The special uses listed in the individual districts and those listed in section 56-685 and their accessory buildings and uses may be permitted by the board in the districts, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article.

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.0)

Uses permitted in any district (except in the R3, C4 and I3 districts) are subject to the requirements of this article:

(1)

Airport or heliport.

(2)

Artificial lake of three or more acres.

(3)

Cemetery.

(4)

Church or temple.

(5)

Fairgrounds.

(6)

Hospital.

(7)

Mineral extraction.

(8)

Public water wells, pumping stations, filtration plants, reservoirs, and storage tanks.

(9)

Radio, T.V. transmitting towers and microwave tower.

(10)

Recreational use of a reclaimed borrow pit, subject to the requirements of article IV of this chapter, pertaining to mineral extract sites.

(11)

Sewage disposal plant (primary use of the site).

(12)

Telephone exchange.

(13)

Transmission lines for gas, oil, electricity, or other utilities, and necessary substation or distribution centers.

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.1)

A lot on which one of the following uses is located may not be smaller in area than the area prescribed for that use opposite it on the following table:

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.2; Res. of 5-8-1990)

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(a)

The following uses are subject to the special setbacks prescribed, in feet by the following table. If no figure appears for a front yard setback, the standard setback prescribed for the district shall apply.

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(b)

Buildings with the following uses may be located no closer to private interior roads in planned developments that are subject to through traffic than the distances, in feet, respectively prescribed by the following table:

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.3)

(a)

The following uses may not be located closer to a residential district, or residential use, than the distance, in feet, listed opposite in the following table:

(b)

A parking area or loading berth for any of the following uses may not be located closer to a residential district or use than the distance, in feet, listed opposite it in the following table:

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.4)

The following uses shall be fenced or walled as respectively prescribed by the following table at the discretion of the board:

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.5)

During all seasons, a dense compact screen planting shall effectively block from view all of the following uses when they abut existing residential uses and shall be maintained in an orderly manner at the following dimensions in accordance with the following table at the discretion of the board:

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.6)

(a)

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

Entrance—a passageway generally 30 feet wide from premises to thoroughfare by which vehicles enter or leave.

(b)

The applicant shall obtain a permit from the county superintendent of highways for the entrance.

(1)

This subsection limits the number of entrances to a major highway (principal arterial) or area service highway (minor arterial) street or road. However, it does not apply to entrances for emergency use only.

(2)

Each of the following uses, for which special uses are prescribed, is limited to one entrance.

a.

Advertising structures.

b.

Artificial lake of three or more acres or private swimming pool.

c.

Bait sales.

d.

Clinic.

e.

Commercial greenhouse.

f.

Contractor's storage yard.

g.

Country club or golf course.

h.

Home for aged.

i.

Industrial park.

j.

Junk yard.

k.

Kennel.

l.

Kindergarten or day nursery.

m.

Machine shop.

n.

Manufacturing, storage or use of explosives.

o.

Material storage, open.

p.

Mineral extraction, borrow pit, topsoil removal, and their storage areas.

q.

Penal or correctional institution.

r.

Private recreational development.

s.

Public or commercial sanitary land fill or refuse dump or garbage disposal plant.

t.

Public or commercial sewage disposal plant.

u.

Public or employee parking area.

v.

Race track.

w.

Radio, TV transmitting towers and microwave towers.

x.

Railroad right-of-way and necessary uses.

y.

Riding stable.

z.

Roadside produce sales stand.

aa.

Sales barn for livestock resale.

bb.

Shooting range.

cc.

Slaughterhouse.

dd.

Storage of disabled vehicles.

ee.

Telephone exchange.

ff.

Theater, outdoor.

gg.

`Tourist home.

hh.

Truck freight terminal.

ii.

Truck service center.

jj.

Warehouse (grain elevator).

kk.

Welding shop.

ll.

Wholesale produce terminal.

(3)

Each of the following uses, for which special uses are prescribed is limited to two entrances:

a.

Airport or heliport.

b.

Camping facility.

c.

Cemetery or crematory.

d.

Confinement feeding operation.

e.

Hotel or motel.

f.

Outdoor commercial recreational enterprise.

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.7; Res. of 2-11-1986)

The board shall order the zoning administrator to issue an improvement location permit for the special use except in the class of special uses pertaining to regulating wind energy conversion systems, solar farms, adult-use craft grower organization, adult-use cannabis cultivation organization, adult-use dispensing organization, adult-use infuser organization, adult-use processing organization, adult-use transporting organization, airport or heliport, and mineral extraction, the county board shall reserve the authority to grant the approval of the class of special uses for wind energy conversion systems, solar farms, adult-use craft grower organization, adult-use cannabis cultivation organization, adult-use dispensing organization, adult-use infuser organization, adult-use processing organization, adult-use transporting organization, airport or heliport, and mineral extraction.

(c)

An existing use which is listed in this article as a special use, and which is located in a district in which such special uses may be permitted, is a conforming use. Any expansion of such special use involving the enlargement of the buildings, structures and land area devoted to such use shall be subject to the procedure described in this article. However, only one special use permit shall be required for the total mineral extraction land area, including existing and proposed buildings and structures, that were indicated on the approved plan for the plant area as the term is defined in article IV of this chapter. Additional excavation and mining of an existing mineral extraction site shall be construed to be a conforming use.

(Ord. of 12-4-1973, § 24.8; Ord. No. 2006-04, 1-12-2006; Res. No. 2016-09-39, 9-15-2016; Ord. of 10-17-2019; Ord. of 12-17-2021; Ord. No. 2022-02-10, 2-24-2022)