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(A) General description. The A-G General Agricultural District is established for several purposes:
(1) To provide for the continued use of land for predominantly agricultural purposes;
(2) To preserve undeveloped areas until they can feasibly be developed to urban standards and with adequate public safeguards of health, safety and the like; and
(3) To restrict development in areas subject to severe inundation until such time as it can be shown that these areas are no longer subject to flooding.
(B) Uses permitted. Within the A-G District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) General uses.
(a) Agriculture, as defined in this chapter;
(b) Churches and temples;
(c) Elementary schools and high schools;
(d) Golf courses, but not including golf driving ranges, pitch and putt courses or miniature golf courses;
(e) Parks and forest preserves not operated for profit;
(f) Single-family dwellings;
(g) Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes only and not for dwelling purposes, nor for a period that exceeds the completion of the construction; and
(h) Accessory buildings or uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses.
(2) Municipal and public uses.
(a) Municipal or community recreation centers;
(b) Police or fire stations;
(c) Public buildings or buildings operated in the public interest by a not for profit corporation, including art galleries, post offices, libraries or museums;
(d) Public or not for profit auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, armories or sanatoriums;
(e) Public or private hospitals or sanatoriums;
(f) Public or private schools or colleges; and
(g) Public utility and service uses, including electric substations; gas regulator stations; electric, gas, telegraph, telephone and water transmission metering and distribution equipment and structures; microwave, television, radio relay/repeater towers, water reservoirs or pumping stations and other similar facilities.
(C) Area and height regulations.
(1) Table of requirements.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
2.5 acres | 200 feet | 10% | 50 feet | 30 feet | 50 feet |
(2) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings may have not less than ten feet of side or back yard setback.
(D) Signs and billboards. No signs, posters, bulletin boards or other similar displays are permitted in the A-G District except as follows:
(1) Bulletin boards. One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional or similar use requiring an announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(2) Identification signs. One identification sign may be erected on each street frontage of a single-family subdivision or permitted nonresidential use. The sign shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(3) Real estate signs. A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. The sign restrictions shall be as set out in divisions (D)(1) and (D)(2) above.
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-1) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) Permitted buildings and uses. In a Single-Family Residential District, the following buildings and uses and their accessory buildings and uses are permitted:
(1) Agricultural uses of the garden type that are not intended for commercial purposes;
(2) Public park or playground;
(3) Public schools and private schools where the curriculum is similar in nature and preparation of course work to the public schools; and
(4) Single-family detached dwellings and duplexes, subject to the requirements of this chapter.
(B) Uses permitted subject to additional requirements. The following uses may be permitted by the Board of Adjustment after a public hearing; provided, that they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to applicable area regulations:
(1) Accessory buildings which are not a part of a main building may include one private garage;
(2) Churches: a minimum lot size of one acre, and through street frontage;
(3) Golf course, private or public, or country club; provided, that the chief activity is for recreational purposes and commercial activity is accessory or incidental thereto;
(4) Home occupation; provided, that it is in keeping with the meaning of home occupation as defined in § 152.05;
(5) Junior high or senior high schools;
(6) Library;
(7) Mobile home: a mobile home shall be allowed within the R-S District, upon compliance with the following provisions:
(a) The proposed site shall have a minimum of 5,000 square feet in area, with the lot at least 50 feet wide and 100 feet deep;
(b) The mobile home so parked on such a site shall have an enclosed foundation and comply with all regulations as to sanitary and health regulations;
(c) The mobile home shall have a minimum of 750 square feet of living space;
(d) Front yards of not less than 20 feet and side and rear yards of not less than ten feet for each location;
(e) The proposed site shall provide one off-street parking space for each mobile home unit;
(f) The proposed site shall provide a connection to all public utilities; and
(g) Any individual, partnership, corporation or association desiring to locate a mobile home under this section shall, prior to locating the mobile home on the site, present to the zoning administration a statement signed by all of the property owners within a 300-foot radius of the proposed site, wherein the owners consent to the location of the mobile home on the proposed site, which site shall be described in the statement.
(8) Parking lots; provided, that they are within 200 feet of a commercial or industrial district;
(9) Plant nursery; provided, that no building or structure is maintained in connection therewith and no retailing of any material is carried on upon the premises; and
(10) Temporary structures which are incidental to the construction of the main building and will be removed when the main structure is completed.
(C) Area and height regulations.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
6,000 square feet | 50 feet | 30% | 35 feet | 25 feet | 5 feet interior lots, 10 feet street side of corner lot | 20% depth of lot |
(D) Signs and billboards. No signs, billboards, posters, bulletin boards or other similar displays are permitted in the R-S District except as follows:
(1) Bulletin boards.
(a) A temporary bulletin board or sign not to exceed 12 square feet in area, pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises, which board or sign shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold.
(b) One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional or similar use requiring announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed 12 square feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height, and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(2) Public notices. Official public notices may be erected on affected property.
(3) Nameplates. One non-illuminated nameplate not exceeding two square feet in area and not containing lettering other than the name of the owner or occupant or name or address of the premises.
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-2) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) General description. This residential district is intended to provide for both low and high population density. It is established as a district in which the principal uses of the land are for multi-family dwellings and similar high density residential development. The intent is to encourage the development and continued use of land for multi-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial uses or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of multi-family dwellings in this district. It is further intended to discourage any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on the neighborhood street other than the normal traffic which serves the multi-family dwellings or similar residential uses in this district and discourage any use which, because of its character or size, would create additional requirements and costs for public services which would be in excess of such requirements and costs if this district were developed solely for multi-family or other similar residential uses.
(B) Uses permitted. Within the R-G General Residential District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-S Single-Family Residential District;
(2) Duplex;
(3) Multi-family dwelling; and
(4) Rooming or boarding house.
(C) Uses permitted subject to additional requirements. The following uses may be permitted by the Board of Adjustment after public hearing; provided, that they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to the applicable area regulations:
(1) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the uses listed in this section when located on the same lot;
(2) Any uses permitted subject to additional requirements for the R-S Single-Family Residential District;
(3) Childcare centers or daycare homes; provided, that they are located on a lot not less than 10,000 square feet in area and have frontage on a through street as shown on the zoning map;
(4) Community services, cultural and utility facilities; provided, that they are located on a lot of not less than one acre and have frontage of a through street as shown on the zoning map;
(5) Convalescent home, rest home, nursing home and hospitals, public or private; provided, that they have frontage on a through street as shown on the zoning map; and
(6) Mobile home parks, in compliance with division (F) below.
(D) Area and height regulations.
(1) Minimum lot area 6,000 square feet.
Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
50 feet | 30% | 35 feet | 25 feet | 5 feet | 20% |
(2) Lot area above 10,000 square feet.
Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
100 feet | 50% | None | 35 feet | 1 foot for every foot of height | 20% |
(E) Signs and billboards. The control of signs and billboards in the R-G District is the same as that set forth for the R-S District, except that such uses as may be permitted subject to additional requirements may erect one non-illuminated nameplate not exceeding 24 square feet in area, identifying the name and use of the premises.
(F) Mobile home parks. Upon compliance with the provisions as set forth herein, a mobile home park will be allowed within the R-G District.
(1) Application for permit; submit plans. The applicant, upon making application for a zoning clearance permit, must submit a detailed site plan locating all mobile home stands, screening or fencing and plans and specifications for the proposed park in a form suitable for making the determinations required herein.
(2) Site and area specifications.
(a) The proposed site shall be a minimum of 300 feet wide by 100 feet deep and shall contain no more than six mobile homes within this minimum area.
(b) The proposed site shall have a minimum frontage on a through street of 200 feet.
(c) Each mobile home within this district mobile home park must have a minimum of 750 square feet of living space.
(d) There must be at least two blocks between each mobile home park.
(3) Permanent or transient occupancy. The mobile home park shall accommodate primarily permanent occupants, with no more than 40% of the mobile home stands devoted to solely transient purposes. These solely transient stands are to be located in one area of the park so they will in no way interfere with the permanent residents.
(4) Front and side yards. Front yards of not less than 20 feet and side and rear yards of not less than ten feet shall be provided on mobile home park sites.
(5) Off-street parking. The proposed site shall provide one off-street parking space for each mobile home stand, plus one additional off-street parking space for each four mobile home stands.
(6) Connection to public utilities. The proposed site shall provide a connection for each mobile home stand to all public utilities.
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-3) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) General description. This commercial district is intended for buildings of retail shops and stores and personal services that provide for the regular needs and are for the convenience of the people residing in the adjacent residential neighborhoods. It is intended that these establishments be developed with adequate off-street parking space for customers and employees and with appropriate landscaping and screening.
(B) Uses permitted. Within the C-C District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) General uses.
(a) Artists supplies and hobby shop;
(b) Bakery shop;
(c) Barbershop and beauty shop;
(d) Bookstore;
(e) Clothing or wearing apparel shops;
(f) Florist shop;
(g) Gift shop;
(h) Jewelry shop;
(i) Laundry and dry cleaning pick up stations;
(j) Medical facility;
(k) Office, professional or general;
(l) Restaurants (not drive-in);
(m) Self-service laundries; and/or
(n) Shoe repair shop.
(2) Uses permitted in R-G District. Any of the uses permitted in the R-G General Residential District subject to additional requirements as provided.
(3) Accessory buildings and uses. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the uses listed in divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) above; provided, that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.
(4) Other commercial uses. Any other commercial use deemed by the Board of Adjustment to be of a similar nature to those listed in this section.
(C) Area and height regulations; parking.
(1) Table of requirements.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
10,000 square feet | 100 square feet | 40% | 35 feet | 50 feet | 2 feet for every 1 foot of building height, adjacent to residential district | 10 feet |
(2) Off-street parking. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for the average customer/employee loading.
(D) Business signs. Business signs, poster boards, bulletin boards or other similar displays in the C-C District shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) Sign specifications and location. In the C-C District, one business sign not exceeding 32 square feet in surface area and identifying the business or activity conducted on their premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. Ground signs shall not exceed the height of the building in which the principal use is located or 20 feet, whichever is lower. No business sign shall be located within 50 feet of a residential district if visible from such district. Illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(2) Real estate signs. A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the site. The sign shall not exceed 16 feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height.
(3) Placement on private property; projections. All signs in the C-C District shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach upon any public street or walk, except as provided by the applicable codes of the town, and they shall not overhang at a height less than nine feet and shall not have a maximum projection greater than 72 inches.
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-4) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) General description. This commercial district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for establishments offering accommodations, supplies or services to motorists, and for certain specialized uses as retail outlets, commercial amusement and service establishments which serve the entire community but do not and should not necessarily be located in the Central Business District or the Convenience Commercial District.
(B) Uses permitted. Within the C-A/R District, the following uses are permitted: any use permitted in the C-C District; and other uses, including:
(1) General uses.
(a) Ambulance service offices or garages;
(b) Amusement enterprises;
(c) Automobile service stations;
(d) Billboards as permitted in division (D) below;
(e) Boat sales and service;
(f) Bowling alleys;
(g) Bus terminals;
(h) Dance halls;
(i) Drive-in theaters or restaurants;
(j) Electric transmission stations;
(k) Food and fuel stores;
(l) Funeral parlors;
(m) Garden stores;
(n) Golf course, miniature or practice range;
(o) Heating and plumbing sales and service;
(p) Hospital for small animals;
(q) Ice plants;
(r) Kennels;
(s) Key shops;
(t) Laundries;
(u) Motels;
(v) Music, radio and television shop and repair;
(w) New and used automobile sales and services, new and used machinery sales and services and public garages;
(x) Nightclubs;
(y) Novelty shops;
(z) Pawnshops;
(aa) Pet shops;
(bb) Printing plants;
(cc) Public uses;
(dd) Recreation center, private;
(ee) Roller skating rinks;
(ff) Sign painting shops;
(gg) Taverns;
(hh) Travel trailer park and sales; and
(ii) Wholesale distribution center.
(2) Other businesses. Any other store or shop for retail trade or for providing personal, professional or business service other than those provided for in the C-G General Commercial District.
(3) Buildings and accessory uses. Buildings, structures and accessory uses, customarily incidental to any of the uses listed in this section; provided, that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.
(C) Area and height regulations; parking.
(1) Table of requirements.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
10,000 square feet | 100 feet | 30% | 35 feet | 50 feet | 2 feet for every 1 foot of height of the building | 20 feet |
(2) Off-street parking. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for the average customer/employee number.
(D) Business signs. Business signs, poster boards, bulletin boards or other similar displays in the C-A/R District shall conform to the following requirements.
(1) Sign specifications and location. In the C-A/R District, business signs not exceeding in the aggregate one square foot of display surface area per one linear foot of the street frontage and identifying the business or activity conducted on their premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. Ground signs shall not exceed the height of the building in which the principal use is located or 20 feet, whichever is lower. No business sign shall be located within 50 feet of a residential district if visible from such district. Illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(2) Real estate signs. A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the site. The sign shall not exceed 50 feet in surface area nor 15 feet in height.
(3) Placement on private property; projections. All signs in the C-A/R District shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach upon any public street or walk, except as provided by the applicable codes of the town, and they shall not overhang at a height less than nine feet and shall not have a maximum projection greater than 72 inches.
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-5) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) General description. This commercial district is designed for the conduct of personal and business services and the general retail trade of the community. It is designed to accommodate a wide variety of commercial uses in the Central Business District or areas of mixed business enterprises. It will not normally be applied in the case of new commercial areas.
(B) Uses permitted. Within the C-G District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Any use permitted in a C-C or C-A/R District; and
(2) Any other retail, personal service, business service or professional use not already mentioned, including:
(a) Bakery;
(b) Department store;
(c) Frozen food locker;
(d) Furniture repair and upholstery;
(e) Research laboratories; and
(f) Wholesale, except for outdoor storage.
(C) Area and height regulations. There are no area or height regulations in the C-G District.
(D) Signs and billboards. All signs and billboards in the C-G District shall conform to the requirements in § 152.55(D).
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-6) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) General description. The purpose of the I-L Light Industrial District is to provide a location for industries which do not by their nature create nuisances. The intent is to preserve this land for industry in a location beneficial to industries and to prohibit nonindustrial uses. Because of the traffic generated and other potentially objectionable influences created in this district, a buffer or setback area between this district and other zoning districts, except I-H, is required.
(B) Standards. Any use constructed, established, altered or enlarged in the I-L District, after the effective date hereof, shall be so operated as to comply with the following standards.
(1) No building shall be used for residential purposes, except that a watchperson may reside on the premises.
(2) No retail sales or services shall be permitted, except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use.
(3) No noise, either continuous or intermittent, from any operation conducted on the premises, other than that emanating from vehicular traffic, shall be detectable at any boundary line of the I-L District.
(4) No toxic matter, noxious matter, smoke, gas or odorous or articulate matter shall be emitted that is detectable beyond the lot lines of the lot on which the use is located.
(5) No vibrations shall be detectable beyond the lot lines of the lot on which the use is located.
(6) Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residential district.
(7) The manufacture of flammable materials which produce explosive vapors or gases is prohibited.
(8) No outside storage of equipment or material, except equipment in daily use, is permitted in such a location where it can be viewed from any public street.
(9) Any operation that produces intense glare or heat shall 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.
(C) Uses permitted. Within the I-L Light Industrial District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use;
(2) Building material sales;
(3) Commercial radio and television transmitting antenna towers and other electronic equipment requiring outdoor towers, including antenna towers for the dispatching of private messages;
(4) Compounding, processing and blending of chemical products, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation;
(5) General and administrative offices;
(6) Machine shops and metal products manufacture and tool and die shops; provided, that they do not include any of the following equipment:
(a) Automatic screw machines;
(b) Drop forges; or
(c) Riveting machines.
(7) Mail order houses;
(8) Manufacturing and assembling of electrical and electronic products and equipment;
(9) Manufacturing and assembling (or any combination of such processes) of products from the following, but not including as a principal operation the processing of any raw materials:
(a) Cork;
(b) Felt;
(c) Fur;
(d) Glass;
(e) Leather;
(f) Plastic;
(g) Wood; and
(h) Other textiles.
(10) Printing and binding plants;
(11) Research laboratories;
(12) Warehouse and storage facilities;
(13) Water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs and lift stations; and
(14) Any other manufacturing process or establishment, except those permitted in I-H Heavy Industrial District.
(D) Area and height regulations.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Frontage | Maximum Percent Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback |
None | None | 40% | None | 50 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet |
(E) Signs and billboards. All signs and billboards in the I-L District shall conform to the requirements in § 152.55(D).
(Prior Code, § 10-2E-7) Penalty, see § 152.99
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