Newtown City Zoning Code
§ B70-4.06
Special exceptions.
[Amended 5-23-2011 ]
The following uses are permitted as principal uses subject to the granting of a special exception by the Commission in accordance with the standards, criteria, conditions and procedure which are set forth in 8.04 hereof:
A.
Places of religious worship.
B.
Schools and nursery schools
C.
Principal public utilities, such as substations, pump stations, regulator valve vaults, water tanks and sewage treatment plants, having no material or motor vehicle service or storage yards.
[Amended 4-8-2015, effective 4-20-2015]
D.
Intentionally omitted.
[Amended 2-12-2014, effective 3-3-2014]
E.
Intentionally omitted.
[Amended 4-8-2015, effective 4-20-2015]
F.
Public works garages and public storage areas operated by or on behalf of the Town.
G.
Cemeteries owned by the town, by a church, or a cemetery association located in Town.
H.
Parks and playgrounds operated by the Town.
I.
Horticulture and wildlife reservations not operated for profit.
J.
Governmental buildings and uses, public libraries, public museums, but not including dumps, incinerators and other garbage disposal areas, municipal garages, public works storage yards or commercial-type recreation facilities.
K.
Residential open space development.
[Added 5-16-2012, effective 6-18-2012; amended 2-12-2014, effective 3-3-2014]
The minimum lot area for such special exception uses shall be computed as (1) four times the gross floor area of all buildings of the lot; (2) two times the area of the lot devoted to the proposed use, including without limitation, the gross floor area of all buildings and the area of all other structures, parking areas, loading areas and driveways; or (3) where a lot is split by a zone line the minimum lot area of the highest acre zone in which any part of the lot lies, whichever is greater. |