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Rock Island County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

C-1 CONSERVATION

DISTRICT

§ 154.300 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

   The C-1 District is intended for environmental protection and preservation. Land parcels within this District will include wetland, marshes, swamps, scenic areas, hillsides of excessive slopes, watercourses, aquifer recharge areas, watershed protection areas, wildlife habitat, rough terrain, and areas subject to siltation and erosion.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.301 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.

   The following are permitted principal uses in the C-1 District:
   (A)   Open space; and
   (B)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

§ 154.302 WHEN AUTHORIZED BY SPECIAL USE.

   The following are special uses in the C-1 District when authorized:
   (A)   Agriculture and commercial summer gardens including agricultural buildings, but not permanent dwellings not to exceed 750 square feet and no more than one building per five-acre tract but not the raising of livestock;
   (B)   Campgrounds, wilderness;
   (C)   Forestry activities and nurseries;
   (D)   Public parks, passive;
   (E)   Inns or other dining places on and within 500 feet of a highway or primary thoroughfare and with any structure at least 400 feet from any residentially-zoned private property, church, school, or human care institution;
   (F)   Outdoor rifle, trap, or skeet shooting range at least 600 feet from any residentially-zoned private property, church, school, or human care institution subject to other state and federal guidelines;
   (G)   Parking areas, and equipment and materials storage yards, accessory to principle uses in adjoining districts within 1,000 feet of a railroad, highway, or primary thoroughfare, and at least 600 feet from any residentially zoned private property, church, school, or human care institution;
   (H)   Recreation vehicle parks on and within 500 feet of a highway or primary thoroughfare and with any structure at least 400 feet from residentially-zoned private property, church, school, or human care institution; and
   (I)   Any other use deemed to be consistent by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)