8-4-17: DANGEROUS OR PROTECTED ANIMALS:

   A.   Standards:

      1.   The facility, which may include more than one structure, must be located within a rural base district on at least forty (40) contiguous acres of land.

      2.   A conditional use permit shall be required for approval of a conceptual development plan.

         a.   The Commission shall determine the approval period for the conceptual development.

         b.   The maximum allowable time period shall not exceed twenty (20) years.

      3.   Allowable ancillary uses consistent with the research and educational mission of the endangered or protected species research facility, can be established at the time of conditional use permit approval of a conceptual development plan. These uses may include, but not be limited to:

         a.   Museums;

         b.   Visitor Centers;

         c.   Incidental Retail;

         d.   Libraries;

         e.   Classrooms;

         f.   Offices;

         g.   Meeting Spaces;

         h.   Staff Residences;

         i.   Storage Buildings; and

         j.   Veterinary and Laboratory Facilities.

      4.   Additional ancillary uses identified at time of conceptual development plan application may require separate conditional use approval at the time of development.

      5.   Unless specifically exempted or amended as part of an approved conditional use permit, all structures and uses, with the exception of incidental storage or utility structures having a building footprint of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet, shall set back two hundred feet (200') from any property line abutting a residential use.

      6.   In no case shall setbacks be reduced below the minimum standards for the base zoning district unless a variance is approved (see Section 8-6-31).

      7.   Incidental storage or utility structures having a building footprint of less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet shall comply with standard setbacks for the base zoning district.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)