - | |
| Garden and landscape sales, lawn furniture and the like, farm and garden supply outlets including equipment and vehicles | - | - | P | - | |
| Garden store, nursery and similar landscape sales of products produced on the premises | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenhouse | - | - | P | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
| Hotel or Motel and Apartment Hotel | - | P | P | P | |
| Junk Yard | - | - | - | - | |
| Kennel | - | C | C | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Medical, Dental or Optical Clinics | P | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Microbrewery | - | P | P | P | |
| Microdistillery | - | P | P | P | |
| Mobile Home display and sale from individual mobile home lot | - | - | - | - | |
| Office | P | P | P | P | |
| Pawn Shop | - | P1 | P2 | - | |
| Personal Service | P | P | P | P | |
| Prefabricated Structure Sales | - | - | P | - | |
| Radio and TV Station | - | P | P | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1003.6. (C-3 Zone) Sec. 1100.6 (O-1 Zone) Sec. 1105.6 (O-1A Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) Sec. 1106.18 (I-4 Zone) Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) |
| Reception Hall | P | P | P | P | |
| Residential Storage Warehouse (mini warehouse) | - | C1 | P/C2 | C | |
| Retail | P | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| P | P | P | P | ||
Retail sales or service of gasoline, oil, marine craft accessories, grocery items, confectionary, drug and proprietary, art and craft products, books and stationary, antiques, sporting and athletic goods, bait, fuel and ice, bottled gas, newspapers and magazines, photographic supplies, gifts, novelties, souvenirs, and similar products | - | - | - | - | |
Retail trade for the sale of hay, grain, feed and other farm and garden supplies and agriculture related equipment, excluding vehicles | - | - | - | - | |
| Retail Filling Station (Gasoline Filling Station) | C | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Roadside Stand | - | - | - | - | |
| Sexually Oriented Business | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3198 |
| Short Term Rental | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3191 |
| Studios for artists, designers, photographers, musicians and sculptors | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Taxidermy | - | - | - | - | |
| Towing and Impound Lot | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck and Trailer Rental | A | A | A | A | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
| Truck Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Sales | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Stop | - | - | C | - | |
| Truck Wash | - | - | P | - | |
| Veterinary Animal Hospital or Clinic | P | P | P | P | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Yachting, boat rentals, boat access and other marina activities | - | - | - | - | |
| INDUSTRIAL USES | |||||
| Equipment, Heavy | - | - | - | - | |
| Equipment, Light | - | - | P | - | |
| Industry, Heavy | - | - | - | - | |
Asphalt and Concrete Plants | - | - | - | - | |
Extraction of stone, sand, minerals from beneath the existing surface of the ground, not including oil, gas, or other flammable materials, surface mining is not permitted | - | - | - | - | |
Gas production plants, natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points, gas pressure control stations | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment, or storage of the following: acids, creosote, biodiesel, or petroleum products; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mill, coke oven, forging, foundries, refining, and smelting; corrosion of aluminum, copper, iron, tin, lead or zinc; distillation of alcohol, coal, or wood; electroplating; enameling, japanning, or lacquering; grinding, sandblasting, cutting, washing, or other reduction or waterproofing; poultry and small game products; sawmills and planing mills, hardwood products and flooring, millwork, veneer and plywood and prefabricated wooden buildings and other lumber and wood products; stone, clay, and glass products including cement, lime, gypsum, plaster of paris, abrasives, and cut stone excluding extraction; heavy machinery, transportation vehicles and equipment (heavy); tobacco products; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and coal products; rubber and plastic products; leather and leather products | - | - | - | - | |
Operations appurtenant to the treatment and processing of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, coal, and other natural resources including washing and screening, cement and lime manufacturing, drying, crushing, concrete batching and mixing, storage loading and unloading from rail, river or highway vehicles in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
Poultry and small game dressing and packing | - | - | - | - | |
Production, processing and sales of fertilizer | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
Sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, and other mineral extraction from pits upon to the surface in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
Storage, crushing, washing, screening, sorting, drying, weighing, loading, unloading, and conveyance of raw materials excavated on site | - | - | - | - | |
Uses in which the primary business activity involves the following: the storage of explosives or fireworks according to State law, gas, biodiesel, or petroleum; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mills, coke ovens, forging, foundering, refining or smelting; creosote treatment; distillation of bones, coal or wood; enameling, japanning or lacquering; radium or radioactive elements; crushing or other reduction or waterproofing; the storage of chemicals | - | - | - | - | |
Uses involving the use, manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment or storage of acetylene gas, ammonia, explosives or fireworks as permitted under State law | - | - | - | - | |
Welding and repair of industrial machinery and light and heavy equipment | - | - | - | - | |
| Industry, Light | - | - | - | - | |
Manufacturing, refinishing or production of crafts and woodwork products for the household | - | - | - | - | |
Post-mining uses within a vacated room and pillar mine including: warehousing of non-hazardous material; storage, computer tapes and other records; climate controlled storage or manufacturing operations that do not involve hazardous materials | - | - | - | - | |
Small equipment and engine repair and service | - | - | C | C | |
Small scaled workshop uses including small engine repair, fabrication, assembly, and repair of household goods and small electronic goods, excluding outside storage and uses that involve hazardous or toxic substances | - | - | - | - | |
Welding or limited fabrication of metal products provided the use is of office or service contract and not storage or manufacturing which is more appropriate to an industrial district | - | - | C | - | |
| River barge loading and unloading operations that are conducted in conjunction with permitted stone, sand, and mineral extraction activities | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary Landfills | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Warehousing and Distribution | - | - | - | - | |
Commercial Stockyards and Feed Lots | - | - | - | - | |
| Wholesaling | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of heavy machinery, equipment, and supplies, including transportation and farm equipment | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of non-containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of paints, varnishes, chemicals, and allied products | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of small machinery, equipment (light) and supplies except transportation or farm vehicles | - | - | - | - | |
Wholesale vehicle sales or auctions | - | - | - | - | |
| PUBLIC FACILITY USES | |||||
| Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Wildlife Preserve, and Natural Exhibition | - | P | P | C | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Business and Trade School | - | P | P | - | |
| College and University | - | - | - | - | |
| Cultural Exhibits | - | P | - | - | |
| Day Care Center | P | P | P | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Emergency medical transport helicopter base or heli-pad when located immediately adjacent to a public emergency care ambulance/fire department station, which is used exclusively for the transport of emergency care patients, and ancillary facilities such as office, hangar and parking | - | P3 | - | - | |
| Family Day Care | - | - | - | - | |
| Heritage Tourism | - | - | - | - | |
| Historic sites and structures, monuments and other exhibits available for public viewing | C | C | C | C | |
| Hospital Complex | - | - | - | - | |
| Postal Services | P | P | P | P | |
| Prisons and Other Correctional Institutions | - | - | - | - | |
| Recreation, Active | - | P | P | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Commercial | - | P | P | P | Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Non-Commercial | P | P | P | P | |
| Recreation, Passive | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Religious Assembly | C | P | P | P | |
| Safety Services | - | - | - | - | |
| School | - | - | - | - | |
| Shelter, Temporary or Emergency | P | P | P | P | Sec. 3116 |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, inpatient | - | - | - | - | |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient | - | - | - | - | |
| Utilities | - | - | A | - | |
| RESIDENTIAL USES | |||||
| Accessory Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3114 |
| Duplex Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Dwelling Unit For Property Owner, Owner/Operator, Caretaker, Or Property Manager | A | A | A | A | |
| Elderly Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home, Qualified | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home Park | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi Family Dwelling Unit | - | C | C | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Nursing Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Patio Home | - | - | - | - | |
| Residential Care Facility For Handicapped Persons | - | C | C | - | |
| Single Family Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Townhouse Dwelling Unit | - | C | C | - | |
| Transitional Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | |
OTHER USES | |||||
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 1 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3118 |
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3118 |
| Customary Accessory Buildings and Uses | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3153 |
Outside storage, display, loading, uncrating or unpacking areas | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3154 |
| Drive-through facility operated in conjunction with a permitted or conditional use | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3155 |
| Fences | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3655 |
| Home Business | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Home Occupation | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Mixed use buildings with the principally permitted uses noted herein on any floors and apartments or dwelling units on second or third floors only | - | - | - | - | |
| Parking | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 33 |
Indoor commercial parking facilities and indoor commercial recreational vehicle parking facilities, limited to parcels with frontage on Old Union Road between the intersections with Mt. Zion Road and U.S. 42/Whispering Trail | - | - | - | - | |
Parking located in the side or rear of the lot | - | - | - | - | ARTICLE 33 |
| Recycling Collection Containers | A | A | A | A | |
| Signs | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 34 |
| Solar Energy System, Integrated | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Rooftop | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 1 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 3 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Storage of materials must be located in the principal structure; no commercial or office accessory buildings are permitted | - | - | - | - | |
[Ord. # U-O-2024-18, R-24-023-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-19, R-24-029-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # W-2025-01, R-25-004-A, 03/11/2025; Ord. # F-O-13-2025, R-24-036-A, 06/17/2025; Ord. # U-2026-01, R-25-028-A, 01/21/2026; Ord. # F-O-3-2026, R-25-028-A, 02/24/2026; Ord. # U-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 03/16/2026; Ord. # BC-2026-02, R-26-002-A, 03/24/2026; Ord. # F-O-6-2026, R-26-002-A, 04/21/2026]
Effective on: 4/21/2026
Section 505.4 Use/District Matrix - Employment Districts
- A.The following table identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
- B.The following symbols are used in the tables:
- 1."P" means that a use is principally permitted.
- 2."A" means that a use is an accessory use.
- 3."C" means that a use is a conditional use and is subject to review by the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to procedures contained in ARTICLE 2.
- 4."-" means that a use is prohibited.
- C.The following footnotes are used in the table:
- 1."1" means it does not apply in the City of Florence.
- 2."2" means it applies only in the City of Florence.
- 3."3" means it applies only in the City of Walton.
- 4."4" means it applies only in Unincorporated Boone.
- 5."5" means it applies only in the City of Florence and Unincorporated Boone.
- 6."6" means it applies only in the Cities of Florence and Walton and Unincorporated Boone County
- 7."7" means it applies only in the City of Union.
Table 5-5 Employment Districts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use | O-1 | O-1A | O-2 | I-1 | I-2 | I-3 | I-4 | Use Standards |
| AGRICULTURAL USES | ||||||||
| Agricultural | - | - | P | P | P | P | P | |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | |
| Fish Hatcheries, Fish Culture Activities, and Related Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | |
| Horse related uses, including riding and boarding stables, as defined by KRS 100.111(2)(c) | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | |
| Household Agriculture | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| COMMERCIAL USES | ||||||||
| Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Airstrip, Private Noncommercial | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Amusement Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Art Gallery | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | |
| Auto Parts Store | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Automotive Repair Facility | - | - | - | P | P | C | C | |
Expansion of existing auto repair uses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Automotive Sales | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Automotive Leasing or Rental | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles when operated in conjunction with an existing automotive repair facility and requiring of no more than twelve (12) inventory vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles requiring the storage of no more than twenty-five (25) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Motorcycle Sales | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
Sales and leasing of new and used recreational vehicles requiring the storage of no more than fifty (50) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) |
| Automotive Wrecking | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | |
| Body Art Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brewpub | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | |
| Business Support Services | P | P | P | P | P | - | C | |
| Campgrounds For Recreational Vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Cannabis Business | ||||||||
Cultivator - Tier I | - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier II | - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier III | - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503/7 (UTC Zone) |
Cultivator - Tier IV | - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) |
| P7 | P7 | P7 | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| - | - | - | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| C2/P7 | - | C2 | C2/P7 | C2/P7 | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| Car Wash | - | - | - | C | C | - | C | |
| Cemetery | - | - | - | - | - | C | C | |
| - | - | - | P | P | - | C | ||
| Cemetery, Family | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Commercial Parking | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Commercial Parking, Recreational Vehicle | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Construction Sales and Service | - | - | C | P | P | - | C |
|
| Convention Facility | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | |
| Crematory | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | |
| Data Center | - | - | - | C | C | - | - | Sec. 3163 |
| Drive-In Theater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Farmers Mart | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Ferry Boat Landing | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Financial Services | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | |
Automatic Teller Machines | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) Sec. 602.6 (A-2 Zone) Sec. 700.6 (R Zone) Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) |
Check Cashing (Payday Loan), as regulated by KRS 368.010 to 368.120 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fireworks Retail Sales | - | - | - | C5 | C5 | - | C5 | |
| Flea Market | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Freight Terminal | - | - | - | P2 and 7 | P2 and 7 | - | - | Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) |
| Funeral Home | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Gambling Establishment | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Garden and landscape sales, lawn furniture and the like, farm and garden supply outlets including equipment and vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Garden store, nursery and similar landscape sales of products produced on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenhouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
| Hotel or Motel and Apartment Hotel | - | - | C | - | - | - | C | |
| Junk Yard | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | |
| Kennel | - | - | - | C | P | - | C | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Medical, Dental or Optical Clinics | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | |
| Microbrewery | - | - | - | P | P | - | - | |
| Microdistillery | - | - | - | P | P | - | - | |
| Mobile Home display and sale from individual mobile home lot | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Office | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | |
| Pawn Shop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Personal Service | C | - | P | P | P | C | C | |
| Prefabricated Structure Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Radio and TV Station | P | P | C | C | C | C | C | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1003.6. (C-3 Zone) Sec. 1100.6 (O-1 Zone) Sec. 1105.6 (O-1A Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) Sec. 1106.18 (I-4 Zone) Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) |
| Reception Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Residential Storage Warehouse (mini warehouse) | - | - | - | P/C2 | P/C2 | - | C | |
| Retail | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Retail sales or service of gasoline, oil, marine craft accessories, grocery items, confectionary, drug and proprietary, art and craft products, books and stationary, antiques, sporting and athletic goods, bait, fuel and ice, bottled gas, newspapers and magazines, photographic supplies, gifts, novelties, souvenirs, and similar products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Retail trade for the sale of hay, grain, feed and other farm and garden supplies and agriculture related equipment, excluding vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Retail Filling Station (Gasoline Filling Station) | - | - | C | C | C5 | C | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Roadside Stand | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | |
| Sexually Oriented Business | P | - | P | P | P | P | C | Sec. 3198 |
| Short Term Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3191 |
| Studios for artists, designers, photographers, musicians and sculptors | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Taxidermy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Towing and Impound Lot | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Truck and Trailer Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) |
| Truck Repair Facility | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Truck Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Truck Stop | - | - | - | C | P | - | C | |
| Truck Wash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Veterinary Animal Hospital or Clinic | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Yachting, boat rentals, boat access and other marina activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
| INDUSTRIAL USES | ||||||||
| Equipment, Heavy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equipment, Light | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Industry, Heavy | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Asphalt and Concrete Plants | - | - | - | - | P | - | C | |
Extraction of stone, sand, minerals from beneath the existing surface of the ground, not including oil, gas, or other flammable materials, surface mining is not permitted | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | |
Gas production plants, natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points, gas pressure control stations | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | |
Manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment, or storage of the following: acids, creosote, biodiesel, or petroleum products; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mill, coke oven, forging, foundries, refining, and smelting; corrosion of aluminum, copper, iron, tin, lead or zinc; distillation of alcohol, coal, or wood; electroplating; enameling, japanning, or lacquering; grinding, sandblasting, cutting, washing, or other reduction or waterproofing; poultry and small game products; sawmills and planing mills, hardwood products and flooring, millwork, veneer and plywood and prefabricated wooden buildings and other lumber and wood products; stone, clay, and glass products including cement, lime, gypsum, plaster of paris, abrasives, and cut stone excluding extraction; heavy machinery, transportation vehicles and equipment (heavy); tobacco products; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and coal products; rubber and plastic products; leather and leather products | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
Operations appurtenant to the treatment and processing of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, coal, and other natural resources including washing and screening, cement and lime manufacturing, drying, crushing, concrete batching and mixing, storage loading and unloading from rail, river or highway vehicles in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) |
Poultry and small game dressing and packing | - | - | - | C | - | - | C | |
Production, processing and sales of fertilizer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | P | P | - | C | ||
Sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, and other mineral extraction from pits upon to the surface in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | |
| - | - | - | - | C | - | - | ||
Storage, crushing, washing, screening, sorting, drying, weighing, loading, unloading, and conveyance of raw materials excavated on site | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | |
Uses in which the primary business activity involves the following: the storage of explosives or fireworks according to State law, gas, biodiesel, or petroleum; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mills, coke ovens, forging, foundering, refining or smelting; creosote treatment; distillation of bones, coal or wood; enameling, japanning or lacquering; radium or radioactive elements; crushing or other reduction or waterproofing; the storage of chemicals | - | - | - | C | - | - | C | |
Uses involving the use, manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment or storage of acetylene gas, ammonia, explosives or fireworks as permitted under State law | - | - | - | C | - | - | C | |
Welding and repair of industrial machinery and light and heavy equipment | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
| Industry, Light | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Manufacturing, refinishing or production of crafts and woodwork products for the household | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Post-mining uses within a vacated room and pillar mine including: warehousing of non-hazardous material; storage, computer tapes and other records; climate controlled storage or manufacturing operations that do not involve hazardous materials | - | - | - | - | - | - | C | |
Small equipment and engine repair and service | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small scaled workshop uses including small engine repair, fabrication, assembly, and repair of household goods and small electronic goods, excluding outside storage and uses that involve hazardous or toxic substances | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | |
Welding or limited fabrication of metal products provided the use is of office or service contract and not storage or manufacturing which is more appropriate to an industrial district | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| River barge loading and unloading operations that are conducted in conjunction with permitted stone, sand, and mineral extraction activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | |
| Sanitary Landfills | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) |
| Warehousing and Distribution | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Commercial Stockyards and Feed Lots | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
| Wholesaling | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Wholesale trade of containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Wholesale trade of heavy machinery, equipment, and supplies, including transportation and farm equipment | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of non-containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | C | - | - | C | |
Wholesale trade of paints, varnishes, chemicals, and allied products | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
Wholesale trade of small machinery, equipment (light) and supplies except transportation or farm vehicles | - | - | - | P | P | - | C | |
Wholesale vehicle sales or auctions | - | - | - | C | C | - | C | |
| PUBLIC FACILITY USES | ||||||||
| Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Wildlife Preserve, and Natural Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | C | P | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Business and Trade School | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | |
| College and University | - | - | - | P | - | C | - | |
| Cultural Exhibits | - | - | - | - | - | C | C | |
| Day Care Center | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) |
| Emergency medical transport helicopter base or heli-pad when located immediately adjacent to a public emergency care ambulance/fire department station, which is used exclusively for the transport of emergency care patients, and ancillary facilities such as office, hangar and parking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Family Day Care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heritage Tourism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Historic sites and structures, monuments and other exhibits available for public viewing | C | C | C | C | C | C | P | |
| Hospital Complex | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Postal Services | - | - | - | A | - | C | - | |
| Prisons and Other Correctional Institutions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Recreation, Active | - | - | - | C | C | C | C | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Commercial | - | - | - | - | - | C | C | Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) |
| Recreation, Non-Commercial | P | P | P | P | P | C | C | |
| Recreation, Passive | - | - | - | - | - | C | C | Sec. 2705 (GR-R Zone) |
| Religious Assembly | - | - | - | C | - | C | C | |
| Safety Services | - | - | - | - | - | C | C | |
| School | - | - | - | C | - | - | ||
| Shelter, Temporary or Emergency | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3116 |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, inpatient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Utilities | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
| RESIDENTIAL USES | ||||||||
| Accessory Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3114 |
| Duplex Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Dwelling Unit For Property Owner, Owner/Operator, Caretaker, Or Property Manager | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | |
| Elderly Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Manufactured Home, Qualified | A | C | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Mobile Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Home Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi Family Dwelling Unit | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) |
| Nursing Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Patio Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Residential Care Facility For Handicapped Persons | C | C | - | - | - | - | C | |
| Single Family Dwelling Unit | A | C | - | - | - | - | C | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) |
| Townhouse Dwelling Unit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Transitional Housing Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
OTHER USES | ||||||||
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 1 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3118 |
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 2 | - | - | - | P4/C2 | P4/C2 | P4/C2 | P4/C2 | Sec. 3118 |
| Customary Accessory Buildings and Uses | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3153 |
Outside storage, display, loading, uncrating or unpacking areas | - | - | - | A | A | - | - | Sec. 3154 |
| Drive-through facility operated in conjunction with a permitted or conditional use | A | A | A | A | A | C | - | Sec. 3155 |
| Fences | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3655 |
| Home Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Home Occupation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3142 |
| Mixed use buildings with the principally permitted uses noted herein on any floors and apartments or dwelling units on second or third floors only | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Parking | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 33 |
Indoor commercial parking facilities and indoor commercial recreational vehicle parking facilities, limited to parcels with frontage on Old Union Road between the intersections with Mt. Zion Road and U.S. 42/Whispering Trail | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Parking located in the side or rear of the lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ARTICLE 33 |
| Recycling Collection Containers | A | A | A | A | A | - | - | |
| Signs | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 34 |
| Solar Energy System, Integrated | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Rooftop | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 1 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 |
| Storage of materials must be located in the principal structure; no commercial or office accessory buildings are permitted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
[Ord. # U-O-2024-18, R-24-023-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # U-O-2024-19, R-24-029-A, 12/16/2024; Ord. # W-2025-01, R-25-004-A, 03/11/2025; Ord. # F-O-13-2025, R-24-036-A, 06/17/2025; Ord. # U-2026-01, R-25-028-A, 01/21/2026; Ord. # F-O-3-2026, R-25-028-A, 02/24/2026; Ord. # U-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 03/16/2026; Ord. # BC-2026-02, R-26-002-A, 03/24/2026; Ord. # W-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 04/14/2026; Ord. # F-O-6-2026, R-26-002-A, 04/21/2026]
Effective on: 4/21/2026
Section 505.5 Use/District Matrix - Public Facility, Airport, Small Community Overlay, and Special Study Districts
- A.The following table identifies land uses that are allowed/prohibited by zoning district.
- B.The following symbols are used in the tables:
- 1."P" means that a use is principally permitted.
- 2."A" means that a use is an accessory use.
- 3."C" means that a use is a conditional use and is subject to review by the Board of Adjustment, pursuant to procedures contained in ARTICLE 2.
- 4."-" means that a use is prohibited.
- C.The following footnotes are used in the table:
- 1."1" means it does not apply in the City of Florence.
- 2."2" means it applies only in the City of Florence.
- 3."3" means it applies only in the City of Walton.
- 4."4" means it applies only in Unincorporated Boone.
- 5."5" means it applies only in the City of Florence and Unincorporated Boone.
- 6."6" means it applies only in the Cities of Florence and Walton and Unincorporated Boone County
- 7."7" means it applies only in the City of Union.
Table 5-6 Public Facility, Airport, Small Community Overlay, and Special Study Districts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use | PF | A | SC | FMS | WD | UC | UTC | UNO | GR-R | GR-C | GR-BP | Use Standards |
| AGRICULTURAL USES | ||||||||||||
| Agricultural | - | - | See Art. 20 | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Fish Hatcheries, Fish Culture Activities, and Related Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Horse related uses, including riding and boarding stables, as defined by KRS 100.111(2)(c) | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | ||
| Household Agriculture | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| COMMERCIAL USES | ||||||||||||
| Airport | - | P | See Art. 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Airstrip, Private Noncommercial | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Amusement Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Art Gallery | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Auto Parts Store | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Automotive Repair Facility | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Expansion of existing auto repair uses | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Automotive Sales | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) | |
Automotive Leasing or Rental | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) | |
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles when operated in conjunction with an existing automotive repair facility and requiring of no more than twelve (12) inventory vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Automotive sales and leasing of new and used motor vehicles requiring the storage of no more than twenty-five (25) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Motorcycle Sales | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) | |
Sales and leasing of new and used recreational vehicles requiring the storage of no more than fifty (50) vehicles on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1003.6 (C-3 Zone) | |
| Automotive Wrecking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Body Art Services | - | - | P2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brewpub | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Business Support Services | C | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | P | P | ||
| Campgrounds For Recreational Vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cannabis Business | ||||||||||||
Cultivator - Tier I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Cultivator - Tier II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Cultivator - Tier III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Cultivator - Tier IV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Dispensary | C7 | - | - | - | P7 | P7 | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Processor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Producer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
Safety Compliance Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 2502.7 (UC Zone) Sec. 2503.7 (UTC Zone) | |
| Car Wash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cemetery | P | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cemetery, Family | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Commercial Parking | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Commercial Parking, Recreational Vehicle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Construction Sales and Service | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Convention Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | ||
| Crematory | C | P | - | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Drive-In Theater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Eating and Drinking Establishments | C | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | P | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) | |
| Farmers Mart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Ferry Boat Landing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Financial Services | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | P | ||
Automatic Teller Machines | - | - | A | - | A | A | A | - | A | A | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) Sec. 602.6 (A-2 Zone) Sec. 700.6 (R Zone) Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) | |
Check Cashing (Payday Loan), as regulated by KRS 368.010 to 368.120 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Fireworks Retail Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Flea Market | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Freight Terminal | - | C2 and 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) | |
| Funeral Home | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Gambling Establishment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Garden and landscape sales, lawn furniture and the like, farm and garden supply outlets including equipment and vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Garden store, nursery and similar landscape sales of products produced on the premises | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Greenhouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) | |
| Hotel or Motel and Apartment Hotel | - | P | C | P | - | - | - | - | P | P | ||
| Junk Yard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Kennel | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) | |
| Medical, Dental or Optical Clinics | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Microbrewery | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Microdistillery | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mobile Home display and sale from individual mobile home lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Office | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | P | ||
| Pawn Shop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Personal Service | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | ||
| Prefabricated Structure Sales | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Radio and TV Station | C | P | - | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1003.6. (C-3 Zone) Sec. 1100.6 (O-1 Zone) Sec. 1105.6 (O-1A Zone) Sec. 1101.6 (O-2 Zone) Sec. 1102.6 (I-1 Zone) Sec. 1103.6 (I-2 Zone) Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) Sec. 1106.18 (I-4 Zone) Sec. 1300.7 (A Zone) | |
| Reception Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | ||
| Residential Storage Warehouse (mini warehouse) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | C4 | - | Sec. 2703.7 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Retail | C | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
Convenience Store | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Retail sales or service of gasoline, oil, marine craft accessories, grocery items, confectionary, drug and proprietary, art and craft products, books and stationary, antiques, sporting and athletic goods, bait, fuel and ice, bottled gas, newspapers and magazines, photographic supplies, gifts, novelties, souvenirs, and similar products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Retail trade for the sale of hay, grain, feed and other farm and garden supplies and agriculture related equipment, excluding vehicles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Retail Filling Station (Gasoline Filling Station) | - | C | - | P | A | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Roadside Stand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sexually Oriented Business | C | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3198 | |
| Short Term Rental | - | - | P5 | - | P4 | - | - | C4 | C4 | C4 | Sec. 3191 | |
| Studios for artists, designers, photographers, musicians and sculptors | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Taxidermy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Towing and Impound Lot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Truck and Trailer Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) Sec. 1004.6 (C-4 Zone) | |
| Truck Repair Facility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Truck Sales | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Truck Stop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Truck Wash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Veterinary Animal Hospital or Clinic | C | P | P | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) | |
| Yachting, boat rentals, boat access and other marina activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| INDUSTRIAL USES | ||||||||||||
| Equipment, Heavy | - | - | See Art. 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Equipment, Light | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Industry, Heavy | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Asphalt and Concrete Plants | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Extraction of stone, sand, minerals from beneath the existing surface of the ground, not including oil, gas, or other flammable materials, surface mining is not permitted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Gas production plants, natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points, gas pressure control stations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment, or storage of the following: acids, creosote, biodiesel, or petroleum products; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mill, coke oven, forging, foundries, refining, and smelting; corrosion of aluminum, copper, iron, tin, lead or zinc; distillation of alcohol, coal, or wood; electroplating; enameling, japanning, or lacquering; grinding, sandblasting, cutting, washing, or other reduction or waterproofing; poultry and small game products; sawmills and planing mills, hardwood products and flooring, millwork, veneer and plywood and prefabricated wooden buildings and other lumber and wood products; stone, clay, and glass products including cement, lime, gypsum, plaster of paris, abrasives, and cut stone excluding extraction; heavy machinery, transportation vehicles and equipment (heavy); tobacco products; chemicals and allied products; petroleum and coal products; rubber and plastic products; leather and leather products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Operations appurtenant to the treatment and processing of sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, coal, and other natural resources including washing and screening, cement and lime manufacturing, drying, crushing, concrete batching and mixing, storage loading and unloading from rail, river or highway vehicles in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 1104.10 (I-3 Zone) | |
Poultry and small game dressing and packing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Production, processing and sales of fertilizer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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Sand, gravel, rock, clay, silt, shale, stone, and other mineral extraction from pits upon to the surface in conformance with a Surface Mining Special Use Permit issued by the Planning Commission | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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Storage, crushing, washing, screening, sorting, drying, weighing, loading, unloading, and conveyance of raw materials excavated on site | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Uses in which the primary business activity involves the following: the storage of explosives or fireworks according to State law, gas, biodiesel, or petroleum; bag cleaning; blast furnaces, cupolas, rolling mills, coke ovens, forging, foundering, refining or smelting; creosote treatment; distillation of bones, coal or wood; enameling, japanning or lacquering; radium or radioactive elements; crushing or other reduction or waterproofing; the storage of chemicals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Uses involving the use, manufacture, assembly, processing, treatment or storage of acetylene gas, ammonia, explosives or fireworks as permitted under State law | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Welding and repair of industrial machinery and light and heavy equipment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Industry, Light | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | ||
Manufacturing, refinishing or production of crafts and woodwork products for the household | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Post-mining uses within a vacated room and pillar mine including: warehousing of non-hazardous material; storage, computer tapes and other records; climate controlled storage or manufacturing operations that do not involve hazardous materials | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Small equipment and engine repair and service | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Small scaled workshop uses including small engine repair, fabrication, assembly, and repair of household goods and small electronic goods, excluding outside storage and uses that involve hazardous or toxic substances | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Welding or limited fabrication of metal products provided the use is of office or service contract and not storage or manufacturing which is more appropriate to an industrial district | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| River barge loading and unloading operations that are conducted in conjunction with permitted stone, sand, and mineral extraction activities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sanitary Landfills | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 601.7 (A-1 Zone) | |
| Warehousing and Distribution | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | ||
Commercial Stockyards and Feed Lots | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Wholesaling | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale trade of containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale trade of heavy machinery, equipment, and supplies, including transportation and farm equipment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale trade of non-containerized paints, varnishes, chemicals and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale trade of paints, varnishes, chemicals, and allied products | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale trade of small machinery, equipment (light) and supplies except transportation or farm vehicles | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Wholesale vehicle sales or auctions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| PUBLIC FACILITY USES | ||||||||||||
| Aquarium, Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Wildlife Preserve, and Natural Exhibition | - | - | See Art. 20 | - | - | P | P | - | P | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) |
| Business and Trade School | C | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | P | P | ||
| College and University | P | - | P | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cultural Exhibits | P | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Day Care Center | P | C | P | P | P | P | P | C | P | A | Sec. 2705 (GR-C Zone) | |
| Emergency medical transport helicopter base or heli-pad when located immediately adjacent to a public emergency care ambulance/fire department station, which is used exclusively for the transport of emergency care patients, and ancillary facilities such as office, hangar and parking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Family Day Care | - | - | - | A | - | - | - | P | - | - | ||
| Heritage Tourism | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Historic sites and structures, monuments and other exhibits available for public viewing | C | C | P | C | C | C | C | P | P | P | ||
| Hospital Complex | P | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Postal Services | A | - | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | ||
| Prisons and Other Correctional Institutions | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Recreation, Active | - | P | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | Sec. 901.6 (RSE Zone) Sec. 902.6 (RS Zone) Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) Sec. 906.6 (UR-1 Zone) Sec. 907.6 (UR-2 Zone) Sec. 908.6 (UR-3 Zone) | |
| Recreation, Commercial | C | - | P | P | - | - | - | - | P | - | Sec. 905.7 (SR-3 Zone) | |
| Recreation, Non-Commercial | C | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Recreation, Passive | P | A | A | - | - | P | P | P | - | - | Sec. 2705 (GR-R Zone) | |
| Religious Assembly | P | - | P | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | ||
| Safety Services | P | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| School | P | - | P | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Shelter, Temporary or Emergency | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3116 | |
| Substance abuse treatment facility, inpatient | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Utilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| RESIDENTIAL USES | ||||||||||||
| Accessory Dwelling Unit | - | - | see Art. 20 | A | A | - | - | - | P | - | - | Sec. 3114 |
| Duplex Dwelling Unit | - | - | P | P | - | - | - | P | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) | |
| Dwelling Unit For Property Owner, Owner/Operator, Caretaker, Or Property Manager | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | A | - | ||
| Elderly Housing Facility | P | - | P | - | - | P | - | C | - | - | ||
| Manufactured Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Manufactured Home, Qualified | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | - | ||
| Mobile Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mobile Home Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Multi Family Dwelling Unit | - | - | P | P | - | P | - | P | - | - | Sec. 1002.6 (C-2 Zone) | |
| Nursing Home | P | - | P | - | - | P | - | C | - | - | ||
| Patio Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | ||
| Residential Care Facility For Handicapped Persons | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | - | - | - | ||
| Single Family Dwelling Unit | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | - | Sec. 903.6 (SR-1 Zone) | |
| Townhouse Dwelling Unit | - | - | P | P | P | P | - | P | - | - | ||
| Transitional Housing Facility | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
OTHER USES | ||||||||||||
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 1 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3118 |
| Battery Energy Storage System Facility, Tier 2 | - | P4/C2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3118 |
| Customary Accessory Buildings and Uses | A | A | See Art. 20 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3153 |
Outside storage, display, loading, uncrating or unpacking areas | - | A | A | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3154 | |
| Drive-through facility operated in conjunction with a permitted or conditional use | A | A | - | A | - | - | - | - | A | A | Sec. 3155 | |
| Fences | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Sec. 3655 | |
| Home Business | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | C | - | - | Sec. 3142 | |
| Home Occupation | - | - | A | - | A | A | A | A | - | - | Sec. 3142 | |
| Mixed use buildings with the principally permitted uses noted herein on any floors and apartments or dwelling units on second or third floors only | - | - | P | P | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Parking | A | A | - | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 33 | |
Indoor commercial parking facilities and indoor commercial recreational vehicle parking facilities, limited to parcels with frontage on Old Union Road between the intersections with Mt. Zion Road and U.S. 42/Whispering Trail | - | - | - | - | - | P | - | - | - | - | ||
Parking located in the side or rear of the lot | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ARTICLE 33 | |
| Recycling Collection Containers | A | A | A | - | - | - | - | - | A | A | ||
| Signs | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ARTICLE 34 | |
| Solar Energy System, Integrated | P5 | P5 | P4 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | Sec. 3117 | |
| Solar Energy System, Rooftop | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 | Sec. 3117 | |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 1 | A4 | A5 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | Sec. 3117 | |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 | |
| Solar Energy System, Ground Mounted, Tier 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sec. 3117 | |
| Storage of materials must be located in the principal structure; no commercial or office accessory buildings are permitted | - | - | - | - | A | A | A | - | - | - | ||
[Ord. # BC-2025-04, R-24-035-A, 01/21/2025; Ord. # F-O-13-2025, R-24-036-A, 06/17/2025; Ord. # U-2026-01, R-25-028-A, 01/21/2026; Ord. # F-O-3-2026, R-25-028-A, 02/24/2026; Ord. # U-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 03/16/2026; Ord. # BC-2026-02, R-26-002-A, 03/24/2026; Ord. # W-2026-03, R-26-002-A, 04/14/2026; Ord. # F-O-6-2026, R-26-002-A, 04/21/2026]
Effective on: 4/21/2026