The OS Open Space district is intended for land intentionally protected from development and/or set aside for unstructured, passive recreation, natural resource preservation, agriculture, and the appreciation of natural surroundings.

(Ord. No. 2220, 12-5-23)

The following uses are permitted by right in the OS district:

(A)

Natural, native areas;

(B)

Passive outdoor recreation and trails;

(C)

Fishing facilities including docks;

(D)

Bird and wildlife sanctuaries;

(E)

Wildlife viewing areas including decks;

(F)

Public art installations that are compatible with the site's natural resources;

(G)

Accessory structures to the passive recreation use (benches, picnic pavilions, shade structures, covered and uncovered seating areas, restrooms);

(H)

Utility lines and transmission devices not including freestanding solar arrays;

(I)

Parking as associated with trailheads or maintenance operations;

(J)

Management and research operations including but not limited to temporary goat grazing, prescribed burns, weed spraying and other similar operations;

(K)

Cultivation of crops, vegetables, plants, flowers, and nursery stock produced on the premises;

(L)

Culturally significant or historical structures;

(M)

Native Plant Arboretum;

(N)

Fences up to seven feet tall as necessary for security purposes, including prairie dog fencing;

(O)

Rooftop solar panels as an accessory to a permitted structure;

(P)

Non-potable water storage reservoirs; with a reservoir being defined as an artificial lake, pond or body of water where water is collected and kept in quantity for use; and

(Q)

The grazing of goats, or horses, including supplementary feeding, provided that such grazing is not a part of, nor conducted in conjunction with, any dairy, feed yard, or livestock sales yard.

(Ord. No. 2220, 12-5-23)

The following are minimum lot and yard requirements in the OS district:

(Ord. No. 2220, 12-5-23)

Buildings in the OS district shall not be higher than one story, and in no case higher than twenty feet; with the exception of culturally significant or historic structures, which may be up to two stories and thirty-five feet in height.

(Ord. No. 2220, 12-5-23)

Use of land in the OS district shall also conform to the parking, signing, and other provisions of this title.

(Ord. No. 2220, 12-5-23)