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   59-C-1.71. Land uses.
No use is allowed except as indicated in the following table.
-Permitted Uses. Uses designated by the letter "P" are permitted on any lot in the zones indicated, subject to all applicable regulations.
-Special Exception Uses. Uses designated by the letters "SE" may be authorized as special exceptions, in accordance with the provisions of Article 59-G.
 
R-T
6.0
R-T
8.0
R-T
10.0
R-T
12.5
R-T
15.0
R-T
6.0
R-T
8.0
R-T
10.0
R-T
12.5
R-T
15.0
(a) Residential.
Dwelling unit, one-family detached.
P1
P1
P1
P1
P1
Dwelling unit, one-family attached.
P2
P2
P2
P2
P15
Dwelling unit, one-family semidetached.
P
P
P
P
P
Group home, small.
P
P
P
P
P
Group home, large.8
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Guest rooms for not more than 2 roomers in any dwelling unit.
P
P
P
P
P
Housing and related facilities for senior adults or persons with disabilities
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Life care facility.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Townhouse.
P
P
P
P
P
(b) Transportation, communication and utilities.
Amateur radio facility.
P16/SE
P16/SE
P16/SE
P16/SE
P16/SE
Cable communication system.
SE4
SE4
SE4
SE4
SE4
Electric power transmission and distribution lines, overhead, carrying more than 69,000 volts.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Electric power, transmission and distribution lines, underground.
P
P
P
P
P
Pipelines, underground.
P
P
P
P
P
Public utility buildings and structures.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Telephone and telegraph lines.
P3
P3
P3
P3
P3
(c) Commercial.
Christmas trees, sale of, between December 5 and December 25.
P5
P5
P5
P5
P5
Transitory use.14
P/SE
P/SE
P/SE
P/SE
P/SE
(d) Services.
Adult foster care home.
P
P
P
P
P
Ambulance or rescue squads, publicly supported.
P
P
P
P
P
Child day care facility:
—Family day care home.
P
P
P
P
P
—Group day care home.9
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
—Child day care center.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Churches, memorial gardens, convents, monasteries, and other places of worship.
P
P
P
P
P
Day care facility for not more than 4 senior adults and persons with disabilities.
P
P
P
P
P
Day care facility for more than 4 senior adults and persons with disabilities
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Domiciliary care home for more than 16 residents.6
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Educational institutions, private
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Fire stations, publicly supported.
P
P
P
P
P
Home health practitioner’s office.10
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Home occupation, major.10
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Home occupation, registered.11
P
P
P
P
P
Home occupation, no impact.12
P
P
P
P
P
Hospice care facilities.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Hospitals.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Nursing home.6
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Offices, business.
P7
P7
P7
P7
P7
Offices, medical practitioners, for use of other than a resident of the building.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Opportunity housing projects.
P
P
P
P
P
Publicly owned or publicly operated uses.
P
P
P
P
P
Respite care home.
P
P
P
P
P
(e) Cultural, entertainment and recreational.
Golf courses and country clubs.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Libraries and museums.
P
P
P
P
P
Parks and playgrounds, publicly owned.
P
P
P
P
P
Private clubs and service organizations.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Recreational facilities primarily for the use of residents.
P
P
P
P
P
Swimming pools, community.
SE
SE
SE
SE
SE
Swimming pools, private.
P13
P13
P13
P13
P13
(f) Miscellaneous.
Accessory buildings and uses.
P
P
P
P
P
Signs in accordance with article 59-F
P
P
P
P
P
 
1   Subject to the requirements of the R-60 zone.
2   In accordance with the special regulations applying to developments which include moderately priced dwelling units as required by chapter 25A.
3   Underground only.
4   Except as provided in sections 59-A-6.9 and 59-G-2.10.1.
5   On undeveloped tracts only.
6   Subject to the special exception standards for a Nursing Home; and Domiciliary Care Home, section 59-G-2.37.
7   For business connected with the management, service, and maintenance of the development.
8   Subject to the special exception standards for a group home, section 59-G-2.26.
9   This applies only to freestanding buildings located in the zone.
10   In accordance with Section 59-G-2.29, title "Home Occupation, major."
11   In accordance with Sections 59-A-3.4 and 59-A-6.1.
12   There must be no more than 5 visits per week, no nonresident employees and no discernible adverse impact on the neighborhood.
13   For the exclusive use of residents within the tract.
14   In accordance with section 59-A-6.13.
15   No more than 40 percent of the dwelling units may be one-family attached except in accordance with the moderately priced dwelling unit requirements of Section 59-C-1.74.
16   Must not exceed 65 feet in height; however, a special exception for additional height may be granted, by the Board of Appeals if it can be demonstrated that the additional height is the minimum needed to engage in amateur radio communications under a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.  Any amateur radio facility existing before December 26, 2005 that exceeds 65 feet in height is a conforming structure.

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