The A-G, General Agricultural district, is established for several purposes: (1) to provide for the continued use of land for predominantly agricultural purposes; (2) to preserve undeveloped areas until they can feasibly be developed to urban standards and with adequate public safeguards of health, safety, etc.; and (3) to restrict development in areas subject to severe inundation until such time as it can be shown that these areas are no longer subject to flooding.
Within the A-G, General Agricultural district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Agriculture, as defined in this ordinance.
(B) 
Single-family dwellings.
(C) 
Churches and temples.
(D) 
Elementary schools and high schools.
(E) 
Golf courses, but not including golf driving ranges, pitch and putt courses, or miniature golf courses.
(F) 
Parks and forest preserves not operated for profit.
(G) 
Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes only and not for dwelling purposes, nor for a period that exceeds the completion of construction.
(H) 
Accessory buildings or uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses.
(I) 
Municipal or community recreation centers.
(J) 
Police or fire stations.
(K) 
Public buildings or buildings operated in the public interest by a not-for-profit corporation, including art galleries, post offices, libraries, or museums.
(L) 
Public or not-for-profit auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, armories, or sanitariums.
(M) 
Public or private hospitals or sanitariums.
(N) 
Public or private schools or colleges.
(O) 
Public utility and service uses including electric substations, gas regulator stations, electric, gas, telegraph, telephone and water transmission metering and distribution equipment and structures, microwave relay towers, water reservoirs or pumping stations, and other similar facilities.
(P) 
Carports subject to minimum requirements set out below:
(1) 
No carport shall be constructed or used until a carport building permit and a zoning clearance permit have been issued.
(2) 
No carport shall be constructed or maintained in such a manner as would endanger the health or safety of the general public.
(3) 
Carports constructed on residential property shall be no closer than five feet (5') from the front and/or side property lines.
(4) 
The carport area shall not exceed five hundred (500) square feet when any portion of said carport is located in front of any building limit line.
(5) 
The carport must be customarily incident to and maintained as a part of the principal use.
(6) 
It must not be hazardous to or impair the use or enjoyment of nearby property in greater degree than the principal use with which it is associated.
(7) 
Construction must conform to the city’s code for buildings and construction Chapter 5 [3] of the City’s Code of Ordinances.
(8) 
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, order and general welfare; preventing overcrowding of land; providing adequate light and air; conserving the value of buildings and preventing undue encroachment thereon, the City Secretary shall not permit the construction of a carport if he finds that:
(a) 
It is intended at some later date to enclose the carport.
(b) 
Construction will necessitate encroachment upon the private easements for utilities, refuse collection and other City services.
(Q) 
Child-care facility which provides care for no more than twelve (12) children at a given time subject to the minimum requirements set out below:
(1) 
The structure and use of the building shall permit children fast and safe exits in emergencies.
(2) 
No person shall operate a child-care facility or child-placing agency without a license or registration issued by the regulating and licensing division of the Texas Department of Human Resources. This does not apply to facilities operated in connection with a shopping center, business, religious organization, or establishment where children are cared for during short periods while parents or persons responsible are attending religious services, shopping or engaging in other activities on or near the premises, including but not limited to retreats or classes for religious instruction.
(3) 
One off-street parking space shall be provided for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor space. Unenclosed parking spaces shall be surfaced with an all-weather material.
(Ordinance 364, sec. 1, adopted 10/12/91; Ordinance 365, sec. 1, adopted 10/12/81; Ordinance 986 adopted 10/10/05)
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
5 acres
330'
10%
35'
50'
30'
50'
All lots and improvements within the A-G district shall meet the following requirements:
(A) 
All lots shall have not less than five (5) acres of land, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than three hundred thirty (330) feet.
(C) 
Not more than ten (10) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
All structures shall have not less than a fifty (50) foot front yard set back.
(F) 
All principal structures shall have not less than a thirty (30) foot side yard setback. Accessory buildings may have side yards of not less than ten (10) feet.
(G) 
All principal structures shall have not less than a fifty (50) foot rear yard setback. Accessory buildings may have a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet.
No signs, posters, bulletin boards, or other similar displays shall be permitted in the A-G district except as follows:
(A) 
One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional, or similar use requiring an announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(B) 
One identification sign may be erected on each street frontage of a single-family subdivision or permitted nonresidential use. The sign shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(C) 
A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental, or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. The sign shall not exceed eighty (80) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
The R-1, Single-Family Residential district, is established as a district in which the use of land is for single-family dwellings except as noted. It is the purpose and extent [intent] of this district to promote the development of and the continued use of the land for single-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial use or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of single-family dwellings in this district. The intent is to further discourage any use in this district which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the residents in the area. This district further encourages only those uses which, because of character of size, would not create additional requirements and costs for public services in excess of requirements and costs for single-family dwellings.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the R-1, Single-Family Residential district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(B) 
Public schools and private schools where the curriculum is similar in nature and preparation of course work to the public schools.
(C) 
Public park or playground.
(D) 
Agricultural uses of the garden type that are not intended for commercial purposes.
(E) 
Carports in conformance with section 601.2(P).
(F) 
Child-care facility in conformance with section 601.2(Q).
(Ordinance 364, sec. 1, adopted 10/12/81; Ordinance 365, sec. 1, adopted 10/12/81; Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The following uses may be established only when authorized by the board of adjustment after a public hearing, provided they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to applicable area regulations:
(A) 
Churches, a minimum lot size of one (1) acre and arterial street frontage as shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(B) 
Library, provided it has arterial street frontage a [as] shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(C) 
Home occupation, provided that it is in keeping with the meaning of “home occupation” as defined in this ordinance.
(D) 
Plant nursery, provided that no building or structure is maintained in connection therewith and no retailing of any material is carried on upon the premises.
(E) 
Golf course, private or public, or country club, provided that the chief activity is for recreational purposes, and any commercial activity is accessory or incidental thereto.
(F) 
Junior high or senior high schools, provided that they have arterial street frontage as shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(G) 
Accessory buildings which are not a part of a main building may include one (1) private garage.
(H) 
Temporary structures which are incidental to the construction of the main building and will be removed when the main structure is completed.
(I) 
Parking lots provided they are within two hundred (200) feet of a commercial or industrial district.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Minimum. Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
7,000 sq. ft.
60'
40%
35'
25'
5' interior lots 10' street side of corner lots
20% depth of lot
All lots and improvements within the R-1 district shall meet the following requirements:
(A) 
All lots shall have not less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet of lot area, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot, except that not less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet shall be required for uses other than single-family residences.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than sixty (60) feet. The frontage of any wedge-shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of thirty (30) feet; however, the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of sixty (60) linear feet measured at an equal distance parallel to and from the front lot line.
(C) 
Not more than forty (40) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
All structures shall have not less than a twenty-five (25) foot front yard setback.
(F) 
For a single-family dwelling of one (1) story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five (5) feet for interior lot lines and ten (10) feet for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one (1) story, the minimum width of the side yard on interior lot lines shall be not less than ten (10) feet. For a principal building other than a single-family dwelling, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than the height of the building, but in no case less than fifteen (15) feet.
(G) 
A rear yard of twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Detached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building, in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located on the rear lot line if a sixteen-foot-wide alley or larger is adjacent.
(2) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located eight (8) feet from the centerline of the alley if the adjacent alley is less than sixteen (16) feet wide.
(3) 
In the event there is no alley platted within the subdivision, the detached accessory building may be located five feet (5') from the rear property line.
(H) 
No principal building (as defined in section 301) shall be constructed or placed on any lot unless it has a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet, exclusive of any garage or carport.
(Ordinance 332, sec. 1, adopted 5/12/80; Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 442, sec. 1, adopted 3/11/85; Ordinance 499, sec. 1, adopted 5/12/86; Ordinance 906 adopted 9/9/02)
No signs, billboards, posters, bulletin boards, or other similar displays shall be permitted in the R-1 district except as follows:
(A) 
A temporary bulletin board or sign not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area, pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises, which board or sign shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold.
(B) 
One bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional or similar use requiring announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(C) 
Official public notices may be erected on affected property.
(D) 
One (1) non-illuminated nameplate not exceeding two (2) square feet in area and not containing lettering other than the name of the owner or occupants or name or address of the premises.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The R-2 Residential district is designed specifically to provide an area for family housing at a higher density than permitted in the R-1 district.
The development and continued use of this land for family dwellings is encouraged and the encroachment of commercial and industrial use, or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development of, or continuation of, this district as family dwellings is prohibited. This district also discourages any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood streets other than normal traffic which serves the residents on the street. It also encourages only those uses which, because of character or size, would not create additional requirements and costs for public services which are in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for family dwellings.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Special exception uses in the R-2 Residential district are the same as those in section 602.3, for the R-1 district.
Also, in addition to applicable area regulations, a mobile home may be permitted as a special exception only when authorized by the board of adjustment after a public hearing, subject to the minimum requirements set out below, and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the board of adjustment.
(A) 
Not more than one mobile home dwelling may be located on a lot.
(B) 
Applicants must own the lot and mobile home, as evidenced by certificate of title and deed, respectively.
(C) 
Two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home dwelling.
(D) 
The use of liquified petroleum gas is prohibited. (City Ordinance No. 137, as amended.) All mobile home installations shall meet the requirements of the Texas Department of Labor and Standards, Mobile Home Division standards and requirements 063.55.67.001 through .013.
(E) 
In order to ensure against natural hazards such as tornadoes, gale-strength winds, and electrical storms, etc., mobile home tie-down standards must be met which are in compliance with House Bill 1193, September 20, 1973, as amended.
(F) 
The mobile home must be completely underskirted with a hard surface, dust-free material capable, during ordinary use, of withstanding, without substantial deterioration, normal weather conditions.
(G) 
Accessory structures or buildings shall be permitted; provided, however, that any structure shall have a minimum capacity of two hundred (200) cubic feet and shall meet the requirements of the City’s Standard Building Code, Section 412, Storage occupance [occupancy], and section 3.09.006 of the mobile home ordinance [section 3.04.005 of the Code of Ordinances].
(H) 
A carport will be permitted if the minimum required front yard, side yard, and setback lines are observed and adhered to.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Min. Lot Area
Min. Lot Frontage
Max. Percentage Cov.
Max. Hgt.
Min. Front Yard Setback
Min. Side Yard Setback
Min. Rear Yard Setback
Single-family
6,000 sq. ft.
50'
40%
35'
25'
5'
20%
Duplex
10,000
60'
35%
35'
25'
5'
20%
Multifamily
10,000 sq. ft. + 2,000 each unit over two
100'
50%
35'
1'/1 25' min.
1'/1 15' min.
20%
All lots and improvements within the R-2 district shall meet the following requirements:
(A) 
All lots shall have an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet for a single-family dwelling, ten thousand (10,000) square feet for a two-family dwelling, or ten thousand (10,000) square feet plus two thousand (2,000) square feet for each dwelling unit over two (2) for multifamily dwellings. For uses other than dwelling purposes, the lot area shall not be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet except as otherwise specified.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than fifty (50) feet for single-family dwelling, sixty (60) feet for two-family dwelling, and one hundred (100) feet for multifamily dwelling and all other uses.
(C) 
Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements, except that duplex shall not exceed thirty-five percent (35%) coverage and single-family improvements forty percent (40%). Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
A minimum front yard setback of twenty-five (25) feet shall be provided on all single-family and duplex dwellings. One (1) foot of setback for each one (1) foot of height shall be provided for all uses other than single-family and duplex, but not less than a twenty-five (25) foot front yard shall be provided.
(F) 
For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots, there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than fifteen (15) feet. One (1) foot of setback for each one (1) foot of height for all uses other than single-family and duplex shall be provided.
(G) 
A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Detached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building, in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located on the rear lot line if a sixteen-foot-wide alley or larger is adjacent.
(2) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located eight (8) feet from the centerline of the alley if the adjacent alley is less than sixteen (16) feet wide.
(3) 
In the event there is no alley platted within the subdivision, the detached accessory building may be located five foot (5') from the rear property line.
(H) 
No principal building (as defined in section 301) shall be constructed or placed on any lot unless it has a minimum of one thousand (1,000) square feet, exclusive of any garage or carport. This section shall be interpreted to include mobile homes and modular homes as well as site-built homes.
(Ordinance 332, sec. 1, adopted 5/12/80; Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 499, sec. 2, adopted 5/12/86; Ordinance 906 adopted 9/9/02)
Except as provided for elsewhere in this ordinance, all permitted uses in the R-2 Residence district shall comply with the minimum requirements for off-street parking, of article IV.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The R-3 General Residential district is intended to provide for both low- and high-population density. It is established as a district in which the principal uses of the land are for multifamily dwellings and similar high-density residential development. The intent is to encourage the development and continued use of land for multifamily dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial uses or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of multifamily dwellings in this district. It is further intended to discourage any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on the neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the multifamily dwellings or similar residential uses in this district, and discourage any use which, because of its character or size, would create additional requirements and costs for public services which would be in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for multifamily or other similar residential uses.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The following uses may be established only when authorized by the board of adjustment after a public hearing, provided they meet the requirements noted for each use, in addition to applicable area regulations.
(A) 
Convalescent home, rest home, nursing home, and hospitals, public or private, provided they have frontage on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(B) 
Community services, cultural, and utility facilities, provided they are located on a lot of not less than one acre and have frontage on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(C) 
Child-care centers or day nurseries, provided they are located on a lot not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area and have principal access on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan.
(D) 
Any uses permitted subject to additional requirements in section 602.3 for the R-1, Single-Family Residential district.
(E) 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses when located on the same lot.
(F) 
Mobile home park. All mobile parks shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) 
The applicant, upon making application for a zoning clearance permit, must submit a detailed site plan locating all mobile home stands, screening or fencing, and plans and specifications for the proposed park, in a form suitable for making the determinations required herein.
(2) 
The proposed site shall provide for a minimum of ten (10) mobile home spaces of three thousand seven hundred forty (3,740) square feet per space. Any mobile home park of twenty (20) or more sites shall have a minimum frontage of one hundred (100) feet on a street designated as an arterial or collector street on the thoroughfare plan. All ingress or egress by automobile shall be on such streets.
(3) 
The mobile home park shall accommodate primarily permanent occupants, with no more than forty percent (40%) of the mobile home stands devoted to solely transient purposes. These solely transient stands are to be located in one area of the park so they will in no way interfere with the permanent residents.
(4) 
Front yards of not less than twenty (20) feet and side and rear yards of not less than ten (10) feet shall be provided on mobile home park sites. The setback from adjacent property line shall be twenty (20) feet, minimum. The setback from adjacent buildings shall be twenty (20) feet, minimum.
(5) 
The mobile home park shall be screened or buffered on all sides with a screening wall or fence, in accordance with sections 407.1 and 407.2 of this ordinance.
(6) 
The site shall provide one (1) off-street parking space for each mobile home stand, plus one (1) additional off-street parking space for every four (4) mobile home stands.
(7) 
The site shall provide connections for each mobile home stand to all public utilities.
(8) 
The mobile home park shall at all times operate in compliance with the regulations of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Iowa Park, Texas, article 3.900 [3.04] of Chapter 3, which, in the judgment of the health officer, establishes the higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the citizens. The mobile home park, its facilities and equipment shall be maintained in a good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(9) 
Tie-down and ground anchors shall be provided in accordance with regulations of the City of Iowa Park, which are designed to withstand minimum gale force winds.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
All lots and improvements within the R-3 District shall meet the same requirements as those for the R-2 District, except that no principal building (as defined in Section 301) shall be constructed or placed on any lot unless it has a minimum of nine hundred (900) square feet, exclusive of any garage or carport.
(B) 
Mobile homes in the R-3 District (outside of mobile home parks) shall be exempted from subsection (A) above but shall be required to have a minimum of seven hundred twenty (720) square feet of living space.
(C) 
Manufactured housing in the R-3 District (outside of mobile home parks) shall be permitted to have a covered/uncovered porch adjacent to the front of the home as long as the porch can meet a seventeen-foot (17') setback off the front property line.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 499, sec. 3, adopted 5/12/86; Ordinance 591 adopted 1/9/89; Ordinance 833, sec. 1, adopted 6/14/99)
Except as provided for elsewhere in this article, all permitted uses in the R-3 Residence District shall comply with the minimum requirements for off-street parking of Article IV.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The C-C, Convenience Commercial District is intended for a unified grouping in one or more buildings of retail shops and stores and personal services that provide for the regular needs and are for the convenience of the people residing in the adjacent residential neighborhoods. It is intended that the convenience center be developed as a unit with adequate off-street parking space for customers and employees, and with appropriate landscaping and screening.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the C-C District, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Any of the following uses:
Adult business
Artist’s supplies and hobby shop
Bakery shop
Barber and beauty shops
Bookstore
Clothing or wearing apparel shops
Drugstore
Dairy products store
Delicatessen
Financial institutions
Florist shop
Gift shop
Grocery store
Hardware store
Jewelry shop
Laundry and dry-cleaning pickup stations
Medical facility
Office, professional and/or general
Pharmacy
Restaurants (not drive-in)
Self-service laundries
Shoe repair shop
Sporting goods store
Tailor shop
Theater
Toy store
Variety store
(B) 
Any of the uses permitted in Section 604.3, subject to additional requirements as provided.
(C) 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.
(D) 
Any other commercial use deemed by the zoning commission to be of a similar nature to those listed above.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 694, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/94)
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
12,000 sq. ft.
100'
30%
35'
35'
2'/1' adj. to residential district
10'
(A) 
The parcel of land on which a convenience commercial center is located shall not be less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than one hundred (100) feet.
(C) 
Not more than thirty percent (30%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
It is intended that the grouping of buildings and parking areas be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the design of the shopping center provide less than the following standards:
(1) 
All buildings shall be set back from all street right-of-way lines not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
(2) 
On the side of a lot adjoining a residential district, there shall be a side yard setback of two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height.
(3) 
All buildings shall be set back from the rear lot line not less than ten (10) feet.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Business signs, poster boards, bulletin boards, or other similar display in the C-C district shall conform to the following requirements:
(A) 
In the C-C district, one business sign not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in surface area and identifying the business or activity conducted on the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. In the case of a shopping center containing a group of businesses and/or activities on one lot, one (1) accessory building sign may be erected on the lot identifying the shopping center. Such accessory sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in the area. Ground signs shall not exceed the height of the building in which the principal use is located or twenty (20) feet, whichever is higher. No business sign shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a residential district if visible from such district. Illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(B) 
A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the development. The sign shall not exceed sixteen (16) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(C) 
All signs in the C-C district shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach at ground level upon any public street or walk except as provided by the applicable codes of the city and they shall not overhang at a height of less than twelve (12) feet and shall not have a maximum overhang projecting greater than seventy-two (72) inches.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
A structure housing an adult business shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any residential district boundary line, or from any structure used as a residence, church, public or denominational school, hospital, licensed child-care facility, hotel or motel, park or playground (public), playfields or stadiums (public), institutions of religious, charitable, or philanthropic nature, and from any other structure housing an adult business.
(B) 
Distance requirements are to be measured in a straight line in all directions from the structure housing the adult business to any residentially zoned district boundary line; to any structure used for a residence, church, school, or hospital; any lot used for a park; and from structure to structure of those facilities housing adult businesses.
(C) 
The measurements to a structure shall be taken from the farthest point that a structure extends in the direction of the measurement, including overhanging roofs and all other projections or portions of said structure.
(D) 
Should an adult business be located in conjunction with other buildings in a manner where said adult business is clearly separated from other portions of the structure (for example, an adult business in a shopping center), measurements shall be taken from the boundaries of the space occupied by the adult business.
(E) 
Should an adult business be located in a manner where said adult business is situated above the ground level of a multi-story structure and is clearly separate from other activities within the structure, the adult business measurements shall be taken from the boundaries of the space occupied by the adult business, thence to the nearest point of egress (elevator or stairs), thence to the nearest ground floor exit, thence in a straight line in all directions to any residentially zoned district boundary line; to any structure used for a residence, church, school, or hospital; any lot used for a park; and from structure to structure of those facilities housing an adult business.
(F) 
Viewing booth requirements for an adult business:
(1) 
Viewing booths in an adult business shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed and unobstructable view of the interior area of the viewing booth from outside the entrance to the viewing booth at all times.
(2) 
Walls or partitions of viewing booths between two (2) feet and six (6) feet above floor level shall have no holes or voids in such walls or partitions.
(3) 
A viewing booth shall at all times be illuminated with not less than that amount of light provided by a 20-watt bulb.
(4) 
It shall be the duty of the person accepting payment from customers of an adult business to ensure that the viewing booth requirements in this section are in compliance at all times.
(A) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, operate, or permit to be operated for his benefit, an adult business as defined by section 301 of the Code of Ordinances [this ordinance] of the City of Iowa Park without first having obtained a license as required herein, which license shall at all times be displayed in some conspicuous place within the licensed premises.
(B) 
The annual license fee for each adult business is two hundred dollars ($200.00), which shall be paid before a license may be issued.
(A) 
A license for an adult business shall be obtained from the Chief of Police by completing an application and meeting the requirements of this article.
(B) 
The application shall be sworn to and acknowledged and shall state:
(1) 
The street address of the premises to be licensed.
(2) 
The full name, date of birth, driver’s license number and residence of the applicant.
(3) 
If the premises are leased, the names of the lessor and lessee.
(4) 
If the application is on behalf of a partnership of an adult business, the partners’ names, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers and residence addresses shall be listed.
(5) 
If the application is on behalf of a corporate owner of an adult business, the name of the corporation, the name and address of the registered agent, and the name and address, date of birth and driver’s license number of the person who is primarily responsible for the management of the adult business.
(6) 
Whether or not the applicant, any partner who is an owner of an adult business, any person who is or will be primarily responsible for the management of the adult business, or any employee has ever been convicted of a crime involving sex.
(C) 
Any misrepresentations of the facts required by the license application shall be cause for revocation or refusal to issue a license.
(D) 
Upon the filing of an application for an adult business license, the Chief of Police shall promptly investigate the premises to determine whether or not the premises meets the requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Iowa Park concerning construction, plumbing, electricity, fire safety, sanitation, zoning and the requirements of this article.
(E) 
If the Chief of Police shall determine that the application meets the requirements and that the persons listed in (B)(6) above have not been convicted of a crime involving sex, he shall issue a license to the applicant within eleven (11) days of filing the application. Should the Chief of Police find a deficiency in the application or the premises, he will notify the applicant before the expiration of said eleven (11) day period, who will have five (5) working days (of city hall), to correct the deficiency and request a reinspection. Reinspection will occur within three (3) working days, and upon correction of the noted deficiencies having been found a license will be issued on the following working day. The applicant will be required to pay twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per reinspection per application.
(F) 
An applicant who is denied a license may appeal the denial to District Court as authorized by law.
(A) 
A license issued under the article shall terminate one (1) year from the date of issuance.
(B) 
No refund of any license fee paid hereunder shall be made.
(C) 
A license issued under this article may not be assigned or transferred to another location, and shall terminate upon the death or bankruptcy of the licensee or transfer of ownership of the business.
(A) 
As a condition of issuance, the applicant for a license under this article shall agree to maintain the premises in compliance with the requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Iowa Park and to authorize the agents and employees of the City of Iowa Park to inspect the premises or any portion thereof at any time during business hours.
(B) 
The person in control of an adult business shall not authorize or allow any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to enter or patronize such adult business. A single violation of this requirement shall constitute an offense and cause for revocation of the license for the adult business.
(C) 
Should the Chief of Police determine that an adult business is not in compliance with the requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Iowa Park, he may at any time give notice in writing to the licensee, or the person in control if the licensee cannot be easily located, of the violation and that the license is in jeopardy of revocation if the violation is not corrected by the following business day. Should the violation not be corrected by the following business day, the Chief of Police may revoke and cancel the license.
(D) 
The licensee may abate the revocation by filing an appeal with a district court and obtaining a temporary restraining order.
(E) 
Every day of operation of an adult business after cancellation and revocation of a license shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(F) 
Any person, corporation or partnership who has had a license revoked for a violation of the license or zoning requirements regulating adult businesses shall not be granted a license for a period of ten (10) years from the date of revocation.
(Ordinance 694, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/94)
The C-A/R, Automobile Commercial and Commercial Recreation district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for establishments offering accommodations, supplies of services to motorists, and for certain specialized uses such as retail outlets, extensive commercial amusement and service establishments which serve the entire community but do not and should not necessarily locate in the central business district or the Convenience Commercial district.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the C-A/R, Automobile Commercial and Commercial Recreation district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Any use permitted in the C-C, Convenience Commercial district.
(B) 
Other uses, including:
Amusement enterprises
New and used automobile sales and service, new and used machinery sales and service, and public garages
Ambulance service office or garage
Automobile service station
Billboards as permitted in section 605.4
Boat sales
Bowling alleys
Bus terminal
Dance hall
Drive-in theater or restaurant
Electric transmission station
Feed and fuel store
Funeral parlor
Garden stores
Golf course, miniature or practice range
Heating and plumbing sales and service
Hospital for small animals
Ice plant
Key shop
Kennel
Laundry
Motels
Music, radio and television shop and repair
Nightclub
Novelty
Pawnshop
Pet shop
Printing plant
Public uses
Recreation center, private
Roller skating rink
Sign painting shop
Tavern
Travel trailer park and sales
Wholesale distributing center
(C) 
Any other store or shop for retail trade or for providing personal, professional or business service other than those provided for in section 606.2.
(D) 
Buildings, structures and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
12,000 sq. ft.
100'
30%
35'
50'
2'/1' adj. to residential district
20'
(A) 
The parcel of land on which any commercial use is located shall not be less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than one hundred (100) feet.
(C) 
Not more than thirty percent (30%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
It is intended that the commercial uses and parking areas within a C-A/R district be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the development have less than the following standards:
(1) 
All buildings shall be set back from all street right-of-way lines not less than fifty (50) feet.
(2) 
On the side of a lot adjoining a residential district there shall be a side yard setback of two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height.
(3) 
All buildings shall be set back from the rear lot line no less than twenty (20) feet.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Business signs, poster boards, bulletin boards, or other similar display in the C-A/R district shall conform to the following requirements:
(A) 
In the C-A/R district, business signs not exceeding, in the aggregate, three (3) square feet of display surface area per one (1) linear foot of street frontage may be erected on each street frontage of the parcel. Signs and billboards shall have a setback requirement from adjoining property structures equal to one hundred and ten percent (100%) of the height of said signs and/or billboards. No sign or billboard shall be located within fifty feet (50') of a residential district if visible from such district. Illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(B) 
A real estate sign advertising the sale, rental, or lease of the premises may be erected on each street frontage of the development. The sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in surface area nor fifteen (15) feet in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.
(C) 
All signs in the C-A/R district shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach at ground level upon any public street or walk except as provided by the applicable codes of the City and they shall not overhang at a height of less than twelve (12) feet and shall not have a maximum overhang projection greater than seventy-two (72) inches.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82; Ordinance 1098 adopted 1/11/10)
The C-G, General Commercial district is designed for the conduct of personal and business services and the general retail trade of the community. It is designed to accommodate a wide variety of commercial uses in the central business district or areas of mixed business enterprises. It will not normally be applied in the case of new commercial areas.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the C-G, General Commercial district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Any use permitted in a C-C district.
(B) 
Other retail, personal service, business service, or professional use other than uses first listed in the C-A/R district regulations.
(C) 
Any public or quasi-public buildings or uses.
(D) 
Buildings, structures, and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The following uses may be permitted by the zoning commission after a public hearing, provided they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to all other regulations applicable to the C-G General Commercial district:
(A) 
Uses first listed in the C-A/R district if located on a lot fronting on a street designated as an arterial street in the thoroughfare plan and if the proposed use will meet all regulations applicable in the C-A/R district and the use will not create undue traffic hazards.
(B) 
Wholesale businesses if no outdoor storage is located on the property in this district.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
There are no area or height regulations in the C-G district.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The purpose of the I-L, Light Industrial district is to provide a location for industries which do not by their nature create nuisances. The intent is to preserve this land for industry in a location beneficial to industries and to prohibit non-industrial uses. Because of the traffic generated and other potentially objectionable influences created in this district, a buffer or setback area between this district and any other zoning district except I-H is required.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Any use constructed, established, altered, or enlarged in the I-L, Light Industrial district, after the effective date of this ordinance shall be so operated as to comply with the following standards:
(A) 
No building shall be used for residential purposes, except that a watchman may reside on the premises.
(B) 
No retail sales or services shall be permitted except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use.
(C) 
No operation or activity shall cause or create noise in excess of the sound levels prescribed below:
In the I-L district, at no point on or beyond the boundary of any lot shall the sound pressure level resulting from any use, operation, or activity exceed the maximum permitted decibel levels for the designated octave bands as set forth in Tables I and II below:
TABLE I. PREFERRED FREQUENCIES
Center Frequency, Cycles per Second
Maximum Permitted Sound Pressure Level, Decibels
31.5
76
63
74
125
68
250
63
500
57
1,000
52
2,000
45
4,000
38
8,000
32
TABLE II. PRE-1960 OCTAVE BANDS
Octave Band, Cycles per Second
Maximum Permitted Sound Pressure Level, Decibels
20-75
75
75-150
70
150-300
64
300-600
59
600-1,200
53
1,200-2,400
47
2,400-4,800
40
4,800-10 KC
34
Method of measurement: For the purpose of measuring the intensity and frequency of sound, the sound level meter, the octave hand analyzer, and the impact noise analyzer shall be employed. The flat network and the fast meter response of the sound level meter shall be used. Sounds of short duration a [as] from forge hammers, punch presses, and metal shears which cannot be measured accurately with the sound level meter shall be measured with the impact noise analyzer.
Octave band analyzers calibrated in the Preferred Frequencies (American Standards Association S1.6-1960, Preferred Frequencies for Acoustical Measurements) shall be used with the Table I. Octave band analyzers calibrated with pre-1960 octave band (American Standards Association Z24.10-1954, Octave Band Filter Set) shall use Table II.
For impact sounds measured with the impact noise analyzer, the sound pressure levels set forth in Tables I and II may be increased by six (6) decibels in each octave band.
Exemptions: The following uses and activities shall be exempt from the noise level regulations:
(1) 
Noises not directly under the control of the property user.
(2) 
Noises emanating from construction and maintenance activities between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(3) 
The noises of safety signals, warning devices, and emergency pressure relief valves.
(4) 
Transient noises of moving sources such as automobiles, trucks, airplanes and railroads.
(D) 
No toxic matter, noxious matter, smoke, gas, or odorous or particulate matter shall be emitted that is detectable beyond the lot lines of the lot on which the use is located.
(E) 
Earth-carried vibration shall be limited so that detection by seismograph at any property line of an industrial establishment shall not exceed a value measured and computed as follows:
Method of measurement: Measurement shall be made at the property line; vibration displacements shall be measured with an instrument capable of measuring in three mutually perpendicular directions.
Maximum permissible displacements: The following formula shall be used in computing the maximum displacements permitted in the I-L district:
D
=
K
f
Where:
D = displacement in inches
K = .01
f = the frequency of the vibration transmitted through the ground in cycles per second.
(F) 
Exterior lighting fixtures, wherever necessary, shall be shaded to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residential district.
(G) 
The manufacture of flammable materials which produce explosive vapors or gases is prohibited.
(H) 
No outside storage of equipment and/or material, except equipment in daily use, shall be permitted in such a location where it can be viewed from any public street.
(I) 
Any operation that produces intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building, and exposed sources of light shall be screened so as not to be detectable beyond the lot lines.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the I-L, Light Industrial district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Building materials sales.
(B) 
Commercial radio and television transmitting antenna towers and other electronic equipment requiring outdoor towers, including antenna towers for the dispatching of private messages.
(C) 
Compounding, processing and blending of chemical products, but not including any materials which decompose by detonation.
(D) 
General and administrative offices.
(E) 
Machine shops and metal products manufacture and tool and die shops, provided they do not include any of the following equipment: Automatic metal turning or threading lathes, drop forges or riveting machines.
(F) 
Mail-order houses.
(G) 
Manufacturing and assembling (or any combination of such processes) of products from wood, cork, glass, leather, fur, plastic, felt, and other textiles, but not including as a principal operation the processing of any raw materials.
(H) 
Manufacturing and assembling of electrical and electronic products and equipments.
(I) 
Printing and binding plants.
(J) 
Research laboratories.
(K) 
Warehouse and storage facilities.
(L) 
Water filtration plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, and lift stations.
(M) 
Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as a principal use.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
None
None
40%
None
50'
50' (minimum of 2' of setback for each 1' of height when adjacent to residential district)
50'
(A) 
There are no area requirements in an I-L district.
(B) 
There are no lot frontage requirements in an I-L district.
(C) 
Not more than forty (40) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
There are no height requirements in an I-L district.
(E) 
No structure shall be erected, commenced or maintained which has a front yard of less than fifty (50) feet.
(F) 
When adjacent to a residential district, a side yard of fifty (50) feet or two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height, whichever is greater, shall be provided.
(G) 
When adjacent to a residential district, a rear yard of fifty (50) feet or two (2) feet for each one (1) foot of height, whichever is greater, shall be provided.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The purpose of the I-H, Heavy Industrial district, is to provide a location for industries which may by their nature create nuisances. The intent is to preserve this land especially for such industry in locations with access to arterial streets as designated on the thoroughfare plan, as well as locations generally accessible to railroad transportation. Because of the nuisances or other objectionable influences that may be created in this district, a buffer or setback strip between this district and other zoning districts except I-L is required.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Any use constructed, established, altered or enlarged in the I-H, Heavy Industrial district, after the effective date of this ordinance shall be so operated as to comply with the following standards. No use already established on the effective date of this ordinance shall be so altered or modified as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the applicable standards hereinafter for the I-H district.
(A) 
No building shall be used for residential purposes, except that a watchman may reside on the premises.
(B) 
No retail sales or services shall be permitted except as incidental to or accessory to a permitted use.
(C) 
No storage, manufacture, or assembly of goods shall be conducted out of a building unless the nearest point of said activity is more than one hundred (100) feet from the boundary of any zoning district.
(D) 
Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon property located in any residential district.
(E) 
All manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing, cleaning, servicing and testing of goods, water [wares] and merchandise shall be carried on in such a manner as not to be injurious or offensive by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, toxic or noxious matter, odors, glare, heat, fire or explosive hazards.
(F) 
No activities involving storage, utilization, or manufacture of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall be permitted.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the I-H, Heavy Industrial district, the following uses are permitted:
(A) 
Any use permitted in the I-L district.
(B) 
Automobile wrecking and junkyards, provided they are enclosed throughout the entire perimeter by a solid fence not less than eight (8) feet in height.
Blacksmith, tinsmiths and sheetmetal shops
Bottling works
Bulk fuel sales and service
Canning or preserving factories
Cold storage plants
Ice cream production and distribution
Laundry and dry-cleaning plants
Machinery rental, sales and service
Machine shops
Manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, repairing, storing and cleaning, servicing, or testing of any of the following materials, goods or merchandise:
Apparel
Beverages (nonalcoholic), processing and bottling
Building materials specialties
Clothing
Compounding and packaging of chemicals
Cosmetics and toiletries
Dairy products
Drugs and pharmaceutical products
Electrical and acoustical products and components
Food products (except fish, sauerkraut, vinegar and yeast)
Furniture
Glass products
Ice, dry and natural
Jewelry
Medical laboratory supplies, equipment and specialties
Metal products and utensils
Musical instruments
Optical goods
Paper products, including boxes and containers
Radios, phonographs, records and television sets and parts
Textiles
Toys and children’s vehicles
Trailers and carts
Wood products, including wooden boxes and containers
Meat and vegetable products processing, including the slaughter of animals
Milk, bottling and distribution Monumental stonecutting Motor freight terminals
Pattern shops
Printing plants
Railroad yards and switching areas, including lodging and sleeping facilities for transient railroad labor
Sign painting
Soldering and welding shops
Spray painting and mixing
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
There are no requirements for minimum lot area or frontage in the I-H district.
(B) 
Front, rear and side yard requirements in the I-H district are the same as those set forth in section 607.4 [608.5] for the I-L district.
(C) 
Buildings shall not cover more than fifty (50) percent of the site on which the use is located.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Areas indicated on the zoning map, such as public parks, school sites, cemeteries, recreation area, libraries, fire stations, waterworks, airport, hospitals or other public uses, shall not be used for any purpose other than that designated; when this use of the area is discontinued, it shall automatically be zoned to the most restricted adjoining district until such time as the City Council, acting on the recommendation of the zoning commission and in accordance with procedures set out in Article IX of this ordinance, shall approve inclusion of such property in another district or districts.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Special Public Use districts are intended to provide the same uses as provided in the P-1 zone as provided in sections 610.1 and 610.2. In addition, the P-2 district allows other special uses normally prohibited in parks or within the city limits. Such other uses might include shooting ranges, hunting activities, fireworks, camping and similar activities usually associated with outdoor events in areas outside the incorporated city limits of a community. Such additional uses are not permitted unless specifically listed and identified in Chapter 15 and/or Appendix A of this Code of Ordinances [this exhibit A].
(Ordinance 594, sec. 2, adopted 2/13/89)
The PD, Planned Development district is designed to encourage a greater flexibility and the opportunity for a higher standard of land development than is permitted under conventional regulations. As such, it makes feasible the application of planning concepts dealing with planned unit development (PUD) of residential areas, planned shopping centers, and planned industrial parks. Improvements in a PD district are subject to conformance with a site plan approved by the City Council of Iowa Park, on the planning and zoning commission’s recommendation, and after public hearing thereon.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Property may be classified under the PD Planned Development district in combination with any district and so designated by the letters “PD” affixed to the code letters of the base district. When the “PD” designation is so affixed to another base district, development may proceed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
When the PD district is combined with any other district, and the property is to be used for a nonresidential purpose, the tract shall have a gross area of at least ten (10) acres. In addition to the development controls for nonresidential uses, special attention shall be given to the potentially adverse effects of the proposed development on adjacent residential properties. The planning and zoning commission shall not recommend for City Council approval, any site plan which it finds will create unnecessary traffic congestion on local streets in such residential area, will create a potential hazard to such properties by reason of water ponding or by intensifying water flows, or will otherwise be operated in such manner as to be detrimental to the health or safety of occupants of adjacent land.
(B) 
When the “PD” classification is combined with any other district, and the property is to be used for a residential purpose, the tract shall have a gross area of at least twenty (20) acres; the yard requirements for residential uses shall apply only to the total site and to individual blocks within the site; in lieu of the minimum lot area-lot width requirements, the bulk controls of the district in which the property, or part thereof, is located, shall apply.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
A site plan approved by the City Council shall be a prerequisite to issuance of building permits and certificates of occupancy for any property in the district, other than those which are entitled to same by reason of other provisions of this ordinance.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The site plan shall show all pertinent information as necessary to accompany an application for building permit and such other information pertinent to the site and surrounding area as the planning and zoning commission may require under its rules of procedure, including a schedule of proposed improvements, both on-site and off-site.
An application for a planned unit development shall be filed with the planning and zoning commission. The application shall be accompanied by a free [fee] in accordance with the established fee schedule. The application shall be in such form and content as the planning and zoning commission may be [by] resolution establish; provided that three (3) copies of an outline development plan shall accompany the filing of the application. The outline development shall consist of maps and text which contain:
(A) 
A site plan reflecting:
(1) 
Proposed location of uses, including off-street parking, open spaces, and public uses;
(2) 
Development standards for location, height, setback and size of buildings and other structures;
(3) 
Public and private vehicular and pedestrian circulation;
(4) 
The approximate intensity of residential uses, expressed in number of dwelling units, and the approximate intensity of nonresidential uses, expressed in floor area, allocated to each identifiable segment of the planned unit development;
(5) 
Proposed screening and landscaping;
(6) 
Proposed location, height and size of any ground sign;
(7) 
Sufficient surrounding area to demonstrate the relationship of the PUD to adjoining uses, both existing and proposed.
(B) 
Existing topographic character of the land, including identification of floodplain areas, treed areas, slope analysis and soil analysis.
(C) 
An explanation of the character of the PUD.
(D) 
The expected schedule of development.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
A request for site plan approval shall be processed in accordance with the same review and hearing procedure as a proposal for zoning district change. A site plan approval request may be heard concurrent with or subsequent to a zoning change request, but not before.
The planning and zoning commission, upon the filing of an application for the supplemental district designation PUD, shall set the matter for public hearing and give fifteen (15) days’ notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, and ten (10) days’ notice by the posting of a sign or signs on the property. Within sixty (60) days after the filing of an application, the planning and zoning commission shall conduct the public hearing and shall determine:
(A) 
Whether the PUD is consistent with the comprehensive plan;
(B) 
Whether the PUD harmonizes with the existing and expected development of surrounding areas;
(C) 
Whether the PUD is a unified treatment of the development possibilities of the project site;
(D) 
Whether the PUD is consistent with the stated purposes and standards of this section (section 611.1).
The planning and zoning commission shall forward its recommendation, the application, and the outline development plan to the City Council for further hearing, as provided in section 611.7.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Upon receipt of the application, outline development plan, and planning and zoning commission recommendation, the City Council shall hold a hearing, review the outline development plan, and approve, disapprove, modify, or return the outline development plan to the planning and zoning commission for further consideration. Upon approval, the zoning map shall be amended to reflect the supplemental designation PUD, and the applicant shall be authorized to process a subdivision plat incorporating the provisions of the outline development plan.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
A planned unit development (PUD) subdivision plat shall be filed with the planning and zoning commission and shall be processed in accordance with the subdivision regulations, and, in addition to the requirements of the subdivision, regulations, shall include:
(A) 
Details as to the location of uses and street arrangement;
(B) 
Provisions for the ownership and maintenance of the common open space, as will reasonably ensure its continuity and conservation. Open space may be dedicated to a private association or to the public; provided, that a dedication to the public shall not be accepted without the approval of the City Council;
(C) 
Such covenants as will reasonably ensure the continued compliance with the approved outline development plan. The planning and zoning commission may require covenants which provide for detailed site plan review and approval by said commission, prior to the issuance of any building permits within the PUD. In order that the public interest may be protected, the City of Iowa Park shall be made beneficiary of covenants pertaining to such matters as location of uses, height of structures, setbacks, screening, and access. Such covenants shall provide that the City of Iowa Park may enforce compliance therewith; and shall further provide that amendment of such covenants shall require the approval of the planning and zoning commission and the filing of record of a written amendment to the covenants, endorsed by the planning and zoning commission.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
After the filing of an approved PUD subdivision plat, and notice thereof to the Building Inspector, no building permits shall be issued on lands within the PUD, except in accordance with the approved plat. A building permit for a freestanding or separate commercial structure within a PUD containing no commercial zoning shall not be issued unit [until] building permits have been issued for at least one-half of the number of dwelling units on which the authorization of the commercial use is based.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Minor changes in the PUD may be authorized by the planning and zoning commission, which may direct the processing of an amended subdivision plat, incorporating such changes, so long as substantial compliance is maintained with the outline development plan and the purposes and standards of the PUD provisions hereof. Changes which would represent a significant departure from the outline development plat shall require compliance with the notice and procedural requirements of an original planned unit development.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Abandonment of a planned unit development shall require the City Council’s approval, after recommendation by the planning and zoning commission, of an application for amendment to the zoning map, repealing the supplemental designation of PUD. Upon final action authorizing the abandonment of the planned unit development, no building permit shall be issued except in accordance with the restrictions and limitations of the general zoning district or districts.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(1) 
In addition to the establishment of the FD Floodway Supplemental zoning district, the City Council shall adopt by resolution, flood hazard area maps prepared by the City Engineer, or as prepared by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, or the Federal Insurance Administration, and confirmed by the City Engineer, or as prepared by a registered professional engineer and certified by the City Engineer, for each river, creek, or tributary within a recognized flood hazard area. The adoption of the flood hazard area maps is essential for the protection of health, safety, and general welfare of the public, and may occur prior to the adoption of the FD Floodway Supplemental district boundary delineations. Such flood hazard area maps shall be made available for public inspection in the offices of city hall. The following requirements shall be met before a zoning clearance permit or building permit is issued within a flood hazard area, as depicted on said flood hazard area maps:
(A) 
Permitted uses within the flood hazard area shall be those uses permitted in the respective general use district; provided, that after the effective date of this code, all new construction or substantial improvements in said flood hazard areas (including prefabricated homes, prefabricated buildings and mobile homes) must be designed (or modified) and anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement of the structures; and all such new construction or substantial improvements of residential structures in said flood hazard areas, with the exception of mobile homes, shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated one (1) foot above the level of the one-hundred-year flood; all such new construction or substantial improvements of nonresidential structures in said flood hazard areas, with the exception of mobile homes, shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated one (1) foot above the level of the one-hundred-year flood or, together with attendant utility and sanitary facilities, be floodproofed up to one (1) foot above the level of the one-hundred-year flood; and the pad or ground upon which mobile homes are place [placed] or located in said flood hazard areas shall be elevated to or above the level of the one-hundred-year flood. Mobile homes located on lots for the purposes of sale shall be subject to the requirements of this section. It shall be permissible to landfill in order to establish the elevation required by this subparagraph, but not in the channel or floodway necessary to carry the one-hundred-year level flood. Prior to any landfilling in said flood hazard area, approval shall be obtained from the City Engineer. The City Engineer shall, prior to approving said landfill, determine that the same is not taking place or being accomplished within the channel or floodway necessary to carry the one-hundred-year level flood, so as to constitute an obstruction to said channel. The City Engineer shall further determine, prior to authorizing said landfill, that the same will not otherwise be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of the community;
(B) 
Permitted uses shall conform to the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located.
(2) 
The boundaries of the flood hazard area maps may be amended by resolution of the City Council so as to maintain uniformity with the purposes of this code upon a finding that:
(A) 
A flood control project of the federal, state, county or city government, or a private person, has substantially altered the boundaries of the flood hazard area;
(B) 
Flood data compiled subsequent to the adoption of the flood hazard area maps indicates that the boundaries of the flood hazard areas should be adjusted; or
(C) 
Proposed improvements, such as berms, dikes, landfill, channel improvements, or flood retention reservoirs and/or combination thereof, will substantially alter the boundaries of the floodway, but will not increase substantially, upstream or downstream one-hundred-year flood elevation, and the actual construction of said improvements has been assured by the submission and acceptance of bond or other acceptable financial arrangements.
(3) 
Proposed amendments to the adopted flood hazard area maps that do not originate in the City Engineer’s office, but are made as a formal request to the City Council shall be transmitted in writing to the City Engineer for review and recommendation. Upon a finding by the City Engineer that proposed amendment to flood hazard maps meets one of the three (3) conditions listed above, he shall certify in writing and shall furnish to the City Council four (4) copies of the amended boundaries, including the elevations of the one-hundred-year flood, for adoption by the City Council by resolution. If the proposed amendment does not meet one of the conditions listed above, the City Engineer shall deny the proposal, in writing, and furnish the planning and zoning commission a copy of his findings.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
It is the purpose of this ordinance to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and to minimize those adverse effects resulting from flooding, and the general causes of flood effects, by provisions designed to:
(A) 
Restrict or prohibit uses, including public uses, which are dangerous to health, safety, or property in times of flood, or cause increases in flood heights or velocities;
(B) 
Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including public facilities which serve such uses, shall be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction;
(C) 
Identify lands which are subject to flooding hazards, to inform and protect individuals from purchasing properties which may not be suited for their intended purposes because of flood hazard;
(D) 
Comply with the regulations of the national flood insurance program as established by the Federal Insurance Administration of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(E) 
Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood control projects;
(F) 
Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding, and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The following general regulations apply to the use of land located within an FD Floodway Supplemental district:
(A) 
New construction[,] substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall [not] be approved if it:
(1) 
Adversely effects [affects] the capacity of channels or floodways of any watercourse herein identified as in the Floodway district to convey the regulatory flood;
(2) 
Would measurably increase flood flows or flood heights or increase flood damage upon off-site properties during the occurrence of the regulatory flood;
(3) 
Would, individually or when combined with all other existing and anticipated developments, expose additional upstream, downstream, or adjacent properties to adverse flood effects, that would otherwise not be exposed to such effects, due to the regulatory flood;
(4) 
Increases velocities or volumes of floodwaters to the extent that significant erosion of floodplain soils would occur either on the subject property or on some other property upstream or downstream;
(B) 
Encroachments in floodways, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development that would result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the regulatory flood shall be prohibited;
(C) 
All new construction and substantial improvements shall be designed (or modified) and adequately anchored to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the structure;
(D) 
All new construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed by methods and practices that minimize flood damage;
(E) 
All new construction or substantial improvements shall be constructed with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage;
(F) 
All new and replacement water supply systems shall be floodproofed;
(G) 
New and replacement sanitary sewage systems shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters;
(H) 
On-site waste disposal systems shall be located to avoid impairment to them or contamination from them during flooding;
(I) 
The placement of any mobile home shall be prohibited.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The following uses, having a low flood damage potential and not obstructing flood flows, shall be permitted within the floodway district to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other ordinance; and provided, that they do not require buildings, structures, fill or storage of materials or equipment that adversely affect or in any way diminish the capacity of the floodway to carry the regulatory flood:
(A) 
Agricultural uses, such as general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, viticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming, and wild crop harvestry;
(B) 
Open land uses, such as arboretum, flood management project, reservoir, and wildlife preserve;
(C) 
Private and public recreational uses, such as golf courses, tennis courts, golf driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat launching ramps, swimming areas, parks, game farms, fish hatcheries, fishing areas, hiking and horseback riding trails;
(D) 
Residential uses, such as lawns, gardens, parking areas, and play areas.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
Within the floodway district, certain uses (listed below) may be permitted by the board of adjustment, after a public hearing, and upon the board’s finding that:
(A) 
The use meets the requirements of section 612.4, General floodway regulations;
(B) 
The use will not impair the appropriate use of neighboring property; and that the use will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of this code;
(C) 
No structure (temporary or permanent), fill (including fill for roads and levees), deposit, obstruction, storage of materials or equipment or other use, acting alone or in combination with existing or future uses, adversely affects or in any way diminishes the capacity of the floodway to carry the regulatory flood;
(D) 
Structures are not designed for human habitation;
(E) 
Structures have a low flood damage potential;
(F) 
Structures are to be constructed and placed on the building site so as to offer the minimum obstruction to the flow of floodwaters, [as follows:]
(1) 
Whenever possible, structures are to be constructed with the longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of flood flow; and
(2) 
So far as practicable, structures are to be placed approximately on the same flood flow lines as those adjoining structures;
(G) 
The use will not include the storage or processing of materials that are, in time of flooding, buoyant, flammable or explosive, or could be injurious to human, animal, or plant life.
The uses which may be permitted by the board of adjustment are:
(A)
Parking;
(B)
Temporary amusement enterprises;
(C)
Industrial-commercial uses, such as loading areas, parking areas, airport landing strips, drive-in theaters, roadside stands, signs and billboards;
(D)
Extraction of sand, gravel, and other materials;
(E)
Marinas, boat rentals, docks, piers, wharves;
(F)
Railroads, streets, bridges, utility facilities not permitted as of right, and pipelines;
(G)
Storage yards for equipment, machines, or materials;
(H)
Kennels and stables;
(I)
Uses or structures accessory to permitted or special exception uses;
(J)
Other uses similar in nature to areas described in section 612.5, which are consistent with the purposes set out in section 612.3.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The special exception uses authorized for approval within floodway zoning districts are subject to the requirements established by this section (612), the minimum requirements set out below, and such additional safeguards or conditions as may be imposed by the board of adjustment.
(A) 
Special exception administrative procedure; required information.
(1) 
No application for a special exception shall be accepted for filing by the board of adjustment, unless it is accompanied by plans in triplicate, drawn to scale, showing the nature, location, dimensions, and elevations of the lot, existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, floodproofing measures, and the relationship of the above to the location of the channel floodway and regulatory flood protection elevation.
(2) 
One copy of the plans submitted by the applicant shall be immediately forwarded, by the board of adjustment’s secretary, to the City Engineer for technical assistance in evaluating the proposed project in relation to its potential impact on flood heights and velocities; its flood damage potential; and the adequacy of the plans for protection. The board’s transmittal shall bear a notation advising the City Engineer concerning the date the application is scheduled for public hearing.
(3) 
On or before the date scheduled for public hearing, the City Engineer shall advise the board concerning the adequacy of the plans submitted by the applicant.
(4) 
If, at time of public hearing, either the board or the City Engineer deems the plans submitted by the applicant to be inadequate for determining the suitability of the particular site for the proposed use, the board shall require the applicant to furnish such of the following additional information which may be necessary for making a proper determination:
(a) 
A typical valley cross-section showing the channel of the stream, elevation of land areas adjoining each side of the channel, cross-sectional areas to be occupied by the proposed development, and high water information;
(b) 
Plan (surface view) showing elevations or contours of the ground; pertinent structure, fill or storage elevations; size, location and spatial arrangement of all proposed and existing structures on the site; location and elevations of street, water supply, sanitary facilities; photographs showing existing land uses and vegetation upstream and downstream; soil types; and other pertinent information;
(c) 
Profile showing the slope of the bottom of the channel or flow line of the stream;
(d) 
Specifications for building construction and materials, floodproofing, filling, dredging, grading, channel improvement, storage of materials, water supply, and sanitary facilities.
(5) 
Subsequent to the presentation of all required information and plans by the applicant and upon due consideration of all technical evaluations thereof, the board shall determine the specific flood hazard at the site, and shall evaluate the suitability of the proposed use in relation to the flood hazard and the other natural features of the site.
(B) 
Factors upon which the decision of the board of adjustment shall be based.
In passing upon such applications, the board shall consider all relevant factors specified in other section 612 paragraphs, and:
(1) 
The effects upon lands upstream, downstream, and in the immediate vicinity;
(2) 
The effects upon the flood stage and flood velocity;
(3) 
Whether a demand for additional public expenditures for flood protection or prevention will be created;
(4) 
Whether a demand for additional flood relief payments will be created;
(5) 
The danger to life and property due to flooding or erosion damage;
(6) 
The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage, and the effect of such damage on the individual owner;
(7) 
The danger that materials may be swept onto other lands to the injury of others;
(8) 
The compatibility of the proposed use with existing and anticipated development;
(9) 
The safety of access to the property in times of flood, for ordinary and emergency vehicles;
(10) 
The costs of providing governmental services during and after flood conditions, including maintenance and repair of streets and bridges, and public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems;
(11) 
The expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, and sediment transport of the floodwaters, and the effects of wave action, if applicable, expected at the site;
(12) 
The availability of alternative locations, not subject to flooding or erosion damage, for the proposed use;
(13) 
The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan for that area.
(C) 
Conditions attached to special exceptions.
Upon consideration of the factors listed above, and the purposes of this section, the board may attach such conditions to the granting of special exceptions or variances as it deems necessary to further the purposes of this section. Among such conditions without limitation because of specific enumeration may be included:
(1) 
Modification of waste disposal and water supply facilities;
(2) 
Limitations on periods of use and operation;
(3) 
Imposition of operational controls, sureties and deed restrictions;
(4) 
Requirements for construction of channel modifications, dikes, levees, and other protective measures;
(5) 
Floodproofing measures, such as the following, shall be designed consistent with the flood protection elevation for the particular areas, flood velocities, durations, rate of rise, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces and other factors associated with the regulatory flood. The board of adjustment shall require that the applicant submit a plan or document certified by a registered professional engineer that the floodproofing measures are consistent with the regulatory flood protection elevation and associated flood factors for the particular area. The following floodproofing measures may be required without limitation because of specific enumeration:
(a) 
Anchorage to resist flotation and lateral movement;
(b) 
Installation of watertight doors, bulkheads and shutters, or similar methods of construction;
(c) 
Reinforcement of walls to resist water pressures;
(d) 
Use of paints, membranes or mortars to reduce seepage of water through walls;
(e) 
Addition of mass or weight to structures to resist flotation;
(f) 
Installation of pumps to lower water levels in structures;
(g) 
Construction of water supply and waste treatment system, so as to prevent the entrance of floodwaters;
(h) 
Pumping facilities, or comparable practices for subsurface drainage systems for building, to relieve external foundation wall and basement flood pressures;
(i) 
Construction to resist rupture or collapse caused by water pressure or floating debris;
(j) 
Installation of valves or controls on sanitary and storm drains, which will permit the drains to be closed to prevent backup of sewage and storm waters into the buildings or structures. Gravity draining of basements may be eliminated by mechanical devices;
(k) 
Location of all of the applicant’s electrical equipment circuits and installed electrical appliances in a manner which will assure they are not subject to flooding and to provide protection from inundation by the regulatory flood;
(l) 
Location of any structural storage facilities for chemicals, explosives, buoyant materials, flammable liquids, or other toxic materials which could be hazardous to public health, safety, and welfare in a manner which will assure that the facilities are situated at elevations above the height associated with the regulatory flood protection elevation or are adequately floodproofed to prevent flotation of storage containers which could result in the escape of toxic materials into floodwaters.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
Special regulations.
The provisions of this section specifically govern nonconforming uses located in FD zoning districts, and they shall be interpreted as supplemental to the provisions of article V of this code, which governs nonconforming uses. In the event of any conflict between this section and the provisions of article V of this code, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of the requirements established by this section.
(B) 
Conditions.
A structure, or the use of a structure or premises, which was lawful before the passage of [or] amendment of the section but which is not in conformity with the provisions of this section may be continued subject to the following conditions:
(1) 
Unless first approved by the board of adjustment, no repair or reconstruction of any destroyed structure shall exceed fifty (50) percent of its current replacement cost immediately prior to its destruction. If any nonconforming use or structure is destroyed by any means, including floods, to an extent of more than fifty percent (50%), it shall not be reconstructed, except in conformity with the provisions of this section;
(2) 
Uses or adjuncts thereof which are, or become, nuisances shall not be entitled to continue as nonconforming uses;
(3) 
Except as provided in subsection (B)(2) above, any use which has been permitted as a special exception use shall be considered a conforming use.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
(A) 
Special requirements.
Amendments to FD zoning maps shall be initiated and processed in the manner specified in section 612.2, of this code; provided, however, all such proposed amendments shall be subject to the special requirements pertaining thereto which are established by this section.
(B) 
Requirement for approval.
District boundaries may be amended only if the amendment meets one of the two following requirements:
(1) 
A flood control project of the federal, state, county or city government, or a private person, has substantially altered the boundaries of the district or, if proposed improvements have not been constructed, the actual construction thereof has been assured by the submission and acceptance of bond or other acceptable financial arrangements; or
(2) 
Flood data compiled subsequent to the adoption of the district maps indicates that the district boundaries should be changed.
(C) 
Recommendation of city engineer.
All applications shall be transmitted in writing by the planning and zoning commission to the city engineer. Prior to any public hearing by the planning and zoning commission upon such application, the city engineer shall review the application and thereafter transmit to the planning and zoning commission written report as to whether or not the application meets the required standard for approval; the city engineer shall recommend the denial of any application which fails to meet the required standard.
(Ordinance 375 adopted 4/12/82)
The RA-1, Single-Family Residential district, is established as a district in which the use of land is for single-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial use or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of single-family dwellings in this district. The intent is to further discourage any use in this district which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the residents in the area. This district further encourages only those uses which, because of character of [or] size, would not create additional requirements and costs for public services in excess of requirements and costs for single-family dwellings.
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
8,000 sq. ft.
70'
40%
35'
25'
5' interior lots 10' street side of corner lots
20% depth of lot
All lots and improvements with the district shall meet the following requirements:
(A) 
All lots shall have not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet of lot area, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than seventy (70) feet. The frontage of any wedge-shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of thirty (30) feet; however, the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of fifty (50) linear feet measured at an equal distance parallel to and from the front lot line.
(C) 
Not more than forty (40) percent of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
All structures shall have not less than a twenty-five (25) foot front yard setback.
(F) 
For a single-family dwelling of one (1) story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five (5) feet for interior lot lines and ten (10) feet for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one (1) story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet. For a principal building other than a single-family dwelling, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than the height of the building, but in no case less than fifteen (15) feet.
(G) 
A rear yard of twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Detached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building, in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located on the rear lot line if a sixteen-foot-wide alley or larger is adjacent.
(2) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located eight (8) feet from the centerline of the alley if the adjacent alley is less than sixteen (16) feet wide.
(H) 
No principal building (as defined in Section 301) shall be constructed or placed on any lot unless it has a minimum of one thousand, four hundred (1,400) square feet, exclusive of any garage or carport.
The RA-2 Residential district is designed specifically to provide an area for single-family housing a higher density than permitted in the RA-1 district.
The development and continued use of this land for family dwellings is encouraged and the encroachment of commercial and industrial use, or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development of, or continuation of, this district as family dwellings is prohibited. This district also discourages any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood streets other than normal traffic which serves the residents on the street. It also encourages only those uses which, because of character or size, would not create additional requirements and costs for public services which are in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for single-family dwellings.
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Frontage
Maximum Percentage Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
6,500 sq. ft.
60'
40%
35'
25'
5' interior lots 10' street side of corner lots
20% depth of lot
All lots and improvements within the RA-2 district shall meet the following requirements:
(A) 
All lots shall have an area of not less than six thousand, five hundred (6,500) square feet for a single-family dwelling.
(B) 
Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than sixty (60) feet for a single-family dwelling.
(C) 
Not more than forty percent (40%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements.
(D) 
No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot.
(E) 
A minimum front yard setback of twenty-five (25) feet shall be provided on all single-family dwellings.
(F) 
For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots, there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than ten (10) feet.
(G) 
A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Detached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building, in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located on the rear lot line if a sixteen-foot (16') wide alley or larger is adjacent.
(2) 
Detached accessory buildings may be located eight (8) feet from the centerline of the alley if the adjacent alley is less than sixteen (16) feet wide.
(H) 
No principal building (as defined in Section 301) shall be constructed or placed on any lot unless it has a minimum of one thousand, one hundred (1,100) square feet, exclusive of any garage or carport.
Except as provided for elsewhere in this article, all permitted uses in the RA-2 Residence district shall comply with the minimum requirements for off-street parking, of Article IV.
(Ordinance 821 adopted 2/8/99)