Single-family residence.

City-owned buildings and uses.

Agricultural uses: livestock ranges, animal husbandry, field crops, tree crops, nurseries and greenhouses.

Public-owned utility buildings and structures.

Public parks and recreation areas.

Religious institutions, churches and facilities for worship, fellowship and education when located on a site of three (3) acres or more.

Roadside stand not exceeding four hundred (400) square feet in floor area, for the sale of agricultural products frown on the premises.

Shooting range: big bore and small bore rifle, pistol, trap and skeet.

Conditions: The entire range shall be posted and fenced securely to prevent the accidental entry of persons or chattel onto the premises.

Radio, television, microwave broadcast, relay, receiving towers and transmission and retransmission facilities.

Conditions: The tower shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to three fourths of the height of the tower.

Boarding of horses, riding stable, riding hall, horse track.

Conditions: Barns and animal enclosures shall be set back to comply with applicable state and local laws and provisions shall have been made for an operating and maintenance program to minimize the adverse affects of adjacent properties caused by odors and the breeding of flies.

Day care center.

Conditions: The outdoor play area shall be screened along all abutting properties used for dwelling purposes by a solid wall or fence or by a dense evergreen hedge, and such wall, fence or hedge shall have a height of not less than six (6) feet or more than eight (8).

Single-family detached dwellings.

Public schools and private schools where the curriculum is similar in nature and preparation of course work to the public schools, and which satisfies the requirement of the state public school laws and the regulations of the state department of education.

Public park or playground.

Agricultural uses of the small non-commercial garden type.

Churches, a minimum lot size of one (1) acre and arterial street frontage as shown on the comprehensive plan map.

Library, provided it has arterial street frontage as shown on the comprehensive plan map.

Home occupation, provided that it is in keeping with the meaning of “home occupation” as defined in this ordinance. (See section 706.4, page 24)

Plant nursery, provided that no building or structure is maintained in connection therewith and no retailing or any material is carried on upon the premises.

Junior high or senior high schools, provided that they have arterial street frontage as shown on the comprehensive plan map or the thoroughfare plan.

All lots shall have not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet of lot area, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot.

Each lot shall have a front of not less than seventy (70) feet. The frontage of any wedge shaped lot, which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of forty (40) feet; however, the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of seventy (70) linear feet measured at an equal distance parallel to and from the front lot line.

The maximum dwelling on any lot in the RS-1 District shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the lot area for interior lots nor sixty percent (60%) of the lot area for corner lots. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

All structures shall have not less than a thirty (30) foot front yard setback.

For a single-family dwelling of one story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five (5) feet from the interior lot lines and ten (10) feet for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one story, the minimum width of the side yard on the interior lot lines shall be not less than ten (10) feet. For a principal building other than a single-family dwelling, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than the height of the building, but in no case less than fifteen (15) feet.

A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided, however that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to the rear lot line, unless there is an alley adjacent and contiguous to the back lot line in which event building may be placed on lot line.

Height limit: No dwelling in the RS-1 District shall be constructed with a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet from the mean lot elevation nor will it exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories.

Bulk limitations (floor area ratio): Bulk limitations are governed by maximum coverage, yard requirements and height limitations.

The minimum size of primary dwelling units in single-family residential (R-1) shall be 1,000 square feet of habitable space.

All lots shall have not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet of lot area, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot, except that not less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet shall be required for uses other than single-family residences.

Each lot shall have a front of not less than fifty (50) feet. The frontage of any wedge-shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of thirty (30) feet; however, the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of fifty (50) linear feet measured at an equal distance to and from the front lot line.

Not more than forty percent (40%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

All structures shall have not less than a twenty-five (25) foot front yard setback.

For a single-family dwelling of one story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five (5) feet for interior lot lines and ten (10) feet for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one story, the minimum width of the side yard on interior lot lines shall be not less than ten (10) feet. For a principal building other than a single-family dwelling, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than the height of the building, but in no case less than fifteen (15) feet.

A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided however, that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to the rear lot line, unless there is an alley adjacent and contiguous to the back lot line in which case it may go to the lot line.

Height limit-No dwelling shall be constructed with a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet from the mean lot elevation nor will it exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories.

Bulk limitations-(Floor area ratio) are governed by maximum coverage, yard requirements and height limitations.

Any use permitted in section 902.2 for the RS-2 Single-Family Residential District.

Duplex.

Multi-family dwelling.

Rooming or boarding house.

HUD-code manufactured home which complies with section 902.

Convalescent home, rest home, nursing home, and hospitals, public and private, provided they have frontage on a arterial street as shown on the comprehensive plan map or the thoroughfare plan map.

Community services, cultural, and utility facilities, provided they are located on a lot of not less than one (1) acre and have frontage on an arterial street as shown on the comprehensive plan or thoroughfare plan maps.

Licensed child care centers or day nurseries, provided they are located on a lot not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area and have principal access on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan or comprehensive plan maps.

Any uses permitted subject to additional requirements in section 901.3 for the RS-1, Single-Family Residential District.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses when located on the same lot.

Mobil home parks in compliance with the following requirements:

Minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet;

Minimum frontage of 75 feet.

Lot width (min.)[:] 100 feet

Lot area (min.): 10,000 square feet

Structure height (max. feet)[:] 26 feet

Front yard and any yard abutting a public street: (Measured from the centerline of abutting street; add 1/2 of the right-of-way designated on the land use and circulation plan or 25 feet if not designated on the LU & C plan.) (min. feet)

-Arterial[:] 35 feet

-Not an arterial[:] 25 feet

Rear yards (min. feet)[:] 15 feet

Side yards (min. feet)[:] One side yard 15 feet Other side yard[:] 15 feet

Off-street parking (See section[s] 708.1 through 708.6)

The design of each project shall provide adequately for the safe movement of traffic flowing to and from the project site. Particular attention shall be given to the locations at which traffic enters or leaves streets adjoining the project site, and to the requirements for pedestrian movements to and from the site.

The design of each project shall provide adequately for the drainage of storm waters falling on or crossing the site. The design of local drainage on hard-surfaced areas shall take into account the flow patterns inherent in the design of the total project, and shall cause minimum interference with pedestrian movements during periods of heavy runoff of storm waters. Where necessary, underground drains may be required o eliminate such interference.

Off-street parking and loading shall be mandatory for all apartment projects developed under these provisions. No off-street parking area shall be located in any minimum required exterior yard. Parking spaces shall be located no more than 200 feet pedestrian travel distance from the entrance to the dwelling for which it is intended to serve and shall meet requirements set forth in section 708.5. Additional guest parking spaces equal to ten percent (10%) of the required spaces will be provided. Guest parking spaces shall be permanently marked.

Every dwelling unit shall be located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a refuse facility. Refuse containers shall be provided and maintained in a manner to satisfy the city’s public health and sanitary regulations. Each refuse facility shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pick-up by refuse collection agencies.

On site recreation activities shall be provided at the rate of not less than two hundred (200) square feet for each required off-street parking space, and shall have an area of not less than five percent (5%) of the total area of the site.

Where a building is located more than one-hundred (100) feet from a dedicated public street, there shall be provided an emergency access easement situated not further than thirty (30) feet from such building. Each emergency access easement shall allow for the rapid and safe movement of vehicles used for purposes of providing emergency health or public safety services. Such easements shall have a clear unobstructed width of twenty-four (24) feet, shall connect at each end to a dedicated public street or shall have a turn-around of eighty (80) feet in diameter; corners of emergency access easements and their intersections with public streets shall have a sufficient turning area to permit the free movement of emergency vehicles. Emergency access easements shall be marked by permanent signs as required for designation of visitor parking spaces, and such signs shall have dimensions of not less than two (2) square feet nor greater than four (4) square feet in the face area. Emergency access easements shall be clearly posted to prohibit parking or standing of vehicles except for emergency purposes.

Lighting within the apartment project shall be provided along all driveways and emergency access easements, and at parking areas, except closed door parking. The height and spacing of light fixtures shall be such as to produce an average illumination level of not less than 0.2 foot candles on all such driveways, access easements and parking areas.

The parcel of land on which a convenience commercial center is located shall not be less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than one hundred (100) feet.

No more than fifty (50) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

No improvement or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.

It is intended that the grouping of buildings and parking areas be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the design of the shopping center provide less than the following standards:

Outdoor storage material must be located in such a manner that it is neat, orderly, systematically stacked and not randomly placed upon the property. Similar type material must be stored together. Outdoor storage must not encourage the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and/or other pests. The outdoor storage must also be free of any high grass and/or weeds.

All vehicles must be parked on an all-weather surface.

Petroleum products must be located on an all-weather, City of Vernon Code Enforcement approved surface and free of all vegetation.

All dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited and must be removed immediately.

Any use permitted in the C-C, Convenience Commercial District.

Other uses, including:

Buildings, structures and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.

Wholesale businesses if no outdoor storage is located on the property in this district.

The parcel of land on which any commercial use is located shall not be less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than one hundred (100) feet.

Not more than fifty (50) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.

It is intended that the grouping of buildings and parking areas be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the design of the shopping center provide less than the following standards:

Outdoor storage material must be located in such a manner that it is neat, orderly, systematically stacked and not randomly placed upon the property. Similar type material must be stored together. Outdoor storage must not encourage the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and/or other pests. The outdoor storage must also be free of any high grass and/or weeds.

All vehicles must be parked on an all-weather surface.

Petroleum products must be located on an all-weather, City of Vernon Code Enforcement approved surface and free of all vegetation.

All dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited and must be removed immediately.

Any use permitted in a C-C district except halfway houses.

Other retail, personal service, business service, or professional use other than uses listed in the C-A/R district regulations.

Any public or quasi-public buildings or uses.

Buildings, structures, and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacturing or products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.

No building shall be used for residential purposes except that a watchman may reside on the premises or as authorized by special exception use.

No retail sales or services shall be permitted except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use. Taverns are hereby expressly excluded in the I-L District.

No operation or activity shall cause or create noise in excess of the sound levels prescribed below.

In the I-L District, at no point on or beyond the boundary of any lot shall the sound pressure level resulting from any use, operation, or activity exceed the maximum permitted decibel levels for the designated octave bands as set forth in Tables I and II below:

Method of measurement: For the purpose of measure intensity and frequency of sound, the sound level meter, the octave band analyzer, and the impact noise analyzer shall be employed. The flat network and the fast meter response of the sound level meter shall be used. Sounds of short duration as from forge hammers, punch presses, and metal shears, which cannot be measured accurately with the sound level meter, shall be measured with the impact noise analyzer.

Octave band analyzers calibrated in the preferred frequencies (American Standards Association S1.6-1960, Preferred Frequencies for Acoustical Measurements) shall be used with the Table I. Octave band analyzers calibrated with pre-1960 octave band (American Standards Association Z24.10-1954, Octave band Filter Set) shall use Table II.

For impact sounds measured with the impact noise analyzer, the sound pressure levels set forth in Tables I and II may be increased by six (6) decibels in each octave band.

Exemptions: The following uses and activities shall be exempt from the noise level regulations:

No toxic matter, noxious matter, smoke, gas, or odorous or particulate matter shall be emitted that is detectable beyond the lot lines of the lot on which the use is located.

Earth carried vibration shall be limited so that detection by seismograph at any property line of an industrial establishment shall not exceed a value measured and computed as follows:

Method of measurement: measurement shall be made at the property line; vibration displacements shall be measured with an instrument capable of measuring in three mutually perpendicular directions.

Maximum permissible displacements: The following formula shall be used in computing the maximum displacements permitted in the I-L District:

Exterior lighting fixtures, wherever necessary, shall be shaded to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residential district.

The manufacture of flammable materials which produce explosive vapors or gases is prohibited.

Outdoor storage material must be located in such a manner that it is neat, orderly, systematically stacked and not randomly placed upon the property. Similar type material must be stored together. Outdoor storage must not encourage the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and/or other pests. The outdoor storage must also be free of any high grass and/or weeds.

Any operation that produces intense glare or heat shall be adequately shielded or be performed within a completely enclosed building, and exposed sources of light shall be screened so as not to be detectable beyond the lot lines.

All vehicles must be parked on an all-weather surface.

Petroleum products must be located on an all-weather, City of Vernon Code Enforcement approved surface and free of all vegetation.

All dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited and must be removed immediately.

Building material sales.

Commercial radio and television transmitting antenna towers and other electronic equipment requiring outdoor towers, including antenna towers for the dispatching of private messages.

Compounding, processing and blending of chemical products, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation or pollute the area.

General and administrative offices.

Halfway houses

Machine shops and metal products manufacture and tool and die shops.

Wholesale mail-order houses.

Manufacturing and assembling (or any combinations of such processes) of products from wood, cork, glass, leather, fur, plastic, felt, and other textiles, but not including as a principal operation the processing of any raw materials.

Manufacturing and assembling of electrical and electronic products and equipment.

Printing and binding plants.

Research laboratories.

Warehouse and storage facilities.

Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.

Any use permitted in a C-A/R, Automobile Commercial and Commercial Recreation District, or a C-G, General Commercial District except for any type of residential uses, i.e., mobile home, manufactured housing, single-family dwelling, duplex dwelling or multifamily dwelling, unless provided for elsewhere in the I-L or I-H district regulations.

Any use similar to those listed above and which is not listed in the section “Uses Permitted” in the Heavy Industrial District (I-H) of this ordinance.

Criminal justice halfway house.

There are no area requirements in an I-L District.

There are no lot frontage requirements in and I-L District.

Not more than forty (40) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

There are no height requirements in an I-L District.

No structure shall be erected, commenced or maintained which has a front yard of less than fifty (50) feet.

When adjacent to a residential district, a side yard of fifty (50) feet or two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height, whichever is greater, shall be provided.

When adjacent to a residential district, a rear yard of fifty (50) feet or two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height, whichever is greater, shall be provided.

No building shall be used for residential purposes, except that a watchman may reside on the premises or as allowed by special exception use.

No retail sales or services shall be permitted except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use. Taverns are hereby expressly excluded in the I-H District.

No storage, manufacture, or assembly of goods shall be conducted out of a building unless the nearest point of said activity is more than one hundred (100) feet from the boundary of any zoning district.

Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residential district.

All manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing cleaning, servicing and testing of goods, water and merchandise shall be carried on in such a manner as not to be injurious or offensive by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, odors, glare, heat, fire or explosive hazards.

No activities involving storage, utilization, or manufacture or use of explosive materials shall be permitted.

Outdoor storage material must be located in such a manner that it is neat, orderly, systematically stacked and not randomly placed upon the property. The outdoor storage must not encourage the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and/or other pests. The outdoor storage must also be free of any high grass and/or weeds.

All vehicles must be parked on an all-weather surface.

Petroleum products must be located on an all-weather, City of Vernon Code Enforcement approved surface and free of all vegetation.

All dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited and must be removed immediately.

Any use permitted in the I-L District.

Automobile wrecking and junkyards, provided they are enclosed throughout the entire perimeter by a solid fence not less than eight (8) feet in height.

Other uses:

Adult business

Asphaltic or concrete batching plant, for a period of not more than two (2) years, subject to renewal.

Automobile or livestock auction house.

Extractive industries including sand and gravel mining and processing.

Open storage of products and commodities.

Slaughter house or packing plant for meat and poultry products.

Animal pound, clinic, or hospital with outside runs.

Facilities for outdoor amusements and sports, including fairgrounds, rodeo grounds, circus and tracks for road racing and automobile testing.

Electric energy generating plant.

Sewage treatment plant.

Manufacture or storage of explosives and flammable liquids or gases.

Manufacturing, processing or storage for resale in bulk of insecticides or fertilizers.

Manufacturing, processing and/or fabrication when conducted partially or completely outside an enclosed building.

Criminal justice halfway house.

Battery energy storage system.

There are no requirements for minimum lot area or frontage in the I-H District.

Front, rear and side yard requirements in the I-H District are the same as those set forth in section 907.5 for the I-L District.

Buildings shall not cover more than fifty (50) percent of the site on which the use is located.

Public kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools, and private kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools whose curricula satisfy the requirements of the state public school laws and the regulations of the State department of education.

Higher education institutions: junior and senior colleges, universities, conservatories and seminaries, offering curricula recognized by collegiate, academic and professional organization accrediting boards.

Museums, libraries, fine arts centers, and similar cultural facilities sponsored, operated or maintained for the benefit of the general public.

Golf courses (except commercially operated miniature golf courses and commercially operated golf driving ranges) on a site containing a total area of not less than forty (40) acres; parks, playgrounds, community center and country clubs.

Institutions, rehabilitation and training centers offering non-academic programs, when operated or sponsored by chartered educational, religious or philanthropic organizations, but excluding uses such as trade schools, which are operated primarily on a commercial basis.

Public safety facilities: Civil defense operational centers, police and fire stations and training facilities.

Religious institutions: Churches and facilities for worship, fellowship and education.

Utility buildings and structures: power sub-stations, water tanks and reservoirs.

Crematory for the disposal of human dead or of domestic pets.

Radio, television, micro-wave broadcast, relay, receiving towers and transmission and retransmission facilities.

Conditions: The tower shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to three fourths of the height of the tower.

Day care center.

Conditions: The outdoor play area shall be screened along all abutting properties used for dwelling purposes by a solid wall or fence or by a dense evergreen hedge, and such wall, fence or hedge shall have a height of not less than six (6) feet.

Medical care facilities: Nursing and care homes; hospitals with their related facilities and supportive retail and personal services used, operated by or under the control of the hospital primarily for the convenience of patients, staff and visitors.

Helistop area for loading and unloading of passengers and air express.

When the “P-D” District is to be used for a nonresidential purpose, the tract shall have a gross area of at least two (2) acres. In addition to the development controls for non-residential uses, special attention shall be given to the potentially adverse effects of the proposed development on adjacent residential properties. The planning and zoning commission shall not recommend for city commission approval any site plan which it finds will create unnecessary traffic congestion on local streets in such residential area, will create a potential hazard to such properties by reason of water ponding or by intensifying water flows, or will other wise be operated in such manner as to be detrimental to the health or safety of occupants of adjacent land.

When the “P-D” classification is to be used for a residential purpose, the tract shall have a gross area of at least five (5) acres. The yard requirements for residential uses shall apply only to the total site and to individual blocks within the site; in lieu of the minimum lot area-lot width requirements and the bulk controls of the district in which the property, or part thereof, is located shall apply.

When the “P-D” classification is to be used for mixed (residential and commercial) development purposes, the tract shall have a gross area of at least two (2) acres. Special attention should be given to the potentially adverse effects of the proposed development on adjacent residential properties. Proposed development controls must be included for review in the outlined development plan/site plan.

A site plan reflecting:

Existing topographic character of the land including identification of floodplain areas, treed areas, slope analysis at one-foot contour intervals, and soil analysis.

An explanation of the proposed uses of the P-D.

The expected schedule of development.

In addition to the above requirements, the planning and zoning commission and city commission may also require the following:

Whether the P-D is consistent with the comprehensive plan.

Whether the P-D harmonizes with the existing and expected development of surrounding areas.

Whether the P-D is a unified treatment of the development possibilities of the project site.

Whether the P-D is consistent with the stated purposes and standards of this section. (910.1)

The planning and zoning commission shall forward its recommendation, the application, and the outline development plan to the city commission for further hearing s provided in section 910.7.

Details as to the location of uses and street arrangement.

Provisions for the ownership and maintenance of the common open space as will reasonably insure its continuity and conservation. Open space may be dedicated to a private association or to the public, provided that a dedication to the public shall not be accepted without the approval of the city commission.

Such covenants as will reasonably insure the continued compliance with the approved outline development plan. The planning and zoning commission may require covenants which provide for detailed site plan review and approval by said commission prior to the issuance of any building permits within the P-D. In order that the public interest may be protected, the City of Vernon shall be made beneficiary of covenants pertaining to such matters as location of uses, height of structures, setbacks, screening, and access. Such covenants shall provide that the City of Vernon may enforce compliance therewith, and shall further provide that amendment of such covenants shall require the approval of the planning and zoning commission and the filing of record of a written amendment to the covenants, endorsed by the planning and zoning commission.

Dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited within the Corridor Overlay District and must be removed in their entirety.

Outdoor storage, as defined in section 201.2, is prohibited within the Corridor Overlay District unless properly screened according to subsection 913.2 B.3.

District regulations are the same as in section 901.5 except the minimum front yard setback in the Neighborhood Office District shall be 20 feet.

Outdoor storage material must be located in such a manner that it is neat, orderly, systematically stacked and not randomly placed upon the property. Similar type material must be stored together. Outdoor storage must not encourage the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and/or other pests. The outdoor storage must also be free of any high grass and/or weeds (or no outdoor storage allowed).

All vehicles must be parked on an all-weather surface.

Petroleum products must be located on an all-weather, City Code enforcement-approved surface and free of all vegetation.

All dead trees and/or shrubs are prohibited and must be removed immediately.

Non-residential uses must be screened by a City Code enforcement-approved, six- to eight-foot privacy fence where adjacent to a residential lot.

Editor’s note–Ordinance 1646, sec. 1, adopted August 26, 2014, set out provisions intended as sec. 913.3. For purposes of preventing duplication of section numbers, and at the editor’s discretion, these provisions have been included as sec. 913.6.