The following minimum standards shall be observed in the design of neighborhood or community development centers:
(a) Building Heights. No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet in height.
(b) Yards. No building shall be less than fifty feet distant from any boundary of the tract on which the development center is located. The center shall be permanently screened from all adjoining properties located in any residential district by a solid wall or fence or compact hedge not less than four feet in height. Such screen shall be placed at least five feet from the property line and the space between such property line and the screen shall be properly landscaped and maintained.
(c) Tract Coverage. The ground area occupied by all the building of the center shall not exceed in the aggregate twenty-five percent (25%) of the total area of the lot or tract.
(d) Parking Space. Any other requirements of the Zoning Ordinance notwithstanding, there shall be provided at least two square feet of off-street parking area, including driveways for every square foot of total rental floor space, not including basement storage and three square feet of off-street parking area for every square foot of total rental floor space, not including basement storage space in an integrated community development center.
(e) Loading Space. Any other requirements of the Zoning Ordinance notwithstanding, there shall be provided one off-street loading or unloading space for each 10,000 square feet or fraction thereof of aggregate floor space of all buildings in the center. At least one-third of the space required shall be sufficient in area and vertical clearance to accommodate trucks of the tractor-trailer type.
(f) Illumination. Accessways and parking areas shall be lighted adequately within mushroom type lighting fixtures which shall be so installed as to reflect light away from adjoining properties.
(g) Signs. Subject to express approval by the Commission, all signs within the center shall be controlled by written agreement between the owners and tenants of the center, or otherwise, to avoid excessive advertising and to ensure a harmonious appearance to the center as a whole. In a neighborhood development center, all signs shall only be indirectly illuminated with white light; in both a neighborhood or community development center, all signs shall conform to the distance requirements from property lines established for the buildings in the center.
(Ord. 21-67. Passed 12-4-67.)