§ 42-256. Permitted uses.

(a)

Single-family detached dwellings.

(b)

Manufactured homes that shall not include mobile homes, both as defined in this chapter, and subject to the following:

(1)

All towing devices, wheels, axles and hitches must be removed.

(2)

Each dwelling must be installed on a safe and satisfactory foundation, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. It shall not be necessary, however, for the dwelling to have a complete masonry or concrete perimeter foundation, as long as the foundation utilized is safe and complies with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and as long as complete skirting of an opaque material, properly ventilated, is installed around the entire perimeter of the manufactured home to enclose the area between the bottom of the structure and the ground. The material utilized as skirting shall be a material or product designed or manufactured for the purpose of serving as skirting and enclosing the area between the bottom of such manufactured home and the ground. Further, each manufactured home shall be properly ventilated.

(3)

The roof shall have a pitch or slope of at least 2:12 (two feet of vertical height for each 12 feet of horizontal width).

(4)

Other unit design enhancements, such as garages, entryways, porches and special window treatments, roof pitch, roofing materials and siding are encouraged but not required.

(c)

Churches, temples, synagogues and places of worship, and their solely owned and operated customary accessory facilities, including cemeteries, provided:

(1)

Such uses are located on a lot with a minimum area of one acre;

(2)

Principal buildings are setback a minimum of 50 feet from any property line; and

(3)

Parking areas are located outside of the required front yard and separated from any side or rear property line by a minimum six foot high opaque fence or wall or a densely planted landscape strip of at least ten feet in width.

(d)

Parks, playgrounds, community centers, tennis courts, swimming pools, golf courses and other recreational facilities operated on a nonprofit basis.

(e)

Public and semi-public buildings, structures and uses.

(f)

Schools, public elementary, middle and secondary.

(g)

Schools, parochial and private offering courses in general education substantially similar to that of a public school not offered for profit.

(h)

Two-family dwellings (duplexes) with a minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet.

(Ord. of 10-2-1995, § 86-1002; Ord. No. 99-011, § 5, 9-7-1999)