The “R-R” Residential Rural District is established to provide for single-family rural residential development at a low density and to all certain public facilities. It is the intent of the district regulation to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of persons residing in the district; to prevent uses which would devalue property; to regulate population density; and to provide adequate open space around buildings and structures. This zone is intended for application in developing rural and rural lifestyle areas within the City Limits and is intended to minimize conflicts of incompatible uses of land and protect the public health and welfare until the area is fully developed.

In the R-R District, no building or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or enlarged which is arranged or designed for other than one of the following uses listed in Section 3 below. Design, color, and structure is to be compatible with the neighborhood.

A.    Single family non-farm dwellings.

B.    Residential design manufactured homes.

C.    Group homes, foster homes, and boarding homes for children.

D.    Churches and similar places of worship and parish houses.

E.    Golf courses, except miniature golf courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.

F.    Hospitals for people only on a lot, plot, or tract of land two (2) acres or larger.

G.    Nursing or convalescent homes on a lot, plot, or tract of land two (2) acres orlarger.

H.    Public parks, playgrounds, recreational areas.

I.     Schools: public or parochial, elementary, junior high, high schools, and private schools with equivalent curriculum.

J.     Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same lot with the principal use including tennis courts, swimming pools, private garages, garden houses, barbeque ovens, and fireplaces, but that do not include uses unrelated to the principal use or any activity commonly conducted for gain.

K.    Temporary structures incidental to construction work, but only for the period of such work. Basements and cellars may not be occupied for residential purposes until the building is completed.

L.    The following uses may be allowed by Conditional Use Permit (CUP) when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Commission and Governing Body, and under such conditions as they may impose:

i.     Any public building erected or land used by any department of the City, County, State, or Federal Government.

ii.    Bed and Breakfast Inns.

iii.   Home Occupations.

iv.   Telephone exchange, electric substations and regulatory stations, or other public utilities.

v.    Raising of crops, trees, and shrubs not sold on the premises.

vi.   Licensed childcare centers.

vii.  Water Retention Areas.

viii. Preschools.

M.   The following uses may be allowed by CUP when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Commission and Governing Body, and under such conditions as they may impose:

i.     Raising and care of specific animals, as defined in the City Code:

a.     Animals shall not be kept for commercial purposes.

b.    Animals are properly sheltered and proper sanitation is maintained at all times.

c.     Cages, pens, or paddocks shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet to any residence.

d.    Disposal of carcasses shall be immediate and conducted in an appropriate way.

e.     Excrement shall be disposed of in an appropriate manner that does not allow odor or cause unsanitary or unsafe conditions.

Lots in this district shall be subject to the following.

A.    Lots will be served by city services and utilities, including water, wastewater (sewer), natural gas, trash, and must have electrical service(s).

B.    No propane, wells, septic systems for utility purposes, except by existing non-conforming status. When existing systems fail, property is subject to connection to public utilities as available.

C.    Water wells may be used for outside (irrigation) use only.

Lot size will have a minimum size of 7,500 square feet. The principal structure and accessory structure(s) shall not cover more than 30% of the lot size not to exceed 11,000 square feet of the lot area.

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

A.    Front Yard.

i.     There shall be a front yard having a depth of no less than twenty-five (25) feet, except as required for arterial and collector streets or roads. (See Article XXX – Additional Height, Area, and Use Regulations).

ii.    Where a lot or group of lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

iii.   Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a single lot of record, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, shall not be reduced to less than thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be required to preserve a minimum setback of eight (8) feet from the lot line.

B.    Side Yard.

i.     Except hereinafter required in the additional height, area, and use regulations of this Ordinance, there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot with a minimum of eight (8) feet on each side of the principal building, except as provide for zero, lot-line development.

ii.    Where more than one principal building is constructed on a tract for hospital, nursing home, church, school or other public use, the spacing between principal buildings shall not be less than the average height of the adjacent buildings.

C.    Rear Yard. There shall be a rear having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

See Article XXV.

See Article XXVI.

See ARTICLE XXVII.

See ARTICLE XXVIII.

In the R-R District existing private gas systems, water wells, and sewage disposal systems may be continued until such time as the City provides one or all these services.

A.    Such private utilities may be continued until replacement is required to comply with City code provisions. The property owner may choose to hook up to public utilities at an earlier time, but such will not be mandatory. The City has no responsibility for maintenance of private utility systems.

B.    All utility connections to buildings shall be individual connections and separately metered, unless in conflict with MABCD currently adopted codes and regulations.