§ 158.218 CONDITIONAL USES.

   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the RC recreation/conservation district if a conditional use permit for that use has been obtained in conformance with the requirements of §§ 158.370 through 158.382:

   (a)   Commercial recreation facility;

   (b)   Day or summer camp;

   (c)   Rifle and pistol range; trap shoot;

   (d)   Cemetery;

   (e)   Fairgrounds;

   (f)   Rock, sand and gravel extraction in conformance with § 158.280;

   (g)   A single-family dwelling to be used as a caretaker’s quarters on a parcel which is not a lot of record provided:

      (1)   The deed to the land or the agreement to convey the parcel was recorded with the register of deeds prior to August 3, 1995;

      (2)   The building site is not in the 100-year floodplain as identified on the flood insurance rate map;

      (3)   There are no other dwellings located on the parcel, except a parcel of 80 acres or more shall have building eligibility determined as follows:

         A.   The acreage of the parcel shall be divided by 40 acres. The resulting whole number minus the number of existing dwellings on the parcel shall represent the building eligibility; and

         B.   Each building site shall consist of a minimum of one acre.

      (4)   The building site shall not conflict with other existing or potential land use activities or the prevailing pattern of development;

      (5)   The soil conditions are acceptable for a building site; and

      (6)   Approval has been granted by the appropriate governing entity for access onto a public road.

   (h)   Broadcast tower;

   (i)   The transfer of a building eligibility from one parcel to another parcel when all the following conditions are met:

      (1)   The transfer of a building eligibility shall occur only between contiguous parcels under the same ownership;

      (2)   Suitability as a building site based on the following factors:

         A.   Agricultural productivity of the soil;

         B.   Soil limitations; and

         C.   Orientation of the building site(s) with respect to road circulation and access to public rights-of-way.

      (3)   The minimum lot size shall be one acre but a larger area may be required when soil conditions warrant;

      (4)   The building site is not in the 100-year floodplain as identified on the flood insurance rate map;

      (5)   The parcel from which the building eligibility is transferred shall continue as agricultural land or remain in its present use; and

      (6)   Approval has been granted by the appropriate governing entity for access onto a public road.

(1992 Code, App. F, § 12.04) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)