A home occupation shall be permitted in any dwelling, provided that such occupation:

(a)

Is conducted by no other persons than those residing on the premises;

(b)

Is conducted entirely out-of-sight of neighboring properties within the principal building.

(c)

Utilizes not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total floor area of the principal building;

(d)

Produces no alteration or change in the character of exterior appearance of the principal building from that of a dwelling;

(e)

Creates no disturbing or offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, traffic hazard, parking problem, voltage fluctuation, radio or television interference, open storage of materials or stock, unhealthy or unsightly conditions; and

(f)

Is not visibly evident from outside the dwelling except for a non-illuminated sign no larger than four square feet in size mounted against a wall of the principal building.

In addition to the principal uses, each of the following uses is considered to be a customary accessory use, and as such, may be situated on the same lot with the principal use or uses to which it serves as an accessory provided that setback and yard requirements are met.

8.011. Uses customarily accessory to dwellings.

(a)

Private garage not to exceed the following storage capacities: one- or two-family dwelling-four automobiles; multi-family dwelling-two automobiles per dwelling unit; group dwelling-1.5 automobiles per sleeping room.

(b)

Open space or parking area for recreational vehicles and motor vehicles provided that such space does not exceed the maximum respective storage capacities listed above, and provided that such space shall not be used for more than one commercial vehicle per family residing on the premises.

(c)

Shed or tool room for the storage of equipment used in grounds or building maintenance.

(d)

Children playhouse and play equipment.

(e)

Quarters for the keeping of pets owned by occupants for noncommercial purposes provided that such use does not generate a nuisance to adjoining properties.

(f)

Private swimming pool and bathhouse or cabana.

(g)

Structures designed and used for purposes of emergency shelter in the event of manmade or natural catastrophes.

(h)

Noncommercial greenhouse or slat house.

8.012. Uses customarily accessory to church buildings.

(a)

Religious education buildings.

(b)

Parsonage, pastorium, or parish house, together with any use accessory to a dwelling as listed above.

(c)

Off-street parking area for the use without charge of members and visitors to the church.

8.013. Uses customarily accessory to retail business, office uses, and commercial recreational facilities.

(a)

Off-street parking or storage area for customers, clients, and employee-owned vehicles.

(b)

Completely enclosed building and customarily arranged outdoor displays for the storage of supplies, stock, or merchandise.

(c)

Light manufacturing, and/or repair facility incidental to the principal use provided that dust, odor, smoke, noise, vibration, heat, or glare produced as a result of such manufacturing or repair operation is not perceptible from any boundary line of the lot on which said principal and accessory uses are located and provided such operation is not otherwise specifically prohibited in the district in which the principal use is located.

8.014. Uses customarily accessory to public uses, buildings, or activities.

Same as 8.013. There shall be no further limitations regarding accessory uses to any use, building, or activity operated within the public domain except that such uses, buildings, or activities must be directly related and subordinate to the principal public use.

Areas suitable for parking or storing automobiles in out of public rights-of-way in off road or off-street locations shall hereafter be required in all districts at the time of the initial construction of any principal building; or when a structural alteration or other change in a principal building produces an increase in dwelling units, guest rooms, floor area, seating or bed capacity, or when a conversion in use occurs. Such off-street parking spaces shall have direct access to a public road, street, or alley and shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

8.021. Parking space area requirements. Including aisles, entrances and exits, each required off-street parking area, lot, or other facility shall contain a minimum of three hundred (300) square feet of space for each automobile to be accommodated.

8.022. Location on other property. If the required automobile parking space cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, such spaces may be provided on the other off-street property provided such property lies within five hundred (500) feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Such automobile parking space shall be associated with the principal use and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner.

8.023. Common off-street parking areas. Two or more principal uses may utilize a common area in order to comply with off-street requirements, provided that the total number of individual spaces available in such common area is not less than the sum of the spaces required for the individual uses as separately computed in accordance with the provisions of this section, and provided that the owner of said lot relinquishes his development rights over the property until such time as parking space is provided elsewhere.

8.024. Screening of parking lots, junk and salvage yards. Off-street parking lots, whether public or private for more than five vehicles and all junk and salvage yards shall be effectively screened by a fence, wall, or evergreen plant material when located within or visible from a PEH or R-X zoning district. The screen shall meet the following standards:

(a)

The last ten (10) feet adjoining such district shall be developed as a planted landscape buffer with plant materials to be installed and maintained by the property owner.

(b)

A landscape-planting plan is to be submitted to the building inspector and approved prior to the issuance of a land use permit. Installation of plant materials or other screening devices shall have been completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

(c)

Plant materials shall consist of at least one evergreen tree or shrub six feet in height or one tree with a minimum trunk caliper of two inches for each twenty-five (25) lineal feet of buffer screen.

(d)

Where healthy trees or other native plant material exists on a site prior to its development, islands and buffers of such material shall be incorporated into the parking lot design with special attention to the saving and preservation of trees with trunk caliper of four inches or more.

(e)

An overall minimum average of one tree or shrub as described above occupying a planting space of sixty-four (64) square feet shall be furnished for each ten (10) cars on the interior and for each five cars on the perimeter of the parking lot.

8.025. Access to parking lots. A plan of entrances, exits, and storm water drainage shall be submitted to the building inspector and approved prior to the issuance of a land use permit for off-street parking lots, whether public or private, for more than five vehicles. Installation of entrances, exits, and drainage systems shall have been completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. Unless special circumstances make it impractical, curb cuts not wider than twenty-four (24) feet for entrances into or exits from parking lots shall be no closer than one hundred (100) feet apart measured from centerline to centerline.

8.026. Extension of parking space into a residential district. Required parking space may extend up to three hundred (300) feet into an adjoining residential district, provided that:

(a)

It has its access to or fronts upon the same street as the property in the commercial or industrial district for which it provides the required parking space; and

(b)

It is separated from abutting properties in the residential district by a ten-foot wide buffer strip, screened and maintained as provided by 8.024.

8.027. Paved Parking Lots. Parking Lots must be improved with an asphalt, concrete, brick, paving stone or similar surface.

Every lot on which a business, trade, or industry is hereafter established shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street. Such space shall have access to any alley or, if there is no alley, to a public street. For the purpose of this section, an off-street loading space shall have the minimum dimensions of twelve (12) feet by forty (40) feet and be clear and be free of obstructions at all times. Required space shall be considered as follows:

(a)

Retail business: one space for each five thousand (5,000) feet of gross floor area.

(b)

Wholesale, industrial, governmental, and institutional uses, including public assembly places, hospitals and education institutions, one space for the first twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of total floor area. For anything in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet, such uses shall provide loading spaces according to the following schedule:

Manufactured homes shall comply with the standards established under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USC § 5401 et seq.

The foundations upon which manufactured homes are affixed shall be in compliance with the Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured House, 1996, as the same may be amended and/or modified from time to time.

Every manufactured home located within the city shall;

Have axles, wheels, and hitch mechanisms, if any, removed;

Be connected to an approved water supply, approved waste disposal system and electrical supply similar to site-built housing;

Be landscaped with trees, shrubs, and other plant materials substantially equal to or better than adjoining dwellings; and

Be underpinned with such materials and of such general appearance as to be compatible and harmonious with adjacent structures in the neighborhood and such other public health and welfare considerations as are deemed necessary by city officials.

Manufactured home parks hereafter established or expanded shall meet the following minimum requirements:

(a)

Site shall be no less than five acres suitable for development.

(b)

Lot area per manufactured home site shall not be less than five thousand (5,000) square feet.

(c)

No manufactured home or related accessory structure shall be closer than thirty (30) feet to any other manufactured home or accessory, nor closer than forty (40) feet from any other structure.

(d)

Shall conform to all specifications of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as expressed in publications relating to minimum property requirements for manufactured home parks or manufactured home communities.

(e)

Shall be provided with a twenty-foot planted buffer screen between the manufactured home park and all other land uses and between the manufactured home park and any public street frontage consisting of evergreen shrubs not less than six feet tall and at least one tree with a minimum trunk caliper of two inches for each twenty-five (25) lineal feet of buffer screen.

Dwelling units shall comply with the following minimum standards:

(a)

The roof shall have a minimum 2:12 pitch and shall have a surface of wood shakes, asphalt composition, wood shingles, concrete, fiberglass or metal tiles, slate, or built-up gravel materials.

(b)

The exterior siding material shall consist of wood, masonry, concrete, stucco, maisonette, metal or vinyl lap, or other materials of like appearance.

(c)

The structure must be attached to a permanent foundation in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements and those of the building codes of the City of Metter.

(d)

The structure must not have any attached means of transportation, such as axles, wheels, pulling tongues, or hitches.

(e)

The area beneath the structure shall be enclosed with a facing of brick, stucco, concrete, stone, metal, vinyl, wood, or like materials approved by the building inspector.

(f)

Each exterior door must have compatible steps, porches, or landings adjacent to the threshold, and these steps, porches, or landings shall be constructed in accordance with the building codes of the City of Metter.

(g)

The structure shall be connected with an approved water source, sewage disposal system, and electrical service as required, inspected, and approved by the City of Metter.

(h)

In addition to the above standards, the structure must be of such like size, materials, and general appearance as to be compatible and harmonious with adjacent structures and the neighborhood and such other public health and welfare considerations as deemed necessary by the city council.

A church may not locate within one hundred (100) yards of any establishment licensed for distilled spirits.

A school building, educational building, school grounds, college campus or alcoholic treatment center may not locate within two hundred (200) yards of any establishment licensed for distilled spirits.

A church, school building, educational building, school grounds, college campus, or alcoholic treatment center may not locate within one hundred (100) yards of any establishment licensed for beer, wine or malt beverages.

If the city council issues a conditional use permit for a professional office in a residential zone, the following additional restrictions apply:

The building type must complement the building types of nearby residences in the zone.

Parking must be in the rear of the building.

A visual screen (such as planted buffer strip defined in Section 4.05 or as defined by the city council) must exist between the professional office use and existing (or potential) adjoining residences.

In districts zoned for residential use, no person shall park or store any vehicle over ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight or twenty-four (24) feet in length except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle. The loading or unloading of such vehicle shall be done within a reasonable time but not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours. No truck body, trailer, or truck tractor, or part thereof may be parked or stored within the districts herein described unless specifically authorized by this ordinance. Recreational vehicles, motor homes, campers, boat trailers, and similar vehicles used solely for noncommercial or personal recreation use shall not come within this prohibition if such vehicle is parked or stored within a garage or enclosed area, or within the rear yard of a lot not closer than five feet to any lot line.

The following minimum conditions apply to the conditional use of a day care group in a residential area:

The day care group is located in a private residence occupied by the person providing the day care.

The premises access a thoroughfare adequate for traffic.

The facility shall have at least thirty (30) square feet of indoor play area for each child.

The facility shall have at least one hundred (100) square feet of outdoor play area for each child.

The outdoor play area shall be fenced with at least a four-foot high fence.

The premises must contain adequate off-street loading and unloading.

The day care portion of the dwelling shall not occupy over twenty-five (25) percent of the heated square feet of the dwelling.

All signs must comply with Article IX, Sign Regulations.

Off-street employee parking shall provide one and one-half parking spaces per employee.

The applicant must provide a site plan indicating parking, pickup and drop off points, and playground areas.

The city council may define other conditions to promote the health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood.