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(A) Minimum number of spaces required. In addition to meeting the off-street parking standards in the table in § 152.314 of this chapter, uses with drive-through facilities or similar auto-orientation shall comply with the minimum stacking space standards in the table below:
Required Stacking/Standing Spaces | ||
Type of Use/Activity | Minimum Stacking Spaces | Measured From |
Required Stacking/Standing Spaces | ||
Type of Use/Activity | Minimum Stacking Spaces | Measured From |
Automated teller machine | 3 | Teller machine |
Automobile repair and service | 3 per service bay | Bay entrance |
Car wash (automatic) | 3 | Bay entrance |
Car wash (full service) | 10 | Bay entrance |
Day care center | 6 | Building entrance |
Financial institution | 5 per lane | Teller window |
Gasoline sales | 30 feet from each end of the outermost island | |
Nursing home | 3 | Building entrance |
Restaurant drive-through | 8 | Pick-up window |
Retail sales and service (drug store, dry cleaning and the like) | 5 per lane | Agent window |
Unlisted uses | Determined by the Ordinance Administrator based on the size and type of use | |
(B) Dimensional standards. Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)
(A) Pedestrian circulation. Off-street parking lots of 25 or more spaces shall include pedestrian corridors through parking areas and sidewalks along building facades to accommodate safe pedestrian travel. Pedestrian corridors shall be demarcated by painting, material changes or differing heights where they cross-vehicular travel ways.
(B) Pedestrian pathways through lots. Off-street parking lots containing 150 or more spaces shall provide fully separated pedestrian pathways within the parking lot. These pathways shall:
(1) Be located within planted landscaping strips located a minimum of every 130 feet or every four parking rows;
(2) Be paved with asphalt, cement or other comparable material;
(3) Be of contrasting color or materials when crossing drive aisles;
(4) Be at least three feet in width when located within planting strips and ten feet in width when crossing drive aisles;
(5) Terminate at drive aisle edges;
(6) Be positively drained; and
(7) Provide safe and efficient pedestrian access to the use they serve.
(C) Bicycle parking. All development with parking areas with 50 or more spaces shall provide bicycle parking facilities, which shall comply with the following standards.
(1) Bicycle parking spaces shall be conveniently located, but in no case shall such facilities be located farther than 100 linear feet from the primary building entrance.
(2) Bicycle parking spaces shall be provided at the rate of one space per ten off-street parking spaces, with a maximum requirement of ten bicycle spaces.
(3) Bicycle facilities shall include a rack or other device to enable bicycles to be secured.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)
SIGN REGULATIONS
(A) The purpose and intent of this subchapter is to support and complement the various land uses allowed in the town and its extraterritorial jurisdiction through the regulation of various signs.
(B) More specifically, the purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) Encourage effective use. Encourage the effective use of signs as a means of communication in the town;
(2) Maintain and enhance character. To maintain and enhance the beauty and unique character and enhance the aesthetic environment of the town by eliminating visual blight;
(3) Enhance economic growth. To enhance the town’s ability to attract sources of economic growth and development;
(4) Maintain safe conditions. To protect pedestrians and motorists of the town from damage or injury caused or partially attributed to the distractions and obstructions caused by improper size and location of signs;
(5) Minimize adverse effects. To minimize the possible adverse effect of signs on nearby public and private property; and
(6) Promote public safety, health and welfare. To promote public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of travel and the free flow of travel within the town.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)
Unless exempted in accordance with § 152.332 of this chapter, no sign allowed by this subchapter shall be constructed, erected, moved, enlarged, illuminated, altered, maintained or displayed without first being issued a zoning permit.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)
The following types of signs shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a zoning permit and may be located on a lot within any base zoning district; provided, the sign is located outside the right-of-way and complies with all applicable requirements in this subchapter.
(A) Commercial signs. Internally directed device signs which are not intended to be read from a public right-of-way and do not exceed 32 square feet in area are exempt.
(B) Incidental signs.
(1) Public interest and incidental signs less than two square feet in size; and
(2) Flags and pennants; provided:
(a) No display pole exceeds 35 feet in height;
(b) Flags do not exceed 60 square feet in size; and
(c) Flags are limited to a maximum of three per site.
(C) Public and governmental signs. Any sign installed by public or governmental agencies.
(D) Sandwich board signs. Sandwich board signs on lots within the General Commercial (GC) and Central Business (CB) Base Zoning Districts; provided, the sign:
(1) Is limited to a maximum area of 12 square feet or less (for both sides);
(2) Does not exceed four feet in height;
(3) Is located so as to maintain at least five linear feet of clearance for pedestrian travel;
(4) Is limited to a maximum of one per establishment; and
(5) Is removed each evening following the close of the business it serves.
(E) Temporary signs.
(1) One temporary yard signs is allowed per lot at any time; provided:
(a) The sign face is no larger than two square feet;
(b) Signs are placed at least five feet behind the right-of-way and out of any sight triangles; and
(c) No sign is illuminated.
(2) In addition to the base number of yard signs allowable, additional temporary yard signs are permissible.
(a) An additional temporary yard sign is permitted when a property is for sale, lease, rent or during construction; provided:
1. There is no more than one sign per street frontage;
2. Signs do not exceed a maximum of ten square feet in area per sign on a lot in a residential base zoning district and 32 square feet per sign on a lot in any other base zoning district;
3. Signs on corner lots are located at least 100 linear feet apart as measured by the shortest straight line between them;
4. Signs are removed within seven days after the property is sold, rented, leased or construction has been completed; and
5. No sign is illuminated.
(b) Two additional temporary yard signs are permitted 60 days before and seven days after an election; provided that, no sign exceeds 12 square feet in area.
(3) On-premises pennants, flags and streamers may be permitted for one consecutive 30- day period per establishment per calendar year.
(4) Temporary banners may be permitted; provided, they are:
(a) Limited to a maximum of 75 square feet in area;
(b) Attached to primary facade of a principal structure or set back 50 feet from a street right-of-way;
(c) Not attached to a roof structure or an existing sign face;
(d) Not located above the second floor level; and
(e) Limited to a maximum of two per establishment per calendar year, for periods not to exceed 15 consecutive days.
(F) Signs where agriculture is the primary use.
(1) Signs are limited to a maximum of one per lot.
(2) The sign is located outside the street right-of-way and at least ten feet from any side lot line.
(3) The sign has a maximum area of nine square feet.
(4) The sign is not illuminated.
(G) Window signs. Window signs on the ground floor of a commercial use provided the window sign(s) occupies less than 50% of the total window area on the building side where it is located.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018)
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