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The purpose of the Western Region Rural zone is a land use classification in areas where residential one acre lots in rural areas is either currently the predominant land use or is proposed.

(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Western Region Rural zoning district:

Agricultural activities

Bed and breakfast inns

Cemeteries

Duplexes

Family daycare providers

Home-based industries

Home enterprises

Single-family dwellings

Timber harvesting

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Western Region Rural zoning district through a special permitting process with public input and a determination that the proposed use is consistent with applicable land use regulations and the character of the neighborhood:

Airports

Asphalt plants

Business parks

Child daycare center

Churches

Commercial greenhouses

Commercial horse facility

Commercial storage

Gas stations

Grocery stores

Industrial uses

Lodges

Medical service facilities

Mineral extraction

Mobile home parks

Motels

Multiple-family dwellings

Outdoor-oriented recreational activity

Planned unit developments

Primitive campgrounds

Private schools with less than fifty (50) students

Professional offices

Race tracks

Research facilities

Restaurants

Retail stores

RV parks

Schools

Shooting ranges

Taverns

Timber labor camps

Tourist shops

Vehicular repair

Veterinarian clinics/kennels

Wood manufacturing

Wrecking yards

(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Western Region Rural zoning district: None.

(4) Maximum Residential Density. One dwelling unit per acre.

(5) Minimum Lot Size. One acre.

(6) Minimum Lot Width. Seventy-five (75) feet.

(7) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio. 1:5 (0.20).

(8) Setbacks.

(a) Front yard – forty-five (45) feet from a local access street, fifty (50) feet from an arterial street, sixty (60) feet from a highway.

(b) Side yard – ten (10) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).

(c) Rear yard – fifteen (15) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street).