(A) General. The intent of the PF - Park Forest District is to provide a district with an area to be preserved for its natural beauty, resources, and open character.
(B) Allowed uses. In PF - Park Forest District, the following uses are allowed:
(1) Single-family dwellings including, but not limited to, modular homes, manufactured homes, mobile homes, and stick-built homes;
(2) Transportation and utility easements and rights-of-way;
(3) On-premises signs, complying with Chapter 8 of this zoning title;
(4) Historical monuments and structures;
(5) Fire stations;
(6) Accessory uses and structures;
(7) Home occupations;
(8) Daycare, home;
(9) General ranching and farming;
(10) Harvesting;
(11) Forestry;
(12) Forest preserves;
(13) Personal use plant nurseries and greenhouses;
(14) Personal use airstrip/heliport;
(15) Cemetery in conjunction with II-10.009;
(16) Pet cemetery in conjunction with II-10.009;
(17) Sod and tree farming;
(18) Grazing;
(19) Horticulture, apiculture, floriculture, and viticulture;
(20) Truck gardening;
(21) Noncommercial riding stables;
(22) Noncommercial indoor/outdoor arenas;
(23) Roadside stands exclusive for sale of products raised on the premises;
(24) Personal use mineral and sand, gravel, or rock extractive industry;
(25) Wild crop harvesting;
(26) Garage, private; and
(27) Typical farm/ranch operation.
(C) Allowed special uses. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the PF - Park Forest District in conformance with the requirements prescribed herein. A building or premises intended to be used for the following purposes, where the prescribed requirements will not be met, shall obtain a conditional use in conformance with the requirements set out in Chapter 19 of this zoning title:
(1) Temporary uses in conjunction with § II-10.007;
(2) Personal use airstrip/heliport is allowed if sited on at least 160 acres and the location of airstrip/heliport is at least 500 feet from the outer perimeter of the 160-acre parcel; and
(3) Guest houses in conjunction with § II-10.012.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the PF - Park Forest District, under the provisions of Chapter 19 of this zoning title:
(1) Utility substations;
(2) Kennels, grooming, boarding, vet clinics, and animal shelters;
(3) Home occupations that may constitute a public nuisance;
(4) Churches, religious structures;
(5) Cemetery, church adjunctive in conjunction with II-10.009;
(6) Fairgrounds;
(7) Golf courses;
(8) Antennas, microwave and communication towers;
(9) Storage, outdoor;
(10) Storage, enclosed;
(11) Bed and breakfast;
(12) Specialty resort;
(13) Camp, day or youth;
(14) Gun and archery ranges;
(15) Water treatment, purification, storage, pumping, solid waste disposal sites;
(16) Assisted living facility;
(17) Daycare center, licensed;
(18) Mineral exploration;
(19) Mineral extraction;
(20) Light manufacturing when contained entirely in a building size constraint;
(21) Commercial riding stables;
(22) Commercial indoor/outdoor arenas;
(23) Commercial outdoor recreation, paintball, dude ranch, BMX track;
(24) Sawmill/molding mill;
(25) Campground;
(26) Airports with FAA regulations;
(27) Temporary second residence § II-10.010;
(28) Small and large wind energy systems per § II-10.001;
(29) Personal use airstrip/heliport if the location of airstrip/heliport is at least 500 feet from the outer perimeter of the parcel(s);
(30) Retail sales and trade;
(31) Small and large scale sand, gravel, or rock extraction;
(32) Commercial recreation facility;
(33) Restricted use solid waste disposal facility;
(34) Liquid and bulk propane storage yard;
(35) Microbrewery; and
(36) Distiller, artisan.
(E) Density, setback(s), and lot requirements.
General Requirements
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Density/minimum lot size | 5-acre average and 2-acre minimum* |
General Requirements
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Density/minimum lot size | 5-acre average and 2-acre minimum* |
Front, side, and rear yard(s) setbacks on lots over 2 acres | 25’** |
Front setback on existing lots under 2 acres | 25'** |
Side and rear yard(s) setbacks on existing lots under 2 acres | 10' |
Lot width | None |
Maximum height | 35’*** |
Table notes: *: The maximum average density shall be 8 single-family dwellings per 40 acres, which is an average lot size of 5 acres. Therefore, in order to have 2 lots you would need to have at least 10 acres of land in order to subdivide. Minimum lots size is 2 acres, which is allowed by clustering your total overall density in 1 area and leaving the rest as open space. **: From all lot lines and any road right-of-way, except as approved pursuant to a variance. All section lines shall be required to have a 25 foot setback from the edge of the section line right-of- way. ***: Shall not exceed 3 stories, except as approved pursuant to a variance or otherwise specifically exempted from this limitation (e.g., telecommunication towers, wind energy systems, water towers). | |
(Ord. 14-01, passed 6-6-2014, Ch. 6, Art. 3; Ord. 16-01, passed 6-3-2016; Ord. 16-03, passed 7-21-2017; Ord. 17-01, passed 5-1-2017; Ord. 17-02, passed 9-29-2017; Ord. 19-01, passed 4-9-2019; Ord. 20-02, passed 2-9-2021; Ord. 22-04, passed 4-11-2023)