Laketown City Zoning Code

The purpose of this zone is to establish general commercial areas for sales and services.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981; amd. 2001 Code

• Accessory buildings and uses incidental to any permitted use.
• Business and/or professional offices.
• Financial institutions such as banks and savings and loan offices.
• Repair and service uses such as laundry and dry cleaning, photographic studios, radio and television repairs.
• Restaurants.
• Retail stores which supply commodities to residents of the community such as bakeries, barber and beauty shops, book and stationary stores, grocery and drug stores, hardware and appliance stores, variety stores, florist and pet shops, auto and boat accessory shops.
• Theaters.
• Storage units and storage yards are not permitted uses in Commercial Zone.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

Ord. 2022-07, 12-07-2022

• Automobile service stations.
• Bowling alleys, dance halls or similar commercial establishments for gatherings or recreational uses.
• Drive-in and take-out restaurants.
• Hotels, motels and boarding houses.
• Lumber yard.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981; amd. 2001 Code

1. Minimum lot area; For every square foot of building area, three (3) square feet of land area is required.
2. Minimum lot width; none
3. Minimum front yard; fifty feet (50') from State Highway 30, and thirty feet (30') from other streets. A corner lot has two front yards. When determining whether a lot is a corner lot and determining the setback, mapped future roads should be taken into account as though they are presently existing.
4. Minimum side yard; ten feet (10').
5. Minimum rear yard; ten feet (10').

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

Ordinance 2019-12, 2/5/2020

Ord. 2022-07, 12-07-2022

No building shall be erected to a height greater than thirty-five feet (35'). 

1. The building height shall not include belfries, chimneys, cupolas, domes, flues, spires, air conditioning units, solar panel, nor apply to similar structures and mechanical appurtenances placed on roofs, provided that no such structure shall be used for human occupancy, nor exceed five feet above the peak of the roof unless approval is given by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
2.  No accessory building shall be erected to a height great than thirty-five feet (35'). The building height shall not include belfries, chimneys, cupolas, domes, flues, spires, air conditioning units, solar panel, nor apply to similar structures and mechanical appurtenances placed on roofs, provided that no such structure shall be used for human occupancy, nor exceed five feet above the peak of the roof unless approval is given by the Planning and Zoning Commission. 

HISTORY:

Ordinance 2019-18, 3/04/2020

A buffer zone shall be required for commercial developments abutting on residential zones, or any conflicting use or zone. Requirements shall be determined by the planning and zoning commission.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981