1173.05 YARD REGULATIONS.

   Front, side and rear yards shall be provided on every lot occupied by a main or accessory building or use in a district established under this section in accord with the following regulations and schedules:

   (a)    Schedule of Yard Regulations.

	Minimum Yard Dimensions
	Front Yards		Side and Rear Yards
District and Main Use	Lot Abuts Major Street (feet to center)	Lot Abuts Secondary Street (feet to right of way)	Lot Adjoins Residence Districts (feet)	Lot Adjoins or Within Nonresidential (feet)
Motorist Service District
Service Station	110	50	120	30
Garage; Repair, Storage	150	60	120	30
Motel, restaurant	150	60	100	30
Parking areas	95	20	30	10
Office-Laboratory District
Offices	150	60	100	30*
Laboratories	150	60	100	30
Parking areas	95	60	60	10
Loading areas	150	60	100	20
Production Distribution District
Offices, Laboratories	250	100	200	30*
Production plant	250	100	100	30*
Distribution Establishments	250	100	100	30*
Parking areas (front yards)	170	100	60	10
Loading areas (for visitors only)	250	100	100	20

   *    Total of sixty feet with a minimum of fifteen feet on one side, with the proviso that there be at least sixty feet of side yard between buildings.

   (b)    General Yard Regulations.

      (1)    Front yards. Front yards shall be provided of a depth not less than set forth in the above schedule where abutting Wilson Mills Road or S. O. M. Center Road and where abutting a secondary street such as the street to serve office-laboratory and production-distribution developments, unless shown otherwise on the Zone Map or required otherwise on an approved development plan, in which case the dimensions established on the Map or plan shall prevail. The setbacks set forth above for uses abutting a major street shall be measured to the present center line of the street; the front yards for uses abutting a secondary street shall be measured from the planned or existing street right-of-way line, whichever is the greater. The front yards for local streets shall be established on the development plans. Front yards may be used for driveways and visitor parking, except no visitor parking shall be allowed in the required setbacks. However, any accessory parking or service areas shall be physically separated from the street by a curb and planting strip or other suitable barrier to prohibit unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress, except onto accessways as hereinafter set forth.

      (2)    Side and rear yards. A side and rear yard shall be provided between the buildings or uses and the side lot lines. The yards shall be measured from the building wall or open use to the nearest lot line. Where a permitted main use occupies a lot which adjoins a side or rear yard of a residential district line, yards shall be provided in accordance with the above schedule of yard regulations. Where a permitted main use occupies a lot which adjoins or is within a Motorist Service, Office-Laboratory or Production-Distribution District, the side or rear yards shall be not less than set forth in the schedule unless required otherwise on an approved development plan. Accessory off-street parking and loading areas shall be permitted in a required side or rear yard. Outdoor storage of raw materials, products, equipment and vehicles shall not be permitted unless a conditional use permit is granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

   (c)    Landscaping of Yards. Every required yard in which no off-street parking or loading spaces are permitted and any additional required landscaped open areas as required in Section 1173.04, shall be developed as lawn or planted areas or maintained in an orderly natural state. The Commission may also require a fence, wall or hedge where a certain use adjoins a rear or side yard of a residential district and such structure or hedge is determined as necessary to further protect such residential property.

   (d)    Illumination. Sources of light for illumination of the exterior of buildings or grounds shall be shielded so as not to cause glare which would be hazardous to auto drivers or would be objectionable to users of adjacent property.

      (Ord. 69-29. Passed 7-21-69; Ord. 97-41. Passed 11-17-97 ; Ord. 2022-10. Passed 8-15-22 .)