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(a) Primary Purpose and Characteristics. The PR-1 Park-Recreational District is intended to provide for areas where the recreational needs, both public and private, of the populous can be met without undue disturbance of natural resources and adjacent uses. 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. Bike trails

2. Boat rental and boat access sites

3. Botanical gardens

4. Cross country ski trails

5. Fairgrounds

6. Historic monuments or sites

7. Hiking and nature trails and walks

8. Hunting and fishing clubs

9. Neighborhood tot lots

10. Outdoor skating rinks

11. Parks and playgrounds

12. Picnicking areas

13. Playfields or athletic fields

14. Ski hills without facilities

15. Sledding, skiing or tobogganing

16. Tennis courts

(c) Accessory Uses.

1. Bathhouses and locker rooms

2. Equipment storage facilities

3. Pavilion and restroom facilities

4. Solar energy system

5. Small wind energy system

(d) Conditional Uses (see also section 12.40.080) (8/6/02).

1. Amusement Parks, carnivals, circus, fairground and exposition grounds

2. Archery and firearm ranges (outdoors)

3. Arena, stadium, coliseums, auditoriums and gymnasiums

4. Assemblies over 5,000

5. Beaches, and public swimming pools

6. Campgrounds (rental)

7. Conversion of a resort into a residential condominium (8/15/89)

8. Golf Courses

9. Golf driving ranges

10. Large wind energy system

11. Marinas and marine sales and services

12. Minibike trails

13. Recreational vehicle (RV) campground or subdivisions

14. Resorts

15. Skeet and trap shooting ranges

16. Ski hills with restaurants and ski shops

17. Snowmobile trails

18. Sportsmen clubs

19. Summer theaters and amphitheaters or band shells

20. Zoological and botanical gardens

(e) Lot Area and Width.

1. Lots in the PR-1 Park-Recreational District shall provide sufficient area for the principal structure or use and accessory structures, off-street parking and loading, the disposal of sanitary waste if a public sanitary sewage system is not available, and required yards

(f) Building Height and Area.

1. No building or part of a building shall exceed 100 feet in height

2. No maximum or minimum building area shall be required in the PR-1 Park-Recreational 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 trunk or County trunk highways; and not less than 40 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 40 feet in width on each side of all structures

4. Rear yard - not less than 40 feet

(h) Authorized Sanitary Sewer Systems.

1. Public sanitary sewer

2. On-site sewage disposal absorption system

3. Holding tank [Code § 12.24-2.]