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River Falls City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

60 - U UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

Sections:


17.60.010 - Purpose.

The UD is intended to provide an orderly process whereby institutions of higher education can develop needed facilities yet exist and function in a manner compatible with surrounding land uses and the community as a whole.

(Prior code § 21.28(1))

17.60.020 - Permitted uses (principal).

A.

Colleges, universities and theological schools, including their buildings, owned or leased;

B.

Faculty offices, administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, chapels, auditoriums, lecture halls, libraries;

C.

Student and faculty centers, athletic facilities, dormitories, fraternities, sororities.

(Prior code § 21.28(2))

17.60.030 - Permitted uses (accessory).

A.

Parking lots for automobiles and vehicles used by students, faculty, staff, other university personnel and visitors;

B.

University maintenance facilities, storage facilities, heating and cooling facilities and other similar uses incidental to the operation of a university;

C.

Temporary buildings for construction purposes for a period not to exceed the completion date of such construction.

(Prior code § 21.28(3))

17.60.040 - Special uses (special use permit required).

A.

Boarding and rooming houses owned by a university;

B.

Institutional offices or headquarters for educational, fraternal, professional or religious nonprofit organizations.

(Prior code § 21.28(4))

17.60.050 - Height, area and setback requirements.

A.

Front yard setback: Forty-five (45) feet (except that university owned nondormitory residential uses shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet).

B.

Side yard setback: Forty-five (45) feet (except that university owned non-dormitory residential uses shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet).

C.

Rear yard setback: Forty-five (45) feet (except that university owned nondormitory residential uses shall be not less than thirty (30) feet).

D.

Minimum lot area: None required.

E.

Minimum lot width: None required.

(Prior code § 21.28(5))

17.60.060 - Parking requirements.

One parking space for each three faculty and staff members and other employees, plus one additional parking space for each four students as determined in the design ratio.

(Prior code § 21.28(6))