[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000]
Permitted uses in the Protection Rural-2 District are as follows:
(1) 
Single-family and two-family residential dwellings, including manufactured housing units.
(2) 
Home occupations (expanded definition).
(3) 
Agricultural, including the keeping of farm animals and pleasure animals, forestry and horticulture uses.
(4) 
Municipal uses deemed necessary by the City Council, but prior to taking action thereon, the council shall hold a public hearing for which 10 days public notice shall be given.
(5) 
Essential services.
(6) 
Accessory structures and uses and yard sales on no more than 10 days in a calendar year.
[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000; Ord. No. 21-2006, 2-7-2006]
Permitted uses in the Protection Rural-2 District requiring Planning Board review are as follows:
(1) 
Greenhouses for agriculture, plants, trees, shrubs and other vegetation.
(2) 
Bed and breakfast, including Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3.
(3) 
Boarding/lodging establishment with a maximum of three rooms in a single residence and provided the residence is owner occupied.
(4) 
Schools, day nurseries, institutions of an educational, religious, philanthropic, fraternal, political or social nature.
(5) 
Planned unit development and cluster housing provided no structure is greater than a duplex and density is same as section 102-714(b).
(6) 
Recreational or community activities and facilities.
(7) 
Stealth telecommunications facilities.
[Ord. No. 40-2006, 6-6-2006]
A telecommunication tower constructed prior to July 5, 2000, which is the date of establishment of the Protection Rural-2 zoning district, may continue to operate as a nonconforming use, provided that the owner of the tower complies with all of the following requirements:
(1) 
There is no increase in the number of carriers and no increase in the number of frequencies received or broadcast from said telecommunication tower, except that equipment on the tower may be maintained, replaced, and/or updated. The owner shall be required to demonstrate to the Planning Board that any proposal to replace or update the equipment is warranted, that the tower can structurally support this equipment, and that all such equipment complies with federal requirements.
(2) 
The maximum height of the tower shall be the height of the tower as it existed on July 5, 2000.
(3) 
The telecommunication carrier which has equipment on the tower may make necessary changes to on-site accessory buildings and equipment which is located on the ground and which is used to support operation of the tower.
[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000]
Provisions of chapter 82, pertaining to shoreland zoning, and chapter 78, article II, pertaining to floodplains, may apply in the Protection Rural-2 District. See the shoreland zoning maps and FIRM flood maps.
[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000]
(a) 
The general standards of performance of article VIII, divisions 2 and 3, and article IX, division 2, shall be observed.
(b) 
Density standards:
(1) 
Maximum residential density for one- or two-family dwelling structures shall be one dwelling structure per net acre.
(2) 
Maximum net residential density for one family dwelling structure with City sewer shall be one dwelling unit per 1/2 acre.
(c) 
Dimensional standards:
(1) 
Minimum lot frontage: 100 feet.
(2) 
Minimum rear and side yard setbacks: 15 feet.
(3) 
Minimum front setback: 30 feet.
Front setbacks shall be measured from the road right of way line as determined by either measuring a distance from the centerline of the traveled way that equals 1/2 the right-of-way distance plus 30 feet or determining the right of way boundary by a survey at the owner's expense and adding 30 feet. Where the right of way width is unavailable or uncertain and a survey does not reveal the location of the right of way, the setback shall be 60 feet from the center of the traveled way.
[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000]
In the case of a planned development or cluster housing development, the above standards may be modified in accordance with the special provisions of article VI of this chapter. In addition, planned unit development shall be reviewed under the subdivision ordinance. Reference density standards in section 102-714(b).
[Ord. No. 1-2000, 7-5-2000]
Only those uses specifically listed as permitted uses or permitted uses requiring Planning Board review are allowed within the Protection Rural-2 District. All other uses are prohibited.