Dimensional standards
Lot
Uses
Permitted by right3
- same as Conservation C-1
- processing of farm and food products with wholesale sales
- short-term lodging unit (one)
Conditional / special use1
Accessory2
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Existing commercial primitive campgrounds exempt from special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Any commercial primitive campground that existed prior to the adoption of this article 15-A shall not require a special use permit.
- Water and sanitary facilities require Health Department approval
Water and sanitary facilities including refuse storage and removal require approval by the Madison County Health Department.
- Maximum rental period30 days
The camp owner shall issue permits for space rental or occupancy and those permits shall not exceed 30 days and shall not be renewable to the same party or unit owner until a period of 60 days has elapsed from the expiration date of the original permit.
- Maximum campsites per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.20 sites/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Camps must have a minimum lot size of ten acres and contain no more than 20 sites per acre.
- Minimum distance between campsites12 ft
No camp site shall be located closer than 12 feet to another site.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent properties50 ft
No camp site shall be placed within 50 feet of adjacent properties.
- Minimum campsite area1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No camp site shall contain less than 1,000 square feet of area.
- Minimum campsite width25 ft
No camp site space shall be less than 25 feet in width.
- Refuse collection and disposal required
The camp owner provides for refuse collection and disposal.
- Scouting units exempt from special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
A special use permit will not be required for a primitive camp used solely by scouting units to learn about primitive camping skills, wilderness survival, and leave no trace camping, and for scouting service projects. The use of the property must be donated to the scouting units by the property owner.
From the ordinance
Camps must have a minimum lot size of ten acres and contain no more than 20 sites per acre. No camp site shall contain less than 1,000 square feet of area. No camp site space shall be less than 25 feet in width. No camp site shall be located closer than 12 feet to another site. No camp site shall be placed within 50 feet of adjacent properties.