For every main or accessory building or use, the following minimum yards shall be provided:
(a) Front Yards. Front yards of industrial districts shall be not less than 125 feet if opposite a residential district or along a major highway, or not less than sixty feet along other roads, except that front yards of Limited Industrial Districts along Vine Street shall be not less than sixty feet.
As a result of the construction of State Route 2 properties fronting and abutting on Lakeland Boulevard have irregular depths. The following specific front yard regulations are established for all lots and lands abutting on Lakeland Boulevard so as to provide for the orderly and efficient development of Lakeland Boulevard:
(1) From Willoughby City-Eastlake City Corporation line to Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-9, as shown on Lake County Auditor's Tax Map, front yards shall be not less than sixty feet.
(2) From the east line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-8 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-8, front yards shall be not less than sixty feet.
(3) From the east line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-7 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-7, front yards shall be not less than sixty feet.
(4) From the east line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-6 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-6, front yards shall be not less than seventy-five feet.
(5) From the east line of Permament Parcel No. 34-4-5 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-27, front yards shall be not less than seventy-five feet.
(6) From the east line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-4 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-4, front yards shall be not less than ninety feet.
(7) From the east line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-3 to the west line of Permanent Parcel No. 34-4-3, front yards shall be not less than ninety feet.
(8) All other lots and lands fronting and abutting on Lakeland Boulevard shall have a minimum front yard of 125 feet.
The front twenty feet of the minimum front yards established on Lakeland Boulevard shall be used for no purpose other than landscaping.
In the event that front yard parking is established on Lakeland Boulevard, the parking area shall be constructed and maintained a minimum of twenty feet from the right-of-way line, and ingress and egress ways shall be provided so as to insure that all motor vehicles leaving the property shall head out into Lakeland Boulevard.
(b) Side Yards. No side yards are required, except that where the side of a lot in an industrial district abuts upon the side of a lot in a residential district, a Local Business District or a public street, there shall be a side yard of not less than fifty feet in width on the Limited Industrial District.
(c) Rear Yards. No rear yard shall be required except where the rear of a lot in an industrial district abuts upon the side or rear of a lot in a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than fifty feet in depth except where the rear yard abuts an adjoining city's residential district there will be a rear yard of not less than 100 feet, in addition it will include a screen buffer of not less than forty feet.
(d) Yard Improvements. The above required yards, where industry adjoins a residential district shall be improved with either appropriate landscaping, recreational areas or employee parking areas to within thirty feet of a residential lot line, and the improvement shall be approved prior to the issuance of any building permits by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 1994-138. Passed 9-13-94.)