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. Nursery schools and day care centers;

  • 8. Parks, playgrounds and playing fields;

  • 9. Transient guest facilities;

  • 10. Standard restaurants;

  • 11. Bus terminals on a lot having a minimum area of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet;

  • 12. Professional and business offices;

  • 13. Banks and other financial institutions;

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

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

  • 16. Commercial indoor recreation facilities;

  • 17. Printing and publishing establishments;

  • 18. Research laboratories;

  • 19. Painting and woodworking shops;

  • 20. Theaters;

  • 21. Emergency low-income housing facilities;

  • 22. Vacation guest facilities;

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

  • 24. Community residences;

  • 25. Family day care homes;

  • 26. 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;

  • 27. Accessory uses with respect to the foregoing.

  • 28. 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. Convalescent homes and rest homes;

  • 9. Fast-food restaurants;

  • 10. Convention or conference centers;

  • 11. Gasoline filling stations (with minor repairing);

  • 12. Automobile repair shops;

  • 13. Shopping centers;

  • 14. Commercial parking lots;

  • 15. Clubs for outdoor recreation;

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

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 23-97 § 1 (2), 1997; Ord. 12-96 § 1 (2), 1996; Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1260.06.122)

(Ord. No. 2021-04, § 1, 1-13-2021; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 1, 1-12-2022; Ord. No. 2025-24, § 1, 3-26-2025)