C-1, C-2, C-3 Districts
(a) Location Permitted
(1) On any lot which was in single ownership or included in a plat recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission at the time of passage of this Zoning Ordinance.
(2) On any lot with a minimum area of 6,000 square feet and a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.
(b) Height Requirements. A maximum of thirty-five (35) feet or three stories as measured in the manner prescribed in Section 1303.01(71) or B-1 zones and unlimited height permissible in R-2 and I Zones.
(d) Yard Requirements: Front, Side and Rear. There is no minimum yard requirement on lots adjoining other lots in a business or industrial district or lots in a C-1 District which adjoins any residential district (R-1 or R-2); however, on C-2 and Industrial lots adjoining any residential district (R-1 or R-2) or C-1 and industrial lots which adjoin a street or street right-of-way which adjoins any residential district (R-1 or R-2) the required dimension of each yard, front, side or rear, measured at ninety degrees (90°) with the residential district boundary line to the closest point of the main structure, and/or any accessory building shall be:
(1) A minimum of 100 feet with the first fifty (50) feet adjacent to the residential district being a green belt consisting of grass, shrubs and trees all neatly trimmed; or
(2) A minimum of forty (40) feet, with the first fifteen (15) feet adjacent to the residential district, being a tree belt with the following restrictions.
A. The trees to be used are Hemlock, Larch, White Pine, Colorado Spruce, Norway Spruce, or Scotch Pine.
B. The trees will be staggered along a five-foot wide strip in the center of the tree belt, spaced eight (8) feet on center with a minimum height of six (6) feet at the time of planting;
C. Ground cover is left to the discretion of the property owner but any vegetation will be maintained and neatly trimmed as necessary;
D. With permission of the Planning Commission and where the terrain is level, with the residential and business or industrial districts at the same elevation, a mound of at least four (4) feet may be constructed along the business or industrial property line and shrubs or hedges, trimmed and maintained; or
E. The property owner may submit a vegetation or green belt plan which displays differing types and varieties of trees, shrubs and hedges that will provide the required screen.
(3) In any case where vegetation is used as a tree or green belt, the vegetation must be trimmed and maintained and must be replaced if it dies or otherwise become unsightly.
(e) Building Area. No maximum occupancy of a lot is established; however a buffer must be provided according to the regulations included under "Yard Requirements" of this Chart and the area of this buffer cannot be used for any building associated with the use of this lot. See Diagram 1, Diagram 2 , and Diagram 4 following Article 1303.
(f) Vision Clearance on Corner Lots. No obstruction to vision exceeding two (2) feet in height such as buildings, fences, trees, plants, signs, etc. shall be erected or maintained on any lot within the triangle formed by the street intersection, created by the right-of-way line of each street extended to a point and a line drawn between two points each located twenty-five (25) feet from the street intersection. See Section 1317.01 Exceptions, paragraph (c), and Diagram 2 following Article 1303.
(Ord. 310. Passed 9-16-96.)