1130.03 AREA, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.

   (a)   The ground area occupied by the buildings shall not exceed the following percentages of the total area of the lot: fifteen percent (15%) for a three-story (3) building; twenty-five percent (25%) for any building with less than three (3) stories but more than one (1) story; and thirty-five (35%) percent for a one-story (1)  building.

   (b)   All buildings shall be set back from any public street or highway at least one hundred feet (100'). However, all buildings with frontage on Richmond Road shall be set back at least two hundred feet (200').

   (c)   Side and rear yards, where adjoining a residential district with no street intervening, shall be at least one hundred feet (100'); otherwise, side and rear yards shall be at least thirty-five feet (35'). An evergreen hedge or other planting or fence may be required by the Commission along property or street lines.

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

   (e)   The minimum lot area for any development under the U-8A District shall be two (2) acres with a minimum frontage on a public street of two hundred feet (200') in width.

   (f)   Not less than ten percent of the total land area and all required yards in which no off-street parking is permitted shall be developed as lawn or planted area or maintained in an orderly wooded state.

   (g)   In U-8A developments, portions of the front, side or rear yards may be used for parking according to the following schedule:

 

Type and Location of Yard	Setback (ft.)
Front, side or rear yard along Richmond Road	100
Front, side or rear yard along other streets	35
Side or rear yard abutting nonresidential	10
Side or rear yard abutting residential	50

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1130.04 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES.

   Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 1144.

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1130.05 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

   (a)    Driveways to buildings or parking areas shall be located at least two hundred feet (200') from a street intersection.

   (b)   All permitted uses shall be performed wholly within enclosed buildings. All goods, raw materials, equipment and waste materials shall be used or stored within buildings.

   (c)   Areas bordering upon buildings shall be planted with ground cover, trees, shrubs or hedges and maintained to produce a park-like effect. Parking setbacks and other undeveloped areas of the property shall be graded, seeded and maintained as a lawn or wooded in an orderly natural state and shall be included in a landscape plan.

   (d)   The premises shall be maintained in an orderly, neat, clean and sanitary condition. Lawns shall be kept mowed and trimmed and planting and trees shall be maintained and trimmed according to reasonable landscaping principles.

   (e)   Where a U-8A zoning classification or use is contiguous to or across the street from any residential zone or use, Commission shall require special landscaping, buffering or mounding as is necessary for appropriate separation and screening.

   (f)   Operations, experiments, manufacturing and other uses shall be regulated so as to comply with the following performance standards at the nearest street or property lines:

      (1)   Noxious, toxic or corrosive fumes or gases shall not be emitted which would be injurious or detrimental to persons, property or vegetation or be discernible to the sense of smell.

      (2)    No deleterious, corrosive, toxic or explosive wastes or other similar materials shall be discharged into any sanitary or storm sewer or natural watercourse or onto the ground.

      (3)    Glare or brightness caused by the operations or illumination of buildings or grounds shall be shielded so as not to be objectionable or hazardous to owners or users of adjacent property or public streets.

      (4)    Electrical disturbance shall not be created that would adversely affect the operation of sound, radio or television equipment in any building in the vicinity.

      (5)    Noise or vibrations created shall not interfere with the life, health, safety and welfare of persons or property in any building in the vicinity.

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

1130.06 SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

   A preliminary and final Site Development Plan shall be prepared for all types of proposals for developments in a Class U-8A District and submitted to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1108.

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)