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. Farms, truck gardens, nurseries, forestry, excluding the keeping of livestock and poultry for commercial purposes;

  • 6. Nursery schools and day care centers;

  • 7. Parks, playgrounds and playfields;

  • 8. Horses or ponies for hire; riding academies or boarding stables;

  • 9. Community residences;

  • 10. Family day care homes;

  • 11. 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;

  • 12. Accessory uses with respect to the foregoing.

  • 13. Temporary accessory uses for major recreational events.

  • 14. 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. Conversions to a multifamily dwelling;

  • 2. Schools, colleges and universities, including fraternity or sorority houses or dormitories for faculty or students;

  • 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. Convalescent homes and rest homes;

  • 10. Clubs for outdoor recreation;

  • 11. Temporary housing for yachting organizations;

  • 12. 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 § 1260.06.092)

(Ord. No. 2020-02, § 4, 2-26-2020; Ord. No. 2024-02, § 3, 1-10-2024; Ord. No. 2025-21, § 1, 3-26-2025)

Editor's note— See editor's note, § 17.08.010.