(a)   Purpose of S-1 Special Use District. The S-1 Special District is to be applied to areas which are to contain large public or semi-public holdings, areas suitable for noncommercial recreation, areas subject to periodic flooding, or to preserve or to create areas with specific functional residential needs. These specific functional needs shall include:

      (1)   Public and institutional activities which can, by orderly location and arrangement of facilities, be more efficient, more accessible to the public, and can promote higher quality of visual and functional design.

      (2)   Residential areas designed for special population groups or housing types. Flexibility in design to create a sound living environment in districts containing multiple family housing, condominium housing, housing for the elderly, public housing, and the like, is encouraged. Institutional and public services may be incorporated into the district.

      (3)   Residential planned areas whose individual activities can be designed to relate functionally to each other, to provide adequate parking and circulation to provide adequate points of ingress and egress while protecting adjacent activities from adverse effects of the district.

   (b)   Purpose of A-1 Agriculture District. The A-1 District shall apply to land which is level or gently rolling and is best reserved for agricultural and other rural purposes.

(Ord. 1584. Passed 9-17-07.)

   The following land use matrix indicates permitted (P) and conditional (C) land uses which may be considered for development in the Open Space Districts as indicated in the columns on the right side of the matrix. Conditional uses are subject to approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

 

 

   Each lot in an Open Space District shall be located on a lot having a minimum lot area and a lot width not less than as specified below:

 

 

   All lots in an Open Space District shall have the following minimum yard setback areas:

 

 

   (a)   All structures in an Open Space District shall meet the following maximum height and lot coverage requirements:

 

 

   (b)   Exception to Height Limits. The height limitations of this section shall not apply to the uses listed in Section 1155.01 (Height regulation exceptions).

(Ord. 1584. Passed 9-17-07.)

   In an A-1 District, all buildings constructed for home habitation shall provide a minimum of 1,200 square feet of floor area per dwelling unit for living purposes. In determining floor areas, only the area used for living quarters shall be counted. Garages, carports, porches, breezeways, utility rooms, laundry areas, furnace rooms, and basements are to be excluded.

(Ord. 1584. Passed 9-17-07.)