[Added 1-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-1]
A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes:
A.
Detached single-family dwellings.
B.
Temporary removable stands, for not over six months' use per year,
for seasonal sales of products raised on the premises and products
raised on other lands in Sussex County owned or leased by the owner
of the premises on which the stand is located, and no business office
or store is to be permanently maintained on the premises.
C.
Recreational uses such as tennis courts, swimming pools and other
similar activities operated exclusively for the use of private membership
and not for commercial purposes, provided that no such use, structure
or accessory use is located closer than 50 feet to any adjoining property
line, unless such property line fronts a public street or waterway
with rights-of-way not less than 25 feet, in which instance the required
setback need not exceed 25 feet, and provided further that all such
facilities must be located on a site having a minimum of two acres.
D.
Stable structures or feed lots, private, or keeping and feeding of
horses, ponies, cattle, sheep or goats for personal enjoyment and
not as a business, provided that any building for keeping of animals
shall be located at least 100 feet from any lot lines and 200 feet
from any dwelling not on the premises.
E.
Greenhouses, commercial.
F.
Swimming pools, game courts, picnic grounds, boat basins, lakes or
similar activities in a development or subdivision when such facilities
are situated on a separate lot or parcel within said development or
subdivision for use of the residents and their guests and not commercially
operated may be on less than two acres. Such facilities will be subject
to a site plan review, and setbacks will be determined by the Commission.
G.
Agriculture, including horticultural, hydroponic, chemical or general
farming, truck gardens, cultivating of field crops, orchards, groves
or nurseries for growing or propagation of plants, trees and shrubs,
forest use (tree farming), including use of heavy cultivating machinery,
spray planes or irrigating machinery, keeping or raising for sale
of small animals, birds or poultry, and including structures for processing
and sale of products raised on the premises, provided that:
(1)
Any commercial grain drier shall be located at least 300 feet
from any boundary of the premises on which such use is located, and
any noncommercial drier shall be located at least 100 feet from any
boundary.
(2)
Commercial slaughtering and processing of animals, birds, poultry
or fish shall not be conducted on the premises.
H.
Grain storage structures.
I.
Hospitals or clinics for large or small animals, provided that all
buildings, structures, pens or open kennels shall be located at least
200 feet from any lot lines.
J.
Stables, public, provided that any building for keeping of animals
shall be located at least 200 feet from any lot lines.
Permitted accessory uses are as follows:
A.
Accessory structures for sale or processing of farm products raised
on the premises.
B.
Accessory open or enclosed storage of farm materials, products or
equipment.
C.
Accessory farm buildings, including but not limited to barns, cribs,
stable sheds, tool rooms, shops, bins, tanks and silos.
D.
All accessory farm buildings shall have the same setbacks as those
which are required for a dwelling, except as stated elsewhere in this
chapter.
E.
Windmills and wind-powered generators.
F.
Farm ponds.
G.
Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces.
H.
Domestic storage in the main building or in an accessory building.
I.
Garages, private.
J.
Guesthouses.
K.
Home barbecue grills.
L.
Home occupations in a main building or accessory building.
M.
Keeping of small animals, insects, reptiles, fish or birds, but only
for personal enjoyment or household use and not as a business.
N.
Playhouses, without plumbing, limited in floor area to 150 square
feet and headroom limited to five feet.
O.
Servants' quarters.
P.
Storage of a boat trailer or camp trailer or a boat, but not in a
front yard, provided that it is not used for living purposes while
so parked or stored.
Q.
Swimming pools and game courts, lighted or unlighted, for the use
of the occupants or their guests.
R.
Temporary buildings, the use of which is incidental to construction
operations or sale of lots during development being conducted on the
same or adjoining tract or subdivision and which shall be removed
upon completion or abandonment of such construction or upon the expiration
of a period of two years of the time of erection of such temporary
buildings, whichever is sooner.
The minimum lot area shall be 217,800 square feet (five acres).
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at
least 25 feet from the property line.
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least
50 feet; there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main
building, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet wide.
The regulations set forth in this article are supplemented or
modified by the provisions contained in the following articles:
Definitions are set forth in Article III.
