§ 20-348. Permitted uses.

(a)

Permitted uses: The following uses, subject to the standards set forth in subsection 20-348(b), are permitted uses if otherwise allowed in the underlying zoning district or any applicable overlay district:

(1)

Agricultural uses such as general farming, pasture, grazing, farm fences, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, forestry, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting.

(2)

Industrial-commercial loading areas, parking areas, and airport landing strips.

(3)

Open space uses, including but not limited to, private and public golf courses, tennis courts, driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat launching ramps, swimming areas, parks, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting preserves, hunting and fishing areas, and single or multiple purpose recreational trails.

(4)

Residential yards, lawns, gardens, parking areas, and play areas.

(5)

Railroads, streets, bridges, utility transmission lines and pipelines, provided that the department of natural resources' area hydrologist is notified at least ten days prior to issuance of any permit.

(b)

Standards for floodway permitted uses:

(1)

The use must have a low flood damage potential.

(2)

The use must not involve structures or obstruct flood flows. The use must not cause any increase in flood damages, nor any increase in flood elevations in areas where a floodway has been established, as certified by a registered professional engineer.

(3)

Any facility that will be used by employees or the general public must be designed with a flood warning system that provides adequate time for evacuation if the area is inundated to a depth and velocity such that the depth (in feet) multiplied by the velocity (in feet per second) would exceed a product of four upon occurrence of the regional (one percent chance) flood.

(Ord. No. 636, § 2, 12-10-18)