APPENDIX A: USE UNIT BY ZONING DISTRICT

(X = use by Right, E = use by Special Exception)

Use Unit

A

RS or R-1

RT

R-2

RM or R-3

RMH

PUD

R-O or O

B-1

B-1A or CS

B-2 or CG

B-3 or CH

CBD

M-1

M-2

0 Active Agriculture1

X

1 Areawide uses by right

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

2 Areawide special exception uses

E

E W

E

E

E

E W

E W

E W

E

E W

E W

E W

E W

E W

E W

3 Public protection & utility facilities

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

4 Community services2

Eab

Eab

Eb

Eb

Eb

Eab

Eab

Eb

Eb

X

X

X

X

Ea

5 Single-family detached dwelling

Xm

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

E

6 Single-family attached dwelling3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7 Multiple family dwelling4

X

X

Xn

X

X

X

X

X

8 Manufactured or modular dwelling

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9 Mobile home dwelling

E

X

10 Off-street parking areas

E

X

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

11 Offices and studios

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

12 Entertainment & eating establishments (w/o drive-in)

X

Xf

Xf

X

X

X

E

E

13 Convenience goods & services

X

E

Xo

X

X

X

X

E

E

14 Shopping goods & services

X

E

Xo

X

X

X

X

E

E

15 Other trades & services

Ei

Xo

X

X

E

X

X

16 Gasoline service stations

E

X

X

X

E

X

X

17 Automotive & allied activities

X

X

E

X

X

18 Drive-in restaurants

X

X

E

E

E

19 Hotel, motel & recreation facilities

X

X

X

E

E

20 Commercial recreation: intensive

E

E

E

E

E

21 Business signs & outdoor advertising

Ev

Xv

Xv

Xv

X

X

Ev

X

X

22 Research & development

E

X

X

23 Warehousing & wholesaling

Ek

X

E

X

X

24 Mining & mineral processing

E

E

25 Light manufacturing

E

X

X

26 Medium manufacturing & industry

X

27 Heavy manufacturing & industry

El

E

28 Home occupations

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

29 Mobile office trailer

X/E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

X/E

X/E

X/E

X/E

X/E

X/E

X/E

 

Notes:

1)   Allow roadside stands for agricultural and other products in agricultural, commercial and industrial districts, but prohibit in residential districts. Allow yard sales in all districts not to exceed 3 consecutive days per month. Permit confined feeding in agricultural district beyond 2 miles of incorporated areas.

2)   This Use Unit includes churches, nonprofit educational and philanthropic institutions and colleges.

3)   This Use Unit to be expanded to include other single-family attached dwelling unit types.

4)   This Use Unit includes “group quarters” uses, but excludes funeral homes, hotels and motels.

a)   Excluding protective shelters, residential treatment centers, transitional living centers.

b)   Mt. Vernon allows day care in home with 4 or less by right in residential.

d)   Nursing home, group home, convent, monastery, and novitiate permitted by right; other Use Unit 7 uses by special exception.

e)   Only if located in whole or part in the RMH District.

f)   Excluding entertainment and drinking establishments.

g)   Excluding drug store (only pharmacy permitted) and supermarket (only food special shop).

h)   Only book store, dairy store, food specialty shop, gift store, grocery (not supermarket), health food store, liquor store, newsstand, shoe repair shop, tailor shop and tobacco store permitted in Use Unit 14.

i)   Limited to veterinary office, animal hospital or kennel (including outside runs); greenhouses.

k)   Limited to wholesale greenhouses and growers.

l)   Limited to livestock sales and auctions + commercial breeding; landfills prohibited.

m)   Accessory living quarters clearly complementary to the principal use and not for rental purposes. Not permitted in other districts.

n)   County allows single-family, two-family and multi-family uses by right. Both Mt. Vernon and County require special exception for “group quarters” uses. Special exception required for “group quarters” uses.

o)   Restrictive list of uses in Use Units 13 and 14.

v)   Outdoor advertising (off-premises) signs are prohibited.

w)   Excludes Use Unit 2(B)(14).

(Ord. 12-16, passed 8-8-12; Am. Ord. 12-22, passed 11-1-12; Am. Ord. 13-9, passed 5-16-13; Am. Ord. 14-22, passed 10-16-14)