Use regulations

• A. The following uses are permitted by right:

  • 1. Single-family dwellings;

  • 2. Two-family dwellings;

  • 3. Home occupations;

  • 4. Churches and places of worship;

  • 5. Nursery schools and day care centers;

  • 6. Parks, playgrounds and playing fields;

  • 7. Community residences;

  • 8. Family day care homes;

  • 9. Municipal and public service corporation buildings and facilities; community water supply reservoirs; community well houses; water towers, water and sewage treatment facilities, water and sewage pumping stations;

  • 10. Accessory uses with respect to the foregoing;

  • 11. Residential scale wind energy system.

  • 12. Conversion to a multifamily dwelling of former public school buildings which existed prior to January 1, 1955, on a lot or lots containing a total of at least forty-five thousand (45,000) square feet in area, excluding the former Coggeshall School.

  • 13. Decks, following dimensional standards described in Section 17.04.050(K).

• B. The following uses require a special use permit from the zoning board of review:

  • 1. Multifamily dwellings;

  • 2. Reserved;

  • 3. Libraries;

  • 4. Museums;

  • 5. Cemeteries;

  • 6. Religious, philanthropic, scientific, literary, historical, fraternal, and charitable institutions;

  • 7. Agricultural and horticultural societies;

  • 8. Schools of limited instruction;

  • 9. Hospitals;

  • 10. Convalescent homes and rest homes;

  • 11. Undertaker's establishments;

  • 12. Clubs for outdoor recreation;

  • 13. Neighborhood parking lots;

  • 14. Nonprofit multifamily housing facilities for the elderly and/or handicapped;

  • 15. Federal, state and municipal buildings, excluding correctional institutions and hospitals for the mentally ill.

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1260.06.022)

(Ord. No. 2012-019, § 2, 12-12-2012; Ord. No. 2019-01, § 1, 2-13-2019; Ord. No. 2022-11, § 2, 3-23-2022; Ord. No. 2025-14, § 1, 3-26-2025)