Use regulations

• A. The following uses are permitted by right:

  • 1. Single-family dwellings;

  • 2. Two-family dwellings;

  • 3. Guest houses;

  • 4. Home occupations;

  • 5. Churches and places of worship;

  • 6. Schools of limited instruction;

  • 7. Parks, playgrounds and playing fields;

  • 8. Standard restaurants;

  • 9. Professional and business offices;

  • 10. Stores where goods are sold or service is rendered primarily at retail;

  • 11. Radio and television broadcasting studios, excluding transmitting and receiving towers;

  • 12. Research laboratories;

  • 13. Fish and seafood receiving, handling, storage and shipping;

  • 14. Boat building and repair;

  • 15. Marinas;

  • 16. Painting and woodworking shops;

  • 17. Community residences;

  • 18. Family day care homes;

  • 19. 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;

  • 20. Maritime museums.

  • 21. Accessory uses with respect to the foregoing.

  • 22. 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. 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. Transient guest facilities;

  • 9. Fast-food restaurants;

  • 10. Convention or conference centers;

  • 11. Shopping centers;

  • 12. Banks and other financial institutions;

  • 13. The manufacture, processing, assembly, or storage of goods;

  • 14. Commercial storage and sale of fuel and bottled gas;

  • 15. Commercial parking lots;

  • 16. Taverns;

  • 17. Clubs for outdoor recreation;

  • 18. Commercial indoor recreation facilities;

  • 19. Commercial outdoor recreation facilities;

  • 20. Historic guest houses;

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

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1260.06.112; Ord. No. 2018-13, § 1, 11-14-2018)

(Ord. No. 2021-03, § 1, 1-13-2021; Ord. No. 2022-02, § 1, 1-12-2022; Ord. No. 2025-23, § 1, 3-26-2025)