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(1) A-10 zone. Recreational facilities not otherwise listed are allowed in A-10 zones with a conditional use permit, except within lands designated in the comprehensive plan (GPP) as local commercial farmland, upland commercial farmland, or riverway commercial farmland. New playing fields and supporting facilities within lands designated as recreational land in the comprehensive plan are allowed with an administrative conditional use permit.

(a) Permissible recreational uses shall include only non-motorized field games or sports and shall be conducted on uncovered fields under private ownership and control;

(b) Site development shall be depicted on a site development plan and shall include only the following temporary improvements: ball fields, dugouts, seating, fencing, field equipment, storage structures for sports and field maintenance equipment, concession stands, parking areas, and other such temporary improvements as may be associated with the proposed recreational use;

(c) All buildings and parking areas shall be set back a minimum of 50 feet from the property boundaries. If the recreational use produces adverse conditions that will unduly affect an adjacent agricultural use, the director may impose a larger setback in order to alleviate the effects of such adverse conditions, which include but are not limited to noise, vibration, dust, and light;

(d) All buildings shall be less than 300 square feet in size and located in proximity to the parking areas;

(e) A maximum of two concession stands are allowed and shall not include permanently installed food service equipment;

(f) Parking area and perimeter landscaping are required pursuant to chapter 30.25 SCC and chapter 30.26 SCC;

(g) Unfenced playing fields shall be set back 50 feet from property boundaries. Fields with a perimeter fence, a minimum of six feet in height, may be placed within the setback subject to perimeter landscaping requirements;

(h) No outdoor lighting is allowed;

(i) Uses are restricted to daylight hours only; and

(j) Structures shall meet all provisions of federal, state and local statute and laws, including provisions to assure water quality and flood protection.

(2) Forestry (F) zone. Recreational facilities not otherwise listed are allowed in F zones with an administrative conditional use permit when all of the following conditions in subsections (2)(a) through (j) of this section are met; otherwise recreational facilities are allowed in F zones with a conditional use permit.

(a) Permissible recreational uses shall include only non-motorized activities;

(b) Site development shall be depicted on a site development plan and shall include only the following temporary improvements: ticketing booths, restroom facilities, storage structures for recreational and maintenance equipment, fencing, structures other than buildings, parking areas, trails, and other such temporary improvements as may be associated with the proposed recreational use;

(c) Minimum setbacks for buildings and other structures depend on comprehensive plan designation: For sites designated on the Future Land Use Map as Commercial Forest, new buildings, structures, and parking areas shall be set back 500 feet from the property boundaries of adjacent Commercial Forest lands; for sites not designated as Commercial Forest, the setbacks shall be 200 feet from adjacent properties. If the recreational use produces adverse conditions that will unduly affect an adjacent forestry use, the director may impose a larger setback in order to alleviate the effects of such adverse conditions, which include but are not limited to noise, vibration, dust, and light;

(d) All buildings shall be less than 600 square feet in size; most should be located in proximity to the parking areas;

(e) Sites less than five acres may have up to two buildings; sites between five and 10 acres may have three buildings, and one additional building is possible for each additional five acres of site;

(f) Structures other than buildings – such as open-sided structures, and towers to support equipment – shall not have a total footprint of more than 400 square feet per acre of total site;

(g) Parking area and perimeter landscaping are required pursuant to chapter 30.25 SCC and chapter 30.26 SCC;

(h) No outdoor lighting is allowed;

(i) Uses are restricted to daylight hours unless a special events permit is obtained; and

(j) Structures shall meet all provisions of federal, state and local statute and laws, including provisions to assure water quality and flood protection.

(3) Forestry and Recreation (F&R) zone. Recreational facilities not otherwise listed are allowed in F&R zones with an administrative conditional use permit when all of the following conditions in subsections (3)(a) through (i) of this section are met; otherwise recreational facilities are allowed in F&R zones with a conditional use permit.

(a) Permissible recreational uses shall include only non-motorized activities;

(b) Site development shall be depicted on a site development plan and shall include only the following temporary improvements: ticketing booths, restroom facilities, storage structures for recreational and maintenance equipment, fencing, structures other than buildings, parking areas, trails, and other such temporary improvements as may be associated with the proposed recreational use;

(c) Minimum setbacks for buildings and other structures depend on comprehensive plan designation: For sites designated on the Future Land Use Map as Commercial Forest, new buildings, structures, and parking areas shall be set back 500 feet from the property boundaries of adjacent Commercial Forest lands; for sites not designated as Commercial Forest, the setbacks shall be 50 feet from adjacent properties. If the recreational use produces adverse conditions that will unduly affect an adjacent forestry, residential, or agricultural use, the director may impose a larger setback in order to alleviate the effects of such adverse conditions, which include but are not limited to noise, vibration, dust, and light;

(d) All buildings shall be less than 1,000 square feet in size and most should be located in proximity to the parking areas;

(e) For sites less than five acres, a maximum of three buildings are allowed;

(f) For sites greater than five acres, three buildings are allowed for the first five acres, and one additional building is allowed for every additional five acres;

(g) Parking area and perimeter landscaping are required pursuant to chapter 30.25 SCC and chapter 30.26 SCC;

(h) Uses are restricted to daylight hours unless a special events permit is obtained; and

(i) Structures shall meet all provisions of federal, state and local statutes and laws, including provisions to assure water quality and flood protection. (Added by Amended Ord. 04-074, July 28, 2004, Eff date Aug. 23, 2004; Amended by Amended Ord. 06-004, Mar. 15, 2006, Eff date Apr. 4, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 15-015, Apr. 15, 2015, Eff date Apr. 30, 2015).