Section 17.10.020 Permitted uses.

    A.    Agriculture and agricultural buildings or structures; provided, that no livestock shall be housed closer than four hundred (400) feet from any lot in any R district;
    B.    Any buildings or structures occupied by or used for churches, Sunday Schools, parish houses, public and parochial schools, public libraries, convents, monasteries, museums and similar public cultural uses, located not less than forty (40) feet from any R district;
    C.    Open air recreational use such as park and playgrounds;
    D.    Essential services, as defined in Section 17.04.030, and public service buildings or properties, except such uses as storage yards, warehouses, garages or other uses customarily conducted as gainful business, provided any building shall be located not less than forty (40) feet from any R district;
    E.    Cemeteries;
    F.    Existing railroad rights-of-way, not including switching, storage, freight yards or sidings;
    G.    Home occupations, as defined in Section 17.04.030;
    H.    Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year;
    I.    One-family detached dwellings;
    J.    Animal sewage lagoon, commercial poultry facilities and commercial feed facilities, provided such uses shall be located not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from any lot in any R district;
    K.    Sale of nursery and greenhouse products where production or growth of products takes place on the premises;
    L.    Country clubs, golf courses, swimming clubs and similar recreational uses; provided, that any principal or accessory building in connection therewith shall be located not less than two hundred (200) feet from any R district;
    M.    Billboards and signboards subject to the following restrictions:
    1.    No billboard or signboard shall be locatedwithin four hundred (400) feet of any R district.
    2.    No billboard or signboard shall be located along any federal or state highway right-of-way within one hundred (100) feet of any other public road right-of-way.
    3.    No billboard or signboard shall contain more than three hundred (300) square feet of surface area nor be higher than twenty-five (25) feet above the average grade.
    4.    No billboard or signboard shall be locatedwithin five hundred (500) feet of an exit or entrance to a controlled access route.
    5.    Billboards or signboards may have constant or flashing illumination; provided, that any such sign located in the direct line of vision of any traffic control signaling device shall not have contrasting or flashing intermittent illumination of red, green or amber color. Where a sign is illuminated by light reflected upon it, direct rays of light shall not project upon any existing residential structure of any R district;
    N.    The following uses may be permitted in accordance with the provisions and procedures indicated by the governing body upon application in accordance with and after compliance with the procedure set forth in Section 17.04.010.
    1.    Sanitary landfills, in accordance with otherapplicable requirements and regulations, provided that no such landfill shall be operated within one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet of any R district,
    2.    Mining, loading of coal, clay, sand or gravel, including equipment, buildings, or structures for washing, crushing, screening, mixing or storage subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
    a.    No shaft shall be sunk and no open pit or open cut mining for coal, clay, sand, gravel or other minerals shall be permitted within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of any city, village or incorporated town.
    b.    No open pit or shaft shall be located less than one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet from any R district.
    c.    All buildings or structures for washing, crushing, screening, mixing or storage shall be located not less than five hundred (500) feet from any residence and one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet from any R district;
    O.    Accessory use or building as defined in Section 17.04.030 as regulated by Chapter 17.42, including the following accessory use:
    Buildings and structures accessory to agricultural uses including roadside stands selling produce grown on the premises, provided that such stands shall be located not less than fifty (50) feet from a street or highway right-of-way;
    P.    Governmental buildings and facilities, whether of the type used to perform governmental or proprietary functions and/or services, of all nature and kind. (Ord. 892 (part), 1991; Ord. 769 § 1, 1989; prior code § 40-5-1(A))
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