§ 155.199 CONDITIONAL USES.
   The following are conditional uses allowed in the RR District (requires a conditional use permit issued in accordance with the procedures set forth in and regulated by § 155.440):
   (A)   Governmental and public regulated utility buildings and structures necessary for the health, safety, and general welfare of the community, provided that if abutting a residential district, the requirements of § 155.031 are complied with;
   (B)   Residential planned unit development as regulated by § 155.465 et seq.;
   (C)   Places of worship, provided that:
      (1)   The minimum size site is three acres;
      (2)   The use shall be located along an improved (blacktop or concrete) collector or arterial roadway as identified in the city’s Transportation Plan, but in no case shall it have direct access to an arterial roadway;
      (3)   Side, rear, and parking setbacks shall be double the standard requirement, but no less than 30 feet;
      (4)   Screening is provided in compliance with § 155.031;
      (5)   A minimum of 25% green space shall be provided;
      (6)   For uses with capacity for greater than 250 persons in the assembly area(s) utilized at the same time, with capacity calculated according to the Building Code adopted by the city, a traffic impact study shall be conducted by the city’s traffic consultant at the expense of the applicant. The traffic impact study shall assess the potential short-term and long-term traffic impacts associated with the proposed use on the site itself and on adjacent roadways. The traffic impact study shall identify appropriate mitigation and/or recommendations to offset projected impacts, which the user shall be responsible for implementing at its sole cost;
      (7)   The user operates consistent with an operations plan approved by the city that shall prescribe typical start and end times for the primary activity or activities constituting the use (for example, worship service times), in addition to accessory and auxiliary uses. The operations plan shall be based on the traffic impact study (if any), nearby land uses, and other related factors, and incorporated into a conditional use permit agreement; and
      (8)   Any modification of an existing use which intensifies the use and/or surpasses the 250 person occupancy threshold shall require an amended conditional use permit and shall be subject to divisions (D)(6) and (7) above;
   (D)   Open space development, provided that:
      (1)   The subdivision is at least 30 acres in size;
      (2)   At least 25% of the subdivision is preserved/established as open space or park (“Open Space”) as follows:
         (a)   An emphasis is placed on preserving lakeshore, creeks, wooded areas, linking open space/trail corridors, and prominent views/entry points;
         (b)   Wetlands and right-of-way areas may not count towards the required open space;
         (c)   All open space is to be owned by a homeowner’s association (HOA) or city, at city’s discretion;
         (d)   There shall be no park dedication credit for any of the open space, whether owned by an HOA or dedicated to city; and
         (e)   Permanent conservation or use easements must be recorded against the open space in a form approved by city, to ensure proper maintenance and protection, including providing the city the right to maintain and assess said costs to all lots in the subdivisions;
      (3)   All lots within the subdivision shall be part of a private community septic system (PCSS) with the following requirements:
         (a)   Developer shall enter into an agreement with city allowing, among other things, the city to conduct regular inspections of the PCCS, and to repair or replace the PCCS as determined necessary by the city and assess the costs to each contributing lot in the subdivision;
         (b)   Designed to accommodate future central sanitary sewer in terms of layout, location of PCCS, establishment of easements, and other factors as determined by the city;
         (c)   Agree to hook up to city sanitary sewer when available and pay standard assessments and fees; and
   (E)   Other uses deemed by the Zoning Administrator to be similar to those set forth in this section and consistent with the purpose of this zoning district.
(Ord. 1806, passed 10-23-18; Am. Ord. 2001, passed 7-14-20)