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Zoning Ordinance (pdf) - Cerro Gordo County online

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R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT Art. 9<br />

ARTICLE 9:<br />

R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT<br />

9.1 DECLARATION OF INTENT<br />

The R-1 Single Family Residential District is one of single family dwelling units designed to maintain,<br />

protect and preserve the character of development on lots with a minimum area of twenty thousand<br />

(20,000) square feet and a lot width not less than one hundred twenty (120) feet. No more than one (1)<br />

dwelling unit and the customary accessory buildings shall be allowed on one (1) lot.<br />

The following regulations and the General Regulations contained in Article 6 shall apply in the R-1 Single<br />

Family Residential District.<br />

9.2 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES<br />

A. Single-family dwellings.<br />

B. Family Homes in compliance with Section 358A, Code of Iowa.<br />

C. Churches or other places of worship, including parish houses. Other accessory church uses such as<br />

Sunday School buildings, nursery schools, preschools, and child care centers, which would be<br />

compatible with church uses. A completely fenced and screened play lot shall be provided for nursery<br />

schools, preschools and child care centers. Said fencing and screening shall be located not less than<br />

twenty (20) feet from any other lot in any "R" District.<br />

D. Public and parochial schools and colleges for academic instruction.<br />

E. Public buildings and properties of the cultural, administrative or public service type but not including<br />

such uses as storage yards, warehouses, garages or sewage pumping stations.<br />

9.3 ACCESSORY PERMITTED USES<br />

A. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any allowed use within the district.<br />

B. Accessory utility services and equipment for use by adjacent properties.<br />

C. Home occupations.<br />

D. Private swimming pool.<br />

E. Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work which buildings shall be removed upon<br />

the completion or abandonment of the construction work. This shall include trailers and house trailers<br />

used as offices.<br />

F. Truck gardens, orchards and nurseries; provided, however, that no storage of manure or odor or dust<br />

producing substances shall be permitted within one hundred (100) feet of any property line.<br />

G. Roadside stands offering for sale only products grown on the premises. Such stands shall be<br />

removed during any season or period when they are not in use.<br />

9.4 SPECIAL PERMITTED USES<br />

See Article 20.<br />

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