[CC 1985 § 25-254; Ord. No. 277 § 12, 11-7-1966]
A.
The City Council of St. James may, by special
permit, after public hearing before the Council, after study and report
by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and subject to such reasonable
conditions and protective restrictions as are deemed necessary, authorize
the following special uses in any district from which they are otherwise
prohibited:
1.
Cemetery or mausoleum on sites of
not less than twenty (20) acres.
2.
Greenhouse or nursery.
3.
Hospital, animal hospital for small
pets, clinic or institution not primarily for the mentally ill or
those with contagious diseases, provided that less than forty percent
(40%) of the total land area is occupied by buildings and that all
the required yards are increased by one (1) foot for each foot of
building height in excess of height limits specified in this Chapter.
4.
Landing field or strip for aircraft.
5.
Nursery school.
6.
Commercial radio tower or broadcasting
station.
7.
Removal of gravel, topsoil or similar
natural materials, with safeguards for the protection of adjoining
property and the community as a whole.
8.
Riding stable.
9.
Sanitary fill for the disposal of
garbage or trash.
10.
Trailer or mobile home park, permanent
or temporary, provided:
a.
That access to the trailer park shall
be from an arterial highway or secondary thoroughfare, that number
and location of access drives shall be controlled for traffic safety
and protection of surrounding properties, that no trailer space shall
be designed for direct access to a street outside the boundaries of
the trailer park and that the interior access drives shall be at least
twenty (20) feet in width.
b.
The minimum area for a trailer site
for parking one (1) trailer shall be one thousand four hundred (1,400)
square feet, with minimum dimensions, thirty-five (35) by forty (40),
with corners of each site visibly marked by a permanent marker.
c.
In addition to the requirement of Subsection (A)(10)(b) above, the trailer park or mobile home park shall contain at least one thousand (1,000) square feet per trailer for community facilities, including play space, utility rooms, parking and access roads.
d.
The trailer park or mobile home park
shall be surrounded by a landscaped strip of open space fifty (50)
feet wide along the street frontage with an arterial highway and twenty-five
(25) feet wide along all other lot lines or street frontage.
e.
No trailer shall be parked closer
than twenty-five (25) feet to any other trailer or service building
and no part of a trailer shall extend closer than five (5) feet to
the boundaries of the individual trailer site.
f.
Off-street parking spaces for automobiles
shall be provided in the ratio of one (1) space per trailer in locations
convenient to individual trailers or groups of trailers.
g.
In a residential district, accessory
signs, in addition to internal directional signs, shall be limited
to one (1) flat or detached, illuminated sign, with sign area limited
to twenty-five (25) square feet.
h.
Proper provision shall be made for
public water supply, sanitary sewers, fire protection, refuse collection,
laundry, toilet and bathing facilities.
i.
The proposed trailer park shall comply
with all provisions of this Chapter and State and local laws and regulations.
