The following regulations shall apply in the M - Municipal, public and quasi-public zone:

(a)

Purpose and intent. The purpose of this zone is to allow for community and public uses commonly found in a rural area.

(b)

Permissive uses: The following permissive uses shall be allowed in the M zone.

(1)

Growers' markets, provided that the organizers and operators of the growers' market shall annually submit an application to the Administrator describing the location of the proposed growers' market and its days and hours of operation, with such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require, and shall receive from the Administrator a permit authorizing the conduct of the grower's market in accordance with the application, unless there appears good cause why the application should not be approved.

(c)

Uses by review. The following uses shall be allowed in the M zone only upon the approval of a special use permit for the designated use, approval of a site development plan and issuance of a development review permit by the Planning and Zoning Commission:

(1)

Public and private parks and playgrounds.

(2)

Governmental buildings.

(3)

Public libraries.

(4)

Incidental retail sales, residential uses, and other activities associated with uses listed in (1) through (3) above.

(5)

Schools, public and private.

(6)

Museums, public and private.

(7)

Churches and church related structures.

(8)

Community utility and service installations.

(9)

Incidental retail sales, residential uses, and other activities associated with approved uses by review listed in (5) through (8) above.

(d)

Lot area. The minimum area of each lot shall be 43,560 square feet, or as per applicable ordinances, except lots owned or platted by the Village shall be exempt from the one-acre minimum requirement. This exception shall not allow the building of single-family dwellings.

(e)

Lot dimensions. Each lot shall have a minimum average width of seventy-five (75) feet.

(f)

Lot coverage. Lot coverage shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent.

(g)

Setback requirements. No new structure shall be permitted to be constructed or placed closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any existing residential structure. Otherwise, if there are no existing residential structures, front setbacks shall be no less than twenty-five (25) feet and rear and side setbacks shall be no less than ten (10) feet.

(h)

Architectural requirements. In order to emulate existing Village architecture and construction tradition, compliance with the following architectural standards is required for all new construction and whenever the exterior appearance of buildings or structures are altered:

(1)

Overall appearance. Exterior appearance shall express the characteristics of architecture of the Territorial, Spanish Pueblo and Southwest Vernacular style.

(2)

Material. Stucco, adobe, slump block and stone are allowed. Materials such as aluminum siding, metal panels, mirrored glass and unstuccoed masonry units or concrete are not allowed.

(3)

Façades. Building façades two stories in height shall include projecting or recessed portals, setbacks or other similar design elements at around level and a balcony at the level of the floor of the second story. All ground level façades subject to public view and providing an entrance to a building shall be varied by inserts or projecting portals.

(4)

Building massing. Premises with a lot coverage of over 8,000 square feet shall be designed to appear more as an aggregation of smaller "building blocks" rather than a single large box or block.

(5)

Roof-mounted equipment. Roof-mounted mechanical, electrical, telephone or solar equipment shall be architecturally screened with opaque materials, for example, by raising the parapet, and shall be of a low profile to minimize the screening problems.

(6)

Walls and fences. Walls and fences shall be built of brick, adobe, rock, decorative concrete block, masonry, wood, wood and metal wire, pipe, wrought iron or similar materials. Walls of unstuccoed concrete block, unstuccoed concrete, or similar materials are prohibited.

(i)

Placement of parking. Parking areas shall be placed off the street to the rear and sides of buildings whenever possible.

History: Ord. No. 192, § 8-1-14, adopted 1-13-89; Ord. No. 270, adopted 11-8-94; Ord. No. 376, adopted 2-24-04; Ord. No. 06-02, adopted 5-23-06; Ord. No. 08-007, adopted 8-26-08; Ord. No. 09-003, adopted 4-14-09; Ord. No. 09-005, adopted 5-19-09; Ord. No. 10-008, adopted 9-28-10; Ord. No. 22-01, adopted 3-22-22; Ord. No. 25-01, adopted 5-13-25.