For the purposes of this district, the uses of land shall be those of a public entertainment and educational nature for the purposes of providing educational and informative opportunities to the people visiting the area. In this district small commercial retail shall only be allowed when in conjunction as a complement to the permitted uses.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
All permitted uses in this district shall undergo a zoning review during the building permit process. The required submittal for that can be found on the town website or at Town Hall. Permitted uses in the E-2 district are:
A. 
Government buildings open to the public.
B. 
Information center.
C. 
Museum.
D. 
Residential uses for caretakers, employees, or security people only.
E. 
Theaters, including large format theaters such as IMAX.
F. 
Visitor center.
G. 
Zoos, wildlife sanctuary.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
The uses that are permitted in the E-2 district if successful in acquiring a conditional use permit approval from the town of West Yellowstone are as follows:
A. 
Communications tower.
B. 
Live-work units.
C. 
Public swimming pool.
D. 
Public water park.
E. 
Public splash pad.
F. 
Travel trailer parks subject to Chapter 17.33.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
Buildings may cover the entire lot providing other requirements are met.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
The setbacks prescribed in this district are that no buildings or building development whatsoever shall be closer than thirty feet from the center line of a street and all outdoor merchandise as defined in Chapter 17.04 shall have an eighteen-inch setback from all property lines. No accessory building shall be erected within ten feet of any principal building unless a variance is granted by the town of West Yellowstone.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
When a lot faces more than one street and front yard setbacks have been established on both streets, corner lot setbacks shall be at least as great as the minimum front yard setback established for the district. If the lot is completely in one district then both sides of a corner lot shall conform to the front setback in that district.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
Every part of a required yard or court shall be open and unobstructed by any building or structure from its lowest point upward except as follows:
A. 
Architectural features that include belfries, cornices, chimneys, canopies, eaves, balconies, steeples, or other similar features may extend into a required yard space not more than three feet.
B. 
Open, unwalled, uncovered steps and entrance landings may extend into a required yard space not more than five feet.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
Maximum building height in this district shall be forty feet. All elements of a structure shall be at or below the maximum height in the district, unless it is an architectural feature, as defined in Chapter 17.04, which may extend to six feet above the maximum height.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
On corner lots on streets in all districts, no fence, wall, or planting in excess of four feet above the street centerline grade is permitted within the area defined as follows: beginning at the intersection of the physical roadway twenty feet along each roadway, except when traffic control signals are installed.
At the intersection of each driveway or alley with a street, no fence, wall, or planting in excess of four feet above the street centerline grade is permitted fifteen feet on each side of the physical intersection of the driveway or alley with the street.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
All signs in this district shall be in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 17.40.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
A. 
Fences, walls, and hedges in any district may be located on lot lines provided such fences, walls, and hedges do not exceed eight feet in height, measured from the adjacent ground elevation. Fences, walls, and hedges exceeding eight feet in height, measured from the ground elevation, shall be subject to the minimum yard requirements of the district in which they are located unless a variance is granted by the town of West Yellowstone.
B. 
No fences, walls, and hedges shall exceed four feet in any front yard as defined in this title.
C. 
No barbed wire or other sharp fencing materials and no electrically charged fence shall be erected or maintained in any district created by this title.
D. 
In case of a fence erected on top of a retaining wall, the height shall be measured from the grade of the high side of the wall.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)
Curb cuts for residential uses shall be a maximum of twelve feet throat width for a single-car garage and a maximum of twenty feet throat width for two or more stall garage.
(Ord. 276 Exh. 1, 2024; Ord. 280 Exh. 1, 2025)