Rawlins Municipal Code
Title 19
Chapters:
Prior ordinance history: Prior code §§ 29-10 29-12,
29-19 29-23,
29-26, 29-30 29-36, 29-40 29-47, 29-50 29-55, 29-60 29-66,
29-70, 29-73
29-76, 29-99 29-111, 29-113
29-119, 29-121, 29-122, 29-131 29-134, 29-136, 29-137, 29-200, 29-201, 29-210,
29-219, 29-220,
29-231 29-233, 29-301, 39-303, 29-304, 29-306 29-309, 29-311 29-313,
29-315, 29-317,
29-318, 29-321 29-323, 29-325 29-329 and Ordinances 4B-76, 1-77, 11D-77,
4C-78, 6-78, 9C-79,
10D-79, 11A-79, 4A-80, 5-80, 5B-80, SC-SO, 6E-80, 6G-80, 9-80, 11-80, 12-80, 2A-81,
6A-81,
7A-81, 7B-81,
7C-81, 8C-81, 5C-83, 5D-83, 3A-84, 9A-84, 4-86, 12-86, 12A-86, 7B-87, 8-87 and
11-88.
Chapter 19.04
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Section 19.04.010 Title.
This title is established as an ordinance
establishing specified
land use districts or zones, and
to regulate therein buildings and structures according to their construction and the nature of and
the extent of their use, and the nature and extent of the uses of the land, in the incorporated area
of the city of Rawlins, Wyoming, hereinafter referred to as the city, and providing for the
administration and enforcement of the provisions provided in this title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
This title shall be known and may be cited as
"The Rawlins
Zoning Ordinance of 1989." (Ord.
9-89 (part))
The zoning ordinance codified in this title is
adopted for
the purpose of promoting the public
health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community, and to further the following
related and more specific objectives:
A. To guide and
regulate orderly growth,
development and redevelopment of the city in
accordance with a comprehensive plan of long-term objectives, principles and standards deemed
beneficial to the interests and welfare of the people;
B. To protect the
established character
and the social and economic well-being of both
private and public property;
C. To promote, in
the public interest,
the utilization of land for the purposes for which it is
most appropriate;
D. To secure safety
from fire, panic
and other dangers, and to provide adequate light, air and
convenience of access;
E. To prevent
overcrowding of land
or buildings, and to avoid undue concentration of
population;
F. To lessen and,
when possible, to
prevent traffic congestion on public streets and
highways;
G. To conserve the
value of buildings
and to enhance the value of land throughout the city.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
Except as provided in this title, no building or
structure
or part thereof and no lot or part
thereof shall hereafter be used, except in conformity with the use regulations prescribed in this
title. Any existing use that does not conform to the use regulations of this title shall be deemed a
nonconforming use, except that uses granted as the result of an approved special use permit by
the planning commission pursuant to Chapter 18.56 shall be deemed conforming uses. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
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Except as provided in this title, no building or structure or part
thereof shall
hereafter be
erected, structurally altered, enlarged or rebuilt except in conformity with the lot dimension, yard
coverage, height and density regulations prescribed in this title. Any building or structure that
does not conform to such regulations, deemed in this title a nonconforming structure, irrespective
of the use to which it is put. Variances granted by the board of adjustment pursuant to Chapter
19.76 on grounds of practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship, not self-imposed, the extent of
their use, and the nature and extent of the uses of the land, in the incorporated area of the city of
Rawlins, Wyoming, hereinafter referred to as the city, and providing for the all the
administration and enforcement of the provisions provided in this title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))(Ord
9-00(part)
In accordance with the state statutes, this title
shall not
prevent any use or occupancy
reasonably necessary to the extraction or production of the mineral resources in or under any
lands subject thereto. However, prior to actual extraction of the mineral, the area shall be
properly zoned and all other applicable requirements of this zoning ordinance shall be met. (Ord.
9-89 (part))
A. Nothing in this
title shall be
taken to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or
interfere with any provisions of law or ordinance or regulations, existing or as may be adopted in
the future. Nor is it intended by this title to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easements,
covenants or other agreements between the parties. Where this title imposes a greater restriction
upon the heights of buildings or structures or premises, lots or land, or upon the heights of
buildings, structures or requires larger lots, yards, courts or other open spaces than imposed or
required by other provisions of law, ordinance or regulation, or by such easements, covenants or
agreements, the provisions of this title shall control.
B. Whenever the
provisions of any
other law or ordinance or regulations impose a greater
restriction than this title, the provisions of the other law or ordinance or regulations shall
control.
C. No provisions
contained in this
title shall be construed as justifying the encroachment of
any building or structure within any street lines now or hereafter laid down or officially mapped.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
Temporary parking of travel trailers/motorhomes for any church shall be
permitted in
all areas of
the City of Rawlins for not longer than fourteen (14) days and only when prior arrangements
have been made with the City Clerk. Such parking is only allowed on property owned, leased or
rented by the organization and shall not be allowed on city streets or alleys. If such parking
extends more than 14 days, the organization must obtain approval of the City Manager or his/her
designee. (Ord. No. 06-02, Adopted, 07/10/01)
(06-2002, Added, 07/10/2001)
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Chapter 19.08
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Section 19.08.010 Generally.
Certain words and terms are used in this zoning
ordinance
for the purposes of this title and are
defined as follows:
A. Unless the
context clearly indicates
the contrary, words used in the present tense include
the future; the singular numbers include the plural, and the plural the singular.
B. The word
"person" includes
a profit or nonprofit corporation, company, partnership or
individual.
C. The word
"shall" is mandatory,
and not directory; and the word "may" is permissive.
D. The word
"lot" includes
the word "plot."
E. The word
"structure"
includes the word "building."
F. The word
"use" and the
word "used" refer to any purpose for which a lot of land or part
thereof is arranged, intended or designed to be used, occupied, maintained, made available or
offered for use; and to any purpose for which a building or structure or part thereof is arranged,
intended or designed to be used, occupied, maintained, made available or offered for use, or
erected reconstructed, altered, enlarged, moved or rebuilt with the intention or design of using
the same. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Accessory use or building" means a
subordinate
use or building customarily incidental to, and
located on the same lot occupied by the main use or building. The term "accessory
building"
may
include a private garage, garden shed or barn, a private playhouse, a private greenhouse and a
swimming pool in accordance with the provisions of this title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Agricultural uses" means lands
including necessary
buildings and structures, which are used
for agriculture, including, but not limited to, farming, grazing, dairying, pasturage, agriculture,
horticulture and animal and poultry husbandry, as well as the necessary accessory uses; provided,
however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal
agricultural activities. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Benefaction" means the dressing or
processing
of ores for the purpose of regulating the size
of a desired product; removing unwanted constituents; and improving the quality, purity or assay
grade of a desired product. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Block" means a tract of land or a
lot or group
of lots, bounded by streets, public parks, or
parkways, railroad right-of-ways, watercourse or body of water, unsubdivided land, or a
boundary line or lines of the county or any combination thereof. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Block frontage" means that portion
of a block
which abuts a single street. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Boarding or lodging house" means
a private dwelling
in which at least two but no more than
six rooms are offered for rent, payable in money or other consideration, whether or not table
board is furnished to lodgers, and in which no transients are accommodated and no public
restaurant is maintained. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Area of building" means the
horizontal area measured
around the outside of the foundation
walls and of the floors or roofed porches and roofed terraces inclusive, and including the area of
accessory buildings, if any. In the case of split-level dwellings, the "first floor area"
shall be
deemed to include floor areas on two nonoverlapping levels, separated by a half story, or less, of
height. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Business center development"
means a tract of
land, buildings or structures planned as a
whole and intended for one or more establishments for a commercial purpose on a site, whether
built at one time as a unit, or in two or more construction stages. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Cellar" means an accessory
structure having more
than one-half its height below the average
curb level of the street abutting the front of the lot, or below the average finished grade level of
the ground immediately adjacent to the building. A cellar shall not be used for residential
purposes. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
See Section 19.08.300. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Dwelling" means a building
arranged, intended
or designed to be occupied by one or more
families living independently of each other upon the premises. (See also "multiple
dwelling"
and
"single-family detached dwelling.") (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Family" means one or more
individuals living independently
as a single housekeeping unit
who are related by blood or marriage and using cooking facilities and certain rooms in common.
A family may include two persons as roomers not related by blood or marriage. A family shall
not be deemed to include the occupants of a college dormitory or residential club. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Filling station" means a building or
lot or part
thereof supplying and selling gasoline or other
equipment fuel for motor vehicles at retail direct from pumps or storage tanks. A filling station
may include accessory facilities for rendering services such as lubrication, washing and minor
repairs with hand tools. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Floodplain" means the relatively
flat area of
land area that may be inundated by flood, as
designated by the federal government. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Floor area" means the total
horizontal area of
a building measured on the outside walls of
each story. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Garage" means a building or part
thereof used
for the storage or parking of one or more
vehicles. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Parking garage" means a garage for
the convenience
of the general public in which no
servicing, repairs, washing or reconditioning of motor vehicles is carried on. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Repair garage" means any garage
other than a private
garage or parking garage. A repair
garage may include servicing, repairs, washing or reconditioning of motor vehicles, and filling
station facilities. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Height of a structure" means the
vertical distance
derived from the average finished grade at
the foundation corners of the building or structure, to the highest point of the building or
structure excluding a chimney or other similar structure listed in Section 19.40.040. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Home occupation" means an
incidental or secondary
use of a residence in a residential zone
for business purposes or ventures. Such may be classified as "major" or
"minor"
or
"unauthorized" home occupations.
A. Major Home
Occupation. A home occupation
which is owned and operated by the
inhabitant of the residence and employs at least one, but not more than two persons who do not
inhabit the residence.
B. Minor Home
Occupation. A home occupation
which is owned and operated by the
inhabitant of the residence and does not employ any outside persons.
C. Unauthorized
Home Occupation. All
other home occupations which do not qualify as a
"major home occupation" or a "minor home occupation." (Ord. 2-91
(part): Ord. 9-89
(part))
See "residential professional office."
(Ord. 2-91
(part): Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Hospital" means a building used
for the diagnosis,
treatment, or other care of human ailments,
unless otherwise specified. A hospital shall be deemed to include a sanitarium, clinic,
convalescent home, nursing home, rest home or other building with an equivalent appellation. A
hospital shall not include care and treatment of mental patients, liquor or drug addicts, except
incidentally. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Hotel" means a building or part
thereof which
has a common entrance, common heating
systems and general dining room, and which contains seven or more living and sleeping rooms
designed to be occupied by individuals or groups of individuals for compensation. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Industrial park" means a group of
nonnuisance
industrial plants on a single parcel of land, or
on separate parcels contiguously arranged, so as to form a planned development of industrial
sites, building or buildings. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Nonnuisance industry" means any
industry which
is not detrimental to the environment in
which it is located by reason of the emission of smoke, noise, odor, dust, vibration or excessive
light, beyond the limits of its lot, or by reason of generating excessive traffic with attendant
hazards and which does not include any open storage yards or outdoor processing of materials.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
A business which engages in buying, collecting, acquiring, selling
or disposing
of articles that
have outlived their usefulness in their originally manufactured or produced form. (Ord. 9-89
(part)) (Ord. No. 6-93, Amended, 06/01/93)
"Landfill" means a lot or parcel of
land, or portion
thereof, used primarily for disposal by
abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, incineration, or other means of garbage, offal, sewage,
trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles, or parts thereof, or waste materials of any
kind. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Lot" means a parcel of land used or
designed to
be used by one use or structure, or by a
related group of uses or structures, and the accessory uses or structures customarily incidental
thereto, including such open spaces as are arranged or designed and required in connection with
the structure or group of structures. A lot may be or may not be the land shown as a single lot on
a duly recorded plat or other official record. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Lot area" means the total
horizontal area included
within lot lines. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Corner lot" means a lot at the
junction of and
fronting on two or more intersecting streets, the
angle of intersection being not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
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"Depth of lot" means the mean
distance between
the front lot line and the rear lot line. The
greater frontage of a corner lot is its depth and the lesser frontage is its width. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Lot line" means any boundary of a
lot. Any lot
line not a rear lot line nor a front line shall be
deemed a side lot line or a corner lot line. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Corner lot line" means, on a corner
lot, the frontage
line which is not designated a front lot
line. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Front lot line" means the street line
at the front
of a lot. On a corner lot, the owner may
specify the front lot line on the plot plan. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Rear lot line" means the lot line
opposite to
the front lot line. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Through lot" means a lot extending
from one street
to another, uninterrupted by public right-of-way. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Width of lot" means the mean
dimension measured
at substantially right angles to the depth
of the lot. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Main use or building" means the
principal or most
important use or building on a lot. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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A structure, transportable in one or more dependent sections, constructed in conformance with
the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, which is built on a
permanent chassis and designed to be used as a single family residential dwelling unit.
(09-2000, Added, 09/05/2000)
"Medical office building" means a
building used
exclusively by physicians and dentists for
treatment and examination of patients; provided, that no overnight patients shall be kept on the
premises. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Membership club" means a
building structure, lot
or land area used as a private club or social
organization not conducted for private profit or gain. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Mill" means a reducing plant
where ore is concentrated
and/or metals recovered. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Milling" means the grinding or
crushing of ore.
The term may include the operating of
removing valueless or harmful constituents and preparation for market. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Mine" means an opening or
excavation in the earth
for the purpose of extracting minerals.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Mineral exploration" means the
search for coal,
mineral or ore by geological surveys,
geophysical prospecting, boreholes and trial pits, surface or underground headings, drifts or
tunnels. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Mining" means the process of
obtaining useful
minerals from the earth's crust, including both
underground excavations and surface workings. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Mobile home" as defined in
16.08.270. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Mobile home park" as defined in
16.08.290. (Ord.
9-89 (part))
A structure, transportable in one or more dependent sections,
designed for use
as a single
family residential dwelling unit, not built on a permanent chassis, capable of being transported
from the place of fabrication to the site on which it is to be erected, where it is placed on a
permanent foundation and, when assembled, meets all of the provisions of the Uniform Building
Code for residential swelling units. (Ord. 9-89 (part); Ord. No. 09-00, Amended
9/5/00)
(09-2000, Amended, 09/05/2000)
"Motel" means a building, or group
of buildings,
whether detached or in connected units, used
as individual sleeping or dwelling units with direct outside access, designed primarily for
transient automobile travelers, and provided with accessory off-street parking facilities. The term
"motel" includes buildings designed as tourist courts, motor lodges, auto courts and
other
similar
appellations, but shall not be construed to include mobile or immobile trailers. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Multiple dwelling" means a
building arranged,
intended or designed to be occupied by three
or more families living independently of each other as separate housekeeping units. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Multiple dwelling development"
means one or more
multiple dwelling buildings planned as a
single unit. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Net residential density" means the
ratio obtained
by dividing the number of dwelling units on
a lot by the area (excluding drives, streets and required open space) of the lot expressed in units
per acre. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Nonconforming structure" means a
structure lawfully
existing at the effective date of the
ordinance codified in this title or any amendment thereto affecting the structure, which does not
conform to the building regulations of this title for the district in which it is situated, irrespective
of the use to which the structure is put. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Nonconforming use" means any
use of a building,
structure, lot or land, or part thereof,
lawfully existing at the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title or any amendment
thereto affecting the use, which does not conform to the use regulations of this title for the
district in which it is situated. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Parking area" means a lot or part
thereof used
for the storage or parking of motor vehicles,
with or without the payment of rent or charges in money or other consideration. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Planning commission" means the
planning commission
of Rawlins. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Processing" means the methods
employed to clean,
process and prepare coal and metallic ores
into the final marketable product. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Professional service" means a
vocation, occupation
or employment which involves labor,
skill, education, special knowledge and compensation or profit, but the labor and skill involved is
predominantly mental or intellectual, rather than physical or manual; e.g., legal, medical, real
estate, insurance. (Ord. 2-91 (part))
"Public notice" means notice of the
time and place
of a hearing, meeting or proceeding printed
in the official newspaper of Rawlins as required by law. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Recreation vehicle" means a
vehicle whether self-propelled,
drawn or carried, used as
temporary living quarters. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Recreation vehicle park" means a
lot or parcel
of land used for the storage, parking or
temporary placement of recreation vehicles whether powered, towed or hauled, which are
utilized by people as temporary dwelling quarters. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Residential professional office"
means an office
in which professional services are offered or
employed located in a residential zone utilizing an existing residential building, with no
residential use or overnight occupancy in connection therewith, and which use does not detract
from or detrimentally change the character of the neighborhood. (Ord. 2-91 (part))
"Sand or gravel pit" means a lot or
land, or part
thereof, used for the purpose of extracting
sand, gravel, soil for sale, as an industrial operation and exclusive of a lot preparatory to the
construction of a building. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Sign" means any device which
visually imparts
a message through the use of texts, pictures or
models. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Advertising sign" means a sign
which directs attention
to a business, commodity, service or
entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the property where the sign is
displayed. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Announcement or professional
sign" means a sign
on a residential building which directs
attention to a home professional office, home occupation or professional office in the residential
building. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Business sign" means a sign which
directs attention
to a business or profession conducted
upon the property where the sign is displayed. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Single family residence" means a dwelling designed
for one (1) family
occupancy. A
manufactured or mudular home, when constructed to the most current applicable building
standards at the time of placing, placed on a permanent foundation, located in a residential zone
and converted to real property prior to occupancy, shall be considered a single family residence.
(Ord. No. 09-00, Adopted, 9/5/00)
(09-2000, Added, 09/05/2000)
"Single-family detached dwelling"
means a building,
on a lot, designed and occupied
exclusively as a residence for one family, and which has no part in common with an adjacent
building. For purposes of this title, trailers, automobile trailers and mobile homes are not
considered single-family detached dwellings. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Site plan" means a map indicating
the location
and dimensions of prominent existing and
proposed features and development of a tract and its surroundings and the general street layout.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Special use permit" means a use
specified in one
or more districts, for which the planning
commission may grant a permit, pursuant to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Stock-in-trade" means products,
goods or merchandise
kept by a merchant for sale or traffic
which require no assembly or skill to bring to final salable condition. (Ord. 2-91 (part))
"Street" means any road, highway,
avenue, street,
parkway, lane or other way, public or
private, set aside and commonly used by the public for street purposes, and shown upon the city
map or upon a file plat. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Street line" means the dividing line
between a
lot and the outside boundary of a public street
or street right-of-way, or between a lot and private street which serves two or more separately
owned homes or buildings. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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"Structure" means anything
constructed or erected
on or under the ground or upon another
structure, or building, but not including elements such as lean-tos, fences, pumphouses, or other
minor buildings accessory to any agriculture use. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Private swimming pool" means any
constructed body
of water or structure to contain water,
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 19.40 and any accessory equipment pertaining thereto, used
or intended to be used for swimming or bathing by any family of persons residing on the
premises and their guests. The term "private swimming pool" shall not include
swimming pools
located on a lot only as an accessory use to a hotel, motel or membership club. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Tourist home" means a residential
building in
which rooms are rented primarily to transient
automobile travelers. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
See Sections 19.08.595 and 19.08.485. (Ord.
9-89 (part))
See Sections 19.08.597 and 19.08.487. (Ord.
9-89 (part))
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"Variance" means a modification of
the regulations
of this title granted on grounds of practical
difficulties or unnecessary hardship, not self-imposed, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
19.76 and the laws of the state. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Corner yard" means, on a corner
lot, the unoccupied
space on the same lot with a building
situated between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the corner lot line, and extending
from front yard to rear yard. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Front yard" means an open
unoccupied space on
the same lot with a building situated
between the nearest roofed portion of the building and the front line of the lot, and extending
from side lot line to side lot line. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Rear yard" means a space on the
same lot with
a building situated between the nearest roofed
portion of the building and the rear lot line of the lot, and extending from side lot line to side lot
line. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
"Side yard" means an opened
unoccupied space on
the same lot with a building situated
between the nearest roofed portion of the building or of any accessory building and the side lot
line of the lot, and extending through from the front yard or from the front lot line where no front
yard exists, to the rear yard, or to the rear lot line where no rear yard exists. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
"Zoning officer" means the duly
sworn constituted
city official designated to administer and
enforce this zoning title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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Chapter 19.12
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Section 19.12.010 Interpretation.
In applying and interpreting the provisions of
this title
they shall be held to be minimum
requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, comfort,
convenience and general welfare. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
A. It shall be the
responsibility
of the zoning officer to administer this title.
B. It is unlawful to
locate, erect,
construct, reconstruct, enlarge or use any building or use
any land within the incorporated area of Rawlins without first complying with this title. (Ord.
9-89
(part))
A. The planning
commission, with the
approval of the city council, shall appoint a zoning
officer for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this title.
B. The zoning
officer (or his deputy)
shall have the authority and responsibility to enter upon
any public or private premises and make inspection thereof at any reasonable time, and for any
proper purpose in enforcing this title. Further, upon reasonable cause or question as to proper
compliance, to revoke any permit and issue cease and desist orders requiring the cessation of any
building, moving, alteration or use which is in violation of the provisions of this title. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
The zoning officer shall keep, file and maintain
all records
regarding certificates of occupancy,
applications and all actions, notes and minutes of the planning commission related to this title,
including mapping of land uses, variances and special permits by address and legal description.
(Ord. 9-89 (part))
The zoning officer shall attend all meetings of
the planning
and zoning commission. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
The zoning officer shall prepare a written annual
report
of the calendar year activities to the
planning commission at its regular February meeting for the preceding calendar year. The
planning commission shall review and publish the annual report, including descriptions of other
commission activities, by the end of the month of April following the report year. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
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Chapter 19.16
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Section 19.16.010 Districts designated.
For the purposes of this title, the city is divided into seven
classes
of districts and overlays as
follows:
A. R-A district, ranching and
agriculture;
B. R district, residential
development;
C. C-1 district, retail
business;
D. C-2 district, highway
business;
E. I district,
industrial;
F. I-A district, Intensive agricultural.
G. HRO, historic residential
overlay.
(Ord. 9-89 (part)) (Ord. No. 3B-95, Amended, 03/07/95; Ord. No. 2-98, Amended, 02/03/98;
Ord. No. 07-02, Amended 07/16/02)
(Ord. 19.16.010, Amended, 07/18/2002)
The boundaries of each district or zone are
established as
shown on the official zoning map of
the city which accompanies the ordinance codified in this title and is declared to be a part of this
title. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
The district boundary lines are intended
generally to follow
the centerline of streets and
similar right-of-way or lot lines, or straight line projections of such lines, or city boundary lines,
township or section lines all as shown on the zoning map; but where a district boundary line does
not follow such a line, its position is shown on the zoning map by a specific dimension
expressing its distance in feet from a street line or another boundary line as indicated. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
In case of uncertainty as to the true location of a
district
boundary line in a particular instance,
the determination thereof shall be made by the zoning officer. An appeal may be taken to the
board of adjustments as provided in Chapter 19.76. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
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All of that portion of the NE1/4NW1/4 of Section 20 T21N, R87W
6th P.M. is zoned
Industrial excepting a trianglar shape tract of land owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and
already zoned Industrial. (Ord. No. 7-97, Enacted, 07/01/97)
The Intensive Agriculture (I-A) District boundary of the Glenn
Addition is: Beginning at the
Southwest Corner of Section 15, T21N, R87W, 6th P.M., Carbon County, Wyoming; thence
N0
°
12'26"E, 1327.99 ft. along the west line of said Section 15; thence
S89
°
53'15"E, 1310.39 ft.
along the north line of the SW1/4, SW1/4 of said Section 15; thence N0
°
14'57"E, 390.96 ft.
along the west line of the NE1/4,SW1/4 of said section 15 to the south line of the UPRR Right of
Way; then southeasterly, 184.53 ft. along the UPRR Right of Way on a curve to the right with a
radius of 1773.5 ft. and through a central angle of 5
°
57'36", thence S69
°
03'33"E, 1260.93 ft.
along the UPRR Right of Way to the intersection with the Highway I-80 Right of way; thence
S55
°
57'35"W, 1108.91 ft. along the Highway I-80 Right of Way; thence
S34
°
02'25"E, 100.00 ft.
along the Highway I-80 Right of Way; thence S55
°
57'35"W, 840.00 ft. along the Highway I-80
Right of Way to the south line of said Section 15; thence S89
°
44'32"W, 1110.93 ft. along the
south line of said Section 15 to the point of beginning; all of the preceding description being in
Section 15, T21N, R87W, of the 6th P.M., Carbon County, Wyoming, containing 63.127 acres.
(Ord. No. 12-97, Enacted, 12/16/97)
The
Historic Residential Overlay Boundary consists of the following three parcels, all
within
the City of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming as shown on attached
map.
Parcel
A
A
@
- A parcel of land which includes all of the Merrell
Addition, all of
the Second
Merrell
Addition, all of the Third Merrell Addition, all of the South Side Addition, all of
the Second South Side Addition, all of the Third South Side Addition and a
portion of the Southpark Addition described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southpark Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along the westerly boundary line of said
Southpark Addition to the northwest corner of said Southpark Addition;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northerly boundary line of said
Southpark Addition to the northeast corner of said Southpark Addition;
Thence in southerly direction along the easterly boundary line of said
Southpark Addition to the intersection of a easterly extension of the
centerline of the alley in block 3 of said Southpark Addition;
Thence in a westerly direction along said extension to the intersection of
the westerly right-of-way line of Jefferson Street;
Thence continuing in a westerly direction along said centerline to the
intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of Washington Street;
Thence continuing in a westerly direction along a westerly extension of
said centerline of the alley in block 3 to the intersection of the centerline
of said Washington Street;
Thence in a southerly direction along said centerline to the intersection
of Davis Street;
Thence continuing in a southerly direction along a southerly extension of
said centerline of Washington Street to the intersection of the southerly
boundary line of said Southpark Addition;
Thence in a westerly direction along said southerly boundary line to the
southwest corner of said Southpark Addition, also being the
Point of
beginning.
Parcel
A
B
@
- A parcel of land Beginning at the northeast
corner of the Friendly
Hills Addition;
Thence southeasterly along the easterly boundary of the Friendly Hills
Addition, also being the easterly right-of-way line of Rodeo Street to
the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of Spruce Street;
Thence continuing in a southeasterly direction along a southeasterly
extension of the easterly boundary of said Friendly Hills Addition
to the intersection
of the southerly right-of-way line of Spruce Street,
point also being
on the easterly right-of-way line of Rodeo Street and
the northwest
corner of Lot 1, Block 2 of the Friendly Hills Addition.
Thence continuing in a southeasterly direction along the easterly
right-of-way
line of Rodeo Street to the southwesterly corner of said
Lot 1;
Thence continuing along a southeasterly extension of the easterly right-
of-way line
of said Rodeo Street in a southeasterly direction to the
intersection
of the southerly boundary of the Friendly Hills Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said southerly boundary of the
Friendly Hills
Addition to the southwesterly corner of the Friendly Hills
Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along a southwesterly extension of
the southerly
boundary line of the Friendly Hills Addition to the
intersection
of the centerline of Utah Street;
Thence in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Utah Street to
the intersection
of an easterly extension of the centerline of the alley in
Block J of the
School Land Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said extension of said
centerline and
continuing in a southwesterly direction along said
centerline to
the easterly right-of-way line of Colorado Street;
Thence continuing in a southwesterly direction along a southwesterly
extension of
said centerline of alley in block J to the intersection of the
centerline of
Wyoming Street;
Thence in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of
Wyoming Street
to the
intersection of an easterly extension of the
southerly right-of-way
line of Spruce Street;
Thence in a northeasterly direction along said extension and continuing northeasterly
along the southerly right-of-way line of Spruce
Street to the
intersection of a southerly extension of the west right-
of-way line
of Colorado Street;
Thence in a northwesterly direction along said extension and continuing
in a northeasterly
direction along the westerly right-of-way line of
Colorado Street
to the southerly right-of-way line of Maple Street;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said southerly right-of-way
line of Maple
Street to the intersection of a southwesterly extension
of the easterly
right-of-way line of First Street; Thence in a
northwesterly
direction along said extension and continuing along
the easterly
right-of-way line of First Street to the intersection of
the northerly
boundary of the Mahoney Tierney Addition;
Thence in an northeasterly direction along said boundary to the
northeast corner
of the Mahoney Tierney Addition, point also being
the northwest
corner of the Third Hillside Addition;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northerly boundary of the
Third Hillside
Addition to the northeast corner of the Third Hillside
Addition, point
also being the northwest corner of the Friendly Hills Addition;
Thence in an easterly direction along the northerly boundary of the Friendly Hills
Addition to
the northeast corner of said Friendly Hills
Addition, point also being the
Point of Beginning.
Parcel
A
C
@
- A parcel of land Beginning at the intersection of
the northerly
right-of- way
line of Spruce Street and the easterly right-of-way line of Fifteenth Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along the easterly right-of-way line of
Fifteenth Street to the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line
of Walnut Street;
Thence continuing in a northerly direction along a northerly extension
of the easterly right-of-way of Fifteenth Street to the intersection of the
centerline of Walnut Street;
Thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of Walnut Street
to the intersection of Fourteenth Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along the centerline of Fourteenth Street
to the intersection
of the centerline of Date Street;
Thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of Date Street to the
westerly border of the Fourth Park Hill
Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along the westerly boundary line of said
Fourth Park Hill Addition to the northeast corner of
said Fourth
Park
Hill Addition, point also being the southwest
corner of the
Fifth Park
Hill Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary line of said
Fifth Park Hill Addition to the northwest corner of
said Fifth
Park Hill Addition;
Thence in a easterly direction along the northerly boundary of said Fifth
Park Hill Addition to the intersection of the
centerline of
the alley
between lots 14 and 15 in block 7 of the Modified
Mountain View
Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along said centerline to a southerly extension of the alley
centerline between lots 8 and 26 of said block
7
of the Modified Mountain View
Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along said extension and continuing
along said centerline of alley to the intersection of
the southerly
right-of-way line of Birch Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along a northerly extension of said alley
centerline between lots 8 and 26 of said block 7 to
the intersection
of
the centerline of Birch Street;
Thence in an easterly direction along said centerline to the intersection
of the centerline of Thirteenth Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along said centerline to the intersection
of
the centerline
of Fourteenth Street;
Thence in a northeasterly direction to a southerly extension of the
centerline of the alley between lots 14 and 15 in
block 14 of
the
Modified Mountain View Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along said extension and continuing
along said centerline to the intersection of the
centerline
of the alley between lots 1 and 6 of
said block 14;
Thence in a westerly direction along said centerline to a southerly
extension of the easterly right-of-way line of
Mountain View
Boulevard;
Thence in a northerly direction along said extension and continuing
along said easterly right-of-way to the intersection
of the
southerly
right-of-way line of High Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along a northerly extension of said
easterly right-of-way to
the intersection of the centerline of High Street;
Thence continuing in a easterly direction along said centerline to the
intersection
of the
centerline of Eighth Street;
Thence in a southerly direction along said centerline to the intersection
of the northerly boundary of the Park Hill
Addition;
Thence in a easterly direction along said northerly boundary to the northeast corner of
said
Park Hill Addition;
Thence in a southerly direction along the easterly boundary of said
Park Hill Addition to the intersection of the
northerly boundary
of the
Fifth Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along the northerly boundary of
said Fifth Addition to the northwest corner of said
Fifth Addition;
Thence in a southeasterly direction along the westerly boundary of said
Fifth Addition to the intersection of the southerly
right-of-way
line of Buffalo Street;
Thence in a northeasterly direction along said right-of-way line to the
intersection
of the
westerly right-of-way line of Sixth Street;
Thence continuing in an northeasterly direction along a northeasterly
extension of said southerly right-of-way line of
Buffalo Street
to the intersection of the
centerline of Sixth Street;
Thence in a southeasterly direction along said centerline to the
intersection of the centerline of Cedar Street;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said centerline to the
intersection of the centerline of Seventh
Street;
Thence in a southeasterly direction along said centerline to an easterly
extension
of the
northerly right-of-way line of Front Street;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said extension to the
intersection
of the westerly right-of-way line of Seventh Street;
Thence continuing in a southwesterly direction along said northerly right-
of-way line
of Front Street to the intersection of the easterly right-of-way
line of Eighth
Street;
Thence continuing in a southwesterly direction along a southwesterly
extension of
said northerly right-of-way line of Front Street to the
intersection
of the centerline of Eighth Street;
Thence in a northwesterly direction along said centerline to a
northeasterly
extension of the northerly right-of-way line of Cedar Street;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along said extension to the westerly
right-of-way
line of Tenth Street, point also being on the easterly boundary
line of the
Tolliver Addition;
Thence in a southeasterly direction along said easterly boundary of said
Tolliver Addition
to the southeast corner of said Tolliver Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along the southerly boundary of
said Tolliver
Addition to a southerly extension of the centerline of the
alley between
lots 15 and 16 of Block 4 of said Tolliver Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along said extension to the centerline of
said alley;
Thence continuing in a northerly direction along said centerline to
the intersection
of the southerly right-of-way line of South Jeffers
Drive;
Thence continuing in a northerly direction along a northerly extension of
the centerline
of said ally between lots 15 and 16 of block 4 to the
intersection
of the centerline of South Jeffers Drive;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along the centerline of said South
Jeffers Drive
to the intersection of the centerline of West Jeffers Drive;
Thence in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of West Jeffers
Drive to the
intersection of the centerline of Twelfth Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along the centerline of Twelfth Street to
the intersection
of the centerline of North Jeffers Drive;
Thence in easterly direction to the intersection of the centerline of
Eleventh Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along said centerline to the southerly
boundary of
the Park Hill Addition;
Thence in a westerly direction along said southerly boundary to the
southwest corner
of said Park Hill Addition, also being the southeast
corner of the
Second Park Hill Addition;
Thence continuing in a westerly direction along the southerly boundary
of said Second
Park Hill Addition to the southwest corner of said Second
Park Hill Addition;
Thence in a northerly direction along the westerly boundary of said
Second Park
Hill Addition to the intersection of the southerly right-of-way
line of Spruce
Street;
Thence in a northerly direction along a northerly extension of the
westerly boundary
of said Second Park Hill Addition to the intersection
of the northerly
right-of-way line of said Spruce Street, point also being
the southwest
corner of lot 18, block 28 of the Third Park Hill Addition;
Thence in a southwesterly direction along a southwesterly extension of
said northerly
right-of-way line of Spruce Street and continuing in
a southwesterly
direction along said northerly right-of-way line to
the southwest
corner of the Sixth Park Hill Addition, said point
also being the
Point of Beginning. (Ord. No. 07a-02, Adopted, 07/16/02)
(07b-2002, Added, 07/16/2002)
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Chapter 19.20
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Section 19.20.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to preserve open
areas within
the city not yet ready for
development while at the same time permit ranching, agriculture and animal husbandry in a
manner which attains this purpose. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
Permitted uses in the R-A district shall be as
follows:
A. Residential,
general ranching,
agriculture, farming, animal husbandry and their related
residences, uses and facilities;
B. Churches and
Sunday schools;
C. Public parks and
playgrounds;
D. Cemeteries;
E. Buried
underground utility lines
and facilities and overhead electrical transmission lines
only serving the city. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
The following uses are permitted subject to the
planning
commission's approval pursuant to
Chapter 19.56:
A. Airports and
radio transmitting
stations;
B. Institutions, rest
homes, hospitals,
clinics;
C. Public buildings,
schools;
D. Public facilities
and utilities
limited to aboveground structures including sewage
treatment and water supply facilities, sanitary landfill operations, substations, distribution and
regulator stations and overhead electrical transmission lines serving areas other than Rawlins, all
conforming to State Health Department requirements;
E. Membership
clubs;
F. Automobile
trailer courts as defined
in Chapter 19.08;
G. Public and
commercial recreation
areas and facilities, including fishing ponds and
campgrounds;
H. Any use,
building or structure
proposed in an area classified as scenic corridor (except
Section 19.20.020 uses) pursuant to Chapters 19.56 and 19.68;
I. Major home
occupation, subject
to the conditions imposed in Chapter 19.40. (Ord. 2-91
(part); Ord. 9-89 (part))
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Accessory uses in the R-A district shall be as
follows:
A. Customary
accessory structures
and uses;
B. Signs pursuant
to Chapter 19.48;
C. Minor home
occupation, subject
to the conditions imposed in Chapter 19.40 and
obtaining the required permit from the community development office;
D. Boardinghouse
or lodginghouse as
defined in Chapter 19.08;
E. Private swimming pools, pursuant to Chapter
19.08. (Ord.
2-91 (part); Ord. 9-89 (part))
|   | Main Building | Accessory Building |
| A. Minimum lot area | One Acre | - - |
| B. Minimum front yard | 40 feet | 50 feet |
| C. Minimum side yard, each side | 20 feet | 5
feet1 |
| D. Minimum rear yard | 40 feet | 5
feet1 |
| E. Minimum corner yard | 40 feet | 40 feet |
| F. Maximum building height2 | 60
feet | 60 feet |
1Distance increases to a minimum of thirty feet if building houses
livestock.
2Greater heights may be approved by the planning commission if the proposed
height
will not have a detrimental effect on adjacent properties. (Ord. 9-89 (part))
Section 19.20.060 Use regulations
compliance.
The use of land in this district shall also
conform to the
off-street parking and other provisions
of Chapters 19.40 and 19.44 (Ord. 9-89 (part))
A. Site plan
approval is required
for special permit uses pursuant to Chapter 19.56.
B. Site plan
approval is required
for all permitted uses pursuant to Chapter 19.44. (Ord. 9-89
(part))
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Chapter 19.22
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Section 19.22.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to preserve open
areas within
the City, while providing an area
where intensive use with animal husbandry and the keeping of livestock in confined spaces
where such are fed and cared for without open gazing. (Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord.
No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
Permitted uses in the I-A district shall be as
follows:
A. Keeping,
boarding, feeding, caring
for, riding, training, and breeding of horses, mules,
ponies, goats, sheep, cattle, rabbits, poultry, donkeys, asses, swine, ratites, llamas, and alpacas
in
confined spaces. (Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord. No. 12-97, Amended,
12/16/97)
The following uses may be permitted subject to
the approval
of the Planning Commission
pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 19.56:
A. Public utilities
limited to above
ground structures including sewage treatment and water
supply facilities, sanitary landfill, substations, distribution and regulator stations and overhead
transmission lines serving areas other than Rawlins. (Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord.
No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
Accessory uses in a I-A district shall be as
follows:
A. Barns, pens,
corrals, arenas and
sheds to house and keep permitted animals.
B. The keeping of
operable equipment
used in keeping of the permitted animals and facilities
maintenance.
C. Storage of junk
or abandoned vehicles,
including campers, boats and trailers is prohibited.
(Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord. No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
A. The minimum lot size shall be
one-half (1/2) acre.
B. The minimum setback from the
front lot line for any
building shall be twenty (20) feet.
C. The minimum setback from any
other lot line for any
building shall be five (5) feet.
D. The maximum height of any
building shall be thirty
(30) feet. (Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted,
03/18/97; Ord. No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
The use of land within this district shall also
conform to
the requirements of Chapters 19.40
and 19.44. (Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord. No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
A. Site plan
approval is required
for all special permitted uses pursuant to Chapter 19.56.
B. Site Plan
approval is required
for all outright permitted uses pursuant to Chapter 19.44.
(Ord. No. 3A-97, Enacted, 03/18/97; Ord. No. 12-97, Amended, 12/16/97)
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Chapter 19.24
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