§ 7.5. Intent of Zoning Districts.

Listed below is the intent of each zoning district. General use zoning districts each have a corresponding conditional zoning district. Each district was formulated using goals and recommendations from the Town of Dobson Land Use Plan.

R-A Residential—Agricultural District

The intent of the R-A Residential-Agricultural District is to maintain a rural development pattern in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) area where single-family housing will be separated from one another by open field or wooded areas. The impact of one homeowner's activities on his neighbor will be less than if the property owners were located side by side in a subdivision. Consequently, the property owner may have more freedom to use his land as he sees fit. However, it is clearly the intent to exclude commercial or industrial uses that will infringe on agricultural and residential use of the area.

R-S Residential—Suburban District

The intent of the R-S Residential-Suburban District is to protect established or planned subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) area where development has or will occur at a higher density (number of units per acre) than in the R-A District. Because development will be on smaller lots than in the R-A District, more restrictions will be imposed on landowners. Generally, these areas are not served by municipal water or sewer.

R-15 Residential District

The intent of the R-15 Residential District is to provide a quiet, medium-density residential neighborhood inside the corporate limits that is served by both public water and sewer.

R-8A Residential Multifamily District

The intent of the R-8A Multifamily Residential District is to provide areas for high density residential development such as apartments and condominiums. It is expected that both public water and sewer will be available within the corporate limits.

R-MH Manufactured Home Residential District

The intent of the R-MH Manufactured Home Residential District is to insure that manufactured home parks meet minimal development standards in order to protect the residents of these parks as well as neighboring land owners.

PR-CD Planned Residential Conditional District

The purpose of the PR-CD Planned Residential Conditional District is to encourage the development of environments which provide certain development privileges in exchange for preplanning and design considerations. The PR-CD provides an alternative to conventional subdivision design by promoting the conservation and creation of viable, connected open space and more flexible lot design options while minimizing development costs.

O-I Office-Institution District

The intent of the Office-Institution District is to provide locations primarily for office and institutional development, although single-family dwellings are also permitted. Normally this district provides a buffer between nonresidential and residential zoning districts.

B-1 Central Business District

The intent of the B-1 Central Business District is to provide an area near the center of Dobson where compatible commercial and governmental uses may be established that do not infringe on neighboring residential uses.

B-2 Highway Business District

The intent of the B-2 Highway Business District is to provide areas along thoroughfares and collector streets for commercial uses, particularly the sales of retail goods and provision of services.

L-I Light Industrial District

The intent of the L-I Light Industrial District is to provide sites for manufacturing, warehousing, processing, and related uses whose operating characteristics limit their effects on adjacent uses.

H-I Heavy Industrial District

The intent of the H-I Heavy Industrial District is to provide sites for industrial, processing, and related operations whose external effects could be detrimental to certain classes of uses. This district shall normally be located so that traffic to and from the use has direct access to an arterial street and shall not be located directly adjacent to residentially zoned land.

TABLE OF PERMITTED USES
P = Permitted with a Certificate of Zoning Compliance from Zoning Administrator P/C = Permit from Zoning Administrator, use must meet additional conditions S = Special Use Permit from Board of Adjustment T = Temporary Use Permit Required
	R-A	R-S	R-15	R8-A	R-MH	O-I	B-1	B-2	L-I	H-I	Notes
Agricultural Uses
Agriculture fairs & carnivals						P/C	P/C	P/C			Sec. 11.1
Agricultural industry										P
Agriculture, bona fide farms, including processing or sale of products grown on the same zoning lot, excluding agricultural industry	P
Agriculture implements sales and service								P	P
Farm machinery assembly, sales and repairs								P	P
Greenhouses and horticultural nurseries, Commercial	P							P	P	P
Greenhouses and horticultural nurseries,Private	P	P	P	P	P	P
Truck gardens	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	T	TUP from Town Manger
Hatcheries	P
Livestock auctions, and sales barns	P
Raising of poultry, rabbits, or other livestock for private use	P	P/C	P/C
Commercial Uses
Alcoholic beverages, packaged, retail sales							P	P
Amusements, commercial, indoor							P	P
Amusements, commercial, outdoor								C			Sec. 11.5
Arcades (video game)							P/C	P/C			Sec. 11.6
Arts and crafts studio (products made on-site)	P/C	P/C	P/C								Sec. 11.7
Auction houses							P	P
Automatic teller machines (ATM)						P	P	P	P	P
Automobile parking lots and structures						P	P	P	P	P
Automobile parts and supplies, new							P	P	P
Automobile rental								P	P
Auto repair garages (2 bays or less)							P	P	P	P
Auto repair garages (more than 2 bays)								P	P	P
Automobile sales and display lots, new and used (small—up to 10 vehicles on lot)							P/C	P
Automobile sales and display lots, new & used (large—11 or more vehicles on lot)								P
Bakeries (up to 5,000 sq. ft.)							P/C	P	P	P	Sec. 11.9
Banks and other financial institutions						P	P	P
Banquet and events facilities						P	P	P
Bed and breakfast establishment	S	S	S								Sec. 11.10
Bicycle sales and repair shops	P/C	P/C	P/C				P	P			Sec. 11.11
Boat works, sales, and display lots									P	P
Broadcast studios, radio and television						P	P	P
Building materials and equipment sales									P	P
Building materials supply							P	P
Car wash, full service or automatic							P	P	P
Car wash, industrial									P	P
Car wash, self-service							P	P	P
Clubs, private (for profit)
Clubs, (civic—not for profit)						P	P	P
Commercial stables	P
Construction vehicle sales, repair, leasing, maintenance, and storage								P	P
Convenience store							P	P
Copy shop						P	P	P
Curio and souvenir shops							P	P
Dry cleaning and laundry services							P	P
Electrical appliances and electronic equipment manufacturing, sales, service and assembly								P	P
Electrical supplies and equipment, sales and service								P	P
Farmers market							T	T			TUP from Town Manger
Flea markets (indoor)							P/C	P/C			Sec. 11.17
Floral and gift shops, excluding commercial greenhouses							P	P
Fruit stands							P	P
Fuel dealer									P
Game rooms (see indoor recreation amusements)
Gasoline station, large								P	P
Gasoline station, neighborhood							P	P	P
Grocery stores and specialty food stores							P	P
Gun shops							P	P
Heavy machinery sales, repair, leasing, maintenance and storage									P	P
Home occupations, customary	P	P	P	P	P						Sec. 11.21
Hotels, inns, and motels							P	P
Ice and cold storage plants, freezer lockers									P	P
Industrial supplies and equipment, sales and service								P	P
Internet/Cyber sweepstakes café									S	S	Sec 11.22
Jewelry store (retail)							P	P
Kennels, commercial—Provided all pens and runs are at least 100 feet from any adjoining property owner	P/C								P	P	Sec. 11.24
Kennels, private—Provided all pens and runs areat least 100 feet from any adjoining property owner	P										Sec. 11.24
Launderettes and laundromats							P	P
Laundry and linen supply service								P	P
Locksmiths							P	P
Lumberyards, building materials storage and sales								P/C	P	P
Miniature golf							P	P
Monument works and sales									P	P
Motor vehicle paint or body shop									P
Motor vehicle sales, rental and leasing								P	P
Motor vehicle repair and maintenance								P	P
Motor vehicle storage yard										P/C	See Supplemental Standards
Museums and art galleries						P	P	P
Nursery, lawn and garden supply store, retail								P	P
Office supplies and equipment, sales and service							P	P
Outdoor storage										S	Sec. 11.30
Parking lot or deck							P	P	P	P
Pawn shop							P	P
Pet shops with outside runs	P							P	P	P	Sec. 11.31
Pet shops without outside runs	P						P	P			Sec. 11.31
Photographic studios, camera supplies							P	P
Plumbing and heating supply houses								P	P
Radio and TV repair shops								P	P
Recreation equip. sales and display lots								P	P
Restaurant, without drive-through service							P	P	P	P
Restaurant, with drive-through service								P	P	P
Retail, non-store									P	P
Retail store, large								P/C	P	P	Sec. 11.34
Retail store, small and medium								P	P	P
Shopping center, large								P
Shopping center, small							S	P
Shooting range (indoor)								P/C	P/C		Sec. 11.37
Sign painting and fabricating shops								P	P
Studios (art, dance, or music)							P	P
Tailor, dressmaker and millinery shops							P	P
Taxidermy shops	S					P	P	P	P	P
Theater, indoor							P	P
Veterinary services with outside runs	P							P	P	P
Veterinary services without outside runs	P						P	P	P	P
Vending companies								P	P
Industrial Uses
Abattoirs and slaughterhouses										S	Sec. 11.2
Asphalt and concrete plant and contractors										S	Sec. 11.8
Bottling works									P	P
Brick, tile, and pottery yards										P
Building contractors, general								P	P
Building contractors, heavy manufacturing										P
Building materials storage and sale yards								P	P	P
Bulk storage of petroleum products										P
Bus repair and storage terminals									P	P
Cabinet, woodworking and upholstery shops								P	P
Chemical manufacturing, household or industrial										P
Clothing and textile manufacturing									P	P
Coal and wood yards, pole treating plants										S	Sec. 11.12
Dairy products processing facilities									P	P
Dry cleaning and laundry plants									P	P
Extraction of earth products										S
Feed and flour mills									P
Fertilizer blender and distribution facilities										P
Fertilizer manufacturing										P
Flammable liquids or gases bulk storage facilities										P
Foundries producing iron, steel, copper, brass and aluminum products										P
Furniture manufacturing									P	P
Group developments— Industrial									P	P
Ice cream manufacturing										S
Junkyards and scrap metal dealers									P	P	Sec. 11.23
Laboratory (analytical, experimental testing, research and development)								S	S		Sec. 11.25
Laboratory, medical or dental						P	P	P
Landfill, land clearing and inert debris	S										Sec. 11.26
Landfill, construction and demolition	S										Sec. 11.26
Landfill, sanitary	S										Sec. 11.26
Leather products and luggage									P	P
Lumberyards										P
Manufacturing—A									P	P
Manufacturing—B										P
Meat packing and poultry processing plants										S
Mixing plants for concrete or paving materials										P
Motor vehicle dismantling and wrecking yard										S
Newspaper offices							P	P	P
Paper goods manuf. and distributing										P
Plastics, rubber and glass products manufacturing										P
Printing or binding							P	P	P
Quarries or other extractive industries										S	Sec. 11.33
Sawmills and planting mills										P	Sec. 11.36
Storage and salvage yard										S
Terminals, freight									P	P
Textile manufacturing									P	P
Tire manufacturing and recapping										P
Trucking terminals, transfer companies									P	P
Upholstery shops							P	P	P	P
Warehousing (excluding self-storage)									P	P
Warehousing, self storage (mini-warehouses)								P	P
Waste incineration										S	Sec. 11.38
Waste transfer station, recycling only									P	P
Wholesale trade—A								P	P
Wholesale trade—B									P	P
Government and Institutional Uses
Childcare institution	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Church or religious institution	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P
Civic, fraternal, cultural, and community club or lodge facilities	P	P	P			P	P	P
College or university	P		P				P	P
Community center	P	P	P			P	P	P
Congregate care facility	S	S	S	S	S	S					Sec. 11.13
Correctional institution	P
Daycare center	S	S	S				P	P	P		Sec. 11.14
Daycare, large home	S	S	S	S	S	S	P	P			Sec. 11.15
Daycare, small home	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P			Sec. 11.15
Emergency shelters	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Funeral homes and mortuaries							P	P
Government equipment maintenance yards	P/C								P	P
Government offices and facilities						P	P	P
Group care facility	S	S	S			S					Sec. 11.18
Group homes—A	P/C	P/C	P/C								Sec. 11.19
Group homes—B	S	S	S			S					Sec. 11.19
Habilitation facility— A						P	P	P			Sec. 11.20
Habilitation facility—B								P			Sec. 11.20
Industrial trade schools, research laboratories									P
Libraries						P	P	P
Museum or art gallery						P	P	P
Nursing care institution	S	S	S	S	S	P					Sec. 11.29
Post office						P	P	P
Progressive care community	S	S	S	S	S	P					Sec. 11.32
Public safety facilities such as fire and police stations and rescue squad headquarters	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Public works and public utility facilities such as transformer stations, pumping stations, water tower and telephone exchanges	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio and TV stations						P	P	P
Schools, elementary and secondary, including school stadiums	P	P	P	P		P
Schools, vocational or professional						P	P	P
Telecommunication towers	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Transmission towers	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Utilities, above ground	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Utilities, below ground	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Utility service areas	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Yard waste composting, commercial
Professional Office and Medical Uses
Accountant offices						P	P	P
Attorney offices						P	P	P
Clinics						P	P	P
Dental offices and clinics						P	P	P
Health services, miscellaneous						P	P	P
Hospitals						P		P
Insurance agency						P	P	P
Medical and surgical offices						P	P	P
Optical services						P	P	P
Pharmaceutical manufacturing and distributing								P	P
Pharmacy							P	P
Real estate sales and rental offices						P	P	P
Arenas
Assembly halls, coliseums, armories, ballrooms, reception halls and exhibition buildings						P		P
Recreational Uses
Golf courses	P
Park and open space areas including athletic fields and playgrounds	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Recreational facilities, public or private
Recreation services, indoor								P
Recreation services, outdoor	S	S	S	S	S	S		P			Sec. 11.35
Recreational vehicle park
Riding stables	P
Residential Uses
Accessory dwelling unit—attached	S	S	S								Sec. 11.3
Accessory dwelling unit—detached	S	S	S								Sec. 11.3
Boarding and rooming house for up to 4 boarders	P	P	P
Dormitory				P
Duplex (two-family) dwellings	S	S	S	P							Sec. 11.16
Manufactured home parks					P/C						Sec. 11.27
Manufactured homes (Class A and B)	P/C				P
Manufactured home sales and display lots							P	P
Multi-family dwellings				S							Sec. 11.28
Single-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	P	P
Temporary dwellings	P	P	P	P	P	P
Townhouse dwellings				P
Service Uses
Barber and beauty shops							P	P
Cemetery	P
Health spa							P	P
Services A, business							P	P
Services B, business									P
Terminal, bus									P	P
Terminal, taxi								P	P
Miscellaneous Uses
Accessory communication antennae	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C	P/C
Adult establishments										S	Sec. 11.4
Airports
Campground, tents and RVs	S
Heliport									S	S
Mixed uses (commercial and residential uses located in a common structure)							P	P
Recycling center										P
Wireless communication towers											Sec. 11.39
Temporary seasonal uses and structures, including seasonal markets							T	T			TUP from Town Manger

 

(Ord. of 5-25-2017(2), § 1)

TABLE OF AREA, YARD, AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS
Area, yard, and height requirements for the various districts shall be as follows:
Zoning District	Minimum Lot Size Sq. Ft.	Minimum Yard Requirements in Ft.			Maximum Height
	Lot Area	Front Yard Setback (a)	Side Yard Setback	Rear Yard Setback	In Ft.
R-A
Residential-Agricultural	30,000	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
R-S
Residential Suburban	30,000 20,000 (d)	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
RA-15
Residential	15,000	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
R-8A
Multifamily Residential	8,000	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
R-MH
Manufactured Home Residential	8,000	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
O-1
Office-Institutional	15,000	30	10 (a)	20	35 (b)
B-1
Central Business		3 (f)	0 (e)	0 (e)	50 (b)
B-2
Highway Business	20,000	40	10	20	35 (b)
L-I
Light Industrial	20,000	30	15	20	50 (b)
H-I
Heavy Industrial	80,000	50	20	25	75 (b)

 

(a) 15 feet from edge of right-of-way where abutting a street or 45 feet from the center of the street (assuming a 60-foot right-of-way).
(b) Additional height above the specified limits for every foot or fraction thereof of building height specified above, it one additional foot of front, side, and rear setback is provided.
(c) DU = Dwelling unit.
(d) Where public water or sewer is available.
(e) Where any lot abuts any residential district, there shall be a side or rear yard of at least 10 feet.
(f) Setback for sidewalks.