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CODE OF ORDINANCE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 FINANCE DIRECTOR
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 22 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 23 BOARD OF APPEALS
CHAPTER 24 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
CHAPTER 25 PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMISSION
CHAPTER 26 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27 SUGAR CREEK MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE
CHAPTER 28 TRIUMPH PARK
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 CAMPING
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 NOISE CONTROL
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 57 URBAN CHICKENS
CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 68 PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 77 SKATEBOARDS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 WATER WELL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 98 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
CHAPTER 99 CONNECTION FEE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 100 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY
CHAPTER 101 ILLICIT DISCHARGE TO STORM SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 102 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 103 POST-CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 104 REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER AND HAULED WASTE
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 107 MANDATORY RECYCLING PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC ENERGY FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 115 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND UTILITY INSTALLATION PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
CHAPTER 123 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 124 MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE
CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 138 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 140 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 145 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
CHAPTER 150 TREES
CHAPTER 151 TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS
CHAPTER 155 BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 156 RESIDENTIAL RENTAL CODE
CHAPTER 160 SITE AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
CHAPTER 161 LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 166 ZONING REGULATIONS ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 167 ZONING REGULATIONS SIGNS
CHAPTER 168 ZONING REGULATIONS PARKING AND LOADING
CHAPTER 169 ZONING REGULATIONS DISTRICT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 170 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 175 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 176 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS PLATTING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 177 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS
CHAPTER 178 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 179 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON COMMUNITY FACILITIES
169.22   K-MU KETTLESTONE MIXED USE DISTRICT.
The K-MU District is intended and designed to provide certain areas of the Kettlestone development with buildings that include a combination of residential, retail, and office uses. Retail or service businesses are typically located on the first floor with office and residential dwelling units located on the upper floors. All buildings should include a residential component. Stand-alone businesses with drive-throughs, such as banks, restaurants, coffee shops, and drug stores are prohibited. The K-MU zoning designation is reserved for those properties located within the adopted Kettlestone District Boundary Map of the Kettlestone Design Guidelines document identifying areas for residential, commercial, office, and mixed uses.
1.   Principal Permitted Uses. Only the uses of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the K-MU District.
   A.   Multi-family residential dwellings (apartments or condominiums).
   B.   Retail businesses and service establishments such as:
      (1)   Retail sales stores including drug stores, bakeries and grocery stores (outdoor storage is prohibited but limited outdoor display may be permitted as part of the site plan approval process).
      (2)   Personal service businesses such as hair and beauty salons, dry-cleaners and launderettes, shoe and watch repair shops.
      (3)   Hotels and Motels.
      (4)   Restaurants and Coffee Shops: dine-in, carry-out and drive-through.
      (5)   Stand-alone restaurant and coffee shop buildings are prohibited. All restaurant uses must be contained within and part of a larger building. Outdoor seating areas may be permitted as part of the site plan approval process.
      (6)   Places of assembly such as churches, other places of worship, public and private schools, civic uses and fraternal lodges.
      (7)   Child care centers and nursery schools.
   C.   Office uses such as:
      (1)   Medical clinics, group medical centers, or the office of a doctor, dentist, osteopath, or similar profession.
      (2)   Business and professional offices including the following: law, engineering, real estate, insurance, banks, financial services, and similar uses.
2.   Permitted Accessory Uses.
   A.   Private garage or carport.
   B.   Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to any principal permitted use.
   C.   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
3.   Bulk Regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in Section 165.19.
Lot Area
No minimum requirement
Lot Width
No minimum requirement
Front Yard
No minimum and a maximum of 20 feet for principal permitted uses.
20 feet minimum for accessory structures
Side Yards
No minimum for principal permitted uses unless adjacent to adjoining single-family, in which case the minimum setback shall be 50 feet.
5 feet for accessory structures.
Rear Yard
No minimum for principal permitted uses unless adjacent to adjoining single-family, in which case the minimum setback shall be 50 feet.
5 feet for accessory structures.
Principal Building Separation
No minimum
Accessory Building Separation
30 feet between principal building and accessory building
Minimum Height
Principal building – 2 stories
Maximum Height
Principal building – 5 stories
Accessory building – 1 story
Floor Area Ratio
0.80
Maximum Density
30 dwelling units per acre
Minimum Floor Area
600 square feet per dwelling unit
 
4.   Off-Street Parking and Loading. Two spaces per unit and one space per 250 square feet of retail and office uses.
5.   Minimum Open Space. The total land area devoted to open space and landscaping shall not be less than 15 percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped area and shall not include access drives, parking areas, structure, or buildings, except ornamental structures included as part of the landscaping theme.
6.   Site Plan Requirements. See Chapter 160 of this Code of Ordinances and the adopted Kettlestone Design Guidelines.