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Marion City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 6

R-A RURAL-AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

11-6-1: PERMITTED USES:

Agricultural uses including farms, ranches, and horticultural enterprises.
Commercial nurseries, greenhouses, and temporary produce stands.
Contractor storage yards and facilities related to agricultural enterprises including spraying, trimming, fertilizing, tree removal, drainage, and/or crop harvesting and storage.
Governmental facilities including airports and cemeteries.
Offices.
Private or public recreational facilities including golf courses.
Single-family residences. (Ord. 1148, 4-27-1987, eff. 6-1-1987; amd. Ord. 1212, 5-9-1988)

11-6-2: SPECIAL USES:

Agricultural implement and heavy equipment sales.
Animal hospitals and veterinary offices.
Blacksmith and welding operations.
Churches.
Food and dairy products processing.
Horse keeping and the keeping of animals for agricultural projects, hobbies, or home occupations.
Hospitals.
Kennels.
Mobile homes.
Nursing homes; assisted living, supportive living, or age restricted housing; sanatoriums; and shelter care homes; provided, that no sex offenders or penal or correctional inmates are housed therein.
Schools.
Surface coalmining within two thousand feet (2,000') of any area zoned R-1 residential is prohibited unless permitted by a special use permit.
   A.   Definition: "Surface coalmining" is defined as any uncovering, extraction, excavation or disturbance of coal on any land, whether or not previously mined.
   B.   Criteria: Criteria for issuance of a special use permit for surface coalmining shall be as follows:
      1.   Application for a special use permit shall be filed with the city clerk.
      2.   The applicant shall provide the name of the individual, corporation or other entity on behalf of whom the application is made as well as the address of the location of the applicant.
      3.   The application must be accompanied by a verified statement by a professional certified engineer assessing the impact such mining may deliver into the city stormwater or drainage system. Until and unless there is filed with the city clerk a certification by a licensed laboratory that such water is free of contaminants of any nature that may be hazardous to humans or plant life with which it may come into contact, no permit may be issued.
      4.   If the area in which mining or excavation of coal is inundated and water must be pumped or otherwise removed, no such water operation upon any residential zoned property within two thousand feet (2,000'), such assessed impact to include potential physical damage to such property, economic or fiscal impact with respect to valuation of such property, and potential health and safety impacts upon such property.
      5.   There shall also be filed with the city clerk a certificate by a licensed engineer that such water to be pumped or otherwise removed shall not be placed in the city drainage system in an amount too great for the capacity of the system. (Ord. 1148, 4-27-1987, eff. 6-1-1987; amd. Ord. 1919A, 6-16-2003; Ord. 2130, 2-19-2007; 2013 Code)

11-6-3: ACCESSORY USES:

See section 11-12-3 of this title. (Ord. 1148, 4-27-1987, eff. 6-1-1987)

11-6-4: SITE AND STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   Minimum lot area: One acre.
   B.   Height of main building: Twenty five feet (25') except nonresidential farm structures; may be increased to a maximum of thirty five feet (35') with a reciprocal front and rear yard setback of at least twenty five feet (25') each.
   C.   Minimum yard setbacks:
      1.   Front: Twenty feet (20') from any property line adjoining any public street.
      2.   Side: Ten feet (10').
      3.   Rear: Twenty feet (20').
   D.   Minimum lot width: One hundred fifty feet (150').
   E.   Maximum lot coverage: None. (Ord. 1148, 4-27-1987, eff. 6-1-1987)