Where a business district adjoins a residence district, transitional yards shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth under each zoning district. Transitional yards shall be unobstructed from ground level to the sky, except as allowed in section 5-3-9 of this title.
(A) Minimum Transitional Yards, B1 District:
1. In the B1 district the minimum transitional yard requirements for all structures other than agricultural buildings and structures shall not be less than those specified below:
a. Where a side lot line coincides with a side or rear lot line in an adjacent residence district, a yard shall be provided along such side lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the minimum side yard which would be required under this title for a residential use on the adjacent residential lot.
b. Where a rear lot line coincides with a side lot line in an adjacent residence district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be equal in dimension to the minimum side yard which would be required under this title for a residential use on the adjacent residential lot.
c. Where a rear lot line coincides with a rear lot line in an adjacent residence district, a yard shall be provided along such rear lot line. Such yard shall be not less than fifty feet (50') in depth.
d. Where the extension of a front or side lot line coincides with the front lot line of an adjacent lot located in a residence district, a yard equal in depth to the minimum front yard required by this title on such adjacent residential lot shall be provided along such front or side lot line for a distance of at least fifty feet (50'), in addition to the width of any intervening alley, from such residential lot.
2. In the B1 district agricultural buildings and structures shall provide a transitional yard of not less than fifty feet (50') in depth along all lot lines that coincide with a lot line in an adjacent residence district.
(B) Minimum Transitional Yards, B2 District: In the B2 district the regulations governing transitional yards in the B1 district shall apply.
(C) Minimum Transitional Yards, B3 District: In the B3 district the regulations governing transitional yards in the B1 district shall apply.
(D) Minimum Transitional Yards, B4 District: In the B4 district the regulations governing transitional yards in the B1 district shall apply. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-1963)
(E) Minimum Transitional Yards, BP District:
1. In the BP district the minimum transitional yard requirements shall be not less than those specified below:
a. The minimum transitional yard adjoining any parking areas shall be fifty feet (50') and shall require a buffer screening of four (4) canopy trees (3 inch caliper) and thirty three (33) shrubs (3 foot height) per one hundred (100) linear feet of parking area.
b. The minimum transitional yard adjoining any buildings shall be as follows:
(1) Buildings less than eighteen feet (18') in height: Fifty feet (50').
(2) Buildings eighteen (18) to thirty feet (30') in height: Seventy five feet (75').
(3) Buildings thirty one feet (31') or more in height: One hundred feet (100'). (Ord. 04-01, 2-23-2004)