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Lyons City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 5

District Uses and Standards

Sec. 16-5-10.- Permitted and conditional uses and uses by special review by zoning district.

Please note that, in case of conflict between the matrix and written regulations, the written regulations govern.

Matrix of Permitted and Conditional Uses and Uses by Special Review by Zoning District

Permitted UsesA-1A-2EECR-1R-2R-2AR-3BCCDCECLIGIMPOS
Residential Uses
Accessory building or accessory use P P P P P P P P P P P P P P C
Accessory dwelling P
Assisted living facility C C C C C C C C
Associated residential unit P P
Caretaker residence C
Detached second dwelling unit up to 1,200 sq. ft. in size and not to exceed the total square footage of the single family dwelling P
Detached second dwelling unit in excess of 1,200 sq. ft. in size C
Detached second dwelling unit up to 900 sq. ft. in size and not to exceed the total square footage of the single family dwelling P
Detached second dwelling unit in excess of 900 sq. ft. in size C
Dwelling unit when it provides place of residence in conjunction with place of employment, provided that there is 6,000 sq. ft. or lot area per each dwelling unit P
Dwelling unit when it provides place of residence in conjunction with place of employment and provided that there is 1,600 sq. ft. of lot area per each dwelling unit P
Group care home C C C C C C C
Manufactured home park C
Multiple-family dwellings not exceeding 4 units P
Multifamily dwelling units in excess of 4 units C
Residential use, but only if business use occupies portion of building immediately adjacent to street frontage P
Single-family detached dwelling P P P P P P P
Small accessory building or accessory use P P P P P P P P P P P P P P C
Two-family dwelling P P P
Institutional/Civic/Public Uses
Arts and cultural facilities and services C
Cemetery P C
Church C C C C C C C C C C
Community garden C
Electric vehicle (EV) charge station C C C C C C C C C C C S P P C C
Electric power facility P
Emergency alert system P
Fire suppression facility P
Golf course C
Hospital P
Municipal administrative office C P P
Municipal amphitheater C
Municipal aquarium C
Municipal athletic field or athletic amenity C
Municipal botanical garden C
Municipal passive recreational use with minor improvements P
Municipal playground C
Municipal permanent structure (e.g., restrooms or concession stand) C
Municipal recreational use with structure C
Municipal service facility P
Municipal swimming pool C
Municipal zoo C
Museum P P P P C
Nonprofit organization facilities and services C
Nursing facility or constant care facility C C C C C C C C
Private school C C C C C C C C P
Public and private school, including college, vocational training and technical training P
Public facilities, including municipal offices, parks and trails P
Public or private campground for the temporary parking of travel trailers, campers and similar traveling units C C
Public sanitary facility P
Recreational facility C C C C C C C P P P P
Recreational facility, limited indoor and limited outdoor P
Recycling collection facility P
Solar garden, as an accessory use P
Solar garden, as a principal use S
Temporary entertainment and/or special event as approved by the Board of Trustees P
Use allowed in parks master plans in accordance with POST Plan P
Water and wastewater facility P C
Business/Commercial/Retail Uses
Adult-oriented use C
Agritourism business and sustainable agricultural use P
Ammunition sales *
Artisan studio P P
Artisan manufacturing P/C
Automobile, boat and motorcycle rental and sales S
Automobile sales *
Automotive and motorcycle repair (major and minor) S
Bed and breakfast C C C C C C C C P
Boarding or rooming house C
Business use P P P P
Campground S C
Car wash C P
Club or lodge P P P P
Day care center C C C C C C C C C C P P
Department store * P P P
Discount store * P P P
Dog day care facility S
Entertainment facility P P P
Event center, large S
Event center, small P
Financial institution P P P P
Firearms sales *
Gallery P P P P
Gasoline station * C * S P
Greenhouse and plant nursery P
Grocery store P
Group home for people with disabilities P
Hospital P
Hotel or motel P P P
Hotel or motel, large S
Hotel or motel, small P
Kennel S
Long-term care facility P
Lumber yard C P
Machine shop P
Major automobile repair C * P
Marijuana center P P C P
Marijuana-infused products manufacturer P C P
Cultivation operation P
Medical or dental office or clinic P P C P P
Minor automobile repair P * P
Mixed use building (a building with at least 50% of the total gross floor area of the building consisting of residential uses, all of which residential uses are located on upper floors, where combined with a special review use on the ground level) S
Mixed use building (a building with less than 50% of the total gross floor area of the building consisting of residential uses, all of which residential uses are located on upper floors, where combined with a permitted nonresidential use on the ground level) P
Mortuary or funeral chapel P * P
Neighborhood business P
Nursing and assisted living facility P
Optional premises cultivation operation P C P
Parking garage P P
Parking lot P P C
Permitted principal use with drive-up window C C C P
Personal and business service shop P
Personal service shop P P P P P
Professional office P P P P P
Restaurant and/or bar without drive-up food or beverage service, small P
Restaurant, bar or other eating and/or drinking place P P P P
Restaurant and/or with a drive-up window for food or beverage service, or that otherwise serves food or beverages to customers in parked motor vehicles, or a restaurant and/or bar with more than 4,000 square feet S
Retail establishment, large S
Retail establishment (including grocery store), small P
Retail store or establishment P P P P
Studio P P P P
Veterinary hospital and veterinary facility P
Wholesale commercial facility C P
Industrial Uses
Ammunition manufacturing *
Extractive or mining industry C
Firearms manufacturing *
Impound lot C
Junk and salvage yard C
Light industrial use C C C P
Light industrial use not required to hold operating permits for air emissions with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment P
Light industrial use required to hold operating permits for air emissions with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment S
Mini-storage facility S C
Research, experimental or testing laboratory P
Small manufacturing facility with fewer than 10 employees C P
Stone cutting and finishing C
Stone cutting, finishing and sales establishment P
Telecommunications facility C C C C C C S C C C C
Workshop and custom small industry P
Agricultural Use
Cultivation, storage and sale of crops, vegetables, plants, flowers and nursery stock produced on the premises P P C
Cultivation, storage and sale of crops, vegetables, plants, flowers and nursery stock provided that the value of products produced on the premises is at least 60% of the value of all products sold P
Farmers' market P/C P/C** P
Grazing of livestock including supplementary feeding, provided such grazing is not a part of nor conducted in conjunction with any dairy, feed, yard or livestock sales yard P
Grazing of livestock including supplementary feeding, provided such grazing is not a part of nor conducted in conjunction with any dairy, feed yard or livestock sales yard and provided that the number of grazing animals does not exceed 4 per acre or portion thereof P
Keeping, harboring, boarding, caring or maintaining of not more than 4 dogs over the age of 3 months P P P P P P P P
Note:
** See Section 16-10-90

 

;hg;P = Permitted Principal Use
C = Permitted Conditional Use
S = Use by Special Review
* = Use Prohibited

(Prior code 9-2-5; Ord. 894 §5, 2011; Ord. 897 §3, 2011; Ord. 910 §4, 2013; Ord. 911 §3, 2013; Ord. 956 § 1, 2014; Ord. No. 1048, § 4, 12-3-2018; Ord. No. 1066, § 3, 9-3-2019; Ord. No. 1114, § 5, 12-20-2021; Ord. No. 1127, § 2, 9-6-2022; Ord. No. 1130, § 13, 9-19-2022; Ord. No. 1136, § 3, 11-21-2022; Ord. No. 1172, § 2, 9-3-2024; Ord. No. 1174, § 22, 10-21-2024)

Sec. 16-5-20. - Density and dimensional standards.

The following specifications shall be required in the zones identified:

Matrix of Residential Density and Dimensional Standards

Zones/ StandardsA-1/SFDaA-2/SFDaE/SFDaEC/SFDaR-1/SFDaR-2/2FDbR-2A/2FDbR-3/MFDc
Minimum lot area per dwelling (square feet unless otherwise noted) 5 acres 35 acres 1 acre 15,000 7,000 4,500 d 3,500 e 2,725 f
Maximum net density (units per acre) 1 per 5 acres 1 per 35 acres 1 per 1 acre 3 per 1 acre 6 per 1 acre
Minimum lot width (feet per dwelling) 300 300 120 100

(60 cul-de-sac lot) 		50 (interior lot)

60 (corner lot) 		50 (interior lot)

60 (corner lot) 		50 (interior lot)

60 (corner lot) 		50 (interior lot)

60 (corner lot)
Minimum lot depth 50 50 50 50
Minimum front yard setback (feet)
principal building and accessory building
Principal building 30 30 30 25 25 20 20 20
Accessory building 30 30 30 25 25 20 20 20
Minimum side yard setback (feet) 10 plus 1 ft. for each 2 ft. of building height 10 plus 1 ft. for each 2 ft. of building height 15 15 5 g 10 5 h 10
Minimum rear yard setback (feet)
Principal building 25 25 25 25 20 20 20 20
Accessory building or structure 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Maximum building height (feet) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

 

a  SFD = Single-Family Detached

b  2FD = Two-Family Dwelling

c  MFD = Multi-Family Dwelling

e  Except 9,000 sq. ft. for single-family dwelling and 9,000 sq. ft. for all other uses.

f  Except 7,000 sq. ft. for single-family dwelling and 7,000 sq. ft. for all other uses.

g  And 1,000 sq. ft. for dwelling unit for two-family or multi-family dwelling units owned or operated by the Town or a governmental housing authority and lawfully reserved for housing accommodations for persons classified as senior, aged, elderly or eligible for ownership or occupancy on basis of income. 5,000 sq. ft. for single-family dwelling. 7,000 sq. ft. for all other uses.

h  Total of both side yards shall not be less than 15 feet with each side yard to be at least 5 feet.

i  No side setback required on internal lot lines for two-family dwellings.

(Prior code 9-2-6; Ord. 956 § 1, 2014)