(A) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the C - Conservation District:
(1) Single-family dwelling;
(2) Farm;
(3) Church or similar place of worship;
(4) Convent, monastery, rectory or parish house to be occupied by not more than ten persons;
(5) Public recreation (township, county, state or federal) area, including municipal park;
(6) Government building and/or government use for a township office, fire station, police station, maintenance shed and/or equipment storage area, provided that a substantial purpose of the building or use is to deliver the citizens of the township fire protection, police protection or local government services; and
(7) Drilling/extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil (not including permanent compressor stations/facilities).
(B) Uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Hospitals, religious and philanthropic institutions;
(2) Privately owned outdoor recreation activities and/or supporting facilities;
(3) Permanent compressor stations/facility buildings associated with the extraction of natural gas, methane gas or oil; and
(4) Telecommunications tower.
(C) Accessory uses.
(1) Detached private garage;
(2) Garage, shed or building for domestic storage (sheds or similar small structures less than 144 square feet shall be exempt from permitting, but shall meet the required setbacks for this district);
(3) Fence or ornamental wall, not over six feet in height;
(4) Swimming pool;
(5) Private greenhouse (noncommercial);
(6) Vegetable and flower gardens, noncommercial (no permit required);
(7) Raising and keeping of domestic animals as pets, but not on a commercial basis or on a scale objectionable to neighboring property owners, and provided specifically that all horses, pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, goats and similar farm animals not be permitted, unless the property is operated as a farm or farmette (no permit required);
(8) Farmette, as defined under § 154.004;
(9) Home occupation-home office;
(10) Small scale wind generators, as per § 154.088; and
(11) Outdoor furnace, as per § 154.091.
(D) Accessory uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Home occupation-home business; and
(2) Temporary meteorologic towers, as per § 154.090.
(F) Area regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than ten acre. Each lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 300 feet.
(2) Yard areas. There shall be a minimum yard area/setback for all structures of not less than 100 feet from the front, side and rear lot lines. Fences or ornamental walls shall be not less than ten feet from the front lot line when located along public streets.
(G) Height. The maximum height, to the highest point of the roof, of buildings hereafter erected or altered shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family dwelling: 35 feet;
(2) Farm - primary building: 45 feet;
(3) Church - primary building: 45 feet;
(4) Accessory building: 25 feet; and
(5) Recreation facility or other similar use building: 45 feet.
(H) Dwelling standards. Every one-story dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum 1,400 square feet of habitable living area. Every two-story dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a minimum of 1,800 square feet of habitable living area.
(I) Building area. All buildings, including accessory uses, shall cover not more than 20% of the area of the lot.
(Ord. 678, passed 10-20-2010; Ord. 686, passed 4-18-2012)