When to Apply for a Special Exception Permit
There are many uses that require a Special Exception Permit in certain zones. Please see the Schedule of Uses for a listing of allowed uses and uses that require a Special Exception Permit.
The following uses have additional conditions before a Special Exception Permit can be granted:
- Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, animal boarding places, kennels, and animal shelters/rescues
- Antique shop
- Boarding and/or rooming house
- Day care facility or home
- Sanitary landfills and incinerators
- Hospital, nursing home, sanitarium, asylum or other institution which cares for mental, drug or alcoholic patients, or is a penal or correctional institution
- Limited office uses in residential zones as a transitional use
- Private recreational establishments and uses
- Special uses allied with agriculture
- Sand, gravel or clay pits; rock or stone quarries; coal mining; removal of earth or top soil; coal storage, loading and handling facilities
- Sawmill
- Manufactured home parks
- Camp grounds
- Community unit projects
- Recreational vehicles for longer than 180 days
The filing fee for a Special Exception Permit is $100.00 and you will be required to appear at a public hearing before the Board of Zoning Appeals.
PLEASE NOTE: This information is just a very brief summary of the Special Exception section of the Zoning Ordinance. There may be additional restrictions and/or requirements that you will need to follow depending on your location and use. Please call me at (812) 649-6010 or email me at spencerplan@psci.net for more specific information.