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Council Bluffs City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 15

05 - A-2-PARKS, ESTATES AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

15.05.010 Statement Of Intent

This district is intended to preserve lands best suited for agricultural, recreational and large-parcel residential uses. It is also intended to preserve land suited for eventual development, pending proper timing for economical and practical provisions of streets, utilities, schools and other facilities so that reasonably compact development will occur.

(Ord. 5285 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.05.020 Principal Uses

The following principal uses shall be permitted outright in an A-2 district:

  1. Animal production.
  2. Cemetery.
  3. Dwelling, single-family detached.
  4. Family home.
  5. Government maintenance facility.
  6. Horticulture and crop production.
  7. Local utility services.
  8. Park and recreation services.
  9. Public campground.
  10. Public safety services.
  11. Religious assembly.
  12. Secondary airports and private light plane landing strips, when laid out and operated in accordance with all applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and when situated on a site containing not less than thirty (30) acres.
  13. Animal shelter (non-profit).

(Ord. No. 6055, § 1, 3-8-2010; Ord. No. 6081, § 1, 5-24-2010)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 6055, § 1, adopted Mar. 8, 2010, repealed the former section and enacted a new section as set out herein. The former section pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 5523, § 1, 2000.

15.05.030 Conditional Uses

The following conditional uses shall be permitted in an A-2 district in accordance with the requirements set forth in CBMC 15.02:

  1. Agricultural sales and service;
  2. Commercial recreation (indoor and outdoor);
  3. Day care services;
  4. Extraction activity;
  5. Funeral service in conjunction with a cemetery;
  6. Outdoor firing range;
  7. Private campground;
  8. Sanitary landfill;
  9. Rubble dump;
  10. Greenhouse, commercial; and
  11. Solar energy conversion systems.

(Ord. No. 6055, § 2, 3-8-2010; Ord. No. 6372, § 1, 12-17-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 6055, § 2, adopted Mar. 8, 2010, repealed the former section and enacted a new section as set out herein. The former section pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 5523, § 2, 2000.

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 6393 on 8/12/2019
Amended by Ord. 6443 on 3/8/2021

15.05.040 Accessory Uses

Accessory uses shall include uses of land or structures customarily incidental and subordinate to one of the principal uses, unless otherwise excluded. In an A-2 district only, an accessory structure may exceed the ground floor coverage of the principal structure.

(Ord. 5285 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.05.050 Site Development Regulations

Minimum Lot Size

Lot area:
3 acres
Lot width:
150 feet
Lot depth:
200 feet
Minimum Setbacks
Principal Structure
Accessory Structure
Front yard:
50 feet
50 feet
Street side yard:
20 feet
20 feet
Side yard:
10% of lot width or 10 feet whichever is greater
10% of lot width or 10 feet whichever is greater
Rear yard:
20 feet
20 feet
Maximum height:
35 feet
25 feet
Lot coverage:
10% maximum
 

(Ord. 5285 § 1 (part), 1996)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 6393 on 8/12/2019

15.05.060 Additional Regulations

  1. Reserved.

(Ord. 5285 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.05.070 Signs

Signage in this district shall comply with CBMC 15.33, "Signs."

(Ord. 5285 § 1 (part), 1996)

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