Sec. 656.303. - Purposes and intent.

The residential categories allow for different types of housing such as single-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings, day care, group homes, foster care, and other congregate living facilities in appropriate locations. Not included are hotels, motels, campgrounds, travel trailer parks for the transient population, and other similar commercial facilities. Also excluded in the residential category are institutional residential facilities, such as jails, prisons, hospitals, dormitories and residential military facilities. Areas depicted for residential uses on the Future Land Use Maps of the Comprehensive Plan are shown under four residentially dominated plan categories: Rural Residential, Low Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and High Density Residential. Various housing types, ranging from single-family dwellings at a density of one unit per acre, to multiple-family dwellings at densities of over 20 dwelling units per acre, are allowed as priority uses in the various districts. Achievement of the density ranges of the various categories will only be permitted when full urban services are available to the development site. The maximum density recommended in the various residential categories shall apply to the land included in each development permit requested, whether in single or multiple ownership. Certain nonresidential uses are also permitted as secondary or supporting uses, subject to the provisions of Part 3. Neighborhood Supporting Recreation and Public/Semi-public Facilities, such as private and public schools, churches, day care centers, utility stations, branch libraries, community centers, utility substations, as well as neighborhood commercial, cultural and conservation uses, may be permitted in appropriate locations. Golf and country clubs and similar supporting uses may be allowed as part of a residential community that is developed subject to a site plan approval. New neighborhood commercial uses shall not be allowed as secondary/supporting uses where such uses would constitute an intrusion into an existing single-family area. In order to encourage more compact development patterns, mixed use, planned unit and cluster developments are also allowed. Not all potential uses are permitted or permissible by exception anywhere in the residential categories. The exact type of land use and the density or intensity appropriate at any one location will be determined using the criteria and standards in this Chapter and in the Locational Criteria and supporting policies of the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. (Ord. 91-59-148, § 1; Ord. 2002-608-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-969-E, § 1)