§ 74-359. Municipal service district and restrictions thereon.

(a)

Property in this zone the municipal service district may be used for the following purposes:

(1)

Town administrative, fire, rescue, police, and other town owned municipal facilities;

(2)

Utility facilities, including water, electric, telephone, and waste treatment;

(3)

Storage, warehousing, and maintenance facilities to be used in the construction, operation, and maintenance of town properties;

(4)

Administrative, property management, sales, or maintenance offices providing services to properties within the town;

(5)

Public beach access facilities under the control of the town and parking facilities appurtenant thereto;

(6)

As secondary uses: Wireless support structures as provided in section 74-418 and wireless telecommunications facilities as provided in section 74-417.

(b)

A minimum of 75 percent of each parcel shall remain in its natural state, except that, to the extent that any parcel has improvements constructed thereon as of the effective date of the adoption of the ordinance from which this subsection is derived, a minimum of 75 percent of that portion of any parcel that is substantially in its natural state as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this subsection is derived shall remain in its natural state upon any expansion of, addition to or new construction on any such previously developed parcel. Notwithstanding this restriction, to the extent that any parcel has been approved by the state on or before the effective date of the adoption of the ordinance from which this subsection is derived for utility utilization, such utilization may be made of such tract without regard to the restrictions contained within this subsection, but as much natural area as is reasonably feasible shall be retained should any parcel be used for such preapproved utility purposes.

(c)

No wetlands as defined in accordance with section 404 of the Clean Water Act shall be filled or excavated.

(d)

No retail or wholesale sales of merchandise shall be permitted from any facilities located in this district.

(e)

A buffer strip of 35 feet, in accordance with the subdivision regulations of the town, shall remain in its natural state on any property adjoining Salter Path Road. In addition, a 35 foot buffer zone, remaining in its natural state, or landscaped so as to shield from general view the facility located on the premises, shall be retained on all other property adjacent to a public street.

(f)

The following setbacks shall apply.

(1)

Fifty feet on all sides from any single-family residential property; and

(2)

Thirty-five feet adjoining property zoned for any use other than single-family residential.

(g)

The only signs permitted in the municipal service zone shall be wall signs, ground signs, and hanging signs.

(h)

There shall be permitted only one sign per entrance to the premises from a public street, which signs shall be located near such entrances, but no closer than six feet from the paved surface of the road. No wall sign or ground sign shall exceed 15 square feet in size; no hanging sign shall exceed three square feet in size.

(i)

Other signs may be located in the municipal services zoning district and on other town-controlled properties as allowable under Sections 74-221 and 74-222.

(Code 2001, § 21-7(k)(6); Ord. No. 1989-9, 3-14-1989; Ord. No. 1990-5, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 1990-6, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 1991-3, 2-12-1991; Ord. No. 1991-5, 2-12-1991; Ord. No. 1992-4, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 1994-3, 4-10-1994; Ord. No. 2003-10, 11-11-2003; Ord. No. 2016-02, Art. 2.E.4, 2-5-2016; Ord. No. 2016-07, Art. II.j., 6-8-2016)