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  2. CHAPTER 6. USE REGULATIONS
  3. Article 6.1. Allowed Uses

Sec. 6.1.5. Prohibited Uses

Except for improvements made pursuant to Chapter 8. Subdivision & Site Plan Standards or use  determinations made pursuant to Sec. 6.1.2., any use not explicitly allowed as a permitted use by right, a limited use or a special use in the zoning district by the Allowed Principal Uses Table, Sec. 6.1.4., is prohibited. The enumerations of prohibited uses below are expressly prohibited, but such enumeration shall not be deemed exclusive or all-inclusive. Prohibited uses include: 
 

  1. Any use of prima fascia business, commercial, or industrial character not otherwise specifically allowed in an R-1, R-2, R-4, R-6, R-10, RX-, OP- or OX district;
  2. Any use prohibited by an applicable conditional zoning district;
  3. Any use prohibited by an applicable overlay zoning district;
  4. Manufactured home or travel trailer except in a -MH district, where allowed in a PD district, or where constructed as a Tiny House or Accessory Dwelling Unit meeting all other requirements of this UDO;
  5. Open dump;
  6. School administrative personnel offices located outside a school in a Residential District;
  7. A sign not explicitly allowed in the zoning district by the table of Signs Allowed by Districts, Sec. 7.3.2. or signs erected in violation of Article 7.3. Signs; and
  8. Storage of 2 or more unlicensed, uninspected, wrecked, crushed, dismantled, or partially dismantled automotive vehicles except as temporarily allowed in towing yards for vehicles.

Book traversal links for Sec. 6.1.5. Prohibited Uses

  • Sec. 6.1.4. Allowed Principal Use Table
  • Article 6.2. Residential Uses
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UDO Chapters

  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
  • CHAPTER 2. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 3. MIXED USE DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 4. SPECIAL DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 5. OVERLAY DISTRICTS
  • CHAPTER 6. USE REGULATIONS
  • CHAPTER 7. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
  • CHAPTER 8. SUBDIVISION & SITE PLAN STANDARDS
  • CHAPTER 9. NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
  • CHAPTER 10. ADMINISTRATION
  • CHAPTER 11. BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
  • CHAPTER 12. DEFINITIONS
  • HISTORY TABLE
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  • Article 6.1. Allowed Uses
    • Sec. 6.1.1. Classification of Uses
    • Sec. 6.1.2. Use Determination
    • Sec. 6.1.3. Key to Use Table
    • Sec. 6.1.4. Allowed Principal Use Table
    • Sec. 6.1.5. Prohibited Uses
  • Article 6.2. Residential Uses
  • Article 6.3. Public & Institutional Uses
  • Article 6.4. Commercial Uses
  • Article 6.5. Industrial Uses
  • Article 6.6. Open Uses
  • Article 6.7. Accessory Uses & Structures
  • Article 6.8. Temporary Uses

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