A. Purpose: The purpose of the Natural Resource District (NR) is to preserve and maintain the rural character of the land. This district is also established to allow conditional commercial and industrial uses where they can be compatible, existing side by side, with residential uses, and where the establishment of a separate district for single use would not be desirable.
B. Restrictions: No uses other than those provided in this title are permitted. No building shall be erected, altered, reconstructed, or moved except in conformance with the provisions of this title and this district. (Ord. 15, 7-11-1977)
C. Permitted Uses: Uses that do not require direct review by the planning and zoning commission:
Expansion of existing mining facilities.
Extractive manufacturing and prospecting.
Forestry, cultivation of the land, storage and agricultural products and related equipment, floriculture, horticulture, nurseries, greenhouses, animal and poultry husbandry, and general farming.
Home occupations.
Parks and other nonprofit public or private community facilities.
Residential uses:
One single-family dwelling.
One single-family mobile home.
One duplex (two-family dwelling).
One multiple-family dwelling. (Ord. 23, 4-1-1981; amd. Ord. 39, 8-13-1984)
D. Site Area Minimums, Yard Requirements (Setbacks), And Access (Road) Requirements:
1. Residential Uses:
a. Site Area Minimum:
(1) Single-family dwelling and mobile home, seven thousand seven hundred (7,700) square feet.
(2) Duplex and multiple-family dwelling, seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet plus two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for each unit over one.
b. Yard Requirements (Setbacks):
(1) Front Yard: Twenty five feet (25') from the front property line and/or fifty five feet (55') from the centerline of roadway or legal access.
(2) Rear Yard: Twenty feet (20').
(3) Side Yard: Five feet (5').
(4) Street Side Yard: Twenty feet (20') from the side property line and/or fifty feet (50') from centerline of roadway.
c. Access (Road) Requirements: Recorded legal access must be provided to all lots or parcels.
2. Nonresidential Uses:
a. Site Area Minimum: Sites within this district for nonresidential uses must provide a minimum of sixty five percent (65%) of the total site area to remain in open space free of structures.
b. Yard Requirements (Setbacks): Yard requirements shall be those established in subsection 9-8-2C of this title.
c. Access (Road) Requirements: Recorded legal access must be provided.
d. Commercial And Industrial Uses: The following additional criteria will be considered concerning a request for commercial and industrial uses in the natural resource district:
(1) The proposal complies with the goals and policies established in the comprehensive plan.
(2) The proposal meets all the subdivision and zoning site and performance standards as set out in this title and title 10 of this code. (Ord. 23, 4-1-1981)
E. Conditional Uses:
1. All other uses in this district require direct review by the planning and zoning commission under conditional use procedures outlined in chapter 9 of this title; and are subject to the performance standards outlined in chapter 8 of this title. In addition to standards set forth in this title, provision for requirements greater than the minimum may be required by the planning and zoning commission upon review of the request for conditional use.
2. The following are specific conditional uses: gravel pits, rock quarries, sand pits, clay pits, and other pits which produce topsoil, general fill materials and/or common building stone. (Ord. 23, 4-1-1981; amd. Ord. 112, 6-22-1998)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See chapter 14 of this title for regulations for the siting of manufactured homes. |