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ARTICLE IV. DISTRICT REGULATIONS Page 1 of 2 Sec. 78-348. Conditional uses. Within any LR-1C one-family lakeshore residential district, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses without a conditional use permit: (1) Public schools and parochial or private schools which teach a curriculum similar to a public school, provided no building shall be located within 50 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in an R district and a fence is erected 15 feet or more from all street lot lines where the abutting use is for open play, and nursery schools providing 50 square feet of playground space per pupil. (2) Uses accessory to a high school. The following uses are accessory to a high school use and require a separate conditional use permit: Indoor ice arenas. All such facilities and structures shall be located on the same tax parcel as the principal high school use to which they are accessory. No such structures shall be located less than 50 feet from any lot line of an abutting lot in an R district. Such facilities shall not be separated from the principal high school use by a public road. All such facilities shall be owned and operated by the school district, or by a nonprofit organization under a land lease arrangement with the school district. The developer of such a facility, prior to final conditional use permit approval by the city council, shall demonstrate financial capability to complete construction of the facility, by providing suitable documentation that at least 80 percent of the estimated project costs are in the control of the school district or the nonprofit lessee. (3) Churches, including those related structures located on the same site which are an integral part of the church proper, and convents or homes for persons related to a religious function on the same site, provided no building other than a residence shall be located within 50 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in an R district. (4) Golf courses, country clubs, tennis clubs, public swimming pools serving more than one family, scout camps, YMCA camps, YWCA camps, church camps, or private nonprofit parks, playgrounds and other similar uses. The principal structure for any of these uses shall be 100 feet or more from any abutting lot in an R district, and accessory structures shall be a minimum of 50 feet from any lot line. (5) Public service structures, including but not limited to electric transmission lines, buildings, such as telephone exchange stations, booster or pressure regulating stations, wells and plumbing stations, elevated tanks, lift stations and electrical power substations, provided no building shall be located within 50 feet from any lot line of an abutting lot in an R district. Prior to granting such permit it shall be found that the architectural design of service structures is compatible to the neighborhood inwhich it is to be located and thus will promote the general welfare. Public service structures that have been approved by the city at required public hearings for public improvements projects shall not require a conditional use permit, but such structures shall be subject to all other appropriate standards set forth in this section; amendments to approved plans involving design and/or placement of these structures will require written notice by the city to all affected property owners 14 days prior to the adoption of the amended plans by the council. Personal wireless services and commercial broadcasting antennas and towers shall not be considered public service structures. (6) Commercial greenhouses, provided all outside storage is fenced in such a manner so as to screen the stored material from view when observed from the public street or adjoining lot. Commercial greenhouse structures shall not be located in a required yard area and are subject further to the general requirements of this chapter pertaining to accessory structures. (7) Private gun clubs, archery ranges, and ski slides, provided the area is fenced and http://library3.municode.com/default/DocView/13094/1/109/113 7/17/2008