Sergeant Bluff, IA Zoning Ordinance

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: Agricultural and Horticulture Uses

Community gardens

P

C

-

P

-

Commercial greenhouse

P

-

T

C

Livestock sales

-

Wineries

-

C

-

Equestrian centers and stables

C

-

Horses, chickens, goats, and other recreational livestock on residential lots (1)

P

-

Use Category: Agricultural Sales and Service

Agricultural chemicals, fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia storage and distribution for commercial use

-

Agricultural implement and vehicle sales/service

-

C

Agricultural processing

-

C

Agriculture feed mixing and blending, seed sales and grain handling operations

P

-

C

Use Category: Residential Living

Multi-family dwelling (maximum of 4 units per structure)

-

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (5 to 8 units per structure)

-

C

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (9 to 12 units per structure)

-

C

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (12 to 24 units per structure)

-

C

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (25 to 37 units per structure)

-

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (38 to 50 units per structure)

-

P

-

Multi-family dwelling (51 to 72 units per structure)

-

P

-

Condominiums (up to 2 units per structure)

-

C

P

-

Condominiums (3 to 4 units per structure)

-

C

P

-

Condominiums (5 to 8 units per structure)

-

C

-

P

-

Condominiums 9 to 12 units per structure)

-

P

-

Manufactured home dwelling (2)

P

-

P

-

Manufactured home dwelling as a secondary dwelling or workers’ quarters (2)

C

-

Seasonal dwelling or cabins

-

Single-family attached dwelling (up to 2 units connected)

-

P

-

Single-family attached dwelling (2 to 4 units connected)

-

P

C

-

Single-family dwellings

P

-

Tiny homes/houses

-

P

-

Two-family / duplex

-

C

-

Upper story housing

-

C

-

Use Category: Residential/Commercial Institutions

Adult daycare homes

-

P

-

P

-

Assisted living facilities

-

C

-

C

-

Bed and breakfast (3)

C

-

C

-

Convents

-

C

-

Emergency residential services and shelters

P

-

Group care home

P

-

Group home

-

P

-

Hospice

-

P

-

Life care facility

-

P

-

Monasteries

-

C

-

Nursing homes

-

P

C

-

C

-

Retirement homes

-

P

C

-

C

-

Use Category: Community Services/Civic Uses

Animal shelters

-

C

-

C

Cemetery

P

-

C

-

Churches, synagogues, temples and similar

P

-

P

-

Church, storefront

-

C

-

Community centers and buildings

-

C

P

-

P

-

Fire and rescue facilities

-

P

-

Fraternal organization

-

C

-

P

-

Governmental offices

-

P

C

-

P

-

Hospitals

-

P

-

P

-

Law enforcement centers

-

P

-

Public libraries and museums

-

P

-

Philanthropic organizations

-

P

-

Private museums

-

P

-

Planetariums

-

Senior citizen centers

-

P

C

-

C

-

Use Category: Treatment, Rehabilitation and Incarceration Facilities

Community correction centers

-

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers

-

C

-

Halfway houses

-

P

-

P

-

Public detention center

-

C

-

Juvenile detention center

-

C

-

Prisons, public and private

-

C

-

Child care center

C

-

C

-

C

-

Child care facility

-

C

-

C

-

Child care home

-

P

-

Child development home

-

C

-

Colleges and universities

-

P

-

Preschools

-

C

-

C

-

Public and private schools (K-12)

-

P

-

P

-

Trade, career and technical schools

-

C

Use Category: Public Parks and Open Space

Arboretums

-

P

-

P

Athletic fields

-

C

-

P

Campground

-

C

-

Nature centers

C

-

C

-

Parks, trails, picnic areas, and playgrounds

P

State parks

P

Public pools and/or water parks

P

-

Privately/commercially owned and operated pools and/or water parks

-

C

-

Dog parks (not racing)

C

-

C

-

Use Category: Public/Private Utilities and Communication Services

Natural gas exploration and pumping

-

C

-

Natural gas depots

-

C

-

Wind energy conversion systems – commercial/utility grade

-

C

-

Public works facilities and related storage and maintenance garages

-

P

-

Data processing center

P

-

P

Data storage facility

P

-

P

Wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment, new tower (4)

C

-

C

-

Wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment, collocated (4)

P

-

P

-

Radio and tower transmitter (shortwave and ham operations) (no offices)

-

C

-

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 2

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: Animal Care

Animal shelter

-

P

Kennel, commercial

-

P

Kennel, private

C

-

P

-

Pet cemetery

P

-

Pet crematorium

-

C

-

Pet grooming and training

-

P

-

Animal hospital

-

P

-

Use Category: Business and Household Services

Building maintenance and cleaning services

-

P

Copying, printing, mailing and packaging services

-

P

Lawn, garden and yard maintenance services

-

P

Locksmiths and key duplication

-

P

Pest control services

-

P

-

P

Small appliances and household equipment repair

-

P

Well drilling or septic tank cleaning

-

C

P

-

Use Category: Financial Services

Banks

-

P

-

Automatic teller machine (ATM)

-

C

-

P

-

Brokerages

-

C

-

P

-

Credit unions

-

C

-

P

-

Insurance offices

-

C

-

P

-

Financial advisory services

-

C

-

P

-

Specialty loan services

-

C

-

P

-

Use Category: Food and Beverage Services

Banquet/reception facility

-

C

-

Brew on-premises store

-

P

-

Brewery

-

C

Craft brewery (commercial)

-

P

Catering service

-

C

-

Donut and pastry shops

-

P

-

Mobile food units

-

T

Restaurants without drive-through windows

-

P

-

Restaurants with drive-through windows (5)

-

P

-

Roadside produce stands (6)

T

-

T

-

Sidewalk café

-

P

-

Tavern or bar

-

P

-

Drinking establishments

-

P

-

Coffee houses, coffee shops

-

P

-

Brew pub

-

P

-

Micro-brewery (commercial)

-

P

-

Coffee kiosks

-

P

-

Use Category: General Commercial

Antiques and collectibles shop

-

P

-

Art galleries

-

P

-

Artisan production shop

-

P

-

Artist studio

-

P

-

Arts and crafts stores

-

P

-

Bicycle sales and service

-

P

-

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 3

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: General Commercial (continued)

Book store, music and musical instrument store

-

P

-

Bridal sales and services

-

P

-

Business support services

-

P

-

Camping equipment sales

-

P

-

Candy store

-

P

-

Clothing and accessories

-

P

-

Computer hardware/software sales

-

P

-

Dance studies and schools

-

P

-

Drug store, pharmacy

-

P

-

Dry cleaners

-

C

P

-

Electronic/appliance sales and service

-

P

Equipment sales and rental

-

P

-

Equipment repair services

-

P

Exercise equipment sales

-

P

-

Fabric and sewing supply stores

-

P

-

Farmers’ market (7)

T

-

T

-

Firearms and ammunition sales

-

C

Florists

-

P

-

Food store, including bakeries, meat lockers, butchers, delicatessen, and specialty markets, not a full-service grocery

-

P

-

--

Funeral homes and mortuaries, including crematoriums

-

P

-

Garden center

-

P

C

P

-

Gift store

-

P

-

Grocery, supermarket

-

P

-

Hardware store

-

P

-

Heating and cooling sales and services

-

P

Home furnishings, including paint and wall covering, lamp and lighting, flooring materials and draperies

-

P

-

Lawn and garden equipment sales and service

-

P

Pawn shops

-

P

-

Photographic equipment and supplies

-

P

-

Pottery store

-

P

-

Religious book, card and articles stores

-

P

-

Secondhand store, thrift or consignment store

-

P

-

Self-services laundry and Laundromat

-

P

-

Shoe stores and repair

-

P

-

Specialty equipment repair services

-

P

Sporting goods store

-

P

-

Surplus sales

-

P

-

Tanning studio

-

P

-

Taxidermy services

-

P

Tobacco store

-

P

-

Use Category: Special Commercial

Billiard halls

-

P

-

Boat dealers

-

P

-

P

Building materials dealers

-

P

-

P

Business center

-

P

-

Concrete and cinder block sales

-

P

-

P

Convenience store

-

C

-

P

C

-

Drive-in theater

-

C

-

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 4

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: Special Commercial (continued)

Fencing dealers

-

P

-

P

Gasoline filling stations, including self-service

-

C

-

P

C

-

Liquor stores/sales

-

P

-

Monument sales

-

P

Motels and hotels

-

C

-

C

P

-

Nurseries, retail sales

C

-

P

Parking area, stand-alone, private or public

-

P

-

Pet shop

-

P

-

Piercing studio

-

P

-

Swimming pool sales

-

P

Tattoo parlor

-

P

-

Theaters and auditoriums

-

P

-

P

-

Use Category: Medical Uses

Acupuncture offices

-

C

-

P

-

Chiropractor offices

-

C

-

P

-

Dental offices, including orthodontics

-

C

-

P

-

Doctors’ offices (medical)

-

C

-

P

-

Massage therapy

-

C

-

P

-

Medical clinics, including general practice and specialty care

-

C

-

P

-

Optical sales and services

-

C

-

P

-

Rehabilitation facilities, including out-patient services

-

C

-

P

-

Use Category: Office Uses

Accountant and investment counseling

-

C

-

P

-

Business offices

-

C

-

P

-

Call center

-

P

Consultant offices

-

C

-

P

-

Lawyer/attorney offices

-

C

-

P

-

Photographic studios

-

C

-

P

-

Real estate offices

-

C

-

P

-

Utility and telephone company offices

-

C

-

P

General offices

-

P

Use Category: Recreational Commercial

Amusement arcade

-

P

-

Bowling alley

-

P

-

Commercial stables

C

-

C

-

Golf courses, public and private

-

C

-

Golf driving ranges

-

C

-

Gun clubs

-

C

Health clubs and spas, including YMCAs and YWCAs

-

C

-

P

C

Miniature golf courses

-

P

-

Paintball courses

-

C

-

Recreational facility, indoor

-

C

-

C

-

C

Recreational facility, outdoor

-

C

-

C

-

Recreational vehicle (RV) park (8)

-

C

-

Recreational vehicle camping (9)

-

C

-

Riding academies

C

-

Roller and ice skating rink

-

P

-

Skate park

-

C

P

-

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 5

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: Auto Services/Commercial

Auto body repair (10)

-

C

P

Automobile and truck washes, self-service or automatic (11)

-

C

P

Automotive and machinery repair shop (10)

-

C

P

Motor home dealers (12)

-

C

P

Motor vehicle dealers, new and used (12)

-

C

P

-

Motorcycle dealers, including moped and scooters (12)

-

C

P

-

Muffler sales and services (10)

-

C

P

Recreational vehicle sales and rentals (12)

-

C

P

Trailer, recreational vehicle, and boat storage

-

C

P

Transmission repair shops (10)

-

C

P

Travel trailer dealers (12)

-

C

P

Truck sales, rental and leasing (12)

-

C

P

Vehicle storage

-

C

P

Vehicle storage, long-term

-

C

P

Use Category: Adult Uses

Adult Entertainment (13)

-

--

-

Use Category: Warehousing and Storage

Bulk materials or machinery storage (fully enclosed)

-

P

Mini warehouses and self-service storage (14)

-

C

Motor freight terminals

-

C

P

Outdoor storage

-

C

P

Outdoor storage containers (15)

-

P

Storage facilities similar to portable on-demand storage containers (15)

T

Warehouse and distribution

-

P

C

P

Warehousing (enclosed)

-

P

Warehousing (open)

-

C

Wholesale business and storage

-

C

P

Use Category: Contractors, Contractor Yards, Storage and Supply

Building materials sales or storage yards (excluding asphalt or concrete mixing)

-

C

P

Bulk materials or machinery storage (fully enclosed)

-

P

Carpenters

-

P

Carpet and rug cleaning plants

-

P

-

Construction batch plants

-

T

P

-

Construction yards, including offices and equipment storage yards, excluding heavy machinery

-

P

Electricians

-

P

Heating and ventilating contractors

-

P

Masons and bricklayers

-

P

Plumbers

-

P

Trade shops (including cabinet makers)

-

P

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: Large Contracting/Materials Manufacturing

Asphalt contractors

-

P

-

Batch plants for asphalt or concrete (16)

-

T

-

Concrete batch plants, permanent

-

C

P

Concrete block manufacturing

-

P

Concrete contractors

-

P

Concrete products

-

P

Excavating contractors

-

P

Heavy construction companies

-

P

Highway and street construction company

-

P

Manufacturing housing fabrication

-

P

Prefabricated building and components manufacturing

-

P

Wrecking and demolition contractors

-

P

Use Category: Food Processing and Manufacturing

Bakery products manufacturing

-

P

Beverage blending and bottling (except breweries)

-

P

Coffee, tea and spice processing and packaging and roasting

-

P

Creamery and dairy operations

-

P

C

Dairy products manufacturing

-

P

C

Egg processing plants

-

P

Flour, feed and grain grinding and milling

-

P

Fruit and vegetable processing, canning, preserving, drying and freezing

-

P

Ice manufacturing (including dry ice)

-

P

Use Category: Mining and Excavation

Brick, firebrick and clay products manufacturing

-

C

-

Monument and architectural stone manufacturing

-

C

-

Clay extraction

-

C

-

Use Category: Metal Processing, Stamping

Culvert manufacturing

-

C

P

C

Fabricated metal products

-

C

P

C

Welding

-

C

P

C

Wire rope and cable manufacturing

-

C

P

C

Use Category: Products Manufacturing

Ammunition manufacturing

-

C

Basket and hamper (wood, reed, rattan, etc.) manufacturing

-

P

Millwork manufacturing

-

P

Electronics manufacturing

-

P

Machinery manufacturing

-

P

C

Firearms manufacturing

-

C

Musical instruments manufacturing

-

P

Pharmaceuticals manufacturing

-

P

Printing and publishing plants

-

P

Tool, die, gauge and machine shops

-

P

Wind turbine manufacturing

-

C

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 7

USE TYPE

AR

RS150

RS80

RG60

RG20

MF-1

M

BG

BGC

BN

HSB

BGH

ML

MH

MLG

Use Category: General Manufacturing (High Hazard)

Automobile wrecking yard (17)

-

Bio-fuels manufacturing, including ethanol production (18)

-

C

-

Grain elevator and storage facilities

C

-

C

-

Oils, shortenings, and fats (edible) processing and storage

-

C

-

Oils, vegetables, and animal (non-edible) processing and storage

-

C

-

Petroleum, gasoline, or lubricating oil refining and wholesale storage

-

C

-

Salvage operations (17)

-

Scrap or salvage yards (17)

-

Waste recovery facilities, commercial, industrial and residential

-

Wood preserving treatment

-

C

-

Use Category: Accessory Uses

Barns

P

-

Bins, grain storage

P

-

Decks, gazebos, patios (elevated or on-grade) (19)

P

Freestanding canopy (19)

P

-

P

Fuel storage

P

-

P

Fuel tanks and dispensing equipment

P

-

P

Garages, private (19)

P

Garage, storage (19)

P

Carports (19)

P

-

Greenhouses, non-commercial (19)

P

-

Home occupations (20)

P

-

P

-

Home based businesses, general (20)

P

-

P

-

Home based businesses, limited (20)

P

-

P

-

Home based occupation/business for limited gun and ammunition sales (20)

C

-

C

-

Portable on-demand storage containers

T

Porch, unenclosed (19)

P

Silos

P

-

Solar energy systems for use on individual properties or building (22)

P

Storage sheds (19)

P

Storage building using multiple storage containers

-

C

Swimming pools (19)

P

-

Tennis courts (19)

P

-

Wireless telecommunication systems (21)

C

Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix, Part 8

(Ord. 764 – Aug. 25 Supp)

Footnotes to Land Use Categories and Zoning Matrix - Additional Requirements

(1) See additional restrictions in Chapter 55 of this Code of Ordinances.

(2) See additional restrictions in Chapter 146 of this Code of Ordinances.

(3) See Section 165D.14(3).

(4) See Section 165D.03.

(5) See Sections 165E.07 through 165E.10 of this Zoning Code.

(6) See the Code of Ordinances for additional restrictions.

(7) See Chapter 125 of this Code of Ordinances.

(8) See Section 165D.17 of this Zoning Code.

(9) See Section 165D.17 and Section 165A.30 of this Zoning Code.

(10) See Section 165D.11.

(11) See Section 165D.13.

(12) See Section 165D.13.

(13) See Chapter 128 of this Code of Ordinances.

(14) See Section 165D.10.

(15) See Section 165D.15.

(16) See Section 165A.30(1) of this Zoning Code.

(17) See Section 165D.07.

(18) See Section 165D.08.

(19) See City Building Codes and Section 165A.22.

(20) See Section 165D.01 and 165D.02.

(21) See Section 165D.03.

(22) See Section 165D.09.

(23) See Section 165B.16 (7.L)

(Ord. 713 - Dec. 21 Supp)

Sergeant Bluff City Zoning Code

165B.09 LAND