§ 7. M Mining District.

A.

Permitted uses:

(1)

Mining.

(2)

Animal specialty farms.

(3)

Farming.

(4)

Fisheries.

(5)

Forestry.

(6)

Horticultural specialty farms.

(7)

Hunting, trapping and game propagation.

B.

Permitted accessory structures and uses:

(1)

Agriculture buildings and structures, including a residence, which are accessory to the principal permitted agricultural use of the premises.

(2)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to the principal permitted use of the premises.

(3)

Single-family dwellings for the purposes of a caretaker.

(4)

Signs identifying the name and type of permitted principle use of the property.

C.

Special exception uses:

(1)

Light research, development and testing establishments normally associated with mining activities.

D.

Conditional uses: In addition to those conditional uses permitted in all zoning districts of this ordinance, the following conditional use shall be permitted in the mining district:

(1)

Excavation on forty (40) acres of land or less.

E.

Dimension and area regulations:

(1)

The minimum yard requirement for buildings for all yards in the Mining District shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

Along U.S. 19, S.R. 50, U.S. 41, U.S. 98, U.S. 301, C.R. 578, C.R. 485 and C.R. 50, front yard requirements shall be one hundred twenty-five (125) feet.

(2)

The maximum building height in mining districts is forty-five (45) feet and/or three (3) stories. The maximum building height permitted may be increased provided one additional foot is added to each required setback for each additional foot of building height over forty-five (45) feet.

(3)

The minimum development standards for mining operations shall be in accordance with the performance standards contained in the "Hernando County Mining Ordinance of 1993."

(4)

Required land area:

(a)

No mining district shall be created on less than twenty (20) acres or eight hundred seventy-one thousand two hundred (871,200) square feet. However, when a mining zoning district has been established, parcels smaller than twenty (20) acres may be added to the district by means of zoning amendment petition pursuant to article VI of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 75-2, § 1, 4-22-75; Ord. No. 84-6, § 8, 3-27-84; Ord. No. 87-12, § 8, 3-31-87; Ord. No. 93-15, § 4, 6-29-93; Ord. No. 93-30, § 7, 12-21-93)