The Board of Zoning Appeals may order an improvement location permit issued for a neighborhood convenience center or a shopping center plan in accordance with the procedure and provisions of §§ 155.110 through 155.115, and upon an affirmative finding by the Board that the following requirements have been met by the owner or developers of the tract of land proposed for a neighborhood convenience center or a shopping center plan.
(A) A market analysis. This requirement shall apply to a shopping center plan, only.
(1) To determine the number, size, and type of stores which could be expected to operate with a reasonable margin of profit in the proposed center.
(2) To evidence the advisability of locating the proposed center, where the developers propose to locate it, so as to serve an existing and potential customer demand.
(B) Financial report. This shall include a statement of financial responsibility which demonstrates the ability of the developer of the center to proceed with and complete construction and development.
(C) Development plan. This shall include the following additional requirements.
(1) A plan of landscape development which shall include, among other considerations, an area of at least ten feet in width along all streets, with the exception of approved entrances, which border the proposed center, to be planted and maintained with trees and shrubbery to serve as a screen for the parking area.
(2) A planting screen, consisting of suitable shrubbery, maintained at a six-foot height by six-foot width, to be planted wherever the proposed center would abut residential use.
(3) Provision for one off-street parking space, at least 270 square feet in area, for each 60 square feet of sales area in the center.
(4) No buildings or paved areas (other than access drives) may be located closer than 50 feet to any area used or zoned for residential purposes, in order to create a greenbelt. This greenbelt shall be maintained as lawn together with appropriate landscape development and screen planting specified in divisions (A) (1) and (A) (2) above.
(5) An adequate number and proper arrangement of loading and unloading berths shall be shown in the development plan and provided by the developer.
(D) Other authority approval. Any other authority approval required when applicable, such as the State Board of Health, the State Highway Department, and the like, shall accompany the application.
(E) Outdoor signs and lighting. The location, effect, and arrangement of all outdoor advertising signs proposed to be erected shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. CO-67-2, passed 2-21-67)