(A) The following minimum area standards and requirements shall be met. No improvements shall be placed on such lands unless the lands to be so used or improved shall meet the following area and dimensional requirements:
(1) Table of minimum area requirements and standards is set out below. The dimensions shall be measured in feet unless otherwise specified.
Requirements
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Zone 1
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Zone 2
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Zone 3 and Zone 4
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Shopping Center
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Free- Standing Peripheral
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Shopping Center
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Free- Standing Peripheral
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Requirements
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Zone 1
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Zone 2
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Zone 3 and Zone 4
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Shopping Center
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Free- Standing Peripheral
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Shopping Center
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Free- Standing Peripheral
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Minimum Lot Dimensions | |||||
Lot area (square feet) | |||||
Interior | 550,000 | 15,000 | 50,000 | 25,000 | 10,000 |
Corner | — | — | — | — | 12,500 |
Lot width (fronting principal, arterial or community collector streets) | 300 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 100 |
Interior | 300 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 100 |
Corner | 300 | 100 | 150 | 150 | 125 |
Minimum Building Setback | |||||
Along principal or arterial streets | 100 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 40 |
Along community collector streets | 50 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Along all other streets | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 |
Side lot line | 30 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
Rear lot line (feet) | 30 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Minimum Parking Setback | |||||
Along all other streets | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Side lot line | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Rear lot line | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
Driveway setback from principal or arterial street | 300 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 100 |
Maximum Building Coverage | |||||
Coverage of lot (percentage) | 35 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
Maximum Building Height | |||||
Maximum height | 50 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 35 |
Minimum Floor Area | |||||
Initial building (square feet) | 100,000 | — | 10,000 | — | — |
(2) Building materials, see § 155.346.
(3) Maximum impervious surface, see § 155.350.
(4) Screening, see § 155.348.
(5) Landscaping, see § 155.349.
(6) Parking, see §§ 155.370 through 155.379. In Zone 1, a business occupying a tenant space of over 150,000 square feet shall be permitted to provide up to 8% less than the require amount of parking spaces, provided the property owner can provide sufficient evidence that parking spaces are not needed because of cross-parking easements, land-use studies, or other data as accepted by the City Council.
(7) Signage shall be in accordance with Chapter 150, except as follows:
(a) The foundation or support structure of a freestanding sign must be completely enclosed, and such enclosure shall have an exterior facing consisting of materials which shall match the exterior construction materials of the primary building with which it is associated and serves to identify.
(b) In Zone 1, a business occupying a tenant spaces over 150,000 square feet which has two different business operations within the space, shall be allowed signage in addition to the primary business sign to direct customers to the business operations within the tenant space. The additional signage shall not exceed 55 square feet and must be located above the entrance to each business operation. Only two additional business operation identification signs shall be allowed per tenant space.
(B) The following requirements are in addition to those in division (A) above. Where there may be a conflict, the requirements herein shall prevail:
(1) Front setbacks prevailing. Where adjoining structures existing at the time of adoption of this article have a greater setback than that required by this article, the front setback of a new structure shall conform to the prevailing setback in the immediate
vicinity. The Building Official shall determine the necessary front yard setback in such cases. In no case shall a building be required to be set back more than 50 feet.
(2) Side and rear setbacks, party walls. Buildings may be excluded from side and rear setback requirements if party walls are used and if the adjacent buildings are constructed as an integral structure. This shall not permit structures closer to single-family detached or duplex lots, however, than required under subsection (1).
(C) The following special performance standards shall be applicable to uses occurring in Zones 1 and 2. Where there may be a conflict between these standards and standards required elsewhere, these standards shall prevail:
(1) Lighting.
(a) Lights installed along circulation drives which do not immediately abut parking stalls shall match the city specification for “Ring Route” decorative lights.
(b) Lights installed within parking lots shall be of a uniform design and color, with downcast shoe box fixtures.
(2) Circulation driveways which do not immediately abut parking stalls shall have a minimum width of 30 feet.
(D) The following special performance standards shall be applicable to uses occurring in Zone 4. Where there may be a conflict between these standards and standards required elsewhere, these standards shall prevail:
(1) No outdoor public address system(s) shall be permitted.
(2) No driveway access shall be permitted to streets abutting a residential or multiple-residential zone. This provision does not apply to principal or arterial streets.
(3) Landscaping in accordance with § 155.349 shall be subject to the following additional minimum design standards:
(a) Berms. An undulating sodded berm or berms shall be installed adjacent to any street which abuts a residential or multiple-residential zone, except for principal or arterial streets. Berm(s) shall provide for an obstruction of horizontal view from the street(s) for a minimum vertical distance of three feet above grade for its entire length and a minimum vertical distance of four feet for no less than 80% of its entire length. Berm(s) shall be subject to the traffic visibility requirements of § 155.335, maximum slope, 3:1.
(b) Trees. Along berm(s) specified in subsection (a) above, Marshall Seedless Ash and Norway Maple trees shall be required. Trees shall have a caliper of two inches, balled and burlapped. Trees shall be placed at intervals along the street of not more than 25 feet apart. Plantings shall be alternated such that no more than two of the same species will be located adjacent to one another. Plantings shall be made only in the toe area of any berm’s slope.
(c) Shrubs. Associated with each tree in subsection (b) above, there shall be a minimum of two Junipers Manxi planted. The plantings to be a minimum size of 24 inches, balled and burlapped.
(4) Permitted signage shall be in accordance with Chapter 150. For the purpose of determining permitted signage, any structure in excess of 20,000 square feet shall be defined as a “multi-occupant” use in accordance with the chapter.
(‘81 Code, § A9-5) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 448, passed 7-13-89; Am. Ord. 578, passed 6-30-94; Am. Ord. 691, passed 5-15-00)