Specific regulations, providing for the location of certain special and accessory uses in all use districts and providing supplementary controls for the protection of essential uses of the districts are contained in this chapter.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.010, 1998)

In no use district shall there be a collection of junk, scrap, unlicensed cars or parts of cars, parts and abandoned equipment, except where specific provisions are made concerning such items in a specific use district. Junkyards shall be surrounded by a sight-obscuring fence or planting which shall be at least six feet in height.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.020, 1998)

A.

Fences and walls, and hedges, shrubs and similar plants shall not exceed a height of six feet along a property line, except where a greater height is needed to be sight-obscuring as required by this title.

B.

Sight-obscuring fences, wall or plants not required by this title may be erected on a side and front lot within any front yard, but shall not exceed four feet in height.

C.

Height limitations shall not be deemed to prohibit open-type wire-mesh fences or any height necessary for safety or security in conjunction with playgrounds, public utilities, and similar hazards to the public safety.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.030, 1998)

Artificial lighting on any lot, building, structure or parking area shall be oriented away from adjacent residential properties.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.040, 1998)

Public utility buildings, telephone exchanges, sewage pumping stations, electrical distribution substations, and similar developments necessary for the operation of utilities shall comply with the following requirements:

A.

If the installation is housed in a building, the building shall conform architecturally with surrounding buildings or the type of building that are likely to develop in the use districts;

B.

Any un-housed installations on the ground, or housed installation that does not conform to the architectural requirements of subsection A of this section, shall be surrounded by a sight-obscuring planting;

C.

An un-housed installation of a dangerous nature, such as an electrical distribution substation, shall be enclosed by a wire fence at least eight feet in height;

D.

All buildings, installations and fences shall observe the yard requirements for buildings in the district in which they are located.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.050, 1998)

Churches, institutions, clubs and similar quasi-public use building in residential use districts shall cover not more that thirty-five (35) percent of their lots. Side yards shall each be a minimum of ten (10) feet. Off-street parking shall be required and meet the performance standard requirements of this title.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.060, 1998)

The following home occupations and other operations similar in nature may be operated as an accessory use to a dwelling unit:

A.

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, sewing of fabric for custom apparel and home furnishing;

B.

Teaching of piano, voice or dancing, limited to a total of six pupils simultaneously;

C.

Fine arts studio in which are created only individual works of art;

D.

Rooming and boarding of not more than four persons, exclusive of the resident family;

E.

Beauty salon staffed only by residents of dwelling unit;

F.

Office staffed only by residents of dwelling unit;

G.

Funeral home.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.070, 1998)

All permitted home occupations shall comply with the following criteria:

A.

The home occupation shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling;

B.

The operation is entirely within the confines of the main building and does not employ individuals other than those of the immediate family;

C.

There is no external or internal alteration affecting the residential character of the building and product displays visible from the street shall be no larger than acceptable signs;

D.

Entrance to the use is only from within the main building;

E.

The area of all such uses does not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of one story of the dwelling unit or four hundred (400) square feet, whichever is greater;

F.

One unlighted sign that is no larger than four square feet.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.080, 1998)

A.

Intent. The purpose of this section is to add sign requirements to the several zoning districts for the preservation of the character of the areas, structures, and uses; the needs of residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial potential; the need for healthful, safe and convenient use of all lands, and the conservation and promulgation of values and resources.

B.

Sign Requirements. Signs in any zoning district shall be limited as follows:

1.

Identifying Signs. One identifying signs and/or bulletin boards for a church, school, or other public or semipublic institution, not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in area and located on the same lot with the use to which the sign refers;

2.

Outdoor Advertising. One outdoor advertising sign and structure not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet pertaining only to a use or a product sold on the immediate premises, and located only below the drip line of the roof on a building on which said use is conducted or said product is sold or on a permanent structure on the premises no higher than the drip line of the buildings roof.

3.

Specific Zoning Districts. Additional requirements shall apply as follows:

a.

R-1 and R-M districts; non illuminated signs of not more than sixteen (16) square feet pertaining to an activity on a property may be erected at a distance of ten (10) feet or more inside a lot line. In compliance with subsections (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this section, additional footage may be added to the thirty-two (32) square feet in an R-1 and R-M district only. All frontage calculations are based only on the street adjacent to the sign. If street frontage distance is between two hundred (200) feet and two hundred ninety-nine (299) feet, a maximum of thirty-seven (37) square feet will be allowed for the sign; if street frontage distance is three hundred (300) feet to three hundred ninety-nine (399) feet, a maximum of forty-three (43) square feet will be allowed for the sign; if street frontage distance is four hundred (400) plus feet, a maximum of fifty (50) square feet will be allowed for the sign. Fifty (50) square foot signs must sit back at least fifteen (15) feet from the property line. Electrically lighted signs may be constructed in an R-1 and R-M district, but are limited to properties with a street frontage of more than two hundred (200) feet; illumination shall be restricted to the property on which it is located and requires a public hearing. No flashing, blinking signs will be allowed, nor will flashing arrows be allowed.

b.

C-1 and I-1 Districts. Electrically lighted signs are permitted, provided that they shall not be glaring, flashing, blinking, nor located in such a manner as to conflict with traffic control devices and provided further that their illumination and/or lighting shall be restricted to the property on which they are located.

4.

Political and Event Signs. For the purpose of endorsing political candidates, or advertising fairs, rodeos or similar temporary activities additional signs may be erected on a property provided such signs will be removed by the property owner within fifteen (15) days following cessation of the activities with which the sign was erected.

5.

Changeable, illuminated or lighted message boards are permitted in all zoning districts.

6.

Maintenance Required. All advertising signs, together with all of their supports, braces, guys and anchors, shall be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

7.

Prohibited Signs. Billboards shall not be permitted.

(Ord. 523 § 1 (part) Exh. A § 8.090, 1998)

(Ord. No. 07-2, § 1, 9-24-07)