(a) Minimum Yard Requirements: Nonresidential buildings or uses shall not be located closer to any lot line of an "SR" or "R" District than the distance specified in the following schedule, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof.
Minimum Side or Rear Yard Abutting Any "R" District | Use |
25 feet | Off-street parking and loading spaces and access drives for nonresidential uses. |
50 feet | Churches, schools, and public or semipublic buildings. |
60 feet | Recreation facilities, entertainment facilities, motels, all business uses. |
80 feet | Outside sale or storage of automobiles, trucks, automobile service stations, recreation vehicles and equipment, building materials or construction equipment, bulk material, and all industrial districts. |
(b) Landscaping or Screening Provisions: For nonresidential uses abutting "SR" and "R" Districts the minimum yards may be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the requirements stated in subsection (a) hereof if acceptable landscaping or screening approved by the Planning Commission is provided. Such screening shall be a masonry or solid fence between four and six feet in height, maintained in good condition and free of all advertising or other signs. Landscaping, provided in lieu of such wall or fence shall consist of a marginal planting not less than fifteen feet (15') in width planted with an evergreen hedge or dense planting of evergreen shrubs not less than four feet (4') in height. Parking of automobiles for nonresidential uses may be permitted within ten feet (10') of the boundaries of "SR" and "R" Districts, provided screening is installed as specified herein subject to approval of a plan therefor by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 99-2. Passed 3-1-99.)