DPW Zoning Ordinance Information

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Zoning Ordinance

13-1-24 R-1 RURAL SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Ex-Urban Residential)

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(a) Permitted Uses. The R-1 District is intended to provide a more spacious residential land use in a rural setting while providing city services. This district will be served by a rural road cross-section, with curb, gutter, and sidewalks not being required. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Single family dwellings.
(2) Public parks, playgrounds, recreational and community center buildings and grounds, and county fairgrounds.
(3) Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.
(4) Churches, public and parochial schools, libraries, museums not operated for profit.
(5) Governmental buildings not detrimental to the character of the residential area, not including sewage plants, garbage incinerators, warehouses, garages, shops, and junk or storage yards.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum one hundred twenty-five (125) feet.
(2) Lot Area Per Family. Minimum Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet; Maximum Two (2) acres.

(c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. 15 feet or 60% of the principal dwelling unit height, whichever is greater.
(3) Minimum Dwelling - Unit Floor Space. One thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet on any one floor level.
(4) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum thirty (30) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(3) Side. Minimum twenty (20) feet.
(4) Maximum Lot Coverage of all Buildings shall not exceed 30%.

(e) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Minimum two (2) spaces per family.

SEC. 13-1-25 R-2 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Single Family Residential)

(a) Permitted Uses. The R-2 District is intended to provide a quiet, pleasant and relatively spacious living area protected from traffic hazards and intrusion of incompatible land uses. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Single family dwellings.
(2) Any use permitted in the R-1 District.
(3) Telephone and utility buildings, exchanges and lines and transformer stations, excepting service garages and storage yards, and excepting microwave radio relay structures.
(4) Conversions of existing dwellings to two-family dwellings after approval and recommendation of the Plan Commission, the holding of a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published as a Class 1 notice, and upon approval of the Common Council.
(5) Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum eighty (80) feet.
(2) Area. Minimum Ten thousand (10,000) square feet for one-family; six thousand (6,000) square feet per unit for a two-family.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. 15 feet or 60% of the principal dwelling unit height, whichever is greater.
(3) Minimum Dwelling- Unit Floor Space. One thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet on any one floor for one-family; eight hundred (800) square feet per dwelling unit for two-family
(4) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum thirty (30) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Side Yards. Each side, principal building: Minimum nine (9) feet. Each side, accessory building: Minimum three (3) feet.
(4) Maximum Lot Coverage of all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

(e) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Residential. Minimum two (2) spaces per family.
(2) Places of Public Gathering. Minimum one (1) per five (5) seats.

SEC. 13-1-26 R-3 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Two Family/Townhouse Residential)

(a) Permitted Uses. The R-3 District is intended to provide living area that is pleasant but not as spacious as the R-2 District for two-family duplex housing. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Any use permitted in the R-2 District.
(2) Two-family dwellings. (In newly platted subdivisions 50% of lots zoned R-3 shall be corner lots with each unit fronting on a different street.)
(3) Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum one hundred (100) feet.
(2) Area. Minimum twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. 15 feet or 60% of the principal dwelling unit height, whichever is greater.
(3) Minimum Dwelling Unit Floor Space. Eight hundred (800) square feet for two-family dwelling; one thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet on any one floor for single family dwelling.
(4) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum thirty (30) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Side. Minimum fifteen (15) feet.
(4) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

(e) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Minimum two (2) spaces per family.

SEC. 13-1-27 R-4 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Mixed Residential)

(a) Permitted Uses. The R-4 District is intended to provide a living area that is pleasant, but not as spacious as the R-3 District. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Any use permitted in the R-3 District.
(2) Multiple family dwellings.
(3) Boarding and rooming houses where meals or lodging are provided for not more than six (6) persons not members of the family.
(4) Hospitals, excepting animal hospitals; medical and dental clinics.
(5) Private garage and accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses.

(b) Conditional Uses. The following uses are conditional uses pursuant to Article E:

(1) Charitable institutions;
(2) Correctional institutions;
(3) Remedial institutions and treatment centers;
(4) Rest homes;
(5) Convalescent homes;
(6) Private non-profit clubs and lodges.

( c) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum one hundred twenty-five (125) feet.
(2) Minimum Lot Area Per Family.

a. Ten thousand (10,000) square feet for a one (1) family dwelling unit.
b. Six thousand (6,000) square feet per unit for the first two (2) dwelling units of each building, and in addition thereto, four thousand (4,000) square feet per unit for each unit in excess of two (2) dwelling units located within each structure upon a lot or parcel. Each building shall be considered separately for purposes of density computation.
c. In determining such required minimum square feet per dwelling unit, all that area of such lot or parcel which shall be included in a wetland area as determined by the Plan Commission shall be considered at the rate of fifty percent (50%) of such wetland area, but in no event shall any lands determined to be wetlands permit the construction of greater than eight (8) additional dwelling units upon any lot or parcel.

(d) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Forty-five (45) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty (20) feet.
(3) Minimum Dwelling Unit Floor Space. One thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet for one-family; eight hundred (800) square feet per dwelling unit for two-family; six hundred (600) square feet average per dwelling unit for greater than two-family (exterior measure).
(4) Multiple Building Placement. Each principal building on a single lot shall maintain the minimum front yard, rear yard, and side yard requirement as established herein. Each such building shall be so placed upon such lot so as to maintain such minimum lot requirements unto itself.
(5) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(e) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum thirty (30) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(2a) Rear Yards Adjoining or Adjacent to R-1, R-2, or R-3 Districts. Minimum forty (40) feet
(3) Side Yards, Each Side, Principal Building. Minimum fifteen (15) feet.
(4) Side Yards, Each Side, Accessory Buildings. Minimum three (3) feet.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

(f) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Residential. Minimum two (2) per family and one (1) per two (2) boarders.
(2) Places of Public Gathering. Minimum one (1) per five (5) seats.

SEC. 13-1-28 PN - PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD
(Master Plan Reference: Planned Neighborhood)

(a) Permitted Uses. The Planned Neighborhood district shall permit a mix of Single-Family, Two-Family, Mixed Residential, Institutional, Neighborhood Office, Neighborhood Commercial, Park, and Open Space use. Permitted uses are those that are permitted in the matching zoning districts described elsewhere in this article. As a guide, the following distributions are suggested:

Minimum 60% of dwelling units shall be contained in single family structures
Maximum 20% of dwelling units shall be contained in two-family structures
Maximum 20% of dwelling units shall be contained in multi-family structures
Maximum 20% of land area shall be allowed as office or business use, excluding street right-of-way area for such computation.

(b) Lot Requirements. The lot requirements for a particular lot will be identical to those provided for the zoning district which best resembles the proposed use of said lot. For example, a single-family residential use must meet the R-2 Single Family Residence District requirements; a multi-family residential use must meet the R-4 Multi-Family Residential District requirements, and so forth.

( c) Building Requirements. Building requirements are those found in the section for the matching zone for a particular use.

(d) Yards. Required yards are those as found in the section for a matching zone for a particular use.

(e) Parking Requirements. All uses are required to have off-street parking in accordance with Section 13-1-92.

SEC. 13-1-29 PO - PLANNED OFFICE
(Master Plan Reference: Planned Office)

(a) Permitted Uses. The PO District is intended to provide areas for high quality office development in an office park type environment. High quality building materials and generous landscaping are required. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Professional and business uses, but excluding retail outlets.
(2) Hotels including uses associated with such that are located within the principal building.

(b) Conditional Uses.

( c) Lot Requirements

(1) Width. Minimum one hundred-fifty (150) feet.
(2) Area. Minimum twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet

(d) Building Requirements

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Sixty (60) feet.

(e) Yards

(1) Front. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet
(3) Side. Minimum twenty (20) feet
(4) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.
(5) Pavement shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the front lot line and ten (10) feet from all other lot lines.

(f) Parking Requirements. All uses are required to have off-street parking in accordance with Section 13-1-92.

SEC. 13-1-30 B-1 BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICES DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Neighborhood Office/Neighborhood Business)

(a) Permitted Uses. The B-1 District is intended to provide areas for limited business and professional needs of the community. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Any use permitted in the R-4 District.
(2) Professional and business offices including offices and clinics for doctors and dentists; offices for real estate and insurance business, for architects, engineers, utilities, banks, and building and loan associations.
(3) Indoor sales and service.
(4) Indoor maintenance service.
(5) Other uses similar to any of the above uses.
(6) Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum eighty (80) feet.
(2) Lot Area Per Family. Minimum ten thousand (10,000) square feet for one-family; six thousand (6,000) square feet per unit for two-family; four thousand (4,000) square feet per unit for more than two-family.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2)? Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Side Yards: Each Side: Principal Building. Minimum ten (10) feet.
(4) Side Yards: Each Side: Accessory Buildings. Minimum ten (10) feet.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

(e) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Residential. Minimum two (2) per family and one (1) per two (2) boarders.
(2) Places of Public Gathering. Minimum one (1) per five (5) seats.
(3) Business. Minimum one (1) per two hundred (200) square feet of floor space.

13-1-31 B-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: General Business)

(a) Permitted Uses. The B-2 District is intended to provide areas for the less restricted business needs of the community than in the B-1 District. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Any use permitted in the B-1 District.
(2) Post offices.
(3) General business and commercial uses which do not generate noise, smoke or odors that would create a public or private nuisance. These uses generally include:
a. Mercantile business establishments including groceries, meat markets, drug stores, hardware stores, and clothing stores.
b. Hotels, motels, taverns, and restaurants.
c. Places of amusement; theaters.
d. Personal service; automobile service, sales, and storage; and equipment service establishments.
e. (Repealed)
f. Bus depots.
g. Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. No minimum.
(2) Lot Area Per Family. Same as for B-1 District.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Forty-five (45) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. No minimum.
(2) Rear. No minimum.
(3) Side Yards, Each Side, Principal and Accessory Buildings. No minimum, except as required by the Building Code.

(e) Parking Requirements. All uses are required to have off-street parking in accordance with Section 13-1-92.

SEC. 13-1-32 CB CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
(Master Plan Reference: Central Mixed Business)

(a) Permitted Uses. The CB Central Business District is intended to provide a suitable business environment for the main downtown business area of the city. Any reference to the B-2 General Business District in this code shall also apply to this CB Central Business District. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Any use permitted in the B-2 Districts, excepting however that residential dwelling units other than those located in a hotel or motel are allowed only above the ground floor and not at grade, unless authorized by Conditional Use Permit

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. No minimum.
(2) Lot Area Per Family. Same as for B-2 District.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Forty-five (45) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. No minimum.
(2) Rear. No minimum.
(3) Side Yards, Each Side, Principal and Accessory Buildings. No minimum, except as required by the Building Code.

(e) Off-Street Parking Required. All uses are required to have off-street parking in accordance with Section 13-1-92.

SEC. 13-1-33 B-3 HIGHWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Planned Business)

(a) Permitted Uses. The B-3 District is intended to provide for businesses and customer services logically related to vehicular traffic or associated with the mobile population. Areas suitable for this District would be located along highways and major street arteries. These uses include the following:

(1) Any use permitted in the B-2 District.
(2) Rest homes, nursing homes, or convalescent homes.
(3) Clubs or lodges.
(4) Governmental buildings, office buildings and banking facilities.
(5) Shopping centers, malls and other retail business establishments.
(6) Automobile sales and service associated with said sales.

(7) Drive-through facilities for other permitted uses.
(8) Bus depots.
(9) Restaurants.
10) Motels and hotels.
(11) Gasoline service stations.

(b) Conditional Uses.

(1) Body repair shops.
(2) Repair garages without new car sales.
(3) Outdoor theaters, summer theaters, or outdoor music facilities.
(4) Amusement parks.
(5) Storage garages or warehouses for rent.
(6) Any commercial use which may generate noise, smoke, or odors that would create a public or private nuisance.
(7) Adult Oriented Establishments licensed pursuant to Section 7-11-1 of this Code, provided that no such establishment may be located within 500 feet of a church, synagogue or regular place of religious worship, a public school, private school, or licensed day care center serving pre-school, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, secondary, or post high school students regardless of age, a public park, or another adult oriented establishment. Such measurement shall be made in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest portion of the building used as an adult oriented establishment to the nearest property line of the restricted locations as defined above.

( c) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum one hundred (100) feet.

(d) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Principal Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty-five (25) feet.
(3) Minimum Principal Building Width. Twenty-four (24) feet.

(e) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum fifty (50) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(3) Side Yards. Each Side, Principal Buildings. Minimum twenty (20) feet.
(4) Side Yards: Each Side, Accessory Building. Minimum ten (10) feet.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

(f) Off-Street Parking Required.

(1) Residential. Minimum two (2) per family and one (1) per two (2) boarders.
(2) Places of Public Gathering. Minimum one (1) per five (5) seats.
(3) Business. Minimum one (1) per two hundred (200) square feet of floor space.

SEC. 13-1-34 L- I LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Planned Industrial)

(a) Permitted Uses. The L-I District is intended to provide for light industrial and manufacturing in areas separated from other sections of the community. In the L-I District, any light industrial use or business is permitted except those that are dangerous, or generate noise, smoke, traffic, or air, water or soil pollution that would create a public or private liability or nuisance. All residential uses are prohibited.

(b) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. One hundred fifty (150) feet minimum.

( c) Building Requirements.

(1) Maximum Building Height. Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Maximum Accessory Building Height. Twenty-five (25) feet.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(3) Side Yards. Each Side, Principal Buildings. Minimum twenty (20) feet.
(4) Side Yards, Each Side: Accessory Buildings. Minimum ten (10) feet.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

SEC. 13-1-35 H - I HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: General Industrial)

(a) Permitted Uses. The H-I District is intended to provide for all uses permitted in the L-I District plus industries that normally include the use of heavy machinery and may require outdoor storage areas for raw materials and finished products, provided such storage is enclosed by a suitable screen of fencing or planting. Residential uses for caretaker or superintendent are prohibited; also prohibited are uses and industrial operations that are dangerous or may be a public or private nuisance due to smoke, odor, gas, vibrations, dust, noise, or traffic congestion. The following are permitted uses:

(1) Automotive body repairs.
(2) Automotive upholstery.
(3) Cleaning, pressing, and dyeing establishments.

(4) Commercial bakeries.
(5) Commercial greenhouses.
(6) Distributors.
(7) Farm machinery.
(8) Laboratories.
(9) Machine shops.
(10) Manufacture and bottling of nonalcoholic beverages.
(11) Painting.
(12) Printing.
(13) Publishing.
(14) Storage and sale of machinery and equipment.
(15) Trade and contractor's offices.
(16) Warehousing.
(17) Wholesaling.
(18) Manufacture, fabrication, packing, packaging and assembly of products from:

a. Furs.
b. Glass.
c. Leather.
d. Metals.
e. Paper.
f. Plaster.
g. Plastics.
h. Textiles.
I. Wood.
(19) Manufacture, fabrication, processing, packaging and packing of:

a. Confections.
b. Cosmetics.
c. Electrical appliances.
d. Electronic devices.
e. Food, except cabbage, fish and fish products, meat and pea vining.
f. Instruments.
g. Jewelry.
h. Pharmaceuticals.
I. Tobacco.
j. Toiletries.

(b) Lot Requirements
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(1) Width. Minimum two hundred (200) feet.

( c) Building Requirements. Height -- Maximum forty-five (45) feet for any structure.

(d) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(3) Side Yards; Each Side, Principal Building. Thirty (30) feet minimum.
(4) Side Yards: Each Side; Accessory Building. Ten (10) feet minimum.
(5) Maximum Lot Coverage for all Buildings shall not exceed 50%.

SEC. 13-1-36 A - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Agriculture/Rural)

(a) Permitted Uses. The A District provides for agricultural uses. The intent is to help conserve good farming areas and prevent uncontrolled, uneconomical spread of residential development which results in excessive costs to the community for premature provision of public utilities, improvements and services. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Floriculture, forestry, greenhouses, horticulture, nurseries, orchards, truck farming and viticulture.
(2) One (1) and two (2) family farm residences, but only when occupied by owners, relatives of owners and/or persons engaged in farming activities on the farm on which it is located.
(3) Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relay and repeater stations, equipment housings and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures; radio and television stations and transmission towers and microwave radio relay towers.
(4) Public and private schools, churches, public parks and recreation areas and historic sites.
(5) Customary accessory buildings, including not more than one (1) roadside stand for the sale of farm products produced on the premises. Any such stand shall conform to setback, sign and other provisions of this Chapter, but may be ordered removed by the county highway committee if said committee determines that it constitutes a traffic hazard or nuisance. Not more than two (2) non-illuminated signs not larger than twenty (20) square feet in area and advertising produce may be erected back of required front yards within one hundred (100) feet of the stand.
(6) Churches, schools, parks, municipal buildings, airports and institutional uses.

(b) Conditional Uses.

(1) Animal hospital or clinic provided the lot area is not less than two (2) acres and all principal structures and uses are not less than one hundred (100) feet from a residential district.
(2) Incinerators and sewage disposal plants including age, sewage, rubbish or offal.

(3) Commercial raising, propagation, boarding or butchering of animals, such as dogs, mink, rabbits, foxes, goats and pigs; the commercial production of eggs; and the hatching, raising, fattening or butchering of fowl.
(4) Pea vineries, creameries and condenseries.
(5) Recreational uses: Camps, conservatories, driving ranges, firearm ranges, golf courses, pools, riding academies, skating rinks, sport fields, zoological and botanical gardens.
(6) Unless otherwise specified, all conditional uses shall meet lot, height and yard requirements of the District.

( c) Lot Requirements.

(1) Width. Minimum two hundred (200) feet.

(d) Building Requirements.

(1) Principal Building Height. Minimum thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) Agricultural Building Height. No maximum.

(e) Yards.

(1) Front. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(2) Rear. Minimum forty (40) feet.
(3) Side Yards: Each Side, Principal and Accessory Buildings. Twenty-five (25) feet minimum.

SEC. 13-1-37 C - CONSERVANCY DISTRICT.
(Master Plan Reference: Passive Recreation/Environmental Corridor)

(a) Permitted Uses. The C District is intended to preserve the natural state of scenic areas in the community, to prevent uncontrolled, misplaced, uneconomical spread of residential, business, or other development, to prevent soil and water pollution, and to help discourage intensive development of marginal and flood plain lands so as to prevent potential hazards to public and private property. The following uses are permitted:

(1) Fishing
(2) Preservation of scenic, historic and scientific areas.
(3) Soil and water conservation.
(4) Sustained yield forestry.
(5) Stream bank and lakeshore protection.
(6) Water retention.
(7) Wildlife preserves.
(8) Parks and parkways; recreation areas; cemeteries.
(9) Dams, power stations and transmission lines.

(b) Conditional Uses.

(1) Drainage.
(2) Water measurement and water control facilities.
(3) Grazing.
(4) Utilities.
(5) Wild crop harvesting.

The above uses shall not involving the dumping, filling, cultivation, mineral, soil or peat removal or any other use that would disturb the natural fauna, flora, watercourses, water regimen or topography.

( c) Upon written permission from the Common Council in keeping with the purposes of this Chapter, after recommendation of the Plan Commission, and if applicable, the Joint Extra-Territorial Zoning Committee, after a public hearing, landfill areas, sewage disposal plants, water pumping or storage facilities, amusement parks, golf courses and driving ranges, and public camping grounds.

SEC. 13-1-38 R-MH MOBILE DISTRICT.

The requirements for property in the R-MH Mobile Home District shall be as provided in Article L of this Chapter.

SEC. 13-1-39 SU SPECIAL USE DISTRICT
(Master Plan Reference: Special Use/Extraction/Institutional/Surface Water)

(a) Permitted Uses. The Special Use District is intended to cover land uses that occur rarely or are seldom used in the City. As such, it is difficult to prescribe specific uses or requirements for this zone as the result of varying and unique circumstances. All buildings and operations in this zone shall be Conditional Uses and will make use of Article E of this Zoning Code which details Conditional Use procedures.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Height, Yard, Area, Lot Widths, Parking and Unloading

	Business	Business	Business
	L-I District	H-I District	A District
Maximum Height, feet Principal Building Accessory Building	35 --	45 --	35 25
Side Yards, each side, feet Principal Building Accessory Building	20 5	30 5	25 25
Front Yard Setback, feet	25	65	40
Rear Yard Setback, feet	40	40	40
Lot Area per family, Square feet	--	--	--
Minimum Lot Width, feet	100	150	--
Parking: Off-Street, Number of Spaces Required:
Residence	--	--	--
Business 1 per 200 sq. Same as L-I -- ft. of floor space devoted to business
Industrial 1 per 2 employees L-I
Places of Public Gathering	--	--	--
Truck Unloading Area Sufficient space Same as L-I Same as B-1 so no street or alley need be blocked

*Height - Top of building roof to front street.
**Defined with reference to the main, front street as the front yard line, provided that the standard set-back requirement shall apply to both abutting front or corner lots.

ARTICLE D

PUD Planned Unit Development Procedures

SEC. 13-1-40 PURPOSE OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.

Planned Unit Developments are intended to provide for greater flexibility in design and to provide for a combination of uses in a manner compatible to each and to the surrounding environment. A Planned Unit Development (PUD) is any development to be constructed and maintained by a single owner or group of owners acting through a corporation located on a single tract, planned as an entity and, therefore, acceptable for development and regulation as one (1) land unit. Planned Unit Developments are established to encourage and promote improved environmental design in the City of Plymouth by allowing for greater freedom, imagination and flexibility in the development of land while insuring substantial compliance to the basic intent of the zoning ordinance and the general plan for community development. The PUD concept allows diversification and variation in. the relationship of uses, structures, open spaces and heights of structures in developments conceived and implemented as comprehensive and cohesive, unified projects. It is further intended to encourage -more rational and economic development in regard to public services and encourage and facilitate preservation of open land.

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