ARTICLE XV: "P" PUBLIC ZONE DISTRICT

15.10   Purpose:  To recognize a district which is currently in the public domain and which is the location of actual or planned facilities intended to serve the public; to permit orderly and economic development of public service utilities and schools within such a "Public" district.

15.20   Principal Permitted Uses
A.         Parks:  Recreational, neighborhood, natural preserves, and other uses exclusive of utility parks
            B.         Schools:  Public or private and ancillary facilities
            C.         Utilities:  Public and private utilities in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
D.         Hospitals and clinics:  Exclusive of public or private institutions for confinement of civil and criminal commitments
            E.         Cemeteries
            F.         Other public works

15.30   Conditional Uses:  Uses authorized upon issuance of a conditional use permit include, but are not limited to, the following:
            A.         Airport:  public and/or private, seaplane base
            B.         Campground, public or private
            C.         Disposal plant:  sewage
            D.         Gravel pit, quarry, equipment storage, rock crushing
E.         Public or private institutions for care of criminal or civil commitments

15.40   General Requirements:  The following requirements shall be observed:
A.         Accessory Uses:  Uses incidental to and in the same zone district as the principal use are allowed.
            B.         Minimum Lot Size:  Front yards, Side yards, Rear yards, Setbacks:  All proposed developments, whether new or existing uses, shall be reviewed by the planning commission on matters related to lot sizes, setbacks, side yards, parking, etc.
            C.         Maximum Lot Coverage:  65%.
            D.         Maximum Structure Height:  No principal structure shall exceed two stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.
            E.         Buffer Required:  Where a Public Zone District is located adjacent to another district in which the principal permitted use is clearly in conflict with or may be negatively affected by a permitted use in the Public Zone District, the planning commission may require buffer strips or other landscaping and related measures as may be necessary to protect the public interest and/or to comply with the spirit and intent of this ordinance.