Wellsville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
ZONING DISTRICTS LAND USES ESTABLISHED
10-5-2: OVERLAY ZONES ESTABLISHED:
The following overlay zones are established:
SP Drinking Water Source Protection overlay zone (Chapter 10-25)
FH Flood Hazard overlay zone (Chapter 10-26)
HD Historic District overlay zone (Chapter 10-27)
FS Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Safety overlay zone (Chapter 10-28)
GF Greenfield overlay zone (Chapter 10-29)
RPD Recreational Planned Development (Chapter 10-30)
(Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-5-3: RELATIONSHIP OF THE GENERAL PLAN, SPECIFIC PLANS, AND ZONING:
Fundamental to the concept of a General Plan is the need of the City to determine a process for creating an overall, general system of development that will bring about orderly and sustainable growth. At its most basic, orderly and sustainable growth is development that:
A. Avoids placing incompatible land uses next to each other.
B. Does not place undue financial burdens on the City or a particular neighborhood.
C. Assures that adequate public services and amenities are in place to create a livable community.
The General Plan is the core document of the city. It establishes the philosophy and the direction for other more detailed plans used by city departments to manage quality development. Collectively, these are the guiding documents of the City used to manage growth. It sets the basic direction and is implemented through the land development code (zoning), building codes, capital improvement plans, park plans, street plans, utility plans, etc. In short, it helps coordinate the efforts and priorities of city departments that affect land uses. The General Plan is also a critical tool in economic development conveying the goals and direction of the City to potential businesses and residents. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-5-4: SPECIFIC PLANS ESTABLISHED:
The following specific plans are established: (to be determined for future listing). (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-5-5: MAPS:
Official maps of the City of Wellsville are kept and available at Wellsville City Hall. The figures accompanying this section are provided for reference only.
10-6-1: PURPOSE:
Use categories classify land uses and activities into use categories based on common functional, product, or physical characteristics. Characteristics include the type and amount of activity, the type of customers or residents, how goods or services are sold or delivered and site conditions. The use categories provide a systematic basis for assigning present and future land uses into appropriate zoning districts and are used primarily in the Use Tables. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-6-2: PRIMARY USE CHARACTERISTICS:
Primary uses are assigned to the category that most closely describes the nature of the primary use. The “Characteristics” subsection of each use category describes the common characteristics of each primary use.
A. Considerations Used In Categorizing Primary Uses: The following considerations are used to determine what category a use is in and whether the activities are to be considered primary or accessory uses:
1. The actual or projected characteristics of the activity in relationship to the stated characteristics of each use category;
2. The relative amount of site area or floor space and equipment devoted to the activity;
3. Relative amounts of sales from each activity;
4. The customer type for each activity;
5. The relative number of employees in each activity;
6. Hours of operation;
7. Building and site arrangement;
8. Vehicles used with the activity;
9. The relative number of vehicle trips generated by the activity;
10. Signs;
11. How the use advertises itself; and
12. Whether the activity is likely to be found independent of the other activities on the site.
B. Developments With Multiple Primary Uses: When all primary uses of a development fall within one use category, the entire development is assigned to that use category. A development that contains a coffee shop, bookstore and bakery, for example, shall be classified in the Sales and Service category because all of the development’s primary uses are in that category. When the primary uses of a development fall within different use categories, each primary use is classified in the applicable category and each use is subject to all applicable regulations for that category. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-6-3: ACCESSORY USES:
Accessory uses are permitted uses in conjunction with a primary use unless otherwise stated in the regulations. Also, unless otherwise stated, accessory uses are subject to the same regulations as the primary use. Common accessory uses are listed as examples in the use category descriptions. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-6-4: USE OF EXAMPLES:
The “Examples” subsection of each use category lists common examples of uses included in the respective use category. The names of these sample uses are generic. They are based on common meanings and not on what a specific use may call itself. For example, a use that calls itself “Wholesale Warehouse” but that sells mostly to consumers, is included in the Sales and Service category rather than the Wholesale Sales and Service category. This is because the actual activity on the site more closely matches the description of the Sales and Service category. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-6-5: IDENTIFIED USES:
The base zoning districts have use tables that identify whether a use is permitted, conditional, or not permitted (Zoning Districts are shown in Table 10-14-2). Within each zoning district use table there are listings of both the use categories and specific identified uses. If a desired primary use is not listed as a specific use on the use chart, the system established in this chapter shall be used to determine whether the use is permitted as being consistent with a use category. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-7-1: GROUP LIVING:
A. Characteristics: Group Living is characterized by the residential occupancy of a structure by a group of people who exceed the maximum occupancy allowed by the base zoning district. Tenancy is arranged on a monthly or longer basis. Uses where tenancy may be arranged for a shorter period are not considered residential. They are considered to be a form of transient lodging (see the Sales and Service and Community Service categories). Generally, Group Living structures have a common eating area for residents; structures such as dormitories may have several eating areas for the tenants of the structure. Within the Group Living category there are two distinct types. The first is where the residents of the group living structure receive care, training, or treatment on site. The second type of group living is where the residents of the structure do not receive care, training, or treatment on site.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses commonly associated with Group Living are recreational facilities and parking of vehicles for occupants and staff, carports, garages, storage buildings, and communal gardens.
C. Examples: Examples of Group Living include dormitories; communes; fraternities and sororities; seminaries with boarding, monasteries, and convents; nursing and convalescent homes; assisted living centers; and some group homes for the physically, mentally, and/or emotionally disabled.
D. Regulations:
1. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to control any adverse effects of structures where the occupancy of the dwelling unit exceeds the maximum occupancy allowed by the base zoning district.
2. Permits:
a. A Conditional Use Permit is required for all new or expanding group living structures. The Conditional Use Permit shall be issued in conformance with the City’s standard Conditional Use Permit approval process described in Chapter 10-49. All structures must meet current building code requirements. Building permits are required when applicable.
b. Any violation related to the Conditional Use Permit or Building Permit may result in the revocation of said permit.
4. Parking: Parking shall be installed in conformance with Chapter 10-38. This includes the minimum number of parking stalls and the location of the parking stalls and driveway.
5. Occupancy Limitation: Occupancy is limited by the gross finished area of the dwelling unit. A structure in this category may be occupied by a maximum of one occupant for every two hundred (200) square feet of gross finished floor area, not including attached garages.
E. Exceptions:
1. Lodging where tenancy may be arranged for periods of less than thirty (30) days is considered a hotel or motel use and is classified in the Sales and Service category.
2. Lodging where the residents meet the definition of Household and where tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month basis, or for a longer period, is classified as Household Living.
3. Facilities for people who are under judicial detainment and under the supervision of sworn officers are included in the Detention Facilities category.(Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-7-2: MULTIFAMILY LIVING:
A. Characteristics: Household Living is characterized by the residential occupancy of an attached dwelling unit by a family or by no more than four (4) unrelated persons. Tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month or longer basis. Uses where tenancy may be arranged for a shorter period are not considered residential. They are considered to be a form of transient lodging (see the Sales and Service and Community Service categories).
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses commonly associated with Household Living are recreational activities, raising of pets, hobbies and parking of occupants’ vehicles; garage or carport; storage buildings; accessory buildings for home hobbies; and vegetable gardens. Home occupations are accessory uses that are subject to additional regulations.
C. Examples: Uses include occupancy of a dwelling unit attached to another or other dwelling units not to exceed a total of four (4) dwelling units (i.e., duplex, triplex, or fourplex). (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-7-3: SINGLE FAMILY LIVING:
A. Characteristics: Single Family Living is characterized by the residential occupancy of one unattached dwelling unit by a family or no more than three (3) unrelated persons. The occupation is by home ownership or tenancy arranged on a month-to-month or longer basis. Uses where tenancy may be arranged for a shorter period are not considered residential but are a form of transient lodging (see the Sales and Service and Community Service categories).
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses commonly associated with Household Living are recreational activities, raising of pets, hobbies and parking of occupants’ vehicles; garage or carport; storage buildings; accessory buildings for home hobbies; and vegetable gardens. Home occupations are accessory uses that are subject to additional regulations.
C. Examples: Uses include occupancy of a single family detached house existing on one lot. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-1: ENTERTAINMENT EVENT, MAJOR:
A. Characteristics: Major Entertainment Event uses are characterized by activities and structures that draw large numbers of people to specific events or shows seasonally or periodically. Activities are generally of a spectator nature.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include restaurants, drinking establishments, concessions, parking and maintenance facilities.
C. Examples: Examples include stadiums, sports arenas, coliseums, auditoriums, exhibition and meeting areas and fairgrounds.
D. Exceptions:
1. Exhibition and meeting areas with less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of total event area are classified as Sales and Service.
2. Banquet halls that are part of hotels or restaurants are accessory to those uses, which are included in the Sales and Service category.
3. Theaters, including drive-in theaters, are classified as Sales and Service.
4. Recreation or entertainment uses conducted on a continuous basis are classified as Outdoor Recreation and Entertainment or Sales and Service uses if primarily indoors. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-2: OFFICE:
A. Characteristics: Office uses are characterized by activities conducted in an office setting and generally focusing on business, government, professional, medical, or financial services.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include cafeterias, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
C. Examples: Examples include professional services such as lawyers, accountants, engineers, or architects; financial businesses such as lenders, brokerage houses, bank headquarters, or real estate agents; data processing; sales offices; government offices and public utility offices; TV and radio studios; medical and dental clinics, and medical and dental labs; and blood-collection facilities.
D. Exceptions:
1. Offices that are part of and located with a primary use in another category are considered accessory to the firm’s primary activity. Headquarters offices, when in conjunction with or adjacent to a primary use in another category, are considered part of the other category.
2. Contractors and others who perform services off-site are included in the Office category if equipment and materials are not stored on the site and fabrication, services, or similar work is not carried on at the site. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-3: RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR:
A. Characteristics: Outdoor Recreation and Entertainment uses are large, generally commercial uses that provide continuous recreation or entertainment-oriented activities. They primarily take place outdoors. They may take place in a number of structures that are arranged together in an outdoor setting.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include concessions, restaurants, parking, caretaker’s quarters and maintenance facilities.
C. Examples: Examples include amusement parks, theme parks, golf driving ranges, miniature golf facilities and zoos.
D. Exceptions: Uses that draw large numbers of people to periodic or seasonal events, rather than on a continuous basis, are classified as major Entertainment Events. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-4: SALES AND SERVICE:
A. Characteristics: Sales and Service firms are involved in the sale, lease or rent of new or used products to the general public. They may also provide personal services or entertainment, or provide product repair or services for consumer and business goods.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include offices, storage of goods, manufacture or repackaging of goods for on-site sale, and parking.
C. Examples: Examples include uses from the following four groups:
1. Sales-Oriented: Stores selling, leasing, or renting consumer goods, home and business goods including art, art supplies, bicycles, clothing, dry goods, electronic equipment, fabric, furniture, garden supplies, gifts, groceries, hardware, home improvements, household products, jewelry, pets, pet food, pharmaceuticals, plants, printed material, stationary and videos; food sales and sales or leasing of consumer vehicles including passenger vehicles, motorcycles, light and medium trucks and other recreational vehicles.
2. Personal Service-Oriented: Branch banks; emergency medical care; medical clinics; laundromats; photographic studios; photocopy and blueprint services; hair, tanning and personal care services; business, martial arts and other trade schools; dance or music classes; taxidermists; mortuaries; veterinarians; and animal grooming.
3. Entertainment-Oriented: Restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, bars and taverns; indoor continuous entertainment activities such as bowling alleys, ice rinks and game arcades; pool halls; dance halls; indoor firing ranges; theaters, health clubs, gyms, membership clubs and lodges; hotels, motels, recreational vehicle parks and other temporary lodging with an average length of stay of less than thirty (30) days.
4. Repair-Oriented: Repair of televisions, audio equipment, bicycles, clocks, watches, shoes, guns, appliances and office equipment; photo or laundry drop-off; tailor; locksmith; and upholsterer.
D. Exceptions:
1. Lumber yards and other building material sales that sell primarily to contractors and do not have a retail orientation are classified as Wholesale Sales and Service.
2. Repair and service of consumer motor vehicles, motorcycles and light and medium trucks is classified as Vehicle Repair. Repair and service of industrial vehicles and equipment and heavy trucks is classified as Industrial Service.
3. Sales, rental, or leasing of heavy trucks and equipment or manufactured housing units are classified as Wholesale Sales and Service.
4. Hotels, restaurants and other services which are part of a truck stop are considered accessory to the truck stop which is classified as Industrial Service. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-5: STORAGE, SELF-SERVICE:
A. Characteristics: Self-Service Storage uses provide separate storage areas for individual or business uses. The storage areas are designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include living quarters for a resident manager or security and leasing offices. Use of the storage areas for sales, service and repair operations, or manufacturing is not considered accessory to the Self-Service Storage use. The rental of trucks or equipment is also not considered accessory to a Self-Service Storage use.
C. Examples: Examples include facilities that provide individual storage areas for rent. These uses are also called mini-warehouses.
D. Exceptions: A transfer and storage business where there are no individual storage areas or where employees are the primary movers of the goods to be stored or transferred is in the Warehouse and Freight Movement category. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-6: STORAGE, OUTDOOR:
Characteristics: The use of open areas of the lot (except the front yard) for storage of items used for non-retail or industrial trade, the storage of merchandise inventory, and the storage of bulk materials such as sand, gravel, and other building materials. Outdoor storage shall also include contractors’ yards and salvage or recycling areas. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-7: VEHICLE REPAIR:
A. Characteristics: Vehicle Repair firms service passenger vehicles, light and medium trucks and other consumer motor vehicles such as motorcycles, boats and recreational vehicles. Generally, the customer does not wait at the site while the service or repair is being performed.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include offices, sales of parts and vehicle storage.
C. Examples: Examples include vehicle repair, transmission or muffler shop, auto body shop, alignment shop, auto upholstery shop, auto detailing and tire sales and mounting.
D. Exceptions: Repair and service of industrial vehicles and equipment and of heavy trucks; towing and vehicle storage; and vehicle wrecking and salvage are classified as Industrial Service. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-8-8: VEHICLE SERVICE:
A. Characteristics: Vehicle Service uses provide direct services to motorists and motor vehicles where services and conveniences are provided for the driver or passengers.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include auto repair and tire sales, food service, and/or vehicle washing.
C. Examples: Examples include full-service, mini-service and self-service gas stations; car washes; and quick lubrication services and truck stops.
D. Exceptions: Refueling facilities for vehicles that belong to a specific use (fleet vehicles) are considered accessory uses if they are located on the site of the primary use. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-9-1: INDUSTRIAL SERVICE:
A. Characteristics: Industrial Service firms are engaged in the repair or servicing of industrial, business or consumer machinery, equipment, products or by-products. Firms that service consumer goods do so by mainly providing centralized services for separate retail outlets. Contractors and building maintenance services and similar uses perform services off-site. Few customers, especially the general public, come to the site.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory activities may include offices, parking and storage.
C. Examples: Examples include welding shops; machine shops; tool repair; electric motor repair; repair of scientific or professional instruments; sales, repair, storage, , metal and building materials; towing and vehicle storage;; heavy truck servicing and repair; tire retreading or recapping; truck stops; building, heating, plumbing or electrical contractors; printing, publishing and lithography; exterminators; recycling operations; janitorial and building maintenance services; fuel oil distributors; solid fuel yards; research and development laboratories; laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet cleaning plants; and photo finishing laboratory; concrete batching and asphalt mixing; stocking of sand, gravel, or other aggregate materials.
D. Exceptions:
1. Contractors and others who perform services off-site are included in the Office category, if major equipment and materials are not stored at the site and fabrication, or similar work is not carried on at the site.
2. Hotels, restaurants and other services which are part of a truck stop are considered accessory to the truck stop. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-9-2: MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION:
A. Characteristics: Manufacturing and Production firms are involved in the manufacturing, processing, fabrication, packaging, or assembly of goods. Natural, manmade, raw, secondary, or partially completed materials may be used. Products may be finished or semi-finished and are generally made for the wholesale market, for transfer to other plants, or to order for firms or consumers. Goods are generally not displayed or sold on site, but if so, they are a subordinate part of sales. Relatively few customers come to the manufacturing site.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory activities may include offices, cafeterias, parking, employee recreational facilities, warehouses, storage yards, repair facilities, truck fleets and caretaker’s quarters.
C. Examples: Examples include processing of food and related products; catering establishments; meat packaging; weaving or production of textiles or apparel; lumber mills, and other wood products manufacturing; woodworking, including cabinet makers; production of chemical, rubber, leather, clay, bone, plastic, stone, or glass materials or products; movie production facilities; production or fabrication of metals or metal products including enameling and galvanizing; manufacture or assembly of machinery, equipment, instruments, including musical instruments, vehicles, appliances, precision items and other electrical items; production of artwork and toys; sign making; and production of prefabricated structures.
D. Exceptions:
1. Manufacturing of goods to be sold primarily on-site and to the general public are classified as Sales and Service.
2. Manufacture and production of goods from composting organic material is classified as Waste-Related uses.
3. Slaughter facilities are not allowed. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-9-3: WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT MOVEMENT:
A. Characteristics: Warehouse and Freight Movement firms are involved in the storage, or movement of goods for themselves or other firms. Goods are generally delivered to other firms or the final consumer, except for some will-call pickups. There is little on-site sales activity with the customer present.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include offices, truck fleet parking and maintenance areas.
C. Examples: Examples include separate warehouses used by retail stores such as furniture and appliance stores; household moving and general freight storage; cold storage plants, including frozen food lockers; storage of weapons and ammunition; major wholesale distribution centers; truck, or air freight terminals; bus barns; parcel services; major post offices; and grain terminals.
D. Exceptions:
1. Uses that involve the transfer or storage of solid or liquid wastes are classified as Waste-Related uses.
2. Mini-warehouses are classified as Self-Service Storage uses. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-9-4: WHOLESALE SALES AND SERVICE:
A. Characteristics: Wholesale Sales and Service firms are involved in the sale, lease, or rent of products primarily intended for industrial, institutional, or commercial businesses. The uses emphasize on-site sales or order taking and often include display areas. Businesses may or may not be open to the general public, but sales to the general public are limited. Products may be picked up on-site or delivered to the customer.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include offices, product repair, warehouses, parking, minor fabrication services and repackaging of goods.
C. Examples: Examples include sale or rental of machinery, equipment, heavy trucks, building materials, special trade tools, welding supplies, machine parts, electrical supplies, janitorial supplies, restaurant equipment and store fixtures; mail order houses; and wholesalers of food, clothing, auto parts, building hardware.
D. Exceptions:
1. Firms that engage primarily in sales to the general public or on a membership basis are classified as Sales and Service.
2. Firms that are primarily storing goods with little on-site business activity are classified as Warehouse and Freight Movement. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-1: UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTERS:
A. Characteristics: This category includes colleges and other institutions of higher learning which offer courses of general or specialized study leading to a degree or other certification.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include offices, housing for students, food service, laboratories, health and sports facilities, theaters, meeting areas, parking, maintenance facilities and support commercial.
C. Examples: Examples include universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, nursing and medical schools not accessory to a hospital or medical care facilities. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-2: COMMUNITY SERVICES:
A. Characteristics: Community Services are uses of a public, nonprofit, or charitable nature generally providing a local service to people of the community. Generally, they provide the service on-site or have employees at the site on a regular basis. The service is ongoing, not just for special events. Community centers or facilities that have membership provisions are open to the general public to join at any time, (for instance, any senior citizen could join a senior center). The use may provide special counseling, education, or training of a public, nonprofit or charitable nature.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include offices; meeting areas; food preparation area; parking, health and therapy areas; and athletic facilities.
C. Examples: Examples include libraries, museums, senior centers, community centers, publicly owned swimming pools, youth club facilities, hospices, social service facilities, emergency shelter 1 , vocational training for persons with physical or mental disabilities, temporary shelters and services for victims of domestic violence, crematoriums, columbaria and mausoleums.
D. Exceptions:
1. Private lodges, clubs and private or commercial athletic or health clubs are classified as Sales and Service. Commercial museums are classified as Sales and Service.
2. Parks are classified as Parks and Open Areas.
3. Uses where tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month basis, or for a longer period are residential and are classified as Household. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-3: DAY CARE:
A. Characteristics: Day Care uses provide care, protection and supervision for children or adults on a regular basis away from their primary residence for less than twenty four (24) hours per day.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include offices, food preparation, recreation areas and parking.
C. Examples: Examples include childcare centers, nursery schools, latch key programs and adult day care programs.
D. Exceptions:
1. Day Care does not include public or private schools or facilities operated in connection with an employment use, shopping center or other primary use, where children are cared for while parents or guardians are occupied on the premises or in the immediate vicinity.
2. Preschools are classified as schools. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-4: HOSPITALS:
A. Characteristics: Hospitals include uses providing medical or surgical care to patients and offering overnight care.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include outpatient clinics, offices, laboratories, teaching facilities, meeting areas, cafeterias, parking, maintenance facilities and housing facilities for staff or trainees.
C. Examples: Examples include medical centers and hospitals.
D. Exceptions:
1. Uses that provide exclusive care and planned treatment or training for psychiatric, alcohol, or drug problems, where patients are residents of the program, are classified in the Group Living category. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-5: PARKS AND OPEN AREAS:
A. Characteristics: Parks and Open Areas are uses of land focusing on natural areas, large areas consisting mostly of vegetative landscaping or outdoor recreation, community gardens, or public squares. Lands tend to have few structures.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include clubhouses, maintenance facilities, concessions, caretaker’s quarters and parking.
C. Examples: Examples include parks, golf courses, cemeteries, public squares, plazas, recreational trails, botanical gardens, nature preserves and land used for grazing that is not part of a farm or ranch. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-6:
A. Characteristics: Religious Institutions primarily provide meeting areas for religious activities.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include Sunday school facilities, parking, caretaker’s housing and group living facilities such as convents, monasteries, or seminaries.
C. Examples: Examples include churches, temples, synagogues and mosques. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-7: SAFETY SERVICES:
A. Characteristics: Safety Services are uses that provide public safety and emergency response services. They often need to be located in or near the area where the service is provided. Employees are regularly present on-site.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include offices and parking.
C. Examples: Examples include fire stations, police stations and emergency medical and ambulance stations. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-8: SCHOOLS:
A. Characteristics: This category includes public and private schools at the primary, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school level that provide state-mandated basic education.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include play areas, cafeterias, recreational and sport facilities, auditoriums and before- or after-school day care.
C. Examples: Examples include public and private daytime schools, preschools, boarding schools and military academies.
D. Exceptions:
1. Business and trade schools are classified as Sales and Service. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-9: UTILITIES, BASIC:
A. Characteristics: Basic Utilities are infrastructure services that need to be located in or near the area where the service is provided. Basic Utility uses generally do not regularly have employees at the site. Services may be public or privately provided.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include parking and control, monitoring, data or transmission equipment.
C. Examples: Examples include, water source facilities and sewage pump stations; electrical substations; water storage and reservoirs; Storm water retention and detention facilities; telephone exchanges; and park-and-ride facilities for public transportation.
D. Exceptions:
1. Services where people are generally present are classified as Community Services, Offices, or Safety Services.
2. Utility offices where employees or customers are generally present are classified as Offices.
3. Bus barns are classified as Warehouse and Freight Movement. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-10-10: TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES:
A. Characteristics: Telecommunications facilities includes all devices, equipment, machinery, structures or supporting elements necessary to produce and operate as a discrete unit to produce a signal or message. Facilities may be self-supporting, guyed, co-located with existing facilities, or mounted on rooftops, poles, light posts, power poles, buildings or other structures. Facilities may also include interconnection translators, connections from over-the-air to cable, fiber-optic, or other landline transmission system.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses may include transmitter facilities or non-public roadways used to access a telecommunications facility.
C. Examples: Examples include broadcast towers, communication towers, wireless telecommunications facilities, and point-to-point microwave towers.
D. Exceptions:
1. Receive-only antennas are not included in this category.
2. Radio and television studios are classified in the Office category.
E. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Wireless telecommunications facilities are regulated by Chapter 10-45. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-11-1: AGRICULTURE:
A. Characteristics: Agriculture includes activities in which the primary use involves raising, producing or keeping plants or animals.
B. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses include dwellings for proprietors and employees for the raising, production, or keeping of plants or animals and animal.
C. Examples: Examples include breeding or raising of fowl or other animals; dairy farms; stables; riding academies; breeding of domestic animals; farming, truck gardening, forestry and tree farming; and wholesale plant nurseries.
D. Exceptions:
1. Processing of animal or plant products, including milk and feedlots, are classified as Manufacturing and Production.
2. Livestock auctions are classified as Wholesale Sales and Service.
3. Plant nurseries that are oriented to retail sales are classified as Sales and Service. (Ord. 2019-04, 10-16-2019)
10-11-2: FAMILY FOOD PRODUCTION:
A. Characteristics: The raising, care and keeping of limited numbers of livestock and fowl, excluding swine, for family food production or recreation. Also barns, corrals, pens and coops and other structures for the care and keeping of domestic livestock and fowl (see Keeping of Animals, Section 10-44-6).
Old Zoning District Title
Old Zoning District Title | New Zoning District Title | Corresponding General Plan Designation | Explanation | ||
Old Zoning District Title | New Zoning District Title | Corresponding General Plan Designation | Explanation | ||
RCA | Residential Critical Area | RCA | Residential Critical Area | Residential - Critical Area | |
RA 5 | Residential Agriculture 5 ac | RAC5 | Residential Agriculture Cluster | Residential - Farmland | |
RA 1 | Residential Agriculture 1 ac | ROS 1 | Residential Open Space 1 acre | Residential Open Space 1 ac | |
RA 1/2 | Residential Agriculture 1/2 ac | ROS 1/2 | Residential Open Space 1/2 acre | Residential Open Space 1/2 ac | |
R1 | Residential Single Family 12,000 sf | RSF | Residential Single Family 12,000 sf | Residential - Town Center 12k sf lots | |
R-2 | Residential Multifamily 2 | No designation - Repealed | This zone has not been used for more than twenty years - Repealed with this ordinance - Multi Family residential allowed in all RSF zoning districts by Conditional Use | ||
R-4 | Residential Multifamily 4 or more | This zone has not been used for more than twenty years - Repealed with this ordinance - Multi Family residential allowed in all RSF zoning districts by Conditional Use | |||
CN | Commercial Neighborho od | CC | Commercial City Center | Community Commercial | Commercial Neighborhood and Commercial General 1 have been combined in the Commercial City Center Zone to serve commercial needs within the town center. |
C1 | Commercial General 1 | ||||
C2 | Commercial General 2 | CG | Commercial General | Highway Commercial | The existing general commercial has been simplified and combined into one Commercial General Zone that serves the commercial areas near Highway 89/91 and the new commercial land use area in the northeastern portion of the city. |
C3 | Commercial General 3 | ||||
CH | Commercial Highway | ||||
No designation | HT | Historic Tourism | American West Heritage Center | New zoning district created for the unique uses and requirements for historic tourism | |
M1 | Manufacturi ng | IND | Industrial | Industrial | |
No designation | PUB | Public | Public Lands | ||
REC | Recreation | Public Lands | |||
RPD | Recreational Planned Development | RPD | Recreation al Planned Developme nt | Special Recreational | |
FR4 0 | Forest Recreation | FR | Forest Recreation | Forest/Agriculture | |
A | Agriculture | A | Agricultural | Forest/Agriculture | |