The following shall be permitted in the neighborhood shopping district (N-S):

(1)

Automobile parking lots.

(2)

Banks.

(3)

Cemeteries, commercial. Site must be approved by board of commissioners and meet all criteria as outlined by the secretary of state.

(4)

Clinics.

(5)

Service stations.

(6)

Florist shops or greenhouses.

(7)

Offices and office buildings.

(8)

Self-service laundries.

(9)

Household appliances and furniture sales.

(10)

Bakeries, but only when the products are sold at retail on the premises.

(11)

Retail establishments, in connection with such stores there shall be no slaughtering of animals or poultry on the premises.

(12)

Service establishments.

(13)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities on premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public, such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure reducers, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing, and shall be suitably landscaped.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 61)

The following uses shall be permitted in the highway business district (H-B):

(1)

Any use permitted in the neighborhood shopping district (N-S) or the commercial business district (C-B).

(2)

Automobile dealership or mobile home dealership.

(3)

Business or commercial school.

(4)

Bowling alley when located not less than 100 feet from any residential district.

(5)

Frozen food locker.

(6)

Radio or television broadcasting studio.

(7)

Hotel or motel.

(8)

Restaurant.

(9)

Animal hospital and veterinary clinic.

(10)

Theater and drive-in theater.

(11)

Retail/service establishments.

(12)

When located at least 50 feet from any residential district:

a.

Used car sales lot.

b.

Boat sales lot.

(13)

Mortuary/crematorium/funeral home.

(14)

Farm implement display and sales room.

(15)

Milk distributing station.

(16)

Parking or public garage.

(17)

Dyeing and cleaning establishment or laundry, painting, plumbing or tinsmithing shop, printing shop, tire sales and service, including vulcanizing, upholstering shop, not involving furniture manufacture. Any other general service or repair establishment of similar character.

(18)

Accessory building or use customarily incidental to any of the above uses.

(19)

Hardware store.

(20)

Bus terminal, passenger.

(21)

Hospitals.

(22)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities on premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public, such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure reducers, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing, and shall be suitably landscaped.

(23)

Short-term rental.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 62; Ord. of 12-27-2022)

Within a commercial business district (C-B), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Any use allowed in a highway business (H-B) district.

(2)

Animal hospital or veterinary clinic.

(3)

Nursing and convalescent homes.

(4)

Automobile parts sales store.

(5)

Miniwarehouses and boat storage (enclosed).

(6)

Automobile washing establishment.

(7)

Bed and breakfasts.

(8)

Bowling alleys.

(9)

Bus terminals.

(10)

Business and outdoor advertising signs.

(11)

Drive-in theater and theater.

(12)

Electrical repair shops.

(13)

Dry cleaning and laundry establishments.

(14)

Fabricating shops of small size such as woodwork shops, cabinet shops, and upholstery shops.

(15)

Farm equipment sales and service.

(16)

Funeral homes or mortuaries.

(17)

Service stations.

(18)

Greenhouses or horticultural nurseries.

(19)

Motels, hotels, inns.

(20)

Public and semipublic recreational facilities.

(21)

Repair services.

(22)

Restaurants, including drive-in restaurants

(23)

Retail establishments/service establishments.

(24)

Hospitals.

(25)

Customary accessory uses and structures, when located on the same lot as the main structure.

(26)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities on premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure reducers, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing, and shall be suitably landscaped.

(27)

Recreational vehicle parks, campgrounds, and recreational vehicle lot sales.

a.

Definition of allowed vehicles. A vehicle built on a single chassis and maintained on wheels, primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation and camping.

b.

Vehicles not allowed. No manufactured homes or mobile homes, or other structures generally recognized as a permanent structure.

c.

Requirements.

1.

Minimum acreage for use as a recreational vehicle park, campground, or recreational vehicle lot sales shall be 25 contiguous acres, with said site having a twenty-foot wide undisturbed vegetative buffer around the entire perimeter of the proposed property and having direct access to a county, state, or federal highway. No entrance or exit shall be through a residential district or shall require movement of traffic from the park through a residential district.

(i)

The minimum lot size of individual lots for sale or rent shall be 1,750 square feet.

(ii)

The minimum frontage of individual lots for sale or rent shall be 35 feet.

(iii)

The minimum lot size of individual tracts for sale shall be 0.25 acres.

(iv)

The minimum frontage of individual lots for sale shall be 50 feet.

2.

The minimum paved road width for the area of "for sale" or "for rent" lots shall be 20 feet with a total of 30-foot right-of-way. Roads shall be built with ten inches of base and three and one-half inches of asphalt and be approved for quality of construction by the county board of commissioners or its designee.

3.

Before approval of any new site by the county planning and zoning commission, the applicant must secure written approval from the county health department, DNR, and all other applicable governing authorities, that said site and usage meets the minimum requirements of said authorities. Assurance of continuity of maintenance and operation of utilities, including an approved water source and sewage disposal system, must be approved and documented as provided by applicable state regulations to ensure the continuance of the operation and maintenance of said system for the benefit of the present and future owners of the properties connected thereto. "For sale" lots must have preliminary and final plat approval by the county planning commission prior to lots being sold.

4.

Management headquarters, recreational facilities, toilets, showers, laundry facilities, and other use and structures customarily incidental to operation of a recreational vehicle park for rental or recreational vehicle lot sales, are permitted as accessory uses.

(i)

Such establishments and the parking are primarily related to their operation.

(ii)

Such establishments shall present no visible evidence of their commercial character, which would attract customers other than occupants of the park.

5.

Prohibited usage.

(i)

No business of any type shall be conducted from any individual recreational vehicle rental or sold lot.

(ii)

There shall be no "time share" sale of lots or rental spaces.

(iii)

No rental or sold lot shall be used for permanent living accommodations, and any recreational vehicle occupying a space within a recreational vehicle park, or campground, or located on a recreational vehicle park lot sold, must be removed for a period of at least 30 days within each calendar year, with accurate records of occupancy to be kept by the park management, and notice of this article to be furnished to all renters and purchasers of lots to be enforced by park management. The county marshal may enforce this chapter by ordering a vehicle removed from said park, campground, or lot, in violation of this provision.

6.

Exceptions. This amendment shall not disallow the existing usage of recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds located within the county.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 63; Ord. of 10-27-2020(1))