This article is established to ensure that each district is reserved primarily for its intended use, including public and semi-public uses, which are necessary to serve the needs of the district. It is the intent of this article to promote the stability and character of land development, and to promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with the community sketch plan.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-51)

(a)

Generally. The R-1 district is composed chiefly of existing low-density single-family residential areas of the city and vacant or open areas where similar residential development appears likely to occur. The regulations for this district are designed to encourage similar and complementary type residential development together with associated recreational, religious and educational facilities.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Single-family dwellings, except trailers or mobile homes.

(2)

Agriculture, excluding the commercial raising of livestock and poultry.

(3)

Public municipal buildings, structures and land uses.

(4)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Special exception uses. Upon application to the board of appeals and favorable decision thereon, the uses enumerated below may be permitted in the R-1 single-family residential district. The board may approve or deny any application as submitted, or may approve the application subject to specified conditions in addition to those described in this section.

(1)

Day nurseries or kindergartens.

(2)

Public utility substations, if essential for the service to the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located.

(3)

Churches.

(4)

Public and private schools.

(5)

Recreational developments, including but not limited to private or public lakes, swimming pools, golf courses or other recreational developments.

(6)

Duplexes.

(7)

Home occupations.

(8)

Double-wide mobile homes may be permitted subject to specified conditions contained both within this section and the building code and other licensed requirements of the city.

(9)

Personal care homes.

(10)

Bed and breakfast operations.

(11)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(d)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 35 feet.

(5)

Side yards: Ten feet, for one-story dwellings; 12 feet, for two or more stories.

(6)

Maximum height: 50 feet.

(7)

Maximum number of stories: Principal building, three stories.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-52; Ord. of 10-9-89; Ord. of 9-28-98, § 2; Ord. of 10-8-12(2); Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. The R-1MH district is composed chiefly of existing low-density single-family residential areas of the city, and vacant or open areas where similar residential development appears likely to occur. The regulations for this district are designed to permit the continuation of existing mixed residential and mobile home development, together with associated recreational, religious and educational facilities in areas where this pattern is already established.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Single-family and mobile home dwellings.

(2)

Agriculture, excluding the commercial raising of livestock and poultry.

(3)

Public municipal buildings, structures and land uses.

(4)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Special exception uses. Upon application to the board of appeals and favorable decision thereon, the uses enumerated below may be permitted in the R-1MH single-family and mobile home residential district. The board may approve or deny any applications as submitted, or may approve the application subject to specified conditions in addition to those described in this section.

(1)

Day nurseries or kindergartens.

(2)

Public utility substations, if essential for the service to the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located.

(3)

Churches.

(4)

Public and private schools.

(5)

Recreational developments, including but not limited to, private or public lakes, swimming pools, golf courses or other recreational developments.

(6)

Duplexes.

(7)

Home occupations.

(8)

Personal care homes.

(9)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(d)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 7,500 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Side yards: eight feet for one-story dwellings; ten feet for two or more stories.

(6)

Maximum height: 50 feet.

(7)

Maximum number of stories: Principal building, three stories.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-53; Ord. of 9-28-98, § 3; Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. It is the intent of the R-2 district to provide for a multifamily type of residential development, allowing higher density development, while maintaining an environment similar to that found in the R-1 district.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Any permitted use in the R-1 district.

(2)

Multifamily dwellings.

(3)

Boardinghouses or roominghouses.

(4)

Fraternal organizations and clubs, not operated for a profit.

(c)

Special exception uses. Upon application to the board of appeals and favorable decision thereon, the uses enumerated below may be permitted in the R-2 multifamily residential district. The board may approve or deny any applications as submitted, or may approve the application subject to specified conditions in addition to those described in this section.

(1)

Day nurseries or kindergartens.

(2)

Public utility substations, if essential for the service to the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located.

(3)

Churches.

(4)

Public and private schools.

(5)

Recreational developments, including but not limited to, private or public lakes, swimming pools, golf courses or other recreational developments.

(6)

Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes.

(7)

Professional offices such as medical, dental, legal, etc.

(8)

Home occupations.

(9)

Personal care homes.

(10)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(d)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 7,500 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 60 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Side yards: Seven feet for single-story buildings; except when adjacent to a single-family residential district, it shall be ten feet and two feet for each additional story.

(6)

Maximum height: Principal building, 50 feet; except that for each one foot that the building or a portion of it sits back beyond the required front, side and rear yards, one foot may be added to the height limit of any building or portion thereof; however, no building shall exceed a height of 125 feet.

(7)

Maximum density: Six dwelling units per/acre.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-54; Ord. of 9-28-98, § 4; Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. The C-1 district is established to provide locations for new commercial activities and to protect existing commercial facilities that serve local neighborhood residences. The regulations for this district are designed to promote low-intensity commercial activities that are compatible with neighborhood areas.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Single-family dwellings when attached to a commercial use.

(2)

Retail sales for neighborhood needs such as drugstores, small grocery stores, fruit and vegetable stands, gift shops, florists, etc.

(3)

Eating places such as coffee shops, restaurants and take-out establishments.

(4)

Service establishments such as barbershops and beauty shops, laundries, day nurseries, etc.

(5)

Professional offices such as medical, dental, legal, accounting, etc.

(6)

Public municipal buildings, structures or land uses.

(7)

Other uses that are similar or compatible to the permitted uses.

(8)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Special exception uses. Upon application to the board of appeals and favorable decision thereon, the uses enumerated below may be permitted in the C-1 community commercial district. The board may approve or deny any applications as submitted, or may approve the application subject to specified conditions in addition to those described in this section.

(1)

Public utility substations, if essential for the service to the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located.

(2)

Churches.

(3)

Public and private schools.

(4)

Recreational developments, including but not limited to, private or public lakes, swimming pools, golf courses or other recreational developments.

(5)

Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes.

(6)

Clubs and fraternal organizations not operating for profit.

(7)

Personal care homes.

(8)

Loft dwellings.

(9)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(d)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Side yards: 30 feet from residential districts; none required within district between buildings.

(6)

Maximum height: 50 feet.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-55; Ord. of 9-28-98, § 5; Ord. of 9-23-13(2))

(a)

Generally. The C-2 district is intended to provide for major commercial activities in the downtown area and along selected portions of the major highways and arterial streets. The regulations for this district are designed to encourage commercial developments to serve the general public that is compatible with the character of the downtown area and the major highways of the city.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Any permitted or special exception use in the C-1 district.

(2)

Automobile sales and storage.

(3)

Bowling alley.

(4)

Bus terminal.

(5)

Commercial recreation.

(6)

Drive-in theater.

(7)

Equipment sales and storage.

(8)

Filling stations and automobile repair shops.

(9)

Hotel, motel and tourist campground.

(10)

Lumberyard or building material sales.

(11)

Mobile home or travel trailer sales.

(12)

Radio or television broadcasting station.

(13)

Restaurant and cafe shop.

(14)

Supermarket.

(15)

Truck stop.

(16)

Undertaking establishment.

(17)

Other uses similar or compatible to the permitted uses.

(18)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except in the downtown area, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Side yards: 30 feet from a residential district; none required within district between buildings.

(6)

Maximum height: 50 feet.

(d)

Special exception uses.

(1)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-56; Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. The I-1 light industrial district is intended for the development of limited manufacturing, processing and storage facilities that, when appropriately located, are an asset to the development of the community.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Manufacturing or packaging of materials.

(2)

Warehousing and storage.

(3)

Processing of raw or semi-finished materials.

(4)

The sale of goods or products produced on the site.

(5)

Public municipal buildings, structures or land uses.

(6)

Other uses similar or compatible to the permitted uses.

(7)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except in the downtown area, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet from all lots except 50 feet from residential districts.

(5)

Side yards: 50 feet from other districts; none within district between buildings.

(d)

Performance standards. Industrial activities shall be in conformance with standards established by the environmental protection division of the department of natural resources. Industrial activities shall emit no obnoxious, toxic or corrosive dust, fly ash, fumes, vapors or gases that can cause any damage to human health, to animals or vegetation, or to other forms of property, or that can cause any soiling or staining of persons or property at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission; discharge no smoke of a consistency that will restrict the passage of sunlight beyond the lot boundaries; produce no heat or glare perceptible beyond that injurious to human beings, animals or vegetation (electromagnetic radiation or radioactive emissions shall not be of any intensity that interferes with the use of any other property); discharge of any untreated potentially dangerous effluent from plant operations into local surface or subsurface drainage courses.

(e)

Special exception uses.

(1)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-57; Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. The I-2 general industrial district is intended for the development of major or heavy manufacturing, processing and storage facilities that, when appropriately located, are an asset to the development of the community. Because of the intensity of the uses in this district, the location and development will be coordinated with the mayor and council.

(b)

Permitted uses. Within the I-2 general industrial district the following type uses are permitted:

(1)

Any permitted use in the I-1 district.

(2)

Auto wrecking yards, junkyards, iron or rag storage.

(3)

Cement, lime, fertilizer, gypsum mixing or manufacturing of Plaster of Paris or other similar products.

(4)

Distillation of bones.

(5)

Paper or pulp manufacturing.

(6)

Refining or mixing of petroleum or its products such as asphalt.

(7)

Rubber manufacturing or treatment.

(8)

Stockyards or slaughter of animals.

(9)

Tanning, curing or storage of raw hides.

(10)

Wholesale storage of gasoline.

(11)

Wholesale storage of liquefied petroleum gases.

(c)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 25 feet.

(5)

Side yards: 50 feet from a residential district and 50 feet from other districts; none required within the district between buildings.

(d)

Performance standards. Industrial activities shall be in conformance with standards established by the environmental protection division of the department of natural resources. Industrial activities shall emit no obnoxious, toxic or corrosive dust, fly ash, fumes, vapors or gases that can cause any damage to human health, to animals or vegetation, or to other forms of property, or that can cause any soiling or staining of persons or property at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission; discharge no smoke of a consistency that will restrict the passage of sunlight beyond the property line; emit any obnoxious odor perceptible beyond the lot boundaries; produce no heat or glare perceptible beyond that injurious to human beings, animals or vegetation (electromagnetic radiation or radioactive emissions shall not be of any intensity that interferes with the use of any other property); discharge of any untreated potentially dangerous effluent from plant operations into local surface or subsurface drainage courses.

(e)

Special exception uses.

(1)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-58; Ord. of 8-25-14)

(a)

Generally. The A-R district is composed of agricultural uses where some development has been occurring or is likely to occur. The regulations for the district are designed to encourage a compatible relationship between agricultural and limited residential development while protecting existing agricultural activities.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Single-family dwellings.

(2)

Agricultural pursuits, including field crop farming, truck gardening and forestry.

(3)

Public municipal buildings, structures or land uses.

(4)

Other uses similar or compatible to the permitted uses.

(5)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use, such as garages, pools and fences.

(c)

Special exception uses. Upon application to the board of appeals and favorable decision thereon, the uses enumerated below may be permitted in the A-R agricultural-residential district. The board may approve or deny any applications as submitted, or may approve the application subject to specified conditions in addition to those described in this section.

(1)

Mobile home dwellings.

(2)

Day nurseries or kindergartens.

(3)

Public utility substations, if essential for the service to the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located.

(4)

Churches.

(5)

Public and private schools.

(6)

Recreational developments, including but not limited to, private or public lakes, swimming pools, golf courses or other recreational developments.

(7)

Cemeteries.

(8)

Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes.

(9)

Clubs and fraternal organizations not operating for profit.

(10)

Duplexes.

(11)

Mobile home rental parks.

(12)

Home occupations.

(13)

Personal care homes.

(14)

Photovoltaic solar energy production facilities.

(d)

Bulk regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in other sections:

(1)

Lot area: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Front yard: 35 feet.

(4)

Rear yard: 35 feet.

(5)

Side yards: Ten feet, for one-story dwellings; 12 feet for two or more stories.

(Code 1980, § 6-4-59; Ord. of 9-28-98, § 6; Ord. of 9-23-13(3))