1129.03 AREA, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.

   Buildings in existence prior to the effective date of this chapter shall comply with the following regulations regarding area, yards, and heights:

   (a)    Area Regulations.   The area of a lot occupied by a main use shall be a minimum of one acre with a minimum frontage of one hundred fifty feet (150'). The ground area occupied by all buildings shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the total lot area. Not less than five percent (5%) of the total land area, exclusive of the required side yards, shall be developed as lawn or landscaped areas and shall be maintained in an orderly state.

   (b)    Yard Regulations. Yards and building setbacks shall be maintained in accordance with the following provisions:

      (1)    Front Yards. A front yard of not less than seventy-five feet (75') in depth shall be required for parcels or lots of less than two (2) acres in area. Parcels containing two (2) acres or more shall provide a front yard of not less than one hundred feet (100') in depth.

      (2)    Side Yards. Each parcel or lot of less than two (2) acres in area shall have combined side yard widths of not less than fifty feet (50'), and no individual side yard shall be less than ten (10) feet in width. Parcels of two (2) or more acres shall have combined side yard widths of not less than eighty feet (80'), and no individual side yard shall be less than twenty feet (20') in width. Where adjoining a residential district or a public street, the side yard adjacent to such residential district or public street shall be not less than fifty feet (50') in width.

      (3)    Rear Yards. Each parcel or lot shall have a rear yard of not less than forty feet (40') in depth. Where adjoining a residential district, the depth of the rear yard shall be not less than fifty feet (50').

      (4)    Buffers and Screening. Commission may require the installation of a fence, wall, hedge or other suitable screening or planting in order to create a buffer area where a residential district adjoins or abuts a rear or side yard of this classification.

      (5)    Use of Yards for Parking and Loading.  Accessory off-street parking in a required front yard shall be permitted no closer than eleven feet from the street right-of-way line. Accessory off-street parking shall be permitted in a required side or rear yard but located not less than three feet (3') from a side lot line and thirty feet (30') from a residential district line. Accessory off-street loading shall be permitted in a required side or rear yard but located not less than five feet (5') from a side lot line and fifty feet (50') from a residential district line.

      (6)   Landscaping.  All portions of required yards in which no off-street parking or loading spaces are permitted shall be developed as lawn or landscaped areas and shall be maintained in an orderly condition.

   (c)    Height Regulations. Buildings shall not exceed a maximum of forty-two feet (42') in height, exclusive of towers, cornices or similar decorative features.

      (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)