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(a) Primary Purpose and Characteristics. The I-1 Institutional District is intended to provide for areas which are under private or public ownership and where the uses in those areas for public purposes or institutional purposes, whether public or private, are anticipated to be permanent. All new structures and uses and changes or additions to existing structures and uses shall be in compliance with the site plan review requirements of this ordinance (See Section 12.08.020). (8/6/02)

It is recognized that it is neither possible nor practicable to list all of the principal and accessory uses that are compatible with those listed below and therefore it is intended that the following list of principal and accessory uses only be illustrative. Any individual aggrieved by a failure to list a particular principal or accessory use in this subsection shall have the right to file a petition with the Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development pursuant to section 12.55 of this ordinance for a determination as to the similarity of the intended use with the principal and accessory uses listed below.

(b) Principal Uses.

1. Churches

2. Hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes and clinics

3. Libraries, museums and art galleries

4. Private youth development organizations such as YMCA, Junior Achievement, Boys Club of America and Campfire Girls

5. Public or private schools, colleges and universities

6. Public administrative offices and public service buildings including fire and police stations, community centers, public emergency shelters

7. Public utility offices

(c) Accessory Uses.

1. Garages for storage of vehicles used in conjunction with the operation of the principal use.

2. Residential quarters for caretakers or clergy

3. Service buildings and facilities normally accessory to the principal uses

4. Solar energy system

5. Small wind energy system

(d) Conditional Uses. (See also section 12.40.080 of the Municipal Code of Kenosha County.) (8/6/02)

1. Airport, heliport pads, aircraft hangars for storage and equipment maintenance; aircraft sales and service.

2. Bus terminals.

3. Cemeteries.

4. Large wind energy systems.

5. Penal, reform, disciplinary and mental institutions.

6. Power and heat generating plants.

7. Railroad depots.

8. Solar farms.

9. School auditoriums, gymnasiums and stadiums.

10. Utility substations.

11. Water storage tanks and towers and radio and television transmitting and receiving towers, microwave relay stations.

(e) Lot Area and Width.

1. Institutional uses served by public sanitary sewage facilities shall provide a minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet and a minimum lot frontage of 75 feet in width, and

2. Institutional uses served by on-site soil absorption sewage disposal systems or other approved private means of sewage disposal, shall provide a minimum lot area of 40,000 square feet and a minimum lot frontage of 150 feet in width.

(f) Building Height and Area.

1. No building or parts of a building shall exceed 60 feet in height.

2. No maximum or minimum building area shall be required in the I-1 Institutional District due to the variety of uses within this district and the diverse building demands of each use.

(g) Yards.

1. Street yard - not less than 65 feet from the right-of-way of all Federal, State and County trunk highways and not less than 30 feet from the right-of-way of all other roads. (8/6/02)

2. Shore yard - not less than 75 feet from the ordinary high water mark of any navigable water. (11/5/86)

3. Side yard - not less than 10 feet in width on each side of all structures.

4. Rear yard - not less than 25 feet.

(h) Authorized Sanitary Sewer Systems.

1. Public sanitary sewer systems

2. On-site sewage disposal absorption system [Ord. 6 (2022); Code § 12.24-1.]