The OS Open Space district is intended to provide areas for the conservation of open space. (Ord. 651 §2, 1985)

The following uses are permitted by right in the OS district:

(A) Public utilities, structures, and buildings, including but not limited to water and wastewater facilities;

(B) Natural, native areas;

(C) Water storage reservoirs;

(D) Bird and wildlife sanctuaries;

(E) Street, road, or highway rights-of-way; and

(F) Public parks and recreational facilities. (Ord. 651 §2, 1985)

The following uses are permitted by special review in the OS district:

(A) Cultivation, storage, and sale of crops, vegetables, plants, flowers, and nursery stock produced on the premises;

(B) The grazing of cattle, sheep, goats, or other agricultural livestock, including supplementary feeding, provided that such grazing is not a part of nor conducted in conjunction with, any dairy, feed yard, or livestock sales yard;

(C) Barbed wire fences;

(D) Municipal cemeteries; and

(E) Oil wells or gas wells. (Ord. 651 §2, 1985; Ord. 968 §3, 1993)

The following are minimum lot and yard requirements in the OS district:

Lot area 35 acres

Lot width 1000 feet

Front yard 100 feet

Rear yard
Principal building 75 feet
Accessory building 25 feet

Side yard 30 feet + 1 foot for each 2 feet of building height

(Ord. 651 §2, 1985)

Buildings in the OS district shall not be higher than two stories, and in no case higher than thirty feet. (Ord. 651 §2, 1985)

Use of land in the OS district shall also conform to the parking, signing, and other provisions of this title. (Ord. 651 §2, 1985)