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(A) Uses permitted outright in an Exclusive Farm Use Zone (A-1):
(1) Raising, harvesting, storing, or selling crops for the purpose of making a profit;
(2) Breeding, feeding, production, managing, and selling of livestock, poultry, fish, fur-bearing animals, or honeybees for the purpose of making a profit;
(3) Dairying and the sale of dairy products;
(4) Other agriculture, horticulture, or animal husbandry uses or activities undertaken for the purpose of making a profit; and
(5) Propagation and/or harvesting of a forest product.
(B) Conditional uses:
(1) Utility facilities other than those permitted outright;
(2) Commercial activities conducted in conjunction with farm use;
(3) Public or private parks and playgrounds;
(4) Golf courses;
(5) Home occupations;
(6) Aggregate, mineral, or other resources exploration, mining, and processing;
(7) Operation conducted for the mining and processing of geothermal resources;
(8) The boarding of horses for profit;
(9) A dwelling on real property used for farm use if the dwelling is:
(a) Located on the same lot or parcel as the dwelling of the farm operator; and
(b) Occupied by a relative, which means grandparent, grandchild, parent, child, brother, or sister of the farm operator or the farm operator's spouse, whose assistance in the management of the farm use is or will be required by the farm operator;
(10) Dwellings and other buildings customarily provided in conjunction with farm use. Prior to issuing any permits for more than one dwelling, it shall be demonstrated that one of the above permitted uses in division (A) exists and would be continued on the property, or that assurances are provided that such uses will be developed;
(11) Local distribution utility facilities and similar minor facilities necessary for public service and repair, replacement and maintenance thereof, except commercial facilities for the purpose of generating power for public use by sale;
(12) Exploration of geothermal resources; and
(13) Manufactured dwellings placed in accordance with § 155.090.
(C) Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size for new lots or parcels in the A-1 Zone shall be 160 acres.
(D) Development standards.
(1) Any proposed division of land included within the A-1 Zone resulting in the creation of one or more parcels of land shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved by the city.
(2) The Planning Commission and City Council shall not approve any proposed subdivision or partition of a lot or parcel described in division (B)(9).
(3) Setbacks shall be the same as those in the R Zone.
(4) Animal shelters shall not be located closer than 100 feet from an R or R-2 Zone.
(5) (a) Signs shall be limited to the following:
1. Two name plates or signs for each dwelling;
2. Temporary signs as needed for advertising the sale, lease, or rental of the property and not exceeding eight square feet in area;
3. A sign identifying non-residential use such as the sale of products grown or produced on the premises or advertising activities conducted as part of the farm use.
(b) No sign shall be moving, revolving, or flashing, and all lighting shall be directed away from residential uses or zones, and shall not be located so as to detract from a motorist's vision except for emergency purposes.
(Ord. 369, passed 4-9-1984; Ord. 496, passed 6-12-2006)
(A) Uses permitted outright in an Agricultural/Forest Zone (A-3): any use permitted outright in an A-1 Zone.
(B) Conditional uses: any use permitted as a conditional use in an A-1 Zone.
(C) Lot size requirements: the minimum lot size for new lots or parcels in the A-3 Zone shall be 40 acres.
(D) Development standards: standards in the A-3 Zone shall be the same as standards in an A-1 Zone.
(Ord. 369, passed 4-9-1984)
(A) Uses permitted outright in a Public Facility Zone (PF):
(1) Public service facilities and minor betterments thereof; and
(2) Allowed only on those lands owned, operated, or leased to; or, that support facilities owned, operated, or leased to the following entities:
(a) Federal, state, and local governments;
(b) Public school districts;
(c) State or community colleges and universities; or
(d) Churches.
(B) Conditional uses.
(1) Publicly owned facilities; and
(2) Public service uses provided by a non-profit organization.
(C) Lot size requirements. Lots or parcels shall have size and dimensional standards as necessary to accommodate the structures, traffic circulation, off-street parking, loading and unloading, and similar activities necessary for and associated with the use proposed or existing on the subject property. The lot size must be approved by the Planning Commission and City Council from detailed plans presented by the applicant to those decision makers.
(D) Setback requirements. Setback requirements for lots shall be sufficient to allow parking, loading, and related traffic circulation as needed by the use.
(Ord. 534, passed 7-14-2014)
EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES
The extent of such change, alternations, or expansion shall be prescribed by the Planning Commission in connection with its findings. The procedure to be followed and the fees to be charged on an application for permission to change, extend, or alter a non-conforming use shall be the same as in the case of a conditional use.
(A) Continuation. Subject to the other provisions of this chapter, a non-conforming structure or use may be continued, but shall not be changed, altered, extended, or expanded except when the following conditions are found by the Planning Commission:
(1) That said structure is suitable for change, alteration, extension, or expansion, and the result is not more incompatible or detrimental to surrounding properties than the previous one; and
(2) That a change in the non-conforming use would not operate to lessen the value of property in the same zone and reasonably adjacent to the property concerned.
(B) Reconstruction and relocation. A building having a non-conforming use at the time of the passage of this chapter may not be reconstructed or structurally altered to an extent exceeding 80% of the then current assessed value of the building unless a variance is granted, except as set forth herein. When a building having a non-conforming use is damaged by fire or other causes so that the total deterioration exceeds 80% of the cost of replacing the building using new materials, then such building shall not be rebuilt unless such building in its construction and uses conforms fully to the requirements of this chapter and other ordinances of the city as applied to new buildings and uses in the district in which it is to be located, except that pre-existing residential structures within the C-1 and C-2 Zones may be rebuilt when destruction exceeds 80% of its value to the size, scale, scope, and design of the previous structure. When damage is 80% or less, rebuilding for non-conforming use must be kept within the old foundation. When a building having a non-conforming use is damaged by fire or other cause to an extent which will permit rebuilding, such construction as defined by the State Uniform Building Code must commence within one year of date of damage and be completed within two years of such date, if use is to continue as a non-conforming use, unless a variance is granted. No building or structure shall be moved from one lot or premises to another unless such building or structure shall thereupon be made to conform to all the provisions of this chapter relative to buildings or structures hereafter erected upon the lot or premises to which such building or structure shall have been moved.
(C) Existing buildings. If a non-conforming use involving a structure is discontinued for a period of one year, further use of the building shall conform to this chapter, except residential structures within the C-1 and C-2 Zones, which shall have a period of two years.
(D) Interruptions of use. If a non-conforming use not involving a structure is discontinued for a period of six months, further use of the property shall conform to this chapter. Any non-conforming use determined by the City Council to be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare shall be discontinued after a period of time determined by the Council at a public hearing to be the amortized life of the use.
(E) Mobile homes. Any non-conforming mobile home removed from a lot may be replaced only by a conforming mobile home.
(Ord. 337, passed 6-11-1979; Ord. 512, passed 2-11-2008)
A clear vision area shall be a triangular area on a lot at the intersection of two streets, two sides of which are lot lines measured a distance of 30 feet from the corner intersection of the lot lines. The third side of the triangle is a line across the corner of the lot joining the ends of the other two sides. Where the lot lines at intersections have rounded corners, the lot lines will be extended in a straight line to the point of intersection. The clear vision area shall contain no sight-obscuring plantings, walls, structures, fences, or other temporary or permanent obstructions exceeding three feet in height as measured from the grade of the street centerline.
(Ord. 337, passed 6-11-1979)
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