Use of premises and all buildings in the city shall be in accordance with the minimum standards herein established.

(Ord. No. 156, § 2.301, 6-8-1981)

Every building shall be on a lot. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there cannot be more than one building on one lot.

(Ord. No. 156, § 2.302, 6-8-1981)

Yards, parking space, or lot area required for one building cannot be used for another building; nor can the size of a lot be reduced below the requirements of this article.

(Ord. No. 156, § 2.303, 6-8-1981)

Land or premises in each of the following classified districts in the city shall be used for the enumerated purposes only. Any other use of such land or premises in such districts shall be unlawful and in violation of this article.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.1, 6-8-1981)

In the R-1 district, there may be:

(1)

Single-family dwellings.

(2)

Home occupations.

(3)

Public parks, public libraries, public elementary and high schools and public buildings.

(4)

Private schools with a curriculum similar to public elementary and secondary schools.

(5)

Churches.

(6)

Golf courses, but not miniature courses or driving tees.

(7)

Fire stations, police stations, artesian wells, pumping stations, lake boat docks, boat houses, water supply reservoirs, filter beds, water tanks, towers, standpipes, or bridges.

(8)

Electrical facilities and electrical energy facilities, transformers, relay and substations, poles, wires, and electrical transmission and distribution appurtenances, but not including office buildings or storage facilities.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.101, 6-8-1981)

In the R-2 district, there may be:

(1)

Multiple dwellings and lodginghouses.

(2)

Hospital or clinic (other than hospitals or clinic or a veterinarian).

(3)

Religious, educational, and philanthropic institutions, but not animal care.

(4)

Clubs, lodges, and fraternities, where the chief activity is not a business.

(5)

Apartment hotels.

(6)

Office buildings.

(7)

Professions, occupations, and activities carried on by resident members of families where:

a.

There is no sign other than one sign (nonilluminated) no larger than one square foot in area;

b.

Nothing is done to make the building appear as other than a dwelling;

c.

No products but those on the premises are sold;

d.

Mechanical equipment used is that normally used in a dwelling; and

e.

Only one person, other than a member of family is employed.

(8)

Nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, play, special, and other private schools.

(9)

Convalescent or rest homes.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.102, 6-8-1981)

In the C-1 district, there may be:

(1)

Sale of goods and products at retail.

(2)

Shops for repair and servicing of bicycles, electrical, radio, and television appliances, keys, and similar articles.

(3)

Dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, shoe repair, laundry, dry cleaning, and similar trade.

(4)

Banks.

(5)

Commercial parking lots.

(6)

Hotels and motels.

(7)

Public cold storage lockers.

(8)

Theaters, but not drive-ins.

(9)

Newspaper publishing.

(10)

Printing establishments.

(11)

Used car lots.

(12)

Bowling alleys.

(13)

New car sales.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.103, 6-8-1981)

In the C-2 district, there may be:

(1)

Automobile, motorcycle and truck repair as an accessory use only to an automobile, motorcycle or truck service station and conducted only within the main building.

(2)

Garages, including storage garages.

(3)

Print, furnace, heating, air conditioning, typewriter, sheet metal, plumbing, tire and carwashing establishments and similar shops.

(4)

Animal hospitals and clinics.

(5)

Undertaking establishments.

(6)

Soft drink bottling.

(7)

Greenhouses and nurseries.

(8)

Lumberyards.

(9)

Drive-in theaters.

(10)

Private commercial recreational activities.

(11)

Sign-painting shops.

(12)

Open storage of building material, lumber, machinery, and pipe when the material is enclosed within a solid fence at least six feet high, said fence to be within required building lines.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.104, 6-8-1981)

(a)

In the M district, there may be any use except that:

(1)

There may be no building for residential use and no trailers, except quarters for caretakers and similar personnel.

(2)

Junkyards, salvage and scrap operations, and automobile wrecking yards, must be surrounded by a solid fence at least six feet high located within building lines.

(b)

In addition, the following uses must be given separate city council approval before a building or occupancy permit is issued:

(1)

Acid manufacturing.

(2)

Cement, lime, gypsum, or plaster of Paris manufacturing.

(3)

Distillation of bone.

(4)

Explosives manufacturing or storage.

(5)

Fat rendering.

(6)

Fertilizer manufacturing or storage.

(7)

Gas manufacturing.

(8)

Garbage, offal, or dead animal reductions or dumping.

(9)

Glue manufacturing.

(10)

Petroleum, or its products, refining of.

(11)

Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.

(12)

Stockyards or slaughter of animals.

(c)

Before granting of separate approval, the city council shall refer applications to the chief of the fire department and the planning and zoning commission for study, investigation, and report. If no report is received in 30 days, the city council may assume approval of the application.

(Ord. No. 156, § 3.105, 6-8-1981)