Garden City City Zoning Code
§ XIX
SPECIAL CLASSES.
1.
[Generally.
Any of the following uses may be located in any nonresidential district by special permission of the board of aldermen under such conditions as to operation and off-street parking requirements as the board of aldermen may impose, and after public hearing by the zoning board and the board of aldermen, provided that in their judgment such use will not seriously injure the appropriate use of the neighboring property and will conform to the general intent and purpose of this ordinance and shall comply with the height and area regulations of the district in which they may be located, unless otherwise granted and providing further that such permission shall be for a limited period of time, transferable and renewable by the board of aldermen upon termination and subject to the rules and restrictions prescribed by the board of aldermen.]
A.
Specified uses:
(1)
Amusement parks, commercial baseball or athletic fields, racetracks, circuses, carnivals, or fairgrounds.
(2)
Aviation fields or airports under such restrictions as the board of aldermen may impose on land, buildings, or structures within an approach or transition plan or turning zone, to promote safety of navigation and prevent undue danger from confusing lights, electrical interferences, or other hazards.
(3)
Cemeteries, mausoleums, or crematories for the disposal of the human dead.
(4)
Miniature golf courses.
(5)
Swimming pools.
(6)
Radio and television stations.
(7)
Clubs, private, and the primary activities of which are athletic or recreational, provided the area shall be at least ten acres in extent and no building shall be closer than 100 feet from any property line.
(8)
Drive-in theaters.
(9)
Golf driving ranges, commercial and illuminated.
(10)
Gun clubs, skeet shoots, or target archery ranges.
(11)
Hospitals, sanitariums, or homes for the convalescent or aged, including the insane or feeble-minded, alcoholics or drug addicts, subject to such health and sanitation requirements as may be imposed by the board of aldermen or the health authorities of the city or state and provided there shall be at least 300 square feet of lot area for each patient or guest, with the minimum of 20,000 square feet.
(12)
Mines, other than strip or cut mines, including the removing, screening, crushing, washing, or storage of ore, sand, clay, stone, gravel, or similar materials, concrete batching plants, asphalt plans, and related industries, provided, however, that no permit shall be issued until and unless the location site plan and method of operation, including necessary structures, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the board of aldermen, which permit shall be for a limited period of time not to exceed ten years, subject to regulations and restrictions prescribed by the board of aldermen.
(13)
Penal or correctional institutions.
(14)
Picnic groves and fishing or swimming lakes, including minor and incidental concession facilities for patrons only.
(15)
Radio, television, and microwave towers.
(16)
Sanitary landfills.
(17)
Reservoirs, wells, towers, filter beds, or water supply plants.
(18)
Community sewage or garbage processing or disposal plants.
(19)
Trailer courts, subject to such rules as may be adopted by the board of aldermen (in district R-4 also).
(20)
Automobile wrecking yards, if enclosed within a solid fence or wall at least ten feet high.
(21)
Junkyards, if enclosed within a solid fence or wall at least ten feet high.
(22)
Acid manufacture.
(23)
Cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris manufacture.
(24)
Coal distillation and byproducts plants.
(25)
Distillation of bones.
(26)
Explosive manufacture or storage.
(27)
Fertilizer manufacture or storage.
(28)
Gas manufacture.
(29)
Garbage, offal, or dead animal reduction or dumping.
(30)
Hides and skins (storage, curing, or tanning).
(31)
Meat- or fish-packing or storage plants.
(32)
Meat processing.
(33)
Petroleum or its products (refining of).
(34)
Smelting of tin, copper mine, or iron ores.
(35)
Stockyards or slaughtering.
(36)
Tar distillation or manufacture.
(37)
Wholesale storage of gasoline, butane, or propane.
(38)
Wood distillation plants (charcoal, tar, turpentine, etc.).
(39)
Operation of private equipment yards for storage purposes, exclusive of retail sale yards.
(40)
Retail garden centers and nurseries.
(41)
Signs, in excess of the limits provided for under a specific zoning classification, shall be subject to whatever term[s], regulations, or restrictions as may be prescribed by the board of aldermen.
(42)
Marijuana Microbusiness Facility located less than one thousand (1,000) feet of any then existing elementary or secondary school, day-care, or church.
2.
Pre-existing uses.
Any use or operations permitted within this section and operating at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be deemed zoned under special classes, with permissive use granted for a period of ten years from the date of the passage of this ordinance.
(Ordinance 2002-518 adopted 3/5/02; Ordinance 2023-916 adopted 9/5/2023; Ordinance 2025-986 adopted 6/3/2025)