§ 1403-05. Land Use Regulations.

Schedule 1403-05 below prescribes the land use regulations for SF Districts. Uses are defined in Chapter 1401, Definitions. Uses not listed in the Schedule 1403-05 are prohibited.

The regulations for each subdistrict are established by letter designations as follows:

(a)

"P" designates permitted uses. These uses may be subject to additional regulations as indicated.

(b)

"L" designates uses that are permitted, subject to certain limitations. Numeric suffixes refer to limitations listed at the bottom of Schedule 1403-05. Except as otherwise indicated, modifications of a numerical, locational or dimensional limitation requires a variance under Chapter 1445 - Variances, Special Exceptions and Conditional Uses.

(c)

"C" designates uses permitted only after review and approval of the conditional use by the Zoning Hearing Examiner. These uses may be subject to additional regulations as indicated.

Schedule 1403-05: Use Regulations - Single-family Districts

Use Classifications	SF-20	SF-10	SF-6	SF-4	SF-2	Additional Regulations
Residential Uses
Bed and breakfast home	—	C	C	C	C	See § 1419-09
Child day care home	L5	L5	L5	L5	L5
Group residential
Convents and monasteries	C	C	C	C	C
Fraternities and sororities	—	—	—	—	—
Patient family homes	—	—	—	—	—
Rooming houses	—	—	—	—	—
Shared housing for the elderly	—	—	—	L4	L4
Permanent residential
Single-family dwelling	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1403-11
Attached single-family dwelling	L14	L14	L14	P	P	See § 1403-11
Two-family	L12	L12	L12	L12	L12
Multi-family	L12	L12	L12	L12	L12
Residential care facilities
Developmental disability dwelling	P	P	P	P	P
Public and Semipublic Uses
Cemeteries	—	—	—	L1	L1
Cultural institutions	—	—	C	C	C
Park and recreation facilities	L13	L13	L13	L13	L13
Public safety facilities	—	—	—	C	C
Religious assembly	C	C	C	C	C
School, public or private	C	C	C	C	C	See § 1419-12
Transportation, Communication and Utilities
Public utility distribution system	C	C	C	C	C
Wireless communication antenna	L2	L2	L2	L2	L2	See § 1419-33
Wireless communication tower	C	C	C	C	C	See § 1419-33
Agriculture and Extractive Uses
Community gardens	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1419-41
Farming	L3	L3	L3	—	—
Accessory Uses
Any accessory use not listed below	L9	L9	L9	L9	L9
Home Occupation	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1419-17
Commercial Vehicle Parking	L6	L6	L6	L6	L6
Child day-care centers	L5,7	L5,7	L5,7	L5,7	L5,7
Refuse storage areas	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1421-35
Drive Box	L8	L8	L8	L8	L8
Fences and walls	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1421-33
Exterior lighting	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1421-39
Cemetery, incidental buildings and structures	—	—	—	L10	L10
Rooming Unit	—	—	L11	L11	L11
Portable storage containers	P	P	P	P	P	See § 1419-24
Nonconforming Uses						See Chapter 1447

 

Specific Limitations

L1

Only expansion of existing cemeteries allowed with a conditional use approval.

L2

Antenna height may not exceed 20 feet; greater height requires a conditional use approval. The antenna may only be attached to a permitted agricultural, public or semi-public or public utility building or structure.

L3

Enclosures for food, small animals and commercial sales must be set back no less than 100 feet from lot lines.

L4

The minimum lot area for every resident is 800 square feet and the minimum living area for every resident is 250 square feet.

L5

Fencing, a minimum of four feet in height must be provided for purposes of securing outdoor play areas which must be located in the rear yard only.

L6

One commercial vehicle completely enclosed in a garage may be parked or stored on the lot with the following exceptions:

a.

An unlimited number of commercial vehicles conveying the necessary tools, materials and equipment to a premises where labor using such tools, materials and equipment is to be performed during actual time of parking.

b.

One commercial vehicle with current license owned by a resident of the residential property on which it is stored or parked not to exceed two tons in capacity.

c.

Recreational vehicles, watercraft and personal trailers may be parked on the lot beyond the front yard.

L7

Only if accessory to a public or semi-public use.

L8

Accessory to a public or semi-public use, provided the drive-box is at least 100 feet from any property used for residential purposes.

L9

Accessory uses determined by the Zoning Administrator to be customarily incidental to a use of the district are permitted. All others require conditional use approval.

L10

Mausoleums, columbaria and other incidental buildings and structures within and accessory to cemeteries, may be no less than 100 feet from abutting properties in the residential district and may not exceed the height limitation for principal buildings of the district in which it is located.

L11

No more than two rooming units may be rented or leased in a single-family dwelling.

L12

This use must be legally established prior to the effective date of this Zoning Code. The use has the rights of Chapter 1447, Nonconforming Uses and Structures except for the provisions of § 1447-09 Expansion of Nonconforming Use and § 1447-11 Substitution of a Nonconforming Use.

L13

Publicly owned or operated park and recreation facilities are permitted. All park and recreation facilities, private or non-profit, require a conditional use approval.

L14

Attached single-family is only permitted as part of a cluster housing development. See § 1403-13.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 15-2004, eff. Feb. 13, 2004; a. Ord. No. 0054-2008, § 1, eff. March 13, 2008; a. Ord. No. 414-2008, § 4, eff. Jan. 4, 2009; a. Ord. No. 301-2009, § 1, eff. Dec. 12, 2009; a. Ord. No. 038-2010, § 1, eff. March 18, 2010; Emer. Ord. No. 141-2015, § 7, eff. July 1, 2015; a. Ord. No. 127-2018, § 5, eff. July 6, 2018)