The zoning districts established by this Code are named and described below. They consist of basic districts and overlay districts, both of which are considered zoning districts for the purposes of this Code. The relationship between the zoning districts established by this Code and zoning districts established under previous enactments of City Zoning Regulations is stated in Section 165.17(3).
1. A-Agriculture Zone District. The A-Agriculture Zone District is intended to preserve existing agriculture and other non-intensive uses to prevent premature development and non-orderly encroachment of intensive urban uses, and to help guide urban growth into suitable areas.
2. R-1 Single Family Residence District. The R-1 Single Family Residence District is intended to provide single family areas on lots larger than other R Districts and protect such areas from the encroachment of incompatible uses.
3. R-3 Single Family Residence District. The R-3 Single Family Residence District is intended to provide and maintain residential areas characterized predominantly by single family dwellings. This District is intended to provide for development on lots of moderate size and to protect these residential areas from encroachment of incompatible uses.
4. R-5 Residence District. The R-5 Residence District is intended to provide areas for a wider range of housing types including one-family dwellings, homes on zero lot lines, and two-family attached units while maintaining a moderate density residential character.
5. R-7 Multiple Family Residence District. The R-7 Multiple Family Residence District is intended to provide and maintain areas for higher density residential uses with certain compatible institutional housing types and limited non-dwelling uses.
6. R-MH Mobile Home Park Residence District. The R-MH Mobile Home Park Residence District is intended to accommodate mobile home parks in those areas of the city where such use will be compatible with existing and future development. This District will generally be associated with outlying areas of the City and should be well served by arterial streets to provide adequate access.
7. C-ORS Office/Research/Service District. The C-ORS Office/Research/Service District is designed to provide areas for the development of office, research, service, production and assembly. It is designated to accommodate office buildings, similar structures and complementary uses in a mutually compatible environment.
8. C-2 Neighborhood Convenience District. The C-2 Neighborhood Convenience District is intended to provide convenience shopping for persons residing in adjacent residential areas, and to permit only such uses as are necessary to satisfy those basic shopping needs which occur frequently and so require shopping facilities in relative proximity to places of residence.
9. C-3 Restricted Highway Commercial District. The C-3 Highway Commercial District is intended to accommodate those motorist-oriented commercial activities which are compatible with the predominantly retail uses permitted in other commercial districts, and whose service area is not confined to any one neighborhood or community.
10. C-4 General Highway Commercial District. The C-4 District is intended primarily to furnish areas served by a wide variety of services. The mix of uses is intended to be extremely broad and more intense than the C-2 or C-3 districts and provide the transition to I-1 and I-2 Districts.
11. C-R Commercial-Recreation District. The C-R Commercial-Recreation District is primarily designed to accommodate those commercial-recreational facilities which occupy large tracts of land and/or generate substantial volumes of traffic.
12. C-WH Commercial Warehouse District. The C-WH Commercial Warehouse District is primarily intended to accommodate wholesale establishments and warehouses and a limited number of heavy commercial uses whose service area is not confined to any one neighborhood or community. Within the district, general retail uses would be incompatible.
13. I-1 Restricted Industrial District. I-1 Restricted Industrial District is intended to provide an environment suitable for light industrial activities that do not create appreciable nuisances or hazards and which seek a hazard and nuisance free environment.
14. I-2 General Industrial District. The I-2 General Industrial District is intended to accommodate those industrial activities which may produce nuisances or hazards in areas that are relatively remote from residential and commercial development.
15. FP Flood Plain Overlay District. The FP Flood Plain Overlay District is superimposed over other districts. The City has established the Flood Plain Overlay District to address developments which require special attention and treatment regardless of the underlying land use allowed by the City’s Zoning Regulations. The Flood Plain Overlay District is intended to alert developers to issues they need to address in preparing an application for development. This District includes lands subject to inundation as a result of a 100-year flood, i.e. a flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. Regulations which apply to the Flood Plain Overlay District are stated in Section 165.16 and Chapter 161 Flood Plain.
16. PUD Planned Unit Development Overlay District. The PUD Planned Unit Development Overlay District is intended to encourage innovation and flexibility in planning the development of land so development is compatible with the site’s physical and environmental characteristics. This District allows for flexibility in zone district requirements as well as permitted uses. The Planned Unit Development Overlay District provides an opportunity for the development of a mixture of uses and housing types in a coordinated manner. The intent underlying zone district shall guide the development. It is incumbent upon the person proposing the PUD to justify the PUD, and the variations from the underlying zone district. A PUD is considered an amendment to the underlying zone district regulations. Section 165.66 specifies the PUD requirements and Sections 165.90 and 165.91 refer to amendments.
17. CPR Center Point Road District. The CPR Center Point Road District is intended primarily to provide areas for the development of commercial and residential uses in the core area of the City located along Center Point Road. The CPR Center Point Road District shall be divided into districts each with its own requirements including uses and regulations. The districts within the Center Point Road zoning district area shall be designated as follows: CPR-1, CPR-2 and CPR-3.
18. Mixed Use Overlay District. The Mixed-Use Overlay District is intended to ensure consistent site development of properties located in and near the Neighborhood Village Centers. The standards will aid to unify the appearance, encourage a pedestrian friendly built environment, ensure the beautification and function of the centers of commerce located in and near residential uses.
(Subsections 17 and 18 - Ord. 934 – Feb. 20 Supp.)