APPENDIX C – ZONING REGULATIONS

SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 1

16-101.  Short title. 1

16-102.  Purpose. 1

16-103.  Jurisdiction. 1

16-104.  Establishment of Districts. 1

16-105.  Table of Equivalent Districts. 2

16-106.  Planning commission. 2

SECTION 2. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION; DEFINITIONS  4

16-201.  Rules for Interpretation of District Boundaries. 4

16-202.  Definitions. 4

16-203.  Application of Regulations. 14

SECTION 3. ZONING DISTRICTS REGULATIONS. 16

16-301.  RA Residential Agriculture District. 16

16-302.  RS Residential Single-Family District. 17

16-303.  RT – Residential Two-Family  or Duplex District. 18

16-304.  RM – Residential Multifamily District. 19

16-305.  RE – Residential Elderly Housing District. 19

16-306.  C – Commercial District. 22

16-307.  DC – Downtown District. 24

16-308.  I – Industrial District. 29

16-309.  Flood plain overlay districts. 32

16-310.  POD – Planned Overlay District. 32

16-311.  K-10 – Kansas Highway 10 Overlay District. 46

SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS. 50

16-401.  Open space. 50

16-402.  Height. 50

16-403.  Dwellings on Small Lots. 51

16-404.  Swimming Pools. 51

16-405.  Manufactured home park regulations. 51

16-406.  Accessory buildings. 54

16-407.  Antennas and Satellite Dish Antennas. 55

16-408.  Exterior Storage in Residential Districts. 55

16-409.  Site plan review. 55

16-410.  Townhouse subdivision development. 59

16-411   Temporary Uses Permitted. 62

16-412   Determination of Structure Setback Line. 63

16-413.  Orientation of Residential Structures in the RS District. 64

16-414.  Fences. 64

16-415.  Landscaping, Screening and Buffering Regulations. 65

16-416.  Commercial corridor design guidelines. 67

16-417.  Adult entertainment regulations. 76

SECTION 5. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING. 77

16-501.  Parking requirements. 77

SECTION 6. USES PERMITTED UPON REVIEW    82

16-601.  Uses permitted upon review. 82

SECTION 7. SPECIAL CONDITIONS. 83

16-701.  Special conditions. 83

SECTION 8. NONCONFORMING LOTS, STRUCTURES, AND USES OF LAND.. 88

16-801.  Nonconformities. 88

SECTION 9. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. 92

16-901.  Board of Zoning Appeals. 92

SECTION 10. ADMINISTRATION.. 96

16-1001. Administration. 96

16-1002. Enforcement. 99

16-1003. Violation and Penalty. 99

16-1004. Building permits. 100

16-1005. Limit on Applications for Substantially the Same Zoning Amendment. 100

16-1006. Validity. 101

16-1007. Land Disturbance or Grading Permit. 101

SECTION 11. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. 102

16-1101. Wireless communication systems; intent; definitions. 102

16-1102. Definitions. 102

16-1103. Zoning districts; limitations. 105

16-1104. Location/height guidelines. 106

16-1105. Design guidelines. 107

16-1106. Submittal requirements. 108

16-1120. Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS). 109

16-1121. Purpose. 109

16-1122. Definitions. 109

16-1123. Applicability.  Circumstances Requiring Application of the WECS Regulations. 110

16-1124. General provisions. 111

16-1125. Standards and Regulations. 111

16-1126. Size and Lot or Parcel Restrictions. 112

16-1127. Applications for Commercial-WECS. 113

16-1128. Applications for Micro-WECS. 114

16-1129. Use limitations. 114

16-1130. Removal after Disuse of a Commercial-WECS. 115

16-1140. Solar collectors. 115

16-1141. Purpose. 115

16-1142. Standards. 115

SECTION 12. SIGN REGULATIONS. 117

16-1201. Title. 117

16-1202. Purpose. 117

16-1203. Applicability and Zoning District Requirements. 117

16-1204. Severability. 118

16-1205. Hierarchy of Enforcement. 118

16-1206. Historic preservation commission. 118

16-1207. Definitions of Terms Pertaining to Signs. 118

16-1208. Definitions of Functional and Structural Sign Types. 119

16-1209. Exemptions. 129

16-1210. Prohibited signs. 130

16-1211. Amortization of Certain Signs. 130

16-1212. Temporary event signs. 131

16-1213. General Requirements Applicable to all Signs. 132

16-1214. Non-conformities. 137

16-1215. Master signage plan. 137

16-1216. Sign permits. 138

TABLE 1:  PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS. 139

TABLE 2: NON-RESIDENTIAL SIGNS BY STRUCTURAL TYPE AND ZONING.. 140

TABLE 3: SIGNS PERMITTED BY ZONING DISTIRCT   145