This article presents the zoning district regulations. Zoning districts are established in this chapter to promote compatible land use patterns and to establish site development regulations appropriate to the purposes and specific nature of each district.

(Code 1993, § 39.04.001; Ord. No. 1171, § 1)

(a)

The base districts and overlay districts set forth in this section are hereby established.

(b)

Table 62-162-1 displays the purposes of these districts.

(Code 1993, § 39.04.002; Ord. No. 1171, § 1)

(a)

A base district designation shall apply to each lot or site within the City and its planning jurisdiction. A site must be in one base district.

(b)

Overlay districts may be applied to any lot or site or any portion thereof, in addition to a base district designation. The mixed use district may stand alone as a base district.

(Code 1993, § 39.04.003; Ord. No. 1171, § 1)

References in the zoning ordinance to less intensive or more intensive districts shall be deemed to refer to those agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial base zoning districts established in Section 62-159, and shall represent a progression from the AG Agricultural District as the least intensive to the GI General Industrial District as the most intensive. The overlay districts shall not be included in this reference.

(Code 1993, § 39.04.004; Ord. No. 1171, § 1)

(a)

For each zoning district, purposes are set forth in Table 62-162-1, permitted uses are set forth in Table 62-162-2, and site development regulations are presented in Table 62-162-3.

(b)

Supplemental regulations may affect specific land uses or development regulations in each zoning district. The applicable supplemental regulations are noted in Table 62-162-2.

Table 62-162-1. Purposes of Zoning District

Table 62-162-2. Permitted Uses by Zoning Districts

*Note: Provisions of Sections 62-471 and 62-472 apply to all use types.

P = Uses permitted by right

S = Uses permitted by special permit

Blank = Use not permitted

Table 62-162-3a. Summary of Site Development Regulations

Notes accompanying this table appear after Table 62-162-3c.

Table 62-162-3b. Summary of Site Development Regulations

*Uses in the R-3, LC, CC, GC, LI, and GI Districts are subject to landscape and screening provisions contained in Article VIII of this chapter.

Table 62-162-3c. Summary of Site Development Regulations

*Uses in the R-3, LC, CC, GC, LI, GI and P Districts are subject to landscape and screening provisions contained in Article VIII of this chapter.

Notes to Tables 62-162-2 and 62-162-3.

Note 1: Rural Residential development situated within one of the designated rural development areas of the Comprehensive Plan may occur on minimum lot sizes below 1.0 acres, if such development is approved by the City as a conservation subdivision, designed in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan, to ensure compatible installation of infrastructure and sanitary waste collection systems in the future.

Note 2: Six feet for single-story construction, one foot for each four feet for any building over 24 feet in height. See Section 62-467 for supplemental regulations governing single-family attached and townhouse residential use types.

Note 3: See Section 62-467 for supplemental regulations regarding modifications of lot width for townhouse residential use type.

Note 4: Height limit for residential structures. 65 feet for other permitted uses.

Note 5: Setback ten feet for single-story construction, five feet for each additional story.

Note 6: The 3,000 square feet per townhouse unit applies for up to ten units in townhouse developments in the R-2 District.

Note 7: All allowable accessory buildings to a residence shall be limited to a maximum of 1,800 and for a maximum of three detached structures for the first one acre or less. The total area of all accessory buildings may be increased by 70 square feet for each additional one-tenth acre of land area above one acre. Accessory buildings shall include the following: barns, stable, storage buildings, and detached personal vehicle garages.

Note 8: Toxic gaseous storage: Storage facilities of toxic gaseous, materials, tanks/or bulk facilities shall not be built within two miles of any residential subdivision or within one mile of any building for human occupancy generally, unless approved by a special use permit after a finding that storage will not pose a potential public health hazard.

Note 9:

(1) Adequate direct road access to the site is provided with such access designed to minimize traffic congestion; and

(2) Sufficient off-street parking areas are provided in conformance with Article IX of this chapter, Table 62-589-1; and

(3) The site is located at least one mile from any residentially zoned area.

Note 10: Density for retirement residential is 7,000 square feet for four units and 1,000 square feet for each additional unit.

Note 11: Attached garages shall not exceed the total square footage and height of the residence.

Note 12: Detached structures shall not exceed the height of 15 feet or the height of the primary residence, whichever is less, unless the detached structure is setback from the side and rear property line a minimum of two horizontal feet for every one foot in height exceeding the maximum height of the structure in residential districts.

Note 13: Accessory structures larger than 250 square feet shall be constructed with similar materials of the primary residence or building in residential and commercial zoning districts.

Note 14: Residential use in multi-story structures in the DC zoning district, as well as family and group cares, emergency residential, group care, group home, religious assembly, and bed and breakfast uses will be located in the floor or floors above commercial uses.

Note 15: In addition to the off street parking requirements in Article IX of this chapter, parking and loading areas in the P zoning district abutting or directly across the street from a residential zoning district shall be set back the minimum front yard setback of the adjacent residential district.

Note 16: All service, repair, processing or storage on property abutting or across the street from a residential zoning district shall be contained wholly within an enclosed building unless screened from residential zoning by a site-obstructing fence or wall.

(Code 1993, § 39.04.005; Ord. No. 1171, § 1; Ord. No. 1205, § 1; Ord. No. 1225, § 2; Ord. No. 1235, § 1, 2; Ord. No. 1244, § 3; Ord. No. 1423, § 4; Ord. No. 1437, § 4; Ord. No. 1475, § 1; Ord. No. 1604, § 3; Ord. No. 1610, § 3; Ord. No. 1643, § 1; Ord. No. 1650, § 3; Ord. No. 1706, § 3; Ord. No. 1707, § 3; Ord. No. 1727, § 3; Ord. No. 1742, § 4; Ord. No. 1798, § 8, 6-4-2024; Ord. No. 1809, § 1, 9-3-2024; Ord. No. 1825 meeting, § 1, 8-5-2025; Ord. No. 1831 meeting, § 3, 10-7-2025; Ord. No. 1834 meeting, § 2, 10-21-2025)