11-7-2 Supplemental Site Development Standards
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
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Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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A. General Development Standards: The following site development standards shall
be complied with in all zoning districts:
1. Parking Standards:
a. Parking for each use shall conform to Chapter 11-10 of this title.
b. No required parking shall be permitted in any required setback area.
2. Animal Confinement:
a. All animal enclosures and buildings used for animal confinement shall
be set back fifty feet (50') from any natural waterway.
b. All animal enclosures and buildings used for animal confinement shall
be set back twenty feet (20') from a dwelling unit on the same lot and fifty
feet (50’) from any dwelling unit on an adjacent lot.
B. Public Facilities/Commercial Zone: The following site development standards
shall apply to all commercial uses in the Public Facilities/Commercial Zoning
District (C-1):
1. Business shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building except for the
parking of automobiles and service to persons in automobiles.
2. All products, whether primary or incidental, shall be sold at retail on the
premises; no entertainment except music shall be permitted on cafes,
confectioneries or refreshment stands.
3. All uses shall be free from objections because of odor, dust, smoke, noise,
vibration or other causes.
C. Landscaping: The following landscaping requirements shall apply to all
commercial, and industrial developments:
1. Trees, shrubs, fences, walls and other landscape features depicted on plans
approved by the planning commission shall be considered as elements of the
project in the same manner as parking, building materials and other details are
elements of the plan. The land owner, heirs, successors in interest, lessees, or
agent, shall be jointly and severely responsible for installation, maintenance, and
upkeep as specified in this Title. A minimum of 10 % of landscaping should be
added to lots.
2. All landscaping shall be maintained free from disease, pests, weeds and litter.
3. Continuous maintenance of the site as a whole. That shall include weeding,
watering, fertilizing, pruning, mowing, edging, mulching and other maintenance
as needed and in accordance with acceptable horticultural practices.
4. Landscape may be required by the planning commission to mitigate effects of
development.
D. Accessory Apartments: The following requirements shall apply to all accessory
apartments.
1. No accessory apartment shall be constructed on a lot prior to the construction
of a single family dwelling;
2. The apartment shall be attached to or within an existing single family dwelling
or the garage associated with the existing single family dwelling;
3. The apartment must be subordinate in size to the single family dwelling; and
4. The accessory apartment and the single family dwelling shall share an
appropriately sized septic system.
5. Commercial Zone: Accessory apartments in the commercial zone shall be
attached or within an existing, approved commercial business.
E. Adult Oriented Businesses: All adult oriented businesses shall conform to the
following standards:
1. No adult oriented business may be located within 500 feet of any:
a. School, day care facility, cemetery, public park, library, or religious
institution;
b. Residential Zone;
c. Liquor store; or
d. Other adult oriented business.
2. For the purposes of this section, distance is measured in a straight line,
without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall
of the structure in which the adult-oriented business is located and:
a. The nearest property line of any school, day care facility, cemetery,
public park, library, religious institution, or residential zone; and
b. The closest exterior wall of another adult oriented business.
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