Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ZONES AND

PERMITTED USES

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

The county jurisdictional area is hereby classified and divided into the following zones and sub-zones (also referred to as “districts”):

(A) Residential:

(1) Estate;

(2) Single-Family; and

(3) Multi-Family.

(B) Business (Commercial);

(1) Light;

(2) Heavy; and

(3) Mineral Extraction.

(D) Agricultural; and

(E) Institutional/Public.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

The zones listed in § 155.025 of this subchapter are defined as follows:

(A) Residential. The development of one or more residences on property that is not going to be subdivided for further developments. Created to preserve and enhance a safe, pleasant living environment for the people of the county and intended to provide a variety and mix of dwelling types.

(1) Estate: primarily intended for single-family residential development on five acre or more parcels along major county roads or state highways in currently existing agricultural areas.

(2) Single-Family: intended for single-family residential development on one acre or more lots.

(3) Multi-Family: intended for residential development of more than one dwelling unit per acre, including but not limited to apartments, condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, recreational vehicle parks, and mobile home parks.

(B) Business (Commercial). These business and commercial guidelines are intended to provide services where they are needed most and to preserve, enhance and encourage the usefulness and vitality of these areas. Commercial businesses shall be developed in a manner that reflects the character of the surrounding area.

(C) Industrial. Criteria have been created to provide minimum adverse effect to other land uses in the vicinity. Industry business shall be developed in a manner which reflects the character of the surrounding area.

(1) Light: light industrial uses are relatively clean, quiet, and free of smoke, noise, dust, and pollution.

(2) Heavy: industrial uses are generally major operations and extensive in character and require large open sites, open storage and service areas, quick access to regional transportation, and may generate nuisances such as smoke, noise, vibrations, dust, glare, air pollution, and water pollution. Heavy industrial uses should be located away from residential and commercial uses.

(3) Mineral Extraction: primarily intended for limestone, coal, gravel extraction and stone processing activities, including but not limited to limestone quarries, coal mines, and gravel pits. Like heavy industrial uses, should be located away from residential and commercial business uses.

(D) Agricultural. These provisions are established to protect suitable land for active agricultural production in the county. Agricultural production is recognized as one of the, if not the, primary economic activity in the county, and certain lands are particularly suited to such uses because of their size, configuration, soil, topography, and locations in relation to other land uses. This chapter is intended to limit conversion of such agricultural lands to other uses and to promote proper land utilization.

(E) Institutional/Public (including recreational). This district is defined as that which is primarily intended to accommodate uses of a governmental, civic, public service or private institutional nature, including major public facilities, public utilities, churches, and local government-owned property. This zone includes the variety of state and local government recreational parks, recreation areas, forests, and fairgrounds. Maintenance and improvement of these areas will continue to bring more visitors to the county and provide outstanding recreational opportunities for county residents.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

(A) Residential.

(1) Estate:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Agricultural uses.

(2) Single-family dwelling:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Manufactured home.

(3) Multi-family dwelling:

(a) Multi-family dwellings including duplexes, apartments and condominiums;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation;

(e) Parking lots needed to fulfill parking requirements for an existing or permitted use;

(f) Recreational vehicle parks (any land used for the temporary parking of two or more recreational vehicles by campers, vacationers, or travelers);

(g) Condominiums; and

(h) Townhouses.

(B) Business.

(1) Drug stores;

(2) Beauty salons and barber shops;

(3) Carry-out stores;

(4) Bakeries;

(5) Dressmaking and tailoring;

(6) Self-service laundromats;

(7) Florist shops;

(8) Liquor stores;

(9) Photography shops;

(10) Grocery stores;

(11) Dry cleaners;

(12) Restaurants;

(13) Medical and dental clinics;

(14) Offices;

(15) Other uses identified in the permitted land use table; and

(16) Other uses approved by the Plan Board that exhibit similar characteristics as the above and are not detrimental to the surrounding land uses.

(1) Light:

(a) Public and private utilities;

(b) Recreation areas established for the use of employees on site;

(d) Assembly operations for pre-manufactured parts;

(e) Canning, bottling, processing and packaging of food;

(f) Warehouse and distribution operations;

(g) Machine, welding, and tool and die shops;

(h) Construction and trucking contractor operations;

(i) Soybean processing plant;

(j) Meat packing plant; and

(k) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(2) Heavy:

(a) Arsenal;

(b) Central mixing plant for mortar, plaster, concrete, paving material or asphalt;

(d) Cement lime ingredient, lime, gypsum and plaster;

(e) Petroleum refinery and distillation;

(f) Smelting of ore or metal;

(g) Wholesale or bulk storage of gasoline or other petroleum products;

(h) Railroad storage yards or shops;

(i) Sanitary landfills, reduction or incineration of trash, garbage, offal or dead animals;

(j) Fat rendering;

(k) Manufacture of acid, alcohol, ammonia, bleaching powder, celluloid, explosives, gas, glue, pyroxylin or nitrocellulose; and

(l) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(3) Mineral Extraction:

(a) Limestone and other rock quarries;

(b) Gravel pits;

(d) Coal mines.

(D) Agricultural.

(1) Field crop farm;

(2) Truck crop farm;

(3) Animal husbandry;

(4) Kennels;

(5) Stables;

(6) Forestry;

(7) Veterinary office;

(8) Nursery or greenhouse;

(9) Grazing;

(10) Public utilities;

(11) Feed stores, excluding the milling or grinding of any feed for commercial uses;

(12) Confined feeding operations;

(13) Fertilizer storage; and

(14) Estate residential.

(E) Institutional/Public (including recreational).

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004; BC Res. 2007-28, passed 7-17-2007)

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

(A) Airports, heliports and landing fields;

(B) Archaeological sites, building or properties;

(C) Auditorium, community center, stadium, armory, gymnasium, public buildings and other similar places for special events;

(D) Bed and breakfast inns;

(E) Boarding or lodging houses;

(F) Bus terminals;

(G) Colleges;

(H) Correctional institutions;

(I) Country clubs;

(J) Day care centers, nursery or day schools;

(K) Golf courses;

(L) Hospitals and sanitariums;

(M) Hotels and motels;

(N) Livestock sale or auction houses;

(O) Lodge or private club;

(P) Marina;

(Q) Medical centers or clinics;

(R) Mortuaries and funeral homes;

(S) Public utility power plants, transformer stations, filtration and sewage disposal plants, pumping stations, water reservoirs and railroad rights-of-way;

(T) Riding stables;

(U) Stockyards, shipping, holding and sale of animals; and

(V) Veterinary clinics, including animal hospitals.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

All junkyards, race tracks, waste incinerators, and waste transfer stations (not licensed and approved by the state) are non-permitted uses in the county jurisdictional area, which prohibition cannot be removed by an appeal for a use variance to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Currently existing junkyards, racetracks, waste incinerators, and non-licensed and approved waste transfer stations are non-conforming uses.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

Zone Map

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. passed 5-28-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004)

Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ZONES AND

PERMITTED USES

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

The county jurisdictional area is hereby classified and divided into the following zones and sub-zones (also referred to as “districts”):

(A) Residential:

(1) Estate;

(2) Single-Family; and

(3) Multi-Family.

(B) Business (Commercial);

(1) Light;

(2) Heavy; and

(3) Mineral Extraction.

(D) Agricultural; and

(E) Institutional/Public.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

The zones listed in § 155.025 of this subchapter are defined as follows:

(1) Estate: primarily intended for single-family residential development on five acre or more parcels along major county roads or state highways in currently existing agricultural areas.

(2) Single-Family: intended for single-family residential development on one acre or more lots.

(1) Light: light industrial uses are relatively clean, quiet, and free of smoke, noise, dust, and pollution.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

(A) Residential.

(1) Estate:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Agricultural uses.

(2) Single-family dwelling:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Manufactured home.

(3) Multi-family dwelling:

(a) Multi-family dwellings including duplexes, apartments and condominiums;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation;

(e) Parking lots needed to fulfill parking requirements for an existing or permitted use;

(f) Recreational vehicle parks (any land used for the temporary parking of two or more recreational vehicles by campers, vacationers, or travelers);

(g) Condominiums; and

(h) Townhouses.

(B) Business.

(1) Drug stores;

(2) Beauty salons and barber shops;

(3) Carry-out stores;

(4) Bakeries;

(5) Dressmaking and tailoring;

(6) Self-service laundromats;

(7) Florist shops;

(8) Liquor stores;

(9) Photography shops;

(10) Grocery stores;

(11) Dry cleaners;

(12) Restaurants;

(13) Medical and dental clinics;

(14) Offices;

(15) Other uses identified in the permitted land use table; and

(16) Other uses approved by the Plan Board that exhibit similar characteristics as the above and are not detrimental to the surrounding land uses.

(1) Light:

(a) Public and private utilities;

(b) Recreation areas established for the use of employees on site;

(d) Assembly operations for pre-manufactured parts;

(e) Canning, bottling, processing and packaging of food;

(f) Warehouse and distribution operations;

(g) Machine, welding, and tool and die shops;

(h) Construction and trucking contractor operations;

(i) Soybean processing plant;

(j) Meat packing plant; and

(k) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(2) Heavy:

(a) Arsenal;

(b) Central mixing plant for mortar, plaster, concrete, paving material or asphalt;

(d) Cement lime ingredient, lime, gypsum and plaster;

(e) Petroleum refinery and distillation;

(f) Smelting of ore or metal;

(g) Wholesale or bulk storage of gasoline or other petroleum products;

(h) Railroad storage yards or shops;

(i) Sanitary landfills, reduction or incineration of trash, garbage, offal or dead animals;

(j) Fat rendering;

(k) Manufacture of acid, alcohol, ammonia, bleaching powder, celluloid, explosives, gas, glue, pyroxylin or nitrocellulose; and

(l) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(3) Mineral Extraction:

(a) Limestone and other rock quarries;

(b) Gravel pits;

(d) Coal mines.

(D) Agricultural.

(1) Field crop farm;

(2) Truck crop farm;

(3) Animal husbandry;

(4) Kennels;

(5) Stables;

(6) Forestry;

(7) Veterinary office;

(8) Nursery or greenhouse;

(9) Grazing;

(10) Public utilities;

(11) Feed stores, excluding the milling or grinding of any feed for commercial uses;

(12) Confined feeding operations;

(13) Fertilizer storage; and

(14) Estate residential.

(E) Institutional/Public (including recreational).

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004; BC Res. 2007-28, passed 7-17-2007)

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

(A) Airports, heliports and landing fields;

(B) Archaeological sites, building or properties;

(C) Auditorium, community center, stadium, armory, gymnasium, public buildings and other similar places for special events;

(D) Bed and breakfast inns;

(E) Boarding or lodging houses;

(F) Bus terminals;

(G) Colleges;

(H) Correctional institutions;

(I) Country clubs;

(J) Day care centers, nursery or day schools;

(K) Golf courses;

(L) Hospitals and sanitariums;

(M) Hotels and motels;

(N) Livestock sale or auction houses;

(O) Lodge or private club;

(P) Marina;

(Q) Medical centers or clinics;

(R) Mortuaries and funeral homes;

(S) Public utility power plants, transformer stations, filtration and sewage disposal plants, pumping stations, water reservoirs and railroad rights-of-way;

(T) Riding stables;

(U) Stockyards, shipping, holding and sale of animals; and

(V) Veterinary clinics, including animal hospitals.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

Zone Map

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. passed 5-28-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004)

Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ZONES AND

PERMITTED USES

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

The county jurisdictional area is hereby classified and divided into the following zones and sub-zones (also referred to as “districts”):

(A) Residential:

(1) Estate;

(2) Single-Family; and

(3) Multi-Family.

(B) Business (Commercial);

(1) Light;

(2) Heavy; and

(3) Mineral Extraction.

(D) Agricultural; and

(E) Institutional/Public.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

The zones listed in § 155.025 of this subchapter are defined as follows:

(1) Estate: primarily intended for single-family residential development on five acre or more parcels along major county roads or state highways in currently existing agricultural areas.

(2) Single-Family: intended for single-family residential development on one acre or more lots.

(1) Light: light industrial uses are relatively clean, quiet, and free of smoke, noise, dust, and pollution.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

(A) Residential.

(1) Estate:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Agricultural uses.

(2) Single-family dwelling:

(a) Single-family dwelling;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation; and

(e) Manufactured home.

(3) Multi-family dwelling:

(a) Multi-family dwellings including duplexes, apartments and condominiums;

(b) Accessory building and uses incidental to the use permitted, located on the same lot;

(d) Home occupation;

(e) Parking lots needed to fulfill parking requirements for an existing or permitted use;

(f) Recreational vehicle parks (any land used for the temporary parking of two or more recreational vehicles by campers, vacationers, or travelers);

(g) Condominiums; and

(h) Townhouses.

(B) Business.

(1) Drug stores;

(2) Beauty salons and barber shops;

(3) Carry-out stores;

(4) Bakeries;

(5) Dressmaking and tailoring;

(6) Self-service laundromats;

(7) Florist shops;

(8) Liquor stores;

(9) Photography shops;

(10) Grocery stores;

(11) Dry cleaners;

(12) Restaurants;

(13) Medical and dental clinics;

(14) Offices;

(15) Other uses identified in the permitted land use table; and

(16) Other uses approved by the Plan Board that exhibit similar characteristics as the above and are not detrimental to the surrounding land uses.

(1) Light:

(a) Public and private utilities;

(b) Recreation areas established for the use of employees on site;

(d) Assembly operations for pre-manufactured parts;

(e) Canning, bottling, processing and packaging of food;

(f) Warehouse and distribution operations;

(g) Machine, welding, and tool and die shops;

(h) Construction and trucking contractor operations;

(i) Soybean processing plant;

(j) Meat packing plant; and

(k) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(2) Heavy:

(a) Arsenal;

(b) Central mixing plant for mortar, plaster, concrete, paving material or asphalt;

(d) Cement lime ingredient, lime, gypsum and plaster;

(e) Petroleum refinery and distillation;

(f) Smelting of ore or metal;

(g) Wholesale or bulk storage of gasoline or other petroleum products;

(h) Railroad storage yards or shops;

(i) Sanitary landfills, reduction or incineration of trash, garbage, offal or dead animals;

(j) Fat rendering;

(k) Manufacture of acid, alcohol, ammonia, bleaching powder, celluloid, explosives, gas, glue, pyroxylin or nitrocellulose; and

(l) Other uses in permitted land use table.

(3) Mineral Extraction:

(a) Limestone and other rock quarries;

(b) Gravel pits;

(d) Coal mines.

(D) Agricultural.

(1) Field crop farm;

(2) Truck crop farm;

(3) Animal husbandry;

(4) Kennels;

(5) Stables;

(6) Forestry;

(7) Veterinary office;

(8) Nursery or greenhouse;

(9) Grazing;

(10) Public utilities;

(11) Feed stores, excluding the milling or grinding of any feed for commercial uses;

(12) Confined feeding operations;

(13) Fertilizer storage; and

(14) Estate residential.

(E) Institutional/Public (including recreational).

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004; BC Res. 2007-28, passed 7-17-2007)

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

(A) Airports, heliports and landing fields;

(B) Archaeological sites, building or properties;

(C) Auditorium, community center, stadium, armory, gymnasium, public buildings and other similar places for special events;

(D) Bed and breakfast inns;

(E) Boarding or lodging houses;

(F) Bus terminals;

(G) Colleges;

(H) Correctional institutions;

(I) Country clubs;

(J) Day care centers, nursery or day schools;

(K) Golf courses;

(L) Hospitals and sanitariums;

(M) Hotels and motels;

(N) Livestock sale or auction houses;

(O) Lodge or private club;

(P) Marina;

(Q) Medical centers or clinics;

(R) Mortuaries and funeral homes;

(S) Public utility power plants, transformer stations, filtration and sewage disposal plants, pumping stations, water reservoirs and railroad rights-of-way;

(T) Riding stables;

(U) Stockyards, shipping, holding and sale of animals; and

(V) Veterinary clinics, including animal hospitals.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)

Zone Map

(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003; BC Ord. passed 5-28-2003; BC Ord. 2004-19, passed 7-14-2004)

Owen County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

ZONES AND

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

Zone Map

Owen County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

ZONES AND

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

Zone Map

Owen County UnincorporatedCity Zoning Code

ZONES AND

§ 155.025 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES.

§ 155.026 DEFINITION OF ZONES.

§ 155.027 PERMITTED USES IN ZONES.

§ 155.028 CONDITIONAL USES.

§ 155.029 NON-PERMITTED USES.

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Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

Owen County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code