Marion City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Conservancy District
§ 625-18 C Conservancy District.
A.
Purpose. The C District is intended to preserve the natural state of scenic areas in the community, to prevent the uncontrolled, misplaced, uneconomical spread of residential, business, or other development, to prevent soil and water pollution, and to help discourage intensive development of marginal and floodplain lands so as to prevent potential hazards to public and private property.
B.
Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted within a C District:
(1)
Parks and parkways, recreation areas, and cemeteries;
(2)
Management of forestry, wildlife, and fish;
(3)
Harvesting of wild crops, such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits, and tree seeds;
(4)
Fishing;
(5)
Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses; and
(6)
Sewage disposal and treatment plants.
C.
Requirements. The following requirements apply within a C District: a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet and a minimum lot width of 42 feet.
D.
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be considered conditional uses within a C District:
(1)
Gravel or sand pits and quarries, including the washing and grading of products;
(2)
Upon written permission from the Common Council in keeping with the purpose of this chapter, after recommendation of the Plan Commission and a public hearing, landfill areas, water pumping or storage facilities, golf courses and driving ranges, public recreation buildings, and public or private camping grounds;
[Amended 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-001]
(3)
Dams and transmission lines; and
(4)
Recreational vehicle courts.
[Added 12-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-001]