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10-7-1: - PURPOSE AND INTENT:#
The Open Space Zone O-1 is specifically intended to encourage the preservation of a natural environment in an otherwise urban setting; to hold for future generations open space in which plants and animals can be protected and studied; to inhibit erection of unnecessary buildings on a flood plain, on areas of severe slope and areas of fault line and rock slides; to provide suitable areas for recreation and relaxation; and to alleviate stream pollution.
(1985 Code § 19-14-1)
10-7-2: - CONDITIONAL USES:#
Accessory building and uses customarily incidental to any permitted use.
Agricultural.
Botanical or zoological garden.
Cemetery.
Conservation areas: botanical or zoological.
Fishing ponds: private or public.
Golf course.
Horse raising, provided conducted in a pasture of at least one acre size and with a maximum density of two (2) horses per acre.
Public park, public recreation grounds and associated buildings, but not including privately-owned commercial amusement business.
Public service buildings.
Wildlife sanctuaries.
(1985 Code § 19-14-2; amd. 2001 Code)
10-7-3: - SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:#
A.
Minimum lot area, one acre.
B.
Minimum lot width, one hundred fifty feet (150').
C.
Minimum yard setbacks for structures:
1.
Front, thirty feet (30').
2.
Side, twenty feet (20').
3.
Rear, thirty feet (30').
D.
Building height:
1.
Minimum, one story.
2.
Maximum, two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five feet (35').
(1985 Code § 19-14-4)