Greene County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
9 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Business Restricted District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 24
Business General
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 19
Business Highway and High Intensity, B-3
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
Industrial
2Residential
2Residential District, R-1
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
Residential District, R-2
- Min lot
- 62,000 sq ft (1.42 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
136 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The following uses, events and activities are permitted at a farm brewery... Farm brewery events at which not more than 400 persons are in attendance at any time. ... Sound amplification shall be limited in the time range of 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST.
Each farm brewery shall be subject to the following: Uses permitted include production, sale, tasting, events up to 400 persons by right; events over 400 require special use permit. Sound from outdoor amplified music limited to 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Setbacks per district primary structure. Prohibited: restaurants, helicopter rides.
The minimum front, side, and rear setbacks for outdoor event and activity areas shall be 75 feet. In addition, outdoor event and activity areas shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any dwelling unit on an abutting lot not under the same ownership. Parking areas and portable toilets shall have 75 ft setbacks and 125 ft from dwelling units. Prohibited: restaurants, helicopter rides.
The minimum front, side, and rear setbacks for outdoor event and activity areas shall be 75 feet. In addition, outdoor event and activity areas shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any dwelling unit on an abutting lot not under the same ownership as the agricultural operation.
Regulations pertaining to tourist lodging permitted by-right in the A-1 and C-1 Zoning Districts: No more than five guest rooms contained within the primary structure. No more than four events per year. One dwelling per parcel. By special use permit: more than five guest rooms, more than four events, more than one dwelling.
There shall be provided, at the time of erection of any building or at the time any main building is enlarged, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provisions for entrance and exit by standard sized automobiles, as follows: ...
At least one off-street parking space shall be provided for each 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof. Such off-street loading space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width, 14 and one-half feet in clearance height, and a depth of 25 feet.
Recreation vehicle parks and campgrounds shall be allowed in the conservation and agriculture districts by special use permit... Parks with only campsites or with a combination of campsites and recreational vehicle sites, shall contain at least ten acres in area. ... maximum of 20 lots per gross acre.
Where a site development plan is presented on a public street of less than 50 feet in width, additional right-of-way shall be a minimum of 25 feet from the existing centerline. All building setbacks shall be measured from the additional dedicated or reserved right-of-way.
Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways may be required on one or both sides of streets in residential developments of a density of four or more units per acre and in commercial and industrial developments whenever the administrator shall determine that the same are reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare...
Fire hydrant locations and fire flow requirements shall be as prescribed by insurance services offices (ISO) standards and subject to approval by the building official.
Developments disturbing over 10,000 square feet of land, shall be required to obtain a land disturbing permit.
The administrator... shall refuse to approve any site development plan unless it is clear that the developer has made reasonable effort... to preserve and protect the following: 1. Trees of ten inch diameter or larger; 2. Trees within required setbacks or along boundaries... 3. Streams in their natural condition; and, 4. Ground area from soil erosion and excessive water runoff.
Storage of equipment, supplies, products, etc., not in the main structure shall be thoroughly screened from residential zones and uses, public right-of-way, and other public areas by the use of evergreens, fences, or other types of screening acceptable to the administrator.
Fire lanes shall be required for all commercial development subject to the following: 1. Fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 18 feet. ... 4. Fire lanes shall be provided to within 150 feet of all portions of an outside storage area. 5. ... minimum vertical clearance of 13 and one-half feet.
The parking area shall include planting areas and they shall be calculated to equal 5 percent of the total parking area, to include travelways. The calculation does not include screening yard or front buffer strip.
Screening yards shall contain sufficient vegetation to provide an adequate screen between uses. Evergreen vegetation shall be planted and spaced in staggered rows, at a 15 foot center.
This ordinance applies to the construction of any parking lot containing more than five parking spaces.
The parking area shall include planting areas and they shall be calculated to equal 5 percent of the total parking area, to include travelways. The calculation does not include screening yard or front buffer strip. In plans that bioretention is used as a stormwater feature, the planting areas may be 3 percent or more, of the total parking area, to include travelways.
Fifty percent of the required landscape shall be located in the interior parking area. Interior parking planting areas shall not be less than 150 ft² and shall have a minimum of one tree and three shrubs planted for every 150 ft².
Source documents
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