1175.04 AREA REGULATIONS.

   Every lot or parcel shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the main and accessory buildings or uses and the required yards and space for future expansion, as applicable, and every lot occupied by a main building shall comply with the lot area, lot width, the percentage of lot coverage by the buildings, and the landscaped areas as follows:

   (a)    Schedule of Lot Area Regulations.

	Minimum
Main Use	Lot Area (Acres)	Lot Width (feet)	Maximum Lot Coverage (percent)	Minimum Lot Coverage (percent)
Service Station	3/4	125	30	10
Auto Garage: storage, repair	1	150	30	15
Motel/Hotel: with eating, assembly, recreation	2-1/2	200	35	15
Restaurant, if separate	3/4	100	30	10
Offices, if separate	1-1/2	125	45	20
Laboratories	1-1/2	175	50	20
Production Plant	4	275	50	25
Distribution Establishment	4-1/2	300	50	25

   (b)    General Area Regulations.

      (1)    The lot area, as set forth in the above schedule, shall be the area of any lot or lots comprising a development, excluding the right-of-way of an existing or planned and dulyapproved future street, or planned street widening, and it shall be construed to encourage more a mix of uses throughout the district, even within a single parcel, and to allow for more intensive development patterns than is otherwise provided for elsewhere in this Code.

      (2)    The lot width shall be the minimum distance along which any lot abuts a street line and the average width of any lot, and it shall be construed to encourage wider lots for each development, and consolidation of older non-conforming lots, as applicable.

      (3)    The lot coverage shall be the maximum percentage of the total ground floor area of all the buildings that cover any lot.

      (4)    The landscaped areas shall be the minimum percentage of that part of any lot which is not covered by buildings, parking areas, driveways, swimming pool or other permitted outdoor use. The landscape areas shall be developed and maintained as lawns along with trees and shrubs, or maintained in an orderly natural state.

      (5)    The lot area occupied by a motel / hotel shall be not less than set forth in subsection (a) hereof, or not less than 575 square feet of lot area for each lodging unit, whichever is the greater. Each lodging unit shall be comprised of at least 275 square feet of floor area, shall not contain more than two sleeping rooms, and shall not contain in-unit cooking facilities.

         (Ord. 2021-14. Passed 1-18-22.)