5.01.1 Principal uses.

1.

Detached single family dwellings.

2.

Uses permitted in accordance with "land use chart," section 2.16, table 3.

3.

Accessory uses.

a.

Buildings and uses customarily incidental to the principal uses permitted in this district when located on the same lot and not involved in the conduct of a business, except for home occupations approved by the office of the building official. Accessory uses include private garages, boat trailers or camping trailer storage, swimming pools, game courts lighted or unlighted, bath houses for the use of occupants and their guests, play houses without plumbing and limited to 150 square feet, other accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to the herein listed uses with a permit by the building office.

b.

Home occupations (see section 2.11).

5.01.2 Permitted conditional uses. Application for conditional uses as shown in this section and the land use chart in section 2.16, table 3, shall be filed with the office of planning and development for review, prior to submission to the zoning commission. If public hearings, as defined in section 18.08 are required in accordance with the land use chart, section 2.16, table 3, then the zoning commission and subsequently the board of aldermen, if required, will set the dates of such public hearings. If no public hearings are required, the developer can apply for a development (building) permit in accordance with the codes and procedures established by the building office.

1.

Private gardens and nurseries for the propagation and cultivation of plants only when said plants, flowers, or produce are not offered for sale on premises.

2.

Homes for the aged, nursing homes, convalescent homes and orphan homes when located on a site having a minimum of five acres or 1,000 square feet per occupant, whichever is the greater, including permanent employees domiciled upon the site and providing further that total ground floor area of the buildings shall not exceed 50 percent of the total site area.

3.

Churches, temples, rectories, parish houses, and synagogues, provided that they be located on a lot of at least 20,000 square feet in area and fulfill R-1 yard requirements.

4.

Cemeteries and mausoleums which may have such accessory uses as a storage building for maintenance equipment, caretaker's house, an administrative office, a crematorium, and a chapel provided that the cemetery and/or mausoleum is located on a site containing a minimum of five acres, enclosed by a fence of not less than four feet high, and provided further that provision be made for off-street parking space at the ratio of three spaces for each acre of cemetery and, if a mausoleum is also on the site, a parking area equal to the ground floor area of the mausoleum. All cemetery property must be landscaped and arrangements made for maintenance in perpetuity.

5.

Hospitals and sanitariums, but not animal hospitals, located on a site of not less than three acres and provided that all building are set back from property lines at least 50 feet, and provided further that off-street parking space be provided as stipulated in article 2, section 2.14, table 1A.

6.

Public libraries or museums.

7.

Public or governmental buildings such as police stations, fire stations, community health centers, neighborhood centers, branch postal stations, and branch administrative offices when located on a site of at least 15,000 square feet, provided such facilities are set back a minimum of 20 feet from any property line abutting any residential district and provided further that off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum ratio of one space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area or portion thereof.

8.

Public schools, both elementary, high, and private schools having a curriculum essentially the same as ordinarily offered in a public elementary school or public high school, and private or public nursery schools or kindergartens provided they are located on a site having a minimum of at least three acres and provided further buildings comprising the school be set back at least 50 feet from all property lines.

9.

Colleges and institutions of higher learning when located on a site of at least ten acres when provided further that no buildings be closer than 50 feet from all property lines, and provided further that 15 auto parking spaces will be provided on the campus for each 100 students enrolled.

10.

Educational or Philanthropic institutions when located on a site at least two acres and provided that all facilities are set back a minimum of 50 feet from any private property line abutting the site, and providing further that off-street parking be provided at a ratio of one space for each 1,500 square feet of site area or for each 100 square feet of gross floor area (G.F.A.) of buildings, whichever is greater.

11.

Private clubs when located on a site of at least three acres and provided such facilities are set back a minimum of 50 feet from all lot lines and provided that the total ground floor area of the building(s) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total site area.

12.

Recreational uses.

a.

Public parks, parkway, playgrounds, playfields, etc., including uses accessory to or incidental to their operations.

b.

Private golf courses operated for noncommercial purposes on sites of not less than 75 acres and providing no building or accessory use is located closer than 100 feet from adjoining property lines.

c.

Private recreation uses such as tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar activities operated exclusively for the use of private membership and not for commercial purposes, providing that no such use, structure, or accessory use is located closer than 50 feet to any adjoining private property lines, and provided further that all such facilities must be located on a site containing at least three acres of land.

13.

Sports arena or stadium or baseball park when located on a site of at least 25 acres, and provided that all facilities are set back a minimum of 150 feet from all abutting residential property lines and provided further that off-street parking be provided as stipulated in article 2, section 2.16, table 1A.

14.

Radio, television and microwave relay, transmitting or receiving towers or antennae but excluding broadcast studios and office buildings provided such facilities are located no closer to any property line than the height of such towers or antennae with a minimum setback of 50 feet.

15.

Telephone exchanges on sites of at least one-half acre with building(s) set back a minimum of 25 feet from all property lines. Off-street parking shall be provided in a ratio of one space for every two full-time employees in the building and parking lot screened from abutting residential property by a landscaped fence at least six feet in height.

16.

Railroad rights-of-way but not including passenger stations, freight terminals, switching and classification yards, repair shops, round houses, power houses, fueling, sanding and watering stations.

17.

Utilities such as gas distribution mains and gas regulator stations; telephone and communication lines and related facilities but excluding telephone exchange; sewer lines and sewage pumping stations; water distribution systems, meters, storage tanks, drainage pumping stations; and electric transmission and distribution facilities and service lines except that the electric transmission facilities my be installed along and within railroad rights-of way and other servitudes and rights-of-way obtained for the particular purpose of such facilities and electric substations on sites having a minimum of one acre or on sites completely surrounded by public streets, when screened by a landscaped fence or hedge, at least six feet in height with all buildings or structures set back from front property lines a minimum of 20 feet and minimum of eight feet from side and back lines, together with any necessary transmission or distribution lines supplying said substation, provided such substations in such districts be reasonably required to be located therein for the purpose of most advantageous service to the area within said district.

18.

Sewage treatment plants (public or private) provided such facilities are set back a minimum of 50 feet from adjoining property lines and screened by either a fence or trees and shrubs from any adjoining residential property, provided that the facility has been approved by applicable federal, state and local city agencies.

19.

Asphalt or concrete batching plant provided that such facilities be set back a minimum of 50 feet from any property developed for other than industrial uses, and that the use of the plant not exceed one year.

20.

Any other similar uses when approved by the zoning commission.

5.01.3 Special use permits. Special use permits may or may not be allowed in this district. Any uses permitted under this procedure is shown in the land use chart, section 2.16, table 3. Procedure to be followed for a special use permit is described in section 18.08.

5.01.4 Permitted signs. See Article 19.

(Ord. of 7-23-90; Ord. No. 11-01, art. II, 2-28-11)

Minimum requirements for lot area, yards, and maximum heights are contained in section 2.16, table 2.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance, especially the following:

Article 2. General Provisions.

Article 4. Off-Street Parking Regulations.

Article 14. Supplementary District Regulations.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

Off-street requirements are set forth in section 2.16, table 1A.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

Any use detrimental to a neighborhood because of odor, smoke, dust, gas, excessive glare, light, noise or vibration, including the operations of extractive industries and supplemental activities when causing emissions of dust, noise and vibration detrimental to the general well being of the citizens of the community. Also see land use chart, section 2.16, table 3.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)