(a) Location Permitted.
(1) On any lot which was in single ownership or included in a plat recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court at the time of passage of this Zoning Ordinance.
(2) On any lot with a minimum area of 6,000 square feet and a minimum width of sixty feet.
(3) On any lot that has all necessary City infrastructure in place such as streets, sidewalks, water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, etc. In the event any part of the necessary infrastructure is not complete, it is the responsibility of the applicant to install said infrastructure in accordance with the City’s Design and Construction Standards Code and pursuant to the City Engineer’s approval. All improvements shall run the full frontage and/or length of the property.
(b) Height Requirements. A maximum of thirty-five feet or three stories as measured in the manner prescribed in Section 1303.04
(74) for B-1 Zones and unlimited height permissible in B-2, I-1 and I-2 zones.
(c) Vehicle Parking Space. As provided in Chart 5.
(d) Yard Requirements; Front, Side, and Rear. There is no minimum yard requirement on lots adjoining other lots in a business or industrial district or lots in a B1 District which adjoin any residential or agricultural district (A-1, R1, R2 or R3); however, on B2, I-1 and I-2 zoned lots adjoining any residential or agricultural district (A-1, R1, R2, or R3) or B2, I-1 and I-2 zoned lots which adjoin a street or street right of way which adjoins any residential or agricultural district (A1, R1, R-2 or R3), the required dimension of each yard, front, side and rear, measured at ninety degrees with the residential district boundary line to the closest point of the main structure, and/or any accessory building shall be:
(1) A minimum of 100 feet with the first fifty feet adjacent to the residential or agricultural district being a green belt consisting of grass, shrubs and trees all neatly trimmed; or
(2) A minimum of forty feet, with the first fifteen feet adjacent to the residential or agricultural district being a tree belt with the following minimum restrictions.
A. The trees to be used are hemlock, larch, white pine, Colorado Spruce, Norway Spruce or Scotch Pine;
B. The trees will be staggered along a five-foot wide strip in the center of the tree belt, spaced eight feet on center with a minimum height of six feet at the time of planting;
C. Ground cover is left to the discretion of the property owner but any vegetation will be maintained and neatly trimmed as necessary;
D. With permission of the Planning Commission and where the terrain is level, with the residential and business or industrial districts at the same elevation, a mound of at least four feet may be constructed along the business or industrial property line and shrubs or hedges planted, trimmed and maintained; or
E. The property owner may submit a vegetation or green belt plan which displays differing types and varieties of trees, shrubs and hedges that will provide the required screen.
(3) In any case where vegetation is used as a tree or green belt, the vegetation must be trimmed and maintained and must be replaced if it dies or otherwise becomes unsightly.
(e) Building Area. No maximum occupancy of a lot is established; however a buffer must be provided according to the regulations included under “Yard Requirements” of this Chart and the area of this buffer cannot be used for any building associated with the use of this lot. Driveways, sidewalks and parking areas may be located within the buffer area as long as all buffer conditions are met.
(f) Vision Clearance on Corner Lots. No obstruction to vision exceeding two feet in height such as buildings, fences, trees, plants, signs, etc. shall be erected or maintained on any lot within the triangle formed by the street intersection, created by the right-of-way line of each street extended to a point and a line drawn between two points each located twenty-five feet from the street intersection. See Section 1317.02
(c) and Article 1317, Figure 1.
(Ord. 6-00. Passed 8-14-00.)