The Corridor Business Overlay District, which may be referred to as the CB-OD, is hereby created as an overlay district to be applied to the following lands:
West Lytle Street (South side) from S. Main St. west to S. County Line St and south to the first east/west alley.
East Lytle Street (North & South sides) from S. Main St. east to State St. and north and south to the first east/west alley.
County Line Street (East side) from South St. north to Beech St.
County Line Street (West side) from W. Tiffin St. north to Perrysburg Rd. (SR199).
Within the City of Fostoria, Counties of Hancock, Seneca and Wood and as depicted on the Land Use Plan map as adopted on November 24, 1998. The CB-OD boundary shall be shown on the Zoning District Map as an overlay, so that the underlying zoning districts will be legible.
(a) Purpose and Intent. The Corridor Business Overlay District is of special and substantial public interest because of its location in an area containing intense business and commercial development. This development generates heavy volumes of vehicle traffic moving in and out of the business sites. It is in the public interest to assure that persons traveling in the defined district are not exposed to undue hazards that arise from the design of the roadway or the land uses that abut it. Recognizing that turning movements contribute significantly to the frequency of traffic accidents, the City of Fostoria has a policy of carefully regulating the number and location of access points to business and commercial development sites along high volume highways.
With the potential redevelopment into more intense land use forms than the existing single and two-family residential pattern the CB-OD is intended to provide the standards and requirements that will help assure that such redevelopment occurs in an orderly fashion, sensitive to the traffic patterns within the district, and protective of the value and utility of abutting property. Where language or standards of the CB-OD are in conflict with the language or standards of the underlying District, the CB-OD shall control.
(b) Uses Permitted. In the CB-OD no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses:
(1) Retail businesses and service establishments whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise or provision of services in an enclosed building.
(2) Restaurants or other places serving food or beverages.
(3) Office buildings for executive, administrative, professional, accounting, medical, real estate, clerical and sales practices.
(4) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations and similar uses.
(5) Private clubs, fraternal organizations and lodge halls.
(6) Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls and similar places of assembly when conducted entirely within enclosed buildings.
(7) Other uses which the City Planning Commission determines to be similar in nature to any of the above permitted uses.
(8) Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.
(c) Review Procedure.
(1) Prior to issuance of any permit to erect a new structure, or to change the present use of land to a new use, a review of site plans, building plans and elevation shall be conducted by the City Planning Commission. All information required under the City's Site Plan Review process shall be indicated on plans submitted for review.
The Planning Commission may grant:
(A) approval of plans, in which case a Zoning Certificate to construct may be issued,
(B) conditional approval subject to specific modifications, or
(C) denial, the reasons for which shall be set forth in the Commission Minutes.
(2) Reviews conducted under this Section shall be based on:
(A) Consideration of the intent, standards and principles of the CB-OD.
(B) Consideration of the standards of the underlying District.
(C) The objectives and principles of the CB-OD.
(D) The relationship of the proposed new use and/or development to surrounding or otherwise affected property in terms of traffic management on and off site, the preservation of horizontal sight distances, separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, signs, lighting and landscaping, and appropriate buffering between incompatible land uses.
(E) Advisory comments received from the respective City Departments and public utilities serving the property.
(F) Such other matters as are deemed appropriate to the circumstances of the case.
(d) Development Standards. In the CB-OD the following development standards shall be considered to be the minimum requirements, whether or not they are the same as in the underlying District:
(1) Highway (County Line and Lytle Streets) Setback
(A) For lots having a depth in excess of three hundred (300) feet, no principal or accessory building shall be located nearer than eighty (80) feet to the right-of-way line of the Highway. Off-street parking spaces and maneuvering lanes shall not be located nearer than ten (10) feet to the Highway right-of-way line.
(B) For lots having a depth of three hundred (330) feet or less, the front setback shall be not less than forty (40) feet. Parking spaces and maneuvering lanes shall be not less than five (5) feet from the right-of-way line.
(C) No display of merchandise for sale shall be permitted in the front yard setback.
(2) Side Yard Setback: No principal or accessory structure shall be erected nearer than thirty (30) feet to the curb line of a service drive that is part of the Redevelopment Area.
(A) Off-street parking spaces and maneuvering shall be at least twenty (20) feet from the curb line of such service drive.
(B) Principal structures shall be placed at least ten (10) feet from any side lot line within the CB-OD.
(3) Rear Yard Setbacks: Principal and accessory structures shall be located at least thirty (30) feet from the curb line of any service drive. Parking spaces and maneuvering lanes shall be at least ten (10) feet from the curb line of any service drive.
(4) Access to the sites shall be from the side streets or rear alleys whenever possible. Highway ingress/egress shall be permitted provided that the drive is located no closer than 150' from the intersecting centerline of existing cross streets.
(5) Height Limitations: Structures, including sign, in the CB-OD shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in height, provided however, the City Planning Commission shall determine the extent to which screening shall be provided by the new use. This screen shall be of sufficient density to obscure the view of the new use on a year-round basis, and shall be of such design and be comprised of such plant materials as the Commission deems satisfactory for that purpose. New uses in the CB-OD shall be responsible for maintaining screening separating the CB-OD from the residential properties.
(6) Exterior Lighting: Exterior lighting in the CB-OD shall be designed so that light is directed onto the property and shielded from adjacent property or any road right-of-way.