The ND district is designed to protect substantially undeveloped, public land in a natural state, limiting uses primarily to passive recreation, hunting and fishing, wildlife preservation, and water preservation. Farming and ranching are expressly prohibited in nature district, and other types of development will normally be restricted to governmental installations, parks, and the roads and trails necessary to access these areas or to pass through them. Dwellings which are existing at the time a nature district is created may continue to exist, but no new dwellings may be created, except as necessary to function primarily as ranger stations, with the residential portion as an accessory use. Industrial, office and commercial uses are expressly prohibited, except such offices as may be needed for law enforcement or maintenance purposes, or minor commercial uses which are supportive of the primary uses, such as the sale of bait for fishing purposes. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   The principal uses permitted in the nature district are:

         Boating.

         Fishing if otherwise permitted by the owner and applicable federal, state, and local law.

         Hiking.

         Hunting if otherwise permitted by the owner and applicable federal, state, and local law.

         Observation and photography of wildlife.

         Parks.

         Preservation of appropriate ecological niches and the associated plants and animals.

         Swimming.

         Water treatment and preservation facilities.

         Transportation and communication facilities which will not be disruptive of the above uses. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

   A.   Accessory Uses Permitted: Accessory uses customarily incident to a principal use permitted in a nature district are permitted in such district. Such uses are set forth in the following table:

      TABLE 1
      ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN THE NATURE DISTRICT

 

 

   B.   Accessory Use Conditions: Accessory buildings erected which are erected as freestanding structures shall unobtrusive and not disruptive as to the primary use of the property, and shall meet the minimum yard or building setback requirements. (Ord. 1953, 2010)

TABLE 1
BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN THE NATURE DISTRICT

 

(Ord. 1953, 2010)