Adopted; to show districts and boundaries. The zoning districts enumerated in § 520-13 shall be designated on the Official Zoning Map of the City, which, together with all pertinent explanatory material thereon, is incorporated herein as though set forth in full. All changes in district boundaries and the creation of additional districts made as provided by law shall be recorded on the map.

Interpretation of map. Where uncertainty exists or the actual layout in the field varies from the layout on the map, the district boundaries shall be determined by the Building Inspector in accordance with the intent of this chapter.

Single-family detached dwellings, excluding all mobile homes; for purposes of this chapter manufactured homes are included in the definition of single-family dwelling.

Manufactured homes complying with all of the following requirements and limitations:

Churches and similar places of worship; public and parochial schools.

Public parks, playgrounds, recreation and community center buildings.

Municipal uses not detrimental to the character of a residential district.

Community living arrangements and day-care centers which have a capacity for eight or fewer persons.

Foster family care.

Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create public or private nuisance.

Cemeteries.

Private garages.

Customary accessory buildings, structures and uses, provided they are clearly incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business.

Parish houses and convents.[2]

Accommodations for two paying guests other than members of the immediate family.

Customary home occupations and professional home offices.[3]

Hospitals, except animal hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent and rest homes for the elderly and child-care centers.

Golf courses, golf practice ranges, country clubs, tennis clubs, skeet ranges and similar public and private recreational uses.

Kennels as prescribed in Chapter 197, Animals, § 197-3B.

Bed-and-breakfast establishments pursuant to § 520-36.[4]

Minimum lot area and width. The lot area shall be not less than 6,000 square feet and the lot width not less than 60 feet. (Any lot platted prior to the adoption of this Zoning Code which is less than 60 feet wide shall be considered a legal nonconforming lot. However, any structure built on such a legal nonconforming lot shall be in compliance with all other provisions of this Zoning Code.) Lots not served by approved sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements prescribed in Article II of this chapter.

Lot coverage. All principal and accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 30% of the lot area.

Required yards.

One story: 1,100 square feet.

Multistory: 1,200 square feet.

All principal uses permitted in R-1 Districts as regulated in the R-1 District.

Two-family dwellings.

All uses permitted in the R-1 District.

Bed-and-breakfast establishments pursuant to § 520-36.[1]

One-family dwellings: same as R-1 District.

Two-family dwellings: 900 square feet per dwelling unit.

All principal uses permitted in the R-1 and R-2 Districts.

Multifamily dwellings.

Rooming houses and boardinghouses, provided that food service is limited to the occupants.

Clubs and fraternal organizations, except when such uses include a service customarily carried on as a business.

All uses permitted in the R-1 District.

Mobile homes in existing mobile home parks.

Bed-and-breakfast establishments pursuant to § 520-36.[1]

Minimum lot area and width.

Lot coverage. Same as R-1 District.

Required yards. Same as R-1 District.

One-story one-family dwellings: 900 square feet.

Multistory one-family dwellings: 1,200 square feet.

Two-family dwellings: 900 square feet per dwelling unit.

Multifamily dwellings: 750 feet per dwelling unit.

Retail establishments for the sale of goods at retail or the performance of services customarily incidental to retail sales.

Banks and similar institutions, business and professional offices.

Sales, storage, manufacture and distribution of products and merchandise, except the storage and dismantling of wrecked motor vehicles, junkyards, feed mills, creameries and similar operations.

Funeral and mortuary establishments.

Hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, and motels.

Animal hospitals.

Parking lots.

Churches, cemeteries, and similar places of worship.

Public parks, playgrounds, recreation and community center buildings.

Municipal uses not detrimental to the character of the district.

Multiple permitted uses within the same building.

Uses clearly similar in character to those listed above and customarily carried on in a downtown business district.

Minimum lot area and width. No minimum lot area and width requirement.

Lot coverage. No lot coverage requirement.

Required yards. No required yards.

All uses permitted in the B-1 Downtown Business District.

Multiple permitted uses within the same building.

Minimum lot area and width.

Lot coverage. All principal and accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 50% of the lot area.

Required yards. All principal buildings shall provide front, rear and two side yards having depths and widths of not less than the following:

Industries of a restricted character which by established standards and experience are not detrimental to and do not adversely affect the district or adjacent residential districts due to appearance or by the emission of dust, smoke, odor, gas, fumes, noise, vibration, traffic or similar substances or conditions.

Any commercial use permitted in the B-1 District, except hotels and motels.

A single-family dwelling for occupancy by a watchman employed on the premises.

Dormitories and similar housing for seasonal workers employed on the premises under a conditional use permit.

Minimum lot area and width.

Lot coverage. Residence for watchman shall comply with § 520-15D(2).

Required yards.

Any industrial use except those which by established standards and experience are dangerous, generate excessive noise or air and water pollution or create a public or private nuisance.

Any commercial use permitted in the B-1 District, except hotels and motels.

A single-family dwelling for occupancy by a watchman employed on the premises.

Dormitories and similar housing for seasonal workers employed on the premises.

Minimum lot area and width.

Lot coverage. Residence for watchman shall comply with § 520-15D(2).

Required yards.

The harvesting of wild crops.

Forestry and tree farms.

Hunting, fishing and trapping, unless otherwise prohibited by law.

Recreation and similar activities consistent with the public welfare.

General farming, including agriculture, dairying, floriculture, forestry, grazing, hay, orchards, truck farming and viticulture (grape growing); provided, however, that farm buildings housing animals, barnyards, and feed lots shall not be located in a floodplain and shall be at least 100 feet from any navigable water or district boundary.[1]

Keeping and raising of domestic stock for agribusiness, show, breeding, or other purposes incidental to the principal use of the premises, and for the use of the occupants of the premises, provided that such use shall not be located within 150 feet of a dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the property in question.

Attached or detached private garages and carports accessory to permitted or permitted accessory uses.

General farm buildings, including barns, silos, sheds, and storage bins and including not more than one roadside stand for the sale of farm products produced on the premises. Any such stand shall conform to the setback, sign and other provisions of this chapter.

One farm dwelling. The only residences allowed as permitted uses on newly established parcels are those to be occupied by a person who or a family at least one member of which earns a substantial part of his or her livelihood from farm operations on the parcel or is related to the operator of the larger farm parcel from which the new parcel is taken. Preexisting residences located in areas subject to zoning under this section which do not conform to this subsection may be continued in residential use. The minimum parcel size to establish a residence or a farm operation is 35 acres. No structure or improvement may be built on the land unless consistent with agricultural uses.

Private garages and parking space.

Private swimming pool and tennis court.

Home occupation.

Signs as regulated by the City.

Buildings temporarily located for purposes of constructing on the premises for a period not to exceed time necessary for such constructing.

Gardening and other horticultural uses where no sale of products is conducted on the premises.

Airports, airstrips and landing fields, provided that the site is not less than 20 acres.

Commercial feed lots, livestock sales facilities and fur farms.

Housing for farm laborers and seasonal or migratory farm workers.

Transmitting towers, receiving towers, and relay and microwave towers without broadcast facilities or studios.

Utilities.

Veterinary clinics, provided that no structure or animal enclosure shall be located closer than 150 feet to a property boundary.

Public and parochial schools, provided that no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot line.

Churches, including those related structures located on the same site which are an integral part of the church proper, convents or homes for persons related to a religious function on the same site, provided that no more than 10 persons shall reside on the site and no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot line.

Golf courses, country clubs, tennis clubs or public swimming pools serving more than one family. The principal structure for any of the above-listed uses shall be 100 feet or more from any abutting lot in a residential district, and accessory structures shall be a minimum of 50 feet from any lot line.

Essential service structures, including but not limited to buildings such as telephone exchange stations, booster or pressure-regulating stations, wells, pumping stations, elevated tanks, lift stations and electrical power substations, provided that no building shall be located within 10 feet from any lot line of an abutting lot in a residential district. Prior to granting such permit, it shall be found that the architectural design of the service structure is compatible with the neighborhood in which it is to be located and thus will promote the general welfare.

Hospitals for human care, sanitariums, rest homes, and nursing homes, provided that all structures, except fences, shall be located 100 feet or more from the lot line of any abutting lot in a residential district.

Cemeteries.

Lot frontage. Minimum 200 feet.

Lot area. Minimum two acres.

Principal building.

Accessory building.