McCracken County Fiscal Court

McCracken County Zoning Rural Residential District

 
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McCracken County Rural Residential District

 

Rural Residential District (RR)

I.           Permitted Uses.  In the RR district, the following uses are permitted:

1.            Accessory uses as may be normally incidental to the permitted principle use but not the parking of unoccupied manufactured or mobile homes

2.            Agriculture uses, as defined herein

3.            Bed and breakfast inns

4.            Cemeteries and their customary accessory buildings

5.            Churches and their customary accessory buildings

6.            Community Centers owned or sponsored by McCracken County

7.            Convenience markets

8.            Golf courses and accessory buildings for the maintenance and operation of the course.

9.            Home based business, as defined. 

10.         Home Occupations as defined

11.         Nursery schools and day care centers

12.         Planned unit developments, residential, on tracts of land of five (5) acres or more in area in accordance with McCracken County Ordinance

13.         Public and parochial schools

14.         Public parks and recreation areas

15.         Public Facility

16.         Public and private utilities

17.         Single-family dwellings

18.         Two-family dwellings, duplexes and Town Homes

19.         Veterinary facilities and kennels

20.         Nurseries and greenhouses and their accessory commercial buildings

21.         Produce market stands and buildings, selling agricultural produce, provided 60% of the produce sold are produced on the premises

22.         Other similar uses as approved by the Planning Commission following a public hearing

II.         Conditional Uses Permitted on Review:  Conditional uses for the RR Rural Residential District that may be permitted by the Board of Zoning Adjustment are as shown as follows.  The Board shall follow the provisions of Section 34 of the ordinance when considering applications for conditional uses.

1.            Private, religious, or charitable clubs and institutions

2.            Commercial Storage Facilities

3.            Nursing homes and similar facilities

4.            Hospitals and medical clinics

5.            Commercial kennels

 

III.       Minimum yard requirements:

A.            Non-residential uses

Front yard:       75 feet

Side yard:         25 feet

Rear yard:         25 feet

B.             Residential uses

Front yard:      30 feet

Side yard:        8 feet

                        4 feet (accessory buildings)

Rear yard:       25 feet

                        8 feet (accessory buildings)

 

IV.       Minimum area requirements:

A.            Minimum lot area: 15,000 sq. ft., if served by an approved sanitary sewer

B.             All other lots in this zone shall be at least one (1) acre in area

V.         Minimum lot width:

A.            Seventy-five (75) ft.

 

VI.       Screening Requirements - Non-residential uses shall screen adjacent properties in a manner approved by the zoning administrator.

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