§ 154.147 DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

   The design and performance standards are established to encourage a high standard of development by providing assurance that land uses will be compatible. The performance standards are designed to prevent and eliminate those conditions which depreciate property values that cause blight or are detrimental to the environment. Before any building permit is approved, the Zoning Administrator shall determine whether the proposed use will conform to the design and performance standards. The applicant or owner shall supply data necessary to demonstrate such conformance.

   (A)   Business inside. All business, service, storage, merchandise, display and repair and processing, where permitted, shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed structure except where provided by conditional use permit.

   (B)   Storage. Open storage in conjunction with a permitted business shall be prohibited.

   (C)   Sale of goods. Goods produced on the premises shall be sold only on the premises, at retail, and the processes and equipment employed in production shall not produce any offensive odor, dust, smoke, ash, gas, noise, vibration, or refuse.

   (D)   Site layout. The site layout must be compatible with and not detrimental to other surrounding property in the general area and make adequate provision for:

      (1)   The needs of pedestrians, automobiles, and bicycles, including proper circulation and parking;

      (2)   Use of the existing topography and site vegetation in the location and orientation of structures and other facilities;

      (3)   Traffic conditions;

      (4)   Transitional features and decorative walls or live hedges for separation and screening purposes;

      (5)   Views to and from the site;

      (6)   Storage of trash in the principal building or in an accessory building of architecture and materials identical to the principal building;

      (7)   Planted parking islands to control parking and traffic circulation where appropriate and landscape breaks in areas intended for the parking of approximately 20 cars in a row;

      (8)   Proper drainage of a site;

      (9)   Location of curb cuts so that no cuts exist closer to an intersection than 30 feet from the point of intersection of the setback lines adjacent to intersecting streets; and

      (10)   Relating the use of the site to existing and proposed uses of other abutting properties.

   (E)   Design permit. A design review permit is required for any/all site alterations in the Central Business District. Plans shall be consistent with the Central Business District Design Standards.

   (F)   Utilities. Shall be placed underground and meters shall be screened from view from the street.

   (G)   Required parking. Development and modifications to all parcels and buildings are subject to the provisions of §§ 154.221 through 154.230 Off-street Parking and Loading Spaces.

   (H)   Signs. Development and modification to all parcels, street uses and buildings are subject to the provisions of §§ 154.241 through 154.260 Signs.

   (I)   Architecture and materials. Development and modification to all parcels, structures, and buildings are subject to the provisions of §§ 154.311 through 154.316 Architectural Control and Building Materials and the Central Business District Design Standards.

   (J)   Principal building. There shall be no more than 1 principal building on 1 lot except as provided under conditional use provisions.

(Ord. 2013-05, passed 5-20-2013; Am. Ord. 2018-01, passed --2018; Am. Ord. 2018-05, passed 3-5-2018)