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TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
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§ 158.138 CONDITIONAL USES.
   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the RA-1 residential district if a conditional use permit for that use has been obtained in conformance with the requirements of §§ 158.370 through 158.382:
   (a)   Private lake;
   (b)   Boarding or rooming house;
   (c)   Convent and monastery;
   (d)   Day care center;
   (e)   Park for mobile homes and manufactured homes in conformance with § 158.275;
   (f)   Electrical substation;
   (g)   Public utility facility; and
   (h)   Telecommunications tower.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 8.04) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
§ 158.139 ACCESSORY USES.
   Accessory uses and buildings permitted in the RA-1 residential district are accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any permitted uses in the district.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 8.05) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
§ 158.140 PARKING REGULATIONS.
   Parking within the RA-1 residential district shall be regulated in conformance with the provisions of §§ 158.295 through 158.299.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 8.06) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
§ 158.141 SIGN REGULATIONS.
   Signs within the RA-1 residential district shall be regulated in conformance with the provisions of §§ 158.310 through 158.318.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 8.07) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
§ 158.142 DENSITY, AREA, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
   The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the RA-1 residential district shall be as follows.
   (a)   General requirements.
Density (Sq. Ft.)
Lot Area (Sq. Ft.)
Lot Width
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
Maximum Height
Density (Sq. Ft.)
Lot Area (Sq. Ft.)
Lot Width
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
Maximum Height
Multiple dwellings
Smaller of 25 ft. or 25% of lot depth
3 to 8 dwelling units
2,500
7,500
50 ft.
25 ft.*
7 ft.**
45 ft.
9 to 12 dwelling units
2,500
7,500
75 ft.
25 ft.*
15 ft.
45 ft.
Over 12 dwelling units
2,500
30,000
100 ft.
25 ft.*
15 ft.
45 ft.
Rooming houses
200/bed
5,000
50 ft.
25 ft.*
5 ft.**
45 ft.
Single-family dwelling
5,000
5,000
50 ft.
25 ft.*
5 ft.**
45 ft.
Townhouses
2,400
5,000
16 ft.
25 ft.*
0 ft. or 10 ft. on non-party wall side
45 ft.
Two-family dwelling
2,500
5,000
50 ft.
25 ft.*
5 ft.**
45 ft.
Other allowable uses
5,000
50 ft.
25 ft.*
15 ft.**
45 ft.
*   The front yard along the side street side of a corner lot may be reduced to 20 feet.
**   The side yard will be required to be increased to ten feet when the building is three stories in height or more.
 
   (b)   There shall be a required front yard on each street side of a double frontage lot.
   (c)   Buildings with side yard setbacks less than required herein, may have additions erected in line with the existing building and provided further that the additions will be erected no closer to the lot line than the existing building.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 8.08) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
C COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
§ 158.155 INTENT.
   This district is intended to provide for a wide variety of commercial uses generally located at major intersections and along major roads. This district will include general commercial uses requiring large land areas, extensive retail operations and outdoor display. Development shall coincide with completion of proper municipal and utility improvements.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 9.01) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
§ 158.156 PERMISSIVE USES.
   A building or premises shall be permitted to be used for the following purposes in the C commercial district:
   (a)   Office;
   (b)   Bank or financial institution;
   (c)   Day care center;
   (d)   Group home;
   (e)   Mortuary services;
   (f)   Indoor recreational facility;
   (g)   Nursery or greenhouse;
   (h)   Personal services; and
   (i)   Public service facility.
   (j)   Medical cannabis establishment registered with the South Dakota Department of Health and licensed by Lincoln County, subject to:
      (1)   Must be located at least 1,000' from a single-family dwelling in the following zoning districts: A-1, RR, RS1, RS2, RD, RA1, PD. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building (or portion thereof in which medical cannabis establishment or proposed to be conducted) to the property line of the single-family dwelling.
      (2)   Must be located at least 1,000' from a public or private school. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building (or portion thereof in which the medical cannabis establishment is conducted or proposed to be conducted) to the property line of the public or private school.
      (3)   Must be located at least 1,000' from a church. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building (or portion thereof in which the medical cannabis establishment is conducted or proposed to be conducted) to the property line of the church.
      (4)   Must be located at least 1,000' from a public service facility. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building (or portion thereof in which the medical cannabis establishment is conducted or proposed to be conducted) to the property line of the public service facility.
      (5)   Must be located at least 1,000' from a park. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building (or portion thereof in which the medical cannabis establishment is conducted or proposed to be conducted) to the property line of the park.
      (6)   Must be located at least 1,000' from another medical cannabis establishment unless located on the same parcel of property and owned by the same entity. This distance shall be measured in a straight line from the exterior walls of the building or portion thereof in which each of the medical cannabis establishments are conducted or proposed to be conducted.
      (7)   A medical cannabis establishment may contain a cultivation facility, a cannabis testing facility, a cannabis product manufacturing facility, or a dispensary, or any combination thereof, at one location.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 9.02) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006; Ord. 98-21, passed 8-24-2021; Ord. 56-22, passed 5-24-2022)
§ 158.157 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES.
   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the C commercial district in conformance with the conditions prescribed herein or by obtaining a conditional use permit for those uses in conformance with the requirements of §§ 158.370 through 158.382:
   (a)   Retail and wholesale trade or service, provided:
      (1)   For outside storage areas, a screening plan shall be submitted for staff approval;
      (2)   There is no storage of a regulated substance;
      (3)   The building contains 10,000 square feet of area or less; and
      (4)   Parcel size shall be no less than one acre in size.
   (b)   Veterinarian clinic provided there is no outside kenneling of dogs;
   (c)   Frozen food locker provided there is no slaughtering of animals on the premises;
   (d)   Antenna support structure, subject to, stealth design approved by the county planning director; and
   (e)   Churches; one of the principle frontages of the premises shall abut on an arterial or collector street.
(1992 Code, App. F, § 9.03) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)
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