(A) Purpose. The I District accommodates existing and future public buildings and recreational uses, and other uses having purposes and impacts similar to public buildings. By creation of this special district, it is the intent of this code to avoid the problems inherent in treating the buildings as permitted or special uses in zoning districts characterized by uses and structures bearing no similarity to public and institutional uses and buildings.
(B) Permissive uses. The following are permissive uses:
(1) Ambulance service;
(2) Assembly/banquet/meeting hall;
(3) Child care center, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, play, special and other schools;
(4) Civic theater;
(5) Clinic;
(6) Clubs and lodges (private);
(7) Community facilities;
(8) Educational and philanthropic institution;
(9) Farming, urban (indoor);
(10) Golf course;
(11) Golf driving range;
(12) Hospital/trauma center;
(13) Library;
(14) Parking lot;
(15) Parks and playground;
(16) Post office;
(17) Private or commercially operated lake;
(18) Public building;
(19) Religious institution/church;
(20) Skating rink (outdoor);
(21) Small business incubator facilities operated on a college campus by a not-for-profit corporation on sites containing not less than five acres;
(22) Swimming pool;
(23) Tennis court; and
(24) Transit station.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted by right, subject to the additional conditions listed herein, and provided the conditional uses shall comply with the height, area and parking regulations for similar uses. All proposed conditional uses shall be reviewed by the Director of Community Development or his or her designee to ensure compliance with the development standards listed herein.
(1)
Multi-family dwellings, dormitories, fraternities and sororities owned and/or associated with Carl Sandburg or Knox College;
(2) Pharmacy, financial institution, gift shop or restaurant as an accessory use to a hospital or clinic. These facilities shall have no separate entrance or exterior signs; and
(3) Community gardens – see § 152.118 for conditions.
(D) Special uses. The following uses require a special use permit:
(1) Accessory building in accordance with the provisions outlined in § 152.111(K);
(2) Airport/heliport;
(3) Archery range (indoor);
(4) Archery range (outdoor);
(5) Bait shop;
(6) Boat launching ramp/marina;
(7) Campground/recreational vehicle park;
(8) Cemetery on sites not less than 20 acres, and enlargement of existing cemeteries;
(9) Commercial recreation uses;
(10) Funeral home or mortuary;
(11) Skating rink (indoor); and
(12) Trade or business school.
(E) Height limits. No building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered to exceed 72 feet, provided that where the lot is adjacent to a lot line in an R District, the building shall be set back from the required yard one foot for each seven feet of building height. Height limits may be exceeded in accordance with the provisions outlined in § 152.030.
(F) Minimum yards. Every building hereafter erected or enlarged shall provide and maintain:
(1) Front yard not less than 20 feet;
(2) Side yards not less than ten feet;
(3) Rear yard not less than 20 feet; and
(4) Minimum yards may be exceeded in accordance with the provisions outlined in § 152.031.
(G) Minimum lot areas and widths.
(1) Lot areas no less than 7,500 square feet.
(2) Lot width no less than 50 feet.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-5.9, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 13-3421, passed 10-21-2013; Ord. 15-3506, passed 11-16-2015; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 19-3588, passed 7-15-2019; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020; Ord. 21-3650, passed 10-18-2021)