(A) The purpose of this section is to create design guidelines and, as such, supplement the regulations of Jefferson County and Kentucky state laws or regulations.
(B) The legal use and occupancy of any structure existing on the effective date of this chapter or for which it has been heretofore approved, may be continued without change. However, a pre-existing use may not be substantially changed without compliance with these restrictions.
(C) The following restrictions apply to all lots within the city:
(1) All new driveways and/or off-street parking areas constructed or enlarged after the effective date of this chapter for new or existing buildings or structures shall be made of poured concrete and shall have a minimum width of nine feet.
(2) All driveways and off-street parking areas existing before the effective date of this chapter may be resurfaced with Portland cement, concrete or asphalt, complying with state specifications for primary highway construction.
(3) The uses permitted in the residential districts in the city shall be limited to those allowed in the Land Development Code. No other uses shall be permitted.
(4) No trailer coach or mobile home, basement, tent, shack, garage or detached building shall be used as a temporary or permanent family residence.
(5) No building or property shall be used as a stable, dog kennel or shelter for animals, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the keeping indoors of ordinary house pets.
(6) No building or property shall be used for any noxious or offensive trade of activity nor shall anything be done which may be an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood or any adjoining land owner.
(7) Front or street side yards shall not be used to park campers, trailers, boats or similar vehicles. They shall also not be used to park a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 5,000 pounds for a period exceeding 16 hours.
(8) Garages and accessory buildings and structures must comply with the Land Development Code.
(9) The minimum yards requirement shall be those that are set out in the regulations of the Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission. The minimum ground floor area shall be that required in the regulations of the Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission.
(10) All main buildings shall conform to the general style of architecture in improvements already in existence in the city. The exterior surfaces of all buildings shall be constructed of brick or stone or both. Decorative trim not exceeding 20% of the total exterior surface may be constructed from other materials. Except when used as decorative trim, stucco, concrete blocks, aluminum, wood and any other materials other than brick or stone shall not be used for exterior surfaces.
(11) The exterior surfaces of attached or semi-attached garages shall conform to division (10). Detached garages shall be of brick or stone on front and can use masonry units on all other sides. Accessory buildings are exempt from the requirement of divisions (10) and (11).
(12) A fence shall not extend beyond the front building line into a front yard nor beyond a street-side building line into a street-side yard. A fence shall not stand more than 48 inches in height. All fences must be of ornamental design and conform to the general style of fences in the neighborhood.
(13) When a lot is developed on a street where a sidewalk is already established, a sidewalk of the same design and composition shall be constructed across the entire frontage of the lot at the owner’s cost.
(14) All new sanitary facilities shall empty into the public sanitary sewer system. No septic tanks or other sewage disposal systems shall be installed.
(15) All vehicles must be parked on a hard surface of either concrete or asphalt. Paved areas for vehicles shall be restricted to one side yard, 30% of the rear yard and that portion of the front yard adjacent to that side line and its maximum width shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the side lot line and the side of the main building. When paved areas for vehicles project off a side street, the paved area shall be limited to 30% of the rear yard and a space of 24 feet wide for yard and parking area.
(Ord. 2001-05, passed 11-12-01; Am. Ord. 2012-3, passed 9-10-12; Am. Ord. 2014-4, passed 9-8-14)