CHAPTER 153:  ZONING
Section
General Provisions
   153.001   Title
   153.002   Purpose
   153.003   Scope
   153.004   Definitions
   153.005   Application
   153.006   Conflict with other laws
   153.007   Validity and severability clause
   153.008   Effective date
Establishment of Zoning Districts
   153.020   Zoning districts
   153.021   Zoning map
   153.022   Interpretation of boundaries
Zoning District Regulations
   153.035   Open districts
   153.036   Agricultural District
   153.037   Residential Districts
   153.038   Rural Non-Farm Residential District
   153.039   Lake Residential District
   153.040   Suburban Residential District
   153.041   Urban Residential District
   153.042   Multiple-Family Residential District
   153.043   Commercial Districts
   153.044   Local Commercial District
   153.045   General Commercial District
   153.046   Highway Service Commercial District
   153.047   Industrial District
   153.048   Light Industrial District
   153.049   Area, yard, height, and bulk regulations
   153.050   Compliance with regulations
   153.051   Accessory buildings
   153.052   Distance between grouped buildings
Signs
   153.065   General sign regulations
   153.066   Signs in Agricultural District
   153.067   Signs in residential districts
   153.068   Signs in Local Commercial District
   153.069   Signs in General Commercial, Highway Service Commercial, and Industrial Districts
   153.070   Off-site signs
   153.071   Signs for service stations
   153.072   Nonconforming signs
Medical Marijuana
   153.085   Caregiver grow operation
   153.086   Application requirements
   153.087   Conditions
   153.088   Disqualification
   153.089   Issuance
   153.090   Utilities
   153.091   Classification
   153.092   Location regulations
   153.093   Number of plants
   153.094   Quantity limitations
   153.095   Additional regulations
   153.096   Record keeping
   153.097   Home use limitations
Parking
   153.110   Off-street parking requirements
   153.111   Plans
   153.112   Location of off-street parking areas
   153.113   Parking in residential districts
   153.114   Off-street parking area design
   153.115   Collective parking
   153.116   Determining requirements
   153.117   Schedule of off-street parking spaces
   153.118   Exception
Off-Street Loading and Unloading Requirements
   153.130   Loading spaces provided
   153.131   Plans
   153.132   Off-street loading area design
   153.133   Off-street loading area space requirements
Conditional Uses
   153.145   Explanation
   153.146   Authority to grant
   153.147   Application and fee
   153.148   Application requirements
   153.149   Public hearings
   153.150   Required standards and findings
   153.151   Determination and imposition of conditions
   153.152   Approval
   153.153   Voiding conditional use permit
Additional Development Requirement for Certain Uses
   153.165   Explanation
   153.166   Quarries
   153.167   Junk yards
   153.168   Drive-in theaters
   153.169   Mobile home park
   153.170   Mobile home subdivision
   153.171   Planned unit development
   153.172   Conditional residential use in a commercial district
   153.173   ORV park/trails
   153.174   Wind energy conversion systems
Site Plan Review and Approval
   153.185   Explanation
   153.186   Buildings, structures, and uses requiring site plan
   153.187   Application and fee
   153.188   Planning Commission review
   153.189   Required data
   153.190   Standards
   153.191   Board approval
   153.192   Expiration of site plan certificate
   153.193   Amendment or revision
Nonconformities
   153.205   Explanation
   153.206   Nonconforming uses of land
   153.207   Nonconforming structures
   153.208   Nonconforming uses of structures
   153.209   Change of tenancy or ownership
   153.210   Nonconforming lots of record
   153.211   Extension and substitution
Miscellaneous Provisions
   153.225   Performance standards
   153.226   Storage of materials
   153.227   Mobile homes and travel trailers
   153.228   Visibility at intersections
   153.229   Access to public streets
   153.230   Flood plans
   153.231   Home occupation
   153.232   Fences
   153.233   Temporary or seasonal uses
   153.234   Essential services
   153.235   Curb cuts and driveways
   153.236   Communication towers
   153.237   Bed and breakfast facilities
   153.238   Outdoor wood furnaces
Condominium Subdivision Approval
   153.250   Approval required
   153.251   Definitions
   153.252   Plan content
   153.253   Utility easements
   153.254   Private streets
   153.255   Encroachment prohibited
   153.256   Relocation of boundaries
   153.257   Subdivision of units
   153.258   Mobile home condominium project
   153.259   Subdivision layout, design, and approval
   153.260   Condominium subdivision approval additions; regulations
Bodies of Water
   153.275   Funneling
   153.276   Definitions
   153.277   Applicability
   153.278   General requirements
   153.279   Boat docks
   153.280   Uses subject to conditional use
Administration
   153.295   Purpose
   153.296   Zoning Inspector
   153.297   Zoning compliance permits
   153.298   Voiding zoning compliance permits
   153.299   Issuance of certificate of occupancy
   153.300   Voiding certificate of occupancy
   153.301   Fees, charges, and expenses
   153.302   Violations; nuisance per se
   153.303   Public hearing notice requirements
Board of Appeals
   153.315   Established
   153.316   Duties
   153.317   Variance
   153.318   Interpretation of regulations
   153.319   Appeals
   153.320   Decisions of the Board of Appeals
Amendment Procedures
   153.335   Initiating amendments
   153.336   Procedures
   153.337   Conformance to court decree
 
   153.999   Penalty
Editor’s note:
The zoning ordinance has been amended and revised several times since its creation. Historical information is provided in this chapter, under specific sections, where appropriate and where it could be determined. However, certain exact amendments could not be placed accurately throughout, so are listed here. The zoning ordinance has been amended on 2-27-1973, 8-16-1973, 9-16-1976, 6-17-1982, 10-19-1989, 1-4-1991, 4-18-1991, 7-18-1991, 2-20-1992, 9-17-1992,  6-16-1994, 7-20-1995, 12-19-1998, 9-10-1999, 6-26-2001, 11-22-2001, 12-6-2001, 1-15-2002, 10-25-2002, 5-6-2003, 7-16-2003, 3-9-2004, 2-17-2005, 10-20-2005, 5-15-2008, 11-19-2009, 9-16-2010, 11-18-2010, 12-15-2011, 6-20-2012, 2-20-2014, 12-18-2014, and 2-19-2015.