1127.03 AREA, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
(a) Area Regulations. The area of a lot occupied by a main use shall be a minimum of one (1) acre (43,560 square feet), with a minimum frontage width of one hundred fifty feet (150') at the street line. The ground area occupied by the buildings shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total area of the lot.
(b) Yard Regulations.
(1) Front yard. Every lot or parcel shall provide a front yard of not less than seventy-five feet (75'), except where the depth of such lot or parcel is two hundred feet (200') or less, in which case a front yard of not less than twenty feet (20') may be permitted upon application to and approval by the Commission and the consent of Council.
(2) Side yard. Except where a party wall is permitted, two (2) side yards are required. Each side yard shall be at least equal to the height of the building and in no case less than ten feet (10'), except that no side yard shall be less than twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the width of the lot. However, where adjoining a residential District, a side yard shall not be less than fifty feet (50').
(3) Rear yard. Where adjoining a residential District, the rear yard shall be not less than fifty feet (50'). In all other locations, the rear yard shall be not less than twenty-five feet (25').
(4) Landscaping. Not less than five percent (5%) of the total land area, exclusive of the side yards, shall be developed as lawn or planted areas, or be maintained in an orderly wooded state, and in addition thereto, all portions of required yards in which no off-street parking is permitted, shall be developed as lawn or planted areas or maintained in an orderly wooded state.
(5) Screening or Planting. The Commission shall require, from each applicant for its approval, a plan depicting the design of the installation of a fence, wall, hedge, mound or other suitable screening or planting in order to create a buffer area where a U-7A District adjoins or abuts a rear or side yard or is across a street from a residential district.
(c) Use of Yard for Accessory Parking. Accessory off-street parking in a front yard shall be permitted no closer than ten feet (10') from a property line. Accessory off-street parking, including driveways, in a side yard or rear yard shall be permitted no closer than ten feet (10') from a property line or thirty feet (30') from a residential district line.
(d) Height Regulations. Buildings shall not exceed forty-two feet (42'), exclusive of towers, cornices or similar decorative features.
(e) Other Conditions. Such other conditions or requirements may be imposed by the Commission as may be necessary to provide for the protection of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare, and to insure a development which will not adversely affect the use and development of neighboring property.
(Ord. 2018-94. Passed 10-21-19.)