HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Section Six of Ordinance 583, zoning regulations ORDINANCE NO. 648
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 583, PARTICULARLY SECTION 6
OF ORDINANCE NO. 583 .
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section 1 . That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 583 of the City
Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically re-
pealed and that the following shall be hereinafter known as Sec-
tion 6 of Ordinance No. 583 :
"Section 6. Use regulations for "A" districts . (Resi-
dence. ) Within any "A" District, unless otherwise provided
in this ordinance, no building or land shall be used for oche
than one or more of the following purposes:
(a) Single or two-family dwellings . Nothing herein
shall prevent the serving of meals to five (5) or less per-
sons not members of the family there residing or the renting
of rooms to five (5) or less persons or both, provided there
is no display of advertising. Not more than two (2) families
may occupy one (1) principal building on a lot in an "A" Dis-
trict.
(b) Offices or studios of professional persons, or
space for home occupations not involving in any case the con-
duct of a business on the p_ioemises, provided that any such
activity may only be carried on in the building which is used
as the private dwelling of the proprietor, provided further
that any such activity shall not occupy more than fifty per
cent (50%) of the floor area of one (1story of such build-
ing, provided further that not more than one (1) person not
a member of the family there residing shall be regularly em-
ployed in addition to the proprietor, provided further that
there shall be no display of goods and no advertising on the
premises other than a small sign not to exceed one (1) square
foot in area and carrying only the name and occupation of any
occupant of the premises, provided further that the building
or premises occupied shall not thus be rendered objectionable
or detrimental to the residential character of the neighbor-
hood due to the exterior appearance, the emission of odor,
gas, smoke, dust, noise or in any other way, and provided
further that any such building shall include no features of
design not customary in buildings for residential use.
(c) Churches, schools, elementary and high, public li-
braries or public museums , clubs, lodges, or social or com-
munity-center buildings, excepting those, a chief function of
which is a service or activity conducted or customarily con-
ducted for gain.
(d) Playgrounds or parks not conducted as a business .
(e) Farms, truck gardens, orchards, and wood lots .
(f) Horticultural nurseries and greenhouses for the
propagation of plants only, provided there is no display of
advertising or of plants other than growth.
(g) Real estate signs advertising for sale, rental or
lease only the premises, lots or tracts on which they are lo-
cated as provided in Section 12 of this ordinance .
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(h) Announcer,,ient and bulletin boards.
(i) Private garages, and accessory buildings as provide
in Section 11 of this ordinance.
(j) Childrents homes or similar institutions not oper-
ated for pecuniary profit, provided, however, such homes are
located on a tract of land of not less than two (2) i,;res de-
voted exclusively to such use, and the requirements of Para-
graphs (c) , (d) , (e) , (g) , (h) , and (i) ., Section 5 shall not
apply, but in nc event shall the provisions as to side yard,
rear yard, or front yard depths as prescribed by this ordinan e
for a church, school, library, museam, club, social center or
community building, hospital, or similar institution be waive . n
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with tlze'_ptbvisions of this amendment are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This amendment to Ordinance No. 583 of the City
Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be in force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Dated this 19th day of April, 1948.
W. Prather, City Clerk W. L. Allan, Mayor
Moved by McCormick, seconded by Griffith, that Ordinance No. 648
be passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye: Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald, Mo re
Voting Nay: None
Moved by MacDonald, seconded by Molleston, that the rules be sus-
pended, the second and third readings omitted, and Ordinance No.
648 placed on final passage.
Voting Aye: Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald, Mo re
Voting Nay: None
Moved by Lawlor, seconded by McCormick, that Ordinance No. 648 do
now pass .
Voting Aye: Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald, Mo re
Voting Nay: None
Mayor declared Ordinance No. 648 passed.
I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk Of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 648 was duly
and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 19th
day of April, 1948, and published in the �-
the a?-et day of G� L , 1948.
. W. Prather, City Clerk