Sec. 656.304. - Rural Residential Category.

This category provides rural estate residential opportunities in the suburban area of the City. Housing developments at a net density range of up to two dwelling units per acre will be allowed when community scale potable water and sewer facilities are available to the site, and one unit per net acre when the site will be served with on-site water and wastewater facilities. Generally, single-family dwellings and mobile homes will be the predominant land uses in this category. The following primary and secondary zoning districts may be considered in the Rural Residential Category depicted on the Future Land Use Maps of the Comprehensive Plan. A. Primary zoning districts. The primary zoning districts shall include the following: (1) Residential Rural-Acre (RR-Acre); Section 656.304 . (2) Residential Low Density-120 (RLD-120); Section 656.305 . (3) Residential Low Density-100A (RLD-100A); Section 656.305 . This district allows primarily single-family dwellings on large lots in the suburban and rural areas of the City. The district requirements for the Residential Rural-Acre (RR-Acre) and the Residential Low Density (RLD-120 and RLD-100A) Zoning Districts are specified below. I. Residential Rural-Acre (RR-Acre) District. (a) Permitted uses and structures. (1) Single-family dwellings. (2) Foster care homes. (3) Community residential homes of six or fewer residents meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (4) Family day care homes meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (5) Essential services, including water, sewer, gas, telephone, radio, television and electric, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (6) Churches, including a rectory or similar use, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (7) Golf courses meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (8) Neighborhood parks, pocket parks, playgrounds or recreational structures which serve or support a neighborhood or several adjacent neighborhoods, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (9) Country clubs meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (10) Animals, other than household pets, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (11) Home occupation meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (b) Permitted accessory uses and structures. See Section 656.403 . (c) Permissible uses by exception. (1) Cemeteries and mausoleums but not funeral homes or mortuaries. (2) Schools meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (3) Excavations, Lakes, and Borrow pits subject to the regulations contained in Part 9. (4) Bed and breakfast establishments meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (5) Essential services, including water, sewer, gas, telephone, radio, television and electric, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (6) Day care centers meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (7) Churches, including a rectory or similar use, meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (8) Home occupations meeting the performance standards and development criteria set forth in Part 4. (d) Minimum lot requirements (width and area). For single-family dwellings and mobile homes, the minimum lot requirements (width and area), except as an otherwise required for certain other uses, are as follows: (1) Width—100 feet. (2) Area—43,560 square feet. (e) Maximum lot coverage by all buildings and structures . 25 percent. Impervious surface ratio as required by Section 654.129 . (f) Minimum yard requirements. The minimum yard requirements for all permitted or permissible uses and structures are as follows: (1) Front—25 feet. (2) Side—Ten feet. (3) Rear—Ten feet. (g) Maximum height of structures. 35 feet. II. Residential Low Density-120 (RLD-120) and Residential Low Density-100A (RLD-100A) Districts. The permitted uses and structures, accessory uses and structures, permissible uses by exception, minimum lot and yard requirements, maximum lot coverage, impervious surface ratios, and height of buildings and structures shall be as provided in Section 656.305 . B. Secondary zoning districts. The following secondary zoning districts may be permitted in the Rural Residential Category as depicted on the Future Land Use Maps of the Comprehensive Plan, subject to the district regulations for same: (1) Commercial Office (CO); Section 656.311 . (2) Commercial Neighborhood (CN); Section 656.312 . (3) Agriculture (AGR); Section 656.331 . (4) Public Buildings and Facilities (PBF-1); Section 656.332 . (5) Public Buildings and Facilities (PBF-2); Section 656.332 . (6) Conservation (CSV); Section 656.333 . (7) Planned Unit Development (PUD); Section 656.340 . The aforementioned secondary zoning districts may be permitted provided that the supplemental criteria and standards for same specified in Subpart G, Part 3 are met. (Ord. 91-59-148, § 1; Ord. 91-761-410, § 1; Ord. 91-761-410, § 1; Ord. 94-340-447, § 2; Ord. 2000-90-E, § 1; Ord. 2002-608-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-969-E, § 1; Ord. 2019-375-E , § 1)