Zoning Ordinance

Section 1. Purpose
This district is intended for low density single family 
detached dwellings and other uses which maintain the low 
density residential nature of the district.
Section 2.  Use Regulations
a.	Permitted Uses.  In the R-1 district, permitted uses are 
as follows:
	1.	Accessory uses
	2.	Day care homes
	3.	Home occupations
	4.	Publicly owned or operated parks or playgrounds and 
related buildings
	5.	Real estate sales office for temporary use in 
conjunction with the development of a residential 
subdivision
	6.	Single family detached dwellings
	7.	Temporary buildings and mobile homes to be used 
incidental to construction work and shall be removed 
upon completion or abandonment of the construction 
work
	8.	Temporary signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in 
area pertaining to the lease, hire, sale of a 
building or premises provided, however, that there 
shall be no more than one such sign on any one lot 
except in new or developing subdivisions; two (2) 
temporary signs each not exceeding thirty-two (32) 
square feet in area will be allowed pertaining to 
the sale of lots or buildings within the 
subdivision.  Permits must be obtained from the 
building inspector who will determine the location 
of the signs such that they will not be a traffic 
hazard.  These permits will be renewable yearly, but 
signs must be removed when the subdivision is 
completed.
b.	Special Uses.  In the R-1 district, special uses are as 
follows:
	1.	Cemeteries, including mausoleums
	2	Churches, Sunday school buildings, and other places 
of worship, and those uses traditionally associated 
with these including, but not limited to:  convents, 
monasteries, parish houses, rectories, seminaries, 
and child day care services
	3.	Community Association swimming pools and/or 
recreational facilities
	4.	Golf courses and related buildings
	5.	Parking lots, as a principal use
	6.	Public utility and service uses including, but not 
limited to:  electric substations, gas regulator 
stations, telephone exchanges, microwave relay 
towers and stations, antenna towers and other 
outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the 
exchange in the interest of public convenience and 
necessity, commercial radio and television towers, 
sewage treatment plants, well and water pumping 
stations, water filtration plants, water reservoirs, 
and other similar uses.
	7.	Schools, public or private, elementary, secondary 
and colleges
	8.	Stadiums and arenas.