§ 5.2. District objectives.

A-1 General Agricultural and Forestry District. This zoning district is comprised primarily of general farming areas where some low density, single-family, residential development has occurred or is occurring. The regulations of the district are designed primarily to encourage a compatible relationship between agriculture and low density, single-family, rural residential development.

R-1 Low Density Residential District. The objective of this district is to preserve land areas for single dwelling unit structures and to promote residential areas with low densities. These areas are intended to be geographically defined and protected from the encroachment of uses not performing a function necessary to a residential environment.

R-1G Zoning District. The R-1G District includes properties located within the old city limits of Georgetown. This district is established to provide areas of single-family site-built homes and modular homes. This district is created also to encourage neighborhood single-family housing consistency and to protect established single-family site-built and modular homes from incompatible land use or an encroachment of uses not performing a function necessary to a residential environment.

R-2 Medium Density Residential District. The objective of this district is to provide and preserve land areas for single dwelling units and low density multiple dwelling units, not to exceed two (2) dwelling units per structure which will achieve an overall medium density of residential development. R-2 Districts should be located in an area with good proximity to central community facilities where stable transition from one district to another is desirable.

R-3 Multifamily Residential. The Multifamily Residential District is established to provide locations for a mix of housing types, including single-family detached residential, attached single-family residential uses, duplexes, triplexes, quadraplexes and townhouses and condominiums. The intention of this district is to incorporate multifamily residential within small complex's that will not create a large impact on services within the community. When residentially compatible institutional and recreational uses are developed within the Multifamily Residential District, they are to be designed and built to ensure density compatibility with adjacent residences.

MHU-1 Manufactured Housing Unit District - Park. The objective of this district is to provide areas within the County for the placement of manufactured housing units in parks which are designed for the placement of manufactured housing units. No new MHU-1 district may be created which contains less than four (4) acres.

C-1 General Commercial District. The objective of this district is to provide and preserve areas for the development of general, personal, service and business activities as well as those for general retail and wholesale business. General compatibility with abutting different uses is required. This may be achieved through buffering, screening and/or development plan review. Noise, odor, dust and glare associated with uses permitted in this district should be confined within buildings so as to minimize the effects upon adjacent development and uses. Development in these districts should be located on arterial streets or collector streets and the associated street network.

I-1 Light Industrial District. The light industrial district is established to provide areas for the development of light industrial and assembly plants and their related activities. It is also the intent of this district that noise, odor, dust and glare associated with uses permitted in this district be confined within buildings so as to minimize the effects upon adjacent development and uses. It is also the intent of this district that traffic generated by uses permitted, including raw materials, finished products and employees, be minimal but that transportation facilities and routes be easily accessible. Development in these districts should be served by sanitary sewer or have provision for on-site disposal. No new I-1 Industrial District may be created which contains less than five (5) acres.

Conservation Protection District (CP). The objective of this district is to establish measures to guide future growth and development in areas that are deemed environmentally sensitive and should be protected from intensive development.

Commercial Outdoor Recreation Development (CORD). This district is a floating zone. The objective of this district is to provide areas for private recreational facilities and activities. No CORD district may be created which contains less than five acres. This does not include seasonal hunting rights between consenting parties.

Planned Unit Development (PUD). The PUD district is established to encourage the appropriate development of tracts of land in all zoning districts sufficiently large enough to allow comprehensive planning and to provide flexibility in the application of certain regulations in a manner consistent with the general purpose of the Zoning Ordinance, thereby promoting a harmonious variety of uses, the economy of shared services and facilities, compatibility with surrounding areas, and the creation of attractive, healthful, efficient and stable environments for living, shopping and working.

(Ord. No. 04-2016 , 11-7-16)