Lincoln City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
District Regulations
Section 405.030 Districts.
[Ord. No. 161 §3, 10-5-1971]
For the purpose of regulating and restricting the use of land and the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, moving or use of buildings, structures or land, all lands within the corporate limits of Lincoln are hereby divided into eight (8) districts with their respective rank from high to low classification as follows:
District "R-1" | Single-Family Dwelling District. |
District "R-2" | Multiple-Family District. |
District "C-1" | Local Business District. |
District "C-2" | General Business District. |
District "C-3" | Commercial District. |
District "M-1" | Light Industrial District. |
District "M-2" | Heavy Industrial District. |
District "A" | Agricultural District. |
Any use not listed herein may be placed in a suitable district classification by the Board of Aldermen, after recommendation of the Planning Commission. |
Section 405.040 District Map Adopted.
[Ord. No. 161 §4, 10-5-1971]
A.
Boundaries of the districts, as enumerated in Section 405.030 of this Article, are hereby established as shown on a map prepared for that purpose, which map is hereby designated as the Zoning District Map and said map and all the notations, references and information shown thereon is hereby made as much a part of this Article as if the same were set forth in full herein. The City Planning Commission shall keep on file in its office an authentic copy of said map and all changes, amendments or additions thereto.
B.
When definite distances in feet are not shown on the Zoning District Map, the district boundaries are intended to be along existing street, alley or platted lot lines or extensions of the same and if the exact location of such lines is not clear, it shall be determined by the Building Inspector, due consideration being given to location as indicated by the scale of the Zoning District Map.
C.
When streets or alleys on the ground differ from the streets or alleys as shown on the Zoning District Map, the Building Inspector may apply the district designations on the map to the streets or alleys on the ground in such a manner as to conform to the intent and purpose of this Article.
D.
Whenever any street or alley is vacated, the particular district in which the adjacent property lies shall be automatically extended to the centerline of any such street or alley. Whenever a street or alley is dedicated, the zoning district within the area dedicated shall be void.
Section 405.050 Requirements Must Be Observed.
[Ord. No. 161 §5, 10-5-1971]
A.
Except as hereinafter specifically provided:
1.
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, nor shall any building, structure or land be used for any purpose other than is permitted in the district in which such building, structure or land is situated.
2.
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered to exceed the height or area limit or the yard or parking requirement herein established for the district in which such building or structure is located.
3.
No lot area shall be reduced or diminished so that the yards or other open spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by these requirements, nor shall the density of population be increased in any manner, except in conformity with the area regulations established herein.
4.
Every building hereafter erected or altered shall be located on a lot as herein defined and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot except as provided herein.
Section 405.060 District "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District.
[Ord. No. 161 §6, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "R-1", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Dwellings, single-family.
2.
Group homes. No group home shall be located within five thousand (5,000) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
3.
Churches and publicly owned and operated community buildings, public museums, public libraries.
4.
Public parks and playgrounds, including public recreation or service buildings and swimming pools within such parks, public administrative buildings, Police and fire stations.
5.
Public schools, elementary and high, and private schools with curriculum equivalent to that of a public elementary or high school and institutions of higher learning, including stadium and dormitories in conjunction if located on the campus.
6.
Golf courses and clubhouses appurtenant thereto (except miniature golf courses, driving ranges and other similar activities operated as a business), provided no clubhouse, swimming pool or parking area shall be closer than one hundred (100) feet to a property line.
7.
Railroad right-of-ways, not including railroad yards.
8.
Agricultural uses including nurseries and truck gardens limited to the propagation and cultivation of plants, provided that no obnoxious fertilizer is stored upon the premises and no obnoxious soil or fertilizer renovation is conducted thereon; and, provided further, that no retail sales shall be permitted on the premises nor the raising of livestock. Greenhouses may be constructed by special use permit.
9.
Accessory uses, customarily incident to the above uses and located on the same lot therewith, not involving the conduct of a business or industry. No equipment, material or vehicles other than motor passenger cars shall be stored in any residential district.
a.
Automobile parking areas which are necessary to the uses permitted in this district.
b.
The term "accessory use" shall include customary home occupations, such as the office of physician, dentist, surgeon, dressmaker, day nursery, hairdresser, musician or artist (but not including barbers) under the following restrictions:
(1)
Such uses are located in the dwelling used by a person as his/her private residence.
(2)
No assistant or other than a member of the family household is employed and no window display or sign, either illuminated or more than one (1) square foot in area, attached flat against the building, is used to advertise the same.
(3)
No power other than electric and of not more than one-half (½) horsepower is used in any one (1) machine and not more than one (1) horsepower total is used in such home occupation.
c.
For any dwelling house there shall be permitted one (1) private garage or covered carport with space for not more than one (1) vehicle for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot area or servant's quarters, provided that such garage or servant's quarters shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, nor less than three (3) feet from any side lot line, nor less than one (1) foot from any alley line, except that when the rear lot line is common to a side or rear lot line of another lot, such outbuilding must be located a minimum of three (3) feet from said rear lot line and in the case of corner lots, not less than the distance required for residences from side streets and, further provided, that such servant's quarters shall be occupied only by servants employed on the premises. If both garage and servant's quarters are detached, they shall be combined in one (1) building. A garage or servant's quarters constructed as an integral part of the main building shall be subject to the regulations affecting the main building, except that on a corner lot, a private garage, when attached to the main building and not exceeding the height of the main building, may extend into the required rear yard to a point not less than eighteen (18) feet from the rear lot line and shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard. No part of a detached accessory building shall be closer than ten (10) feet to the main building.
d.
Temporary real estate sales office located on property being sold and limited to period of sale, but not exceeding two (2) years without special use permit.
e.
Hobby activity may be maintained as an accessory use by the occupant of the premises purely for personal enjoyment, amusement or recreation provided that the articles produced or constructed are not sold either on or off the premises. Such additional uses as private swimming pools, gardens, customary pets, television and radio receiving antennae not exceeding one hundred (100) feet in height, signs as permitted by ordinance, parking areas, tool sheds of a minor nature, play equipment, storage of one (1) tenant owned boat; camping trailer or pickup camper but not in the front yard, the overnight parking of a truck of one (1) ton rating or less and other similar uses. Any accessory use which exceeds ten (10) feet in height shall be located a distance inside the property line at least equal to one-third (⅓) its height.
g.
A driveway or walk, as distinct from a dedicated street, to provide access to premises in a District "C-1" to "M-2" inclusive shall not be permitted in a District "R-1" or "R-2".
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "R-1", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet and shall not exceed two and one-half (2½) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide for a front yard, the minimum depth of which shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
3.
Side yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot; except that such side yard shall not be less than seven (7) feet and need not be more than fifteen (15) feet.
4.
Buildings on corner lots shall provide a side yard on the street side of not less than fifteen (15) feet, provided this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this Article to less than thirty-five (35) feet.
5.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
6.
Lot area per family. Every dwelling hereafter erected, moved or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than seven thousand seven hundred (7,700) square feet for single-family dwellings and nine thousand five hundred (9,500) square feet for two-family dwellings, provided that where a lot had less area than herein required in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.
7.
Lot width. The minimum width of a lot shall be seventy (70) feet, provided that where a lot has less width than herein required in separate ownership or by recorded plat at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
8.
Minimum dwelling size. Seven hundred twenty (720) square feet of living floor area per family.
Section 405.070 District "R-2" Multiple-Family District.
[Ord. No. 161 §7, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "R-2", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Any use permitted in District "R-1".
2.
Dwellings — two-family.
3.
Apartment houses or multiple-family dwellings.
4.
Boarding and lodging houses.
5.
Fraternity or sorority houses and dormitories.
6.
Apartment hotels.
7.
Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes or homes for convalescents or aged, other than for the mentally incompetent.
8.
Private clubs or fraternal orders, except those whose chief activity is carried on as a business.
9.
Philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions, other than penal institutions.
10.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses and located on the same lot, not involving the conduct of a business or industry.
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "R-2", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows: (For exceptions, see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet or three (3) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide for a front yard, the minimum depth of which shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
3.
Side yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot; except that such side yard shall not be less than seven (7) feet and need not be more than fifteen (15) feet.
4.
Buildings on corner lots shall provide a side yard on the street side of not less than fifteen (15) feet, provided this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this Article to less than thirty-five (35) feet.
5.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
6.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of a building hereafter erected, moved or altered shall provide a lot area for single- and two-family dwellings the same as in District "R-1". The minimum lot area for multiple-family dwellings shall be fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet per family; provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in single ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling. All nursing homes, boarding and lodging houses shall provide one thousand (1,000) square feet per person. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.
7.
Lot width. The minimum width of a lot shall be seventy (70) feet, provided that where a lot has less width than herein required in separate ownership or by recorded plat at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
8.
Minimum dwelling size. All buildings used as homes for the aged, nursing homes, boarding and lodging houses shall provide three hundred (300) square feet of building per person. Same as District "R-1" for single-family dwellings.
Section 405.080 District "C-1" Local Business District.
[Ord. No. 161 §8, 10-5-1971; Ord. No. 238 §1, 4-9-1985]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "C-1", no buildings, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Any use permitted in District "R-2".
2.
Antique shop.
3.
Art gallery.
4.
Art shop.
5.
Automobile parking lots (patron parking only).
6.
Banks, savings and loan establishments.
7.
Barbershop.
8.
Beauty shop.
9.
Bookstore.
10.
Cafeteria.
11.
Camera shop.
12.
Candy store.
13.
Catering service.
14.
Cigar store.
15.
Chemist shop.
16.
Clinic (dental or medical, allowing overnight patients only in emergency cases).
17.
Clothing store.
18.
Club (private).
19.
Dancing school.
20.
Department store.
21.
Dress or millinery shop.
22.
Dressmaking shop.
23.
Drug store.
24.
Dry cleaning pickup, laundry pickup station and self-service laundry and cleaning.
25.
Dry goods store.
26.
Flower shop.
27.
Food market.
28.
Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
29.
Funeral home.
30.
Furniture store.
31.
Gift shop.
32.
Hardware store.
33.
Hat shop.
34.
Household merchandise and furnishings.
35.
Ice cream parlor where persons are served inside the building only.
36.
Interior decorator.
37.
Jewelry store.
38.
Leather goods store.
39.
Novelty store.
40.
Office building.
41.
Optical shop.
42.
Package liquor and beer sales, but not taverns.
43.
Paint store.
44.
Pastry shop.
45.
Photographic studio.
46.
Post office.
47.
Radio and television sales and service.
48.
Real estate sales office.
49.
Reducing salon.
50.
Restaurant.
51.
Schools and colleges.
52.
Shoe repair shop.
53.
Shoe store.
55.
Sporting goods store.
56.
Stationery store.
57.
Toy shop.
58.
Vending machines.
59.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.
The above specified uses shall be retail or service establishments exclusively; no drive-in or curb service shall be permitted where food or beverages are served and no alcoholic beverages shall be consumed on the premises. | |
No merchandise shall be displayed or stored outside a building unless such merchandise is screened or enclosed to the extent that it cannot be seen from off the property. |
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "C-1", the height of the buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows, provided that buildings erected exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements of District "R-1". (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty (30) feet and shall not exceed two (2) stories.
2.
Front yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide for a front yard, the minimum depth of which shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
3.
Side yards. No side yard is required except that where a side line of a lot in this district abuts upon the side line of a lot in a District "R-1" or "R-2", a side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided. A side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided on the street side of a corner lot.
4.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty (20) feet where an alley exists except that on a corner lot no rear yard is required within fifty (50) feet of a side street. Where the rear line adjoins a District "R-1" or "R-2", a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.
5.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of a building hereafter erected, moved or altered shall provide a lot area for single- and two-family dwellings the same as in District "R-1". The minimum lot area for multiple-family dwellings shall be fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet per family; provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in single ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling. All nursing homes, boarding and lodging houses shall provide one thousand (1,000) square feet per person. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.
6.
Lot width. No minimum.
Section 405.090 District "C-2" General Business District.
[Ord. No. 161 §9, 10-5-1971; Ord. No. 368 §1, 12-28-1998; Ord. No. 370-AA, 4-12-1999]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "C-2", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.
2.
Antique shop.
3.
Armories, assembly halls.
4.
Art gallery.
5.
Art shop.
6.
Automobile parking lots (patron parking only).
7.
Automobile sales rooms and used car lots including repair facilities when appurtenant to such sales activity.
8.
Bakeries.
9.
Banks, savings and loan establishments.
10.
Barbershop.
11.
Beauty shop.
12.
Bicycle repair shops, electric appliance and "fix-it" shops.
13.
Bookstore.
14.
Bus passenger stations.
15.
Cafeteria.
16.
Camera shop.
17.
Candy store.
18.
Catering service.
19.
Chemist shop.
20.
Cigar store.
21.
Clinic (dental or medical, allowing overnight patients only in emergency cases).
22.
Clothing store.
23.
Club (private).
24.
Dance halls, shooting galleries, skating rinks, taverns and nightclubs, gymnasiums and similar commercial recreational buildings and activities; provided that no part of such building shall be less than two hundred (200) feet from any existing clinic, hospital, school or church and shall be not less than two hundred (200) feet from a District "R-1" or "R-2" "on two (2) sides".
25.
Dancing school.
26.
Department store.
27.
Dress or millinery shop.
28.
Dressmaking shop.
29.
Drive-in restaurants, ice cream shops, refreshment stands, etc., where persons are served in automobiles.
30.
Drug store.
31.
Dry cleaning establishments and laundries employing not more than five (5) persons on the premises and using non-explosive cleaning fluids.
32.
Dry cleaning pickup, laundry pickup station and self-service laundry and cleaning.
33.
Dry goods store.
34.
Electrical appliance sales and repairs.
35.
Filling stations, provided all petroleum tanks, whether above or below ground, comply with all State and Federal regulations and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) fire safety standards requirements.
36.
Flower shop.
37.
Food market.
38.
Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
39.
Funeral home.
40.
Furniture store.
41.
Gift shop.
42.
Greenhouses, commercial.
43.
Hardware store.
44.
Hat shop.
45.
Hospitals for small animals if within an enclosed building.
46.
Household merchandise and furnishings.
47.
Ice cream parlor where persons are served inside the building only.
48.
Ice delivery stations for storage and sale of ice at retail only.
49.
Interior decorator.
50.
Jewelry store.
51.
Leather goods store.
52.
Newsstands.
53.
Novelty store.
54.
Office building.
55.
Optical shop.
56.
Package liquor and beer sales, but not taverns.
57.
Paint store.
58.
Pastry shop.
59.
Photographic studio.
60.
Post office.
61.
Printing and publishing plants, including bookbinding.
62.
Radio and television broadcasting stations and studios, except towers.
63.
Radio and television sales and service.
64.
Real estate sales office.
65.
Reducing salon.
66.
Restaurant.
67.
Schools and colleges.
68.
Seed stores.
69.
Shoe repair shop.
70.
Shoe store.
71.
Shops for custom work or manufacture of articles to be sold at retail only on the premises, provided that in such manufacture the space occupied by the manufacturing permitted herein shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total floor area of the entire building and, further provided, that such manufacturing use does not emit any vibrations, noise, odor, dust, noxious gas, smoke, particulate matter, glare or heat detectable outside of the building.
73.
Sporting goods store.
74.
Stationery store.
75.
Storage garages for automobiles.
76.
Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, such materials as are incidental to sale at retail on the premises.
77.
Stores, shops and markets for retail trades, provided merchandise is not displayed, stored or offered for sale on the premises outside of a building within a required front yard.
78.
Swimming pools (commercial).
79.
Theaters (indoor).
80.
Toy shop.
81.
Upholstery shops.
82.
Vending machines.
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "C-2", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted upon any lot shall be as follows, provided that buildings erected for dwelling purposes exclusively shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements of District "R-1". (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed sixty (60) feet and shall not exceed four (4) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. No front yard is required except that where a lot in District "C-2" lies within the same block and fronts upon the same street with a portion of a District "R-1" to "C-1" inclusive and no lot within said District "C-2" is occupied by a building with a front yard of less depth than required in that portion of a District "R-1" to "C-1" inclusive adjoining, then in such case the front yard requirements of such adjoining District "R-1" to "C-1" inclusive shall likewise apply to such lot in District "C-2".
3.
Side yards. No side yard is required except where a side line of a lot in this district abuts upon the side line of a lot in a District R-1 or "R-2", a side yard of (15) feet shall be provided. On a corner lot no side yard need be provided.
4.
Rear yards. No rear yard required.
5.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of a building hereafter erected, moved or altered shall provide a lot area for single- and two-family dwellings the same as in District "R-1". The minimum lot area for multiple-family dwellings shall be fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet per family; provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in single ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling. All nursing homes, boarding and lodging houses shall provide one thousand (1,000) square feet per person. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.
6.
Lot width. No minimum.
Section 405.100 District "C-3" Commercial District.
[Ord. No. 161 §10, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "C-3", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Any use permitted in District "C-2".
2.
Automobile, boat, truck or trailer sales rooms or yards, provided no dismantled vehicles or parts are displayed or stored outside the building.
3.
Automobile repair garages, including auto laundries, provided no repair operations or storage of parts of dismantled vehicles takes place outside the building.
4.
Feed stores.
5.
Miniature golf courses, provided all lights shall be directed away from any adjoining or adjacent residence districts.
6.
Motels and tourist homes.
7.
Ornamental iron sales rooms, but not forging, stamping or casting.
8.
Plumbing and heating and air-conditioning shops, provided no equipment or material is stored on the premises in the front or side yard.
9.
Pop bottling plants.
10.
Rental stores.
11.
Sale or maintenance of farm equipment including irrigation and oil well equipment.
12.
Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, such materials as are incidental to sale on the premises as permitted above.
14.
Retail sale of L.P. gas, provided installation of all equipment is in compliance with the Missouri L.P. gas law and, further provided, that no tank used for a container of L.P. gas shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to a property line or an existing dwelling or a District "R-1" or "R-2".
15.
Wholesale sales offices or sample rooms.
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "C-3", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows, provided that buildings erected exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements of District "R-1". (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Same as District "C-1".
2.
Front yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
3.
Side yards. No side yard is required except that where a side line of a lot in this district abuts upon the side line of a lot in a District "R-1" or "R-2", a side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided. A side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided on the street side of a corner lot.
4.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty (20) feet where an alley exists except that on a corner lot no rear yard is required within fifty (50) feet of a side street. Where the rear line adjoins a District R-1 or "R-2", a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.
5.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of a building hereafter erected, moved or altered shall provide a lot area for single- and two-family dwellings the same as in District "R-1". The minimum lot area for multiple-family dwellings shall be fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet per family; provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in single ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling. All nursing homes, boarding and lodging houses shall provide one thousand (1,000) square feet per person. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.
6.
Lot width. No minimum.
Section 405.110 District "M-1" Light Industrial District.
[Ord. No. 161 §11, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "M-1", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Any use permitted in Districts "C-3", "C-2" and "C-1", except residential uses are not permitted.
2.
Bottling works.
3.
Bus barns or lots.
4.
Canning or preserving factories.
5.
Carpenter, cabinet or pattern shops.
6.
Carpet cleaning establishments.
7.
Chemical laboratories not producing noxious fumes or odors.
8.
Cleaning, pressing and dyeing plants.
9.
Cold storage plants.
10.
Creameries.
11.
Dog pounds if within an enclosed building.
12.
Fabrication or assembling of irrigation pipe and equipment.
13.
Flour mills, feed mills and grain processing.
14.
Freight terminals (rail or track).
15.
Galvanizing works.
16.
Grain elevators.
17.
Hatcheries.
18.
Ice plants.
19.
Laundries and dry cleaning plants.
20.
Livestock auctions.
21.
Lumberyards.
22.
Machine shops.
23.
Manufacture of products such as: artificial flowers, feathers, plumes, awnings; bags; blacking; small boats; bone products; gunstocks; brooms and brushes; buttons and novelties; candy; canvas products; cement products; concrete blocks; chemicals (non-offensive); cigars; cleaning and polishing preparations; clothing; coffee (roasting); cosmetics; cotton seed, peanut or similar products; drugs or medicines; electrical signs; extracts; food products; fruit juices; gas or electric fixtures; ice cream; leather products; sausage; shell products; shoes and boots; syrup; terra cotta or tile handcraft products; textiles; toys; wooden ware.
24.
Milk bottling or dairy product processing.
25.
Monument or marble works, finishing and carving only, excluding stone cutting.
26.
Moving, transfer or storage plants.
27.
Photo engraving plants.
28.
Planing mills.
29.
Plumbing and sheet metals shops (allowing punching of material of one-eighth (⅛) inch or less in thickness).
30.
Produce markets (wholesale).
31.
Railroad freight yards.
32.
Sales rooms, yards and service for contractor's equipment and oil well supplies.
33.
Sign painting plants.
34.
Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, such materials as: asphalt; brick; building materials; cement; coal; contractor's equipment; cotton; feed; fertilizer; grain; gravel; grease; hay; ice; lead; lime; machinery; metals; plaster; poultry; roofing rope; sand; stone; tar; tarred or creosoted products; terra cotta; timber, wood; wool.
35.
Railroad tracks.
36.
Veterinary hospitals.
37.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses including signs as provided in Section 405.190.
38.
Bulk plants for gasoline and liquefied petroleum.
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces vibration, concussion, dust, dirt, fly ash, odor, noxious gases, heat or glare perceptible at any point on the lot line. | |
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces a noise level greater than that level produced by the average traffic of the area. | |
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces smoke or particulate matter with a density of greater than two (2) as measured by the Ringelmann Chart published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines. |
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "M-1", the height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of lots and yards shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet and shall not exceed three (3) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. Any building or structure hereafter constructed shall provide a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
3.
Side yards. No side yard is required except that where a side line of a lot in this district abuts upon the side line of a lot in a District "R-1" or "R-2", a side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided. A side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided on the street side of a corner lot.
4.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty (20) feet where an alley exists except that on a corner lot no rear yard is required within fifty (50) feet of a side street. Where the rear line adjoins a District "R-1" or "R-2", a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.
5.
Lot width. No minimum.
Section 405.120 District "M-2" Heavy Industrial District.
[Ord. No. 161 §12, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "M-2", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Con forming Uses.)
1.
Any use permitted in District "M-1".
2.
Ammonia, bleaching powder, chemical plants.
3.
Asphalt and concrete mixing plants.
4.
Breweries or distilleries.
5.
Chemical laboratories.
6.
Coal car dumps.
7.
Cooperage works and stave mills.
8.
Dog kennels (commercial).
9.
Dog pounds.
10.
Enameling works.
11.
Electric power plants.
12.
Electroplating.
13.
Foundries (iron, brass, bronze, aluminum).
14.
Hides and skins (storage, curing or tanning).
15.
Japanning works.
16.
Lumber mills.
17.
Machine shops.
18.
Manufacturing of such products as adding machines, cash registers, typewriters; alcohol; asphalt; basket material; boats; boilers; boxes; bronze; burial vaults; cans; carbon batteries; electric lamps; carbon or lamp black; celluloid or plastic materials; petro-chemicals; clay; shale and glass products; creosote; cutlery or tools; disinfectants; dyes; electrical machinery; engines; furniture; glass; iron and steel; locomotives; motorcars; bicycles; airplanes; pumps; nuts; bolts; screws, etc.; oil cloth; linoleum; paint, Japan, lacquer, oil, turpentine, varnish, enamel, etc.; railway cars; rubber, synthetic rubber, rubber products; soap, starch, glucose, dextrin; tar products; tools; vinegar; beverages.
19.
Metal stamping, shearing, punching works, etc.
20.
Monument or marble works
21.
Planing mills.
22.
Plumbing and sheet metal shops.
23.
Railroad roundhouses or shops.
24.
Salt works.
25.
Salvage or junk yards provided such yards shall be completely enclosed and effectively screened by a solid fence or wall at least eight (8) feet high.
26.
Steel furnaces.
27.
Stone cutting.
28.
Structural iron or pipe works.
29.
Wire or rod mills.
30.
Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, including signs as provided in Section 405.190.
31.
The following additional uses may be permitted after the location of such use shall have been approved by the Board of Aldermen after report by the Chief of the Fire Department and Planning Commission.
a.
Acid manufacture.
b.
Cement, lime gypsum or plaster of Paris manufacture.
c.
Distillation of bones.
d.
Explosives manufacture or storage.
e.
Fat rendering.
f.
Fertilizer manufacture.
g.
Garbage, offal or dead animals, reduction or dumping.
h.
Glue manufacture.
i.
Petroleum or its products, refining of.
j.
Smelting of tin, copper, zinc or iron ores.
k.
Stockyards or slaughter of animals.
B.
Performance Standards.
1.
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces vibration, concussion, dirt, fly ash, odor, noxious gases, heat and glare perceptible at any point along the zoning district boundary line.
2.
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces a noise level greater than that noise level produced by the average traffic in the area.
3.
No use shall be permitted or operated that produces smoke or particulate matter with a density of greater than three (3) as measured by the Ringelmann Chart, published and used by the United States Bureau of Mines, for a period not exceeding six (6) minutes in any one (1) hour.
C.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "M-2", the height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of lots and yards shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet and shall not exceed three (3) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. Any building or structure hereafter constructed shall provide a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
3.
Side yards. No side yard is required except that where a side line of a lot in this district abuts upon the side line of a lot in a District "R-1" or "R-2", a side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided. A side yard of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided on the street side of a corner lot.
4.
Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty (20) feet where an alley exists except that on a corner lot no rear yard is required within fifty (50) feet of a side street. Where the rear line adjoins a District "R-1" or "R-2", a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.
5.
Width of lot. No minimum.
Section 405.130 District "A" Agricultural District.
[Ord. No. 161 §13, 10-5-1971]
A.
Use Regulations. In District "A", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 405.140, Special Use Permits and Section 405.150, Non-Conforming Uses.)
1.
Farming, dairy farming, livestock and poultry raising and all uses commonly classed as agricultural, with no restrictions as to operation of such vehicles or machinery as are customarily incidental to such uses and with no restrictions as to the sale or marketing of products raised on the premises, provided that no building, structure or yard for the raising, feeding, housing or sale of livestock or poultry shall contain or accommodate more than fifty (50) head of livestock or more that five hundred (500) head of poultry at one (1) time. Any such building, structure or yard hereafter established shall be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any existing dwelling in a District "R-1" to "R-2" inclusive and, further provided, that there shall be no feeding or disposal of garbage, rubbish or offal within five hundred (500) feet of a District "R-1" to "R-2" inclusive.
2.
Churches and publicly owned and operated community buildings, public museums, public libraries.
3.
Dwellings, single-family.
4.
Fish hatcheries, apiaries, aviaries.
5.
Forests and wildlife reservations or similar conservation projects.
6.
Fur farming for the raising of fur-bearing animals.
7.
Golf courses and clubhouses customarily accessory thereto, except miniature golf, driving ranges and other similar activities operated as a business.
8.
Hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged and feeble minded.
9.
Kennels, provided the buildings and pens shall be located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any District "R-1" to "R-2" inclusive.
10.
Mushroom barns and caves.
11.
Nurseries, greenhouses and truck gardens.
12.
Philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions and penal institutions.
13.
Picnic groves.
14.
Public parks and playgrounds, including public recreation or service buildings within such park, public administrative buildings, Police and fire stations.
15.
Public schools, elementary and high, and private schools with curriculum equivalent to that of a public elementary or high school and institutions of higher learning, including stadiums and dormitories in conjunction if located on the campus.
16.
Railroad rights-of-way not including railroad yards.
17.
Real estate sales office.
19.
Riding stables and riding tracks.
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "A", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 405.160, Height and Area Exceptions.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet and shall not exceed two and one-half (2½) stories in height.
2.
Front yards. There shall be a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be fifty (50) feet.
3.
Side yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building not less than fifteen percent (15%) of the width of the lot; except that such side yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet and need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet.
4.
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard the minimum depth of which shall be fifty (50) feet.
5.
Lot width. The minimum width of a lot shall be one hundred (100) feet, provided that where a lot has less width than herein required in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
6.
Lot area per family. Every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family, provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in separate ownership at the time of the adoption of this Article, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.