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Fenwick Island City Zoning Code

§ 160-6

Parks Zone.

[Added 5-18-2012[1]]
A. 
Use regulations. Unless herein provided, no building or premises or site shall be used or any building or structure be hereafter erected, altered or repaired in the Parks Zone except for one or more of the following principal permitted uses:
(1) 
Public athletics facilities.
(2) 
Playgrounds.
(3) 
Outdoor educational facilities.
(4) 
Public outdoor meetings.
(5) 
Public recreation.
(6) 
Public piers and docks.
B. 
Accessory uses and accessory structures permitted:
(1) 
Off-street parking and loading facilities.
(2) 
Other accessory uses which are incidental to recreational uses.
(3) 
Small utility buildings or other small storage structures used for storage of equipment and supplies used in connection with park-related activities.
(4) 
The height of an accessory structure shall not exceed 15 feet above existing ground contour level at the accessory structure site location.
C. 
Area and yard requirements:
(1) 
Building structures, such as but not limited to, utility buildings, playground equipment, picnic tables, and gazebos shall meet the following minimum setbacks requirements:
(a) 
Front yard setback: 20 feet from the front lot line.
(b) 
Rear yard setback: 10 feet from the rear lot line.
(c) 
Side yard setback: five feet from each side lot line.
(2) 
A fence not to exceed six feet in height shall be permitted to screen the park from adjacent residential properties. Such a fence shall not be completely solid, but shall have openings comprising approximately 20% to 30% of the total surface area of the fence in order to provide for the flow-through of air.
D. 
The Town Council may adopt by resolution additional rules and regulations applicable to any park owned and/or operated by the Town. Additional rules and regulations applicable to any park that is privately owned may be imposed by the Town Council from time to time, but shall require an amendment to the Zoning Ordinances of the Town.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 160-6 through 160-14 as §§ 160-7 through 160-15, respectively.