The owner of any tract of land within an L-3 area, comprising not less than 18 acres may submit to the Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals of the city, a plan for the use and development of the land, primarily for a motor freight terminal area, which plan shall be processed in the manner prescribed in §§ 156.375 and 156.376 of this chapter, and may be approved if the report of the city’s Plan Commission shows that:
(A) The proposed motor freight terminal use involves an area of not less than 18 acres;
(B) The area adjoins or is adjacent to existing or contemplated highways, expressways, superhighways or superhighway systems, or on truck routes where adequate paving is available for the carrying of heavy loads and easily accessible to such highways, expressways or superhighways;
(C) The proposed use will not create nuisances to adjoining districts by virtue of traffic conditions, inadequacy of streets, paving and accessibility to the state and federal systems used in the conduct of the trucking business;
(D) The proposed motor freight terminal use is consistent with the intent of the zoning regulations of the city to promote public health, safety and general welfare; and
(E) The proposed motor freight terminal use provides that no building, structure or other obstruction, except as allowed under this subchapter, nor any off-street loading or unloading operation shall be located within 100 feet of the boundary of any residential district, nor within 50 feet of the boundary of any business or commercial district, unless such building, structure or other obstruction is devoted to a permitted use other than motor freight terminal, in which case such other provisions under the zoning regulations applicable to such use shall be enforced.
(Prior Code, § 156.214) (Ord. 96-O-1564, passed 2-7-1996)