SECTION V
RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT USES
In the Residential Zoning District no building or premises shall be erected, altered, or used for
A. Any use prohibited in the Business Zoning District;
B. Gasoline or service stations;
C. Any use except one or more of the following uses:
1. Single-family detached dwelling;
2. Dwelling for the use of two families if it existed at the time this ordinance was adopted in 1937, provided that the Board of Adjustment shall rule as a special exception that the same in such location and under such conditions as are specified in the permit therefor will not be detrimental, injurious, or offensive to the neighborhood;
3. Educational or other cultural use of a temporary nature and not detrimental or offensive to the neighborhood;
4. Farming or agricultural use, including the sale and display of products grown or raised by the occupant on the premises, and provided that such use is neither injurious, offensive, nor detrimental to the neighborhood;
5. Municipal use;
6. Private bathhouse or boathouse;
7. Sale of fish or lobsters caught by occupant of premises where sold;
8. Accessory use as defined in Section XII;
9. Any of the following uses, provided that the Board of Adjustment shall rule as a special exception that such use, in the given case and location and under conditions specified in the permit therefor, is not detrimental, injurious, or offensive to the neighborhood:
a. Church;
b. Cemetery;
c. Educational or other cultural use not of a temporary nature;
d. Occasional philanthropic use;
e. Private club not conducted for profit;
f. Public utility building or use necessary for public welfare;
g. Accessory use customarily incidental to any of the above uses;
10. Home Occupation. An occupation of a one-person nature, clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and not changing the character thereof, is allowed, without the issuance of a permit or any other action hereunder, in an existing dwelling or accessory structure on the part of a resident or occupant of the dwelling, PROVIDED that the home occupation will involve no more than one exterior sign not to exceed one square foot in area, and will involve no exterior displays, no employees other than a secretary within the premises, no customers, products or sales on the premises, no increase in automobile traffic or parking, and no noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare, or electrical or other disturbance, and the home occupation will not be
injurious, offensive, or detrimental to the neighborhood or its residential character, and will be in accordance with the spirit of this Ordinance.
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