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Zoning Ordinance


Article 4: Specific Criteria
 Section 400: Specific Standards for Special Exception and Conditional Uses
 Section 401: Adaptive Reuse of Existing Agricultural Buildings
 Section 402: Adult-Related Facilities
 Section 403: Airports/Heliports
 Section 404: Amusement Arcades
 Section 405: Automobile Filling Stations (Including Minor Incidental Repair)
 Section 406: Automobile, Heavy Equipment and/or Recreational Vehicle Auction Service, Reconditioning and Repair Facilities
 Section 407: Automobile Service, Reconditioning and Repair Facilities
 Section 408: Automobile Storage Compounds
 Section 409: Automobile, Truck, Marine, Machinery and RV Service & Repair
 Section 410: Bed and Breakfasts
 Section 411: Billboards
 Section 412: Boarding Houses
 Section 413: Campgrounds
 Section 414: Car Washes
 Section 415: Churches and Related Uses
 Section 416: Clubhouses
 Section 417: Commercial Day-Care Facilities
 Section 418: Commercial Livestock Operations
 Section 419: Commercial Poultry Operations
 Section 420: Commercial Recreation Facilities
 Section 421: Communication Antennas, Towers and Equipment
 Section 422: Convenience Stores
 Section 423: Drive-Thru and/or Fast-Food Restaurants
 Section 424: Dry Cleaners, Laundries and Laundromats
 Section 425: Family Day-Care Facilities
 Section 425A Family Farm Support Business
 Section 426: Farm Implement Dealers
 Section 427: Farm-Related Businesses
 Section 428: Flea and/or Farmers Markets
 Section 429: Funeral Homes
 Section 430: Golf Courses
 Section 431: Health and Fitness Clubs
 Section 432: Heavy Equipment Sales, Service and/or Repair Facilities
 Section 433: Heavy Industrial Uses
 Section 434: Home Improvement and Building Supply Stores
 Section 435: Home Occupations
 Section 436: Hospitals
 Section 437: Hotels, Motels and Related Facilities
 Section 438: Junk Yards
 Section 439: Kennels
 Section 440: Medical Residential Campuses
 Section 441: Mini-Warehouses
 Section 442: Mobile Home Parks
 Section 443: Multiple-Family Dwellings
 Section 444: Municipal Services
 Section 445: Nightclubs
 Section 446: Nursing, Rest or Retirement Homes
 Section 447: Public and Private Schools
 Section 448: Quarries and Other Extractive-Related Uses
 Section 449: Recycling Facilities for Paper, Plastic, Glass, and Metal Products
 Section 450: Restaurants, Taverns and Nightclubs
 Section 451: Riding Stables
 Section 452: Rural Occupations
 Section 453: Sale of Spent Mushroom Compost, Mulch and Woodchips and Bulk and Bag Coal, the Processing of Mulch and Woodchips, and the Operation of Commercial Mushroom Facilities
 Section 454: Sawmills
 Section 455: Septage and/or Solid Waste Disposal and Processing Facilities
 Section 456: Shooting Ranges
 Section 457: Shopping Centers
 Section 458: Stockyards
 Section 459: Tourist Farms
 Section 460: Truck or Motor Freight Terminals
 Section 461: Two-Family Conversions
 Section 462: Warehousing and Wholesale Trade Establishments
 Section 463: Wholesale Produce and Tobacco Auctions




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