20.20.250 IS district – Intent, permitted uses, and special exception uses.
A. District Intent. The IS (institutional) district is intended to be used as follows:
Use, Type, and Intensity.
•Varying intensity institutionally owned lands, including State and County facilities
Application of District.
•Existing and new development
•Buffer district or transitional district
•Small geographic areas on the zoning map
•Single lot or a small cluster of lots on the zoning map
Development Standards.
•Require quality development standards that optimize accessibility and use while minimizing the impacts to surrounding areas
Appropriate Adjacent Districts.
•CO, PR, A1, A2, A4, R1, R2, VR, M1, M2, MP, IS, LB, GC, HC, CP, I1, and I2
Plan Commission.
•Use this zoning district for existing and new institutional development
•Site should be appropriate for any of the possible uses allowed in the zoning district
Board of Zoning Appeals.
•Allow a special exception use only when it is compatible with the surrounding areas
B. Permitted Uses.
Accessory Permitted Uses.
•Wind turbine system, large
•Wind turbine system, small
Industrial Permitted Uses.
•Wireless facility
Institutional Permitted Uses.
•Airport, public
•Cemetery or mausoleum
•Child care institution
•Community center
•Fairground
•Fire, police, or rescue station
•Government office
•Government operations facility
•Heliport, public
•Hospice facility
•Hospital
•Library
•Museum
•Parking lot, public
•Place of worship
•Post office
•Rehabilitation clinic, medical
•School (P–12), private
•School (P–12), public
•Sewage treatment facility, public
•Sports stadium
•University or college
•Water tower
•Water treatment facility, public
•Wellhead, public
Residential Permitted Uses.
•Nursing home
C. Special Exception Uses.
Institutional Special Exception Uses.
•Jail
•Juvenile detention facility
•Recycling collection point
•Transit station
Residential Special Exception Uses.
•Fair housing facility (large) [Ord. 12-27-11 § 2.25.]