A. Residential District: In the residential district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered except for one or more of the following uses:
1. One- or two-family private dwellings of two and one-half (21/2) stories or less, and their accessory buildings.
2. Farming or truck gardening; plant nurseries or greenhouse.
3. Recreational or community buildings which are publicly owned and operated.
4. Parks and playgrounds; golf courses or clubs of not less than forty (40) acres.
5. Churches, libraries, museums, schools, memorial buildings, including name plates and bulletin boards, provided these are placed in back of the prescribed setback lines.
6. Temporary signs, not more than six feet (6') square in area, pertaining to the leasing or sale of premises; such signs to be placed in back of the prescribed setback lines.
Any land which may be added to the city in the future shall be assigned to the use district designated in the ordinance or order annexing it or accepting its addition to the city. (1982 Code § 9.312)
B. Multiple-Dwelling District: In the multiple-dwelling district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered except for one or more of the following uses:
1. All uses permitted in subsection A of this section.
2. Apartments and flats; also hotels which do not have commercial enterprises located in the building except those used solely by guests.
3. Hospitals and clinics; clubs, fraternities and lodges; boarding and lodging houses. (1982 Code § 9.313)
C. Commercial District: In the commercial district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered except for one or more of the following uses:
1. In the east half of blocks 43, 51, and 59 and the west half of block 44, 52, and 60, Dawson, street levels only of buildings or premises used in conforming to this subsection as follows:
a. All uses permitted in subsections A and B of this section.
b. Retail commercial merchandising establishments such as grocery stores, dry goods and department stores, drugstores, bakeries, candy and ice cream shops, jewelry stores and other similar enterprises.
c. Public garages, gasoline filling stations, battery service stations, tire service stations.
d. Licensed places of amusement, restaurants, offices, financial institutions, telephone and telegraph businesses, newspaper or job printing, bookbinding, dressmaking shops, shoe repairing or dyeing shops.
e. Carpenter, furniture repairing or upholstery shop, electrical, metal working, tinsmithing, plumbing, water, gas or steam fitting shop, paint or paperhanging shop.
f. Mortuaries and funeral homes, but only by special permit of the city council.
g. Any uses of the same general character as the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted, provided such business or use is not obnoxious by reason of the emission of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or noise, or by reason of being an excessive fire hazard. (1982 Code § 9.314; amd. Ord. 224, 9-5-1995)
h. Sexually oriented businesses or adult uses. (Ord. 228, 5-6-1997)
2. In the remainder of the commercial district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered except for one or more of the following uses:
a. All uses permitted in subsections A and B of this section.
b. Retail commercial merchandising establishments such as grocery stores, dry goods and department stores, drugstores, bakeries, candy and ice cream shops, jewelry stores and other similar enterprises.
c. Public garages, gasoline filling stations, battery service stations, tire service stations. (Ord. 224, 9-5-1995)
d. Licensed places of amusement, restaurants, offices, financial institutions, telephone and telegraph businesses, newspaper or job printing, bookbinding, dressmaking shops, shoe repairing, dyeing shops or kennels. (Ord. 282, 6-1-2010)
e. Carpenter, furniture repairing or upholstery shop, electrical, metal working, tinsmithing, plumbing, water, gas or steam fitting shop, paint or paperhanging shop.
f. Mortuaries and funeral homes, but only by special permit of the city council.
g. Any uses of the same general character as the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted, provided such business or use is not obnoxious by reason of the emission of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or noise, or by reason of being an excessive fire hazard. (Ord. 224, 9-5-1995)
D. Industrial District: In the industrial district, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered except for one or more of the following uses:
1. All uses permitted in subsections A, B and C of this section.
2. Creameries, milk distributing stations, bottling works, laundries.
3. Store houses, express and hauling office or station, ice plants, coal or lumber sales or storage yards, blacksmith shop, grain elevators and storage warehouses, railyards and roundhouses.
4. Masonry and stone cutting establishments, canning factories.
5. Gasoline and oil bulk stations and distributing plants.
6. Contractor plants and accessory storage yards, but this shall not be so construed as to permit automobile or general junk yards.
7. Any use whatsoever which is not in conflict with any ordinance of the city; provided, that with the exception of the uses specifically permitted in subsections D1 through D6, inclusive, of this section, all uses in the industrial district must be by special permit of the city council; provided further, that before any special permit may be issued the proposed use shall be approved by the board of zoning appeals. (1982 Code § 9.315)