(A) Accessory buildings.
(1) Accessory buildings detached from, or attached to the main building by an enclosed or unenclosed structure may be permitted within the allowable building area of any lot defined by the required, front, side and rear building lines.
(2) No accessory building shall be permitted in the required front yard or in the required side yard.
(3) Where the accessory building is adjacent to a side street, the minimum side yard setback from said street shall be ten feet.
(4) Accessory buildings when attached to the main building shall be considered to be part of the main building and shall be governed by the regulations of division (A)(1) above.
(5) Detached from the main building. Accessory buildings or portions thereof detached from the main building may be permitted in the required rear yard provided.
(a) They are detached from the main building or structure and separated therefrom by a distance of not less than ten feet.
(b) Said accessory buildings have a rear and side yard setback of not less than three feet.
(6) In no case shall the total floor area of all accessory buildings, or portions thereof within the required rear yard exceed 30% of the area of the required rear yard defined as the product of the rear yard setback and the mean width of the rear yard of the lot. Carports can exceed 30% coverage of the required rear yard in the R-2 District.
(B) Central business area. The Central Business Area is designated on the official zoning map attached to this chapter.
(C) Central Business District parking exception. Off-street parking shall not be required for buildings and structures erected or altered within the Central Business District as defined in division (B) above.
(D) Distances between residential buildings on the same lot or lots of common ownership.
(1) Opposing walls of a residential building or of separated residential building shall not be closer than 20 feet when any wall or portion thereof is parallel or within 30 degrees of another wall or portion thereof of the same building or of another building.
(2) The distance between walls of buildings may be reduced to 12 feet when one of the opposing walls has no openings for doors or windows and to eight feet when neither opposing walls has openings for doors and windows.
(E) Special building setback. Where a building line has been established by special ordinance and such line requires a greater setback that is prescribed by this chapter in the district in which the building line is located, no building shall be erected closer to the street than the line so established.
(F) Determination of front, side and rear lot lines. In no case shall the orientation of a building or structure, or the arrangement of doors, windows or other features of a building or structure determine the front, side, or rear line of a lot for the purposes of this chapter. Lot lines shall be interpreted as defined in § 155.02.
(G) Minimum street frontage required for residential use. Except as permitted in this chapter, no lot shall contain any building used in whole or in part for residential purposes, unless such lot abuts for at least 30 feet on a street or officially-approved place which means of access shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 35 feet.
(H) Off-street parking and loading area requirements.
(1) Off-street parking shall be required at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or in creased in capacity in accordance with the parking ratio requirements of this chapter.
(2) Each off-street parking space shall be a rectangle nine feet by 20 feet exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be located completely on private property. Adequate ingress and egress to all parking spaces shall be provided.
(3) In applying the off-street parking requirements, the floor area shall be the sum of the several floors of all enclosed buildings and structures on the lot measured from the centerline of exterior walls. The floor area shall not include cellars and open unenclosed balconies, terraces, porches, stairs and parking structures.
(4) Where open land is used for sales, manufacturing, storage or other operations in a manner similar to indoor operations, such open land shall be added to the floor area in determining the number of parking spaces required.
(5) Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the adjoining premises of any R Districts.
(6) Any off-street parking area, service drive or driveway shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement so as to provide a durable and dustless surface.
(7) Off-street loading spaces required: in any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 3,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by any use requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space plus one additional loading space for each 30,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 3,000 square feet.
(8) Each off-street loading space shall be no less than ten feet in width, 25 feet in length and 14 feet in height. Such space may occupy all or part of any required yard or court space.
(I) Projections into required yards. Open and unenclosed building projections such as outside stairways and fire escapes, terraces or porches, awnings, eave and roof extensions, and ornamental features may project into the required yards for a distance not to exceed four feet. In no case shall such projections be located closer than three feet from any lot line.
(J) Site plan.
(1) A site plan is a plan of development drawn to scale indicating:
(a) The location and arrangement of building on subject property;
(b) Building setbacks and yards;
(c) Landscaping and/or walls and fences for screening purposes; and
(d) Off-street parking and loading areas and design of ingress and egress to and from abutting streets.
(2) A site plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Building Official prior to the issuance of a building permit for new construction, or additions to an existing building or structure for multi-family, commercial or industrial uses. A file should be kept of all approved site plans in the city offices.
(3) A site plan shall be submitted to and reviewed by the Zoning Board, together with any application for an amendment to the zoning district map (zoning changes).
(4) For any temporary use permit application, a site plan shall be submitted to and reviewed by the Zoning Board prior to being approved by the City Secretary for the purpose of issuing a zoning compliance permit.
(5) The reviewing body (the Zoning Board or the City Council) may recommend disapproval of a site plan, or in recommending approval of a site plan may require revisions of the proposed arrangement of building, streets, parking areas and ingress and egress. They may recommend, the installation of protective screening, additional set-back for open space, and/or additional rights-of-way to reduce congestion and to protect adjacent property values.
(6) Disapproval, approval or conditional approval of a site plan together with all recommendations or revisions shall be indicated on the site plan together with the date of review and the signature of the Chairperson of the reviewing body and the City Secretary. This site plan shall be the official copy and kept on file together with all previous site plans.
(7) A duplicate copy of the official site plan disapproved, approved or conditionally approved shall be given to the applicant together with all the recommendations of the reviewing body.
(8) The purpose of site plan approval is to determine compliance with this chapter and to promote the orderly and harmonious development of the city.
(Ord. passed 9-5-1994)