1175.05 YARD REGULATIONS.
Front, side and rear yards shall be provided on every lot occupied by a main or accessory building or use in the Beta Core Commercial District (BCCD) Overlay established under this section in accordance with the following regulations and schedules:
(a) Schedule of Yard Regulations.
Minimum Yard Dimensions | ||||
Front Yards | Side and Rear Yards | |||
Main Use | Abutting Major Street (ft. to ROW) | Abutting Secondary Street (ft. to ROW) | Adjoining Residential District (feet) | Adjoining or Within Nonresidential District (feet) |
Service Station | 40 | 25 | 50, or 30 w/screening* | 20 |
Auto Garage: storage, repair | 40 | 25 | 50, or 30 w/screening* | 20 |
Retail | 35 | 20 | 30, or 20 w/screening* | 15 |
Motel/Hotel: with eating, assembly, recreation | 80 (accessory uses, buildings 40) | 50 (accessory uses, buildings 25) | 80, or 50 w/screening* | 20 |
Restaurant, if separate | 40 | 25 | 50, or 30 w/screening* | 20 |
Offices, if separate | 40 | 30 | 50, or 30 w/screening* | 20 |
Laboratories | 40 | 30 | 50, or 30 w/screening* | 20 |
Production Plant | 80 (non-production facilities 40) | 40 (non-production facilities 30) | 70, or 40 w/screening* | 30 |
Distribution Establishment | 80 | 40 | 70, or 40 w/screening* | 30 |
Loading Areas | 80 | 40 | 70, or 40 w/screening* | 20 |
Parking Areas | 35 | 35 | 35, or 20 w/screening* | 10 |
*See subsection 1175.05(b)(3) below.
(b) General Yard Regulations.
(1) Front yards. Front yards shall be provided of a depth not less than set forth above. The setbacks set forth above for uses abutting a major street shall be measured to the right-of-way as shown on the latest street plans under consideration, or accepted by the Municipality or the Ohio Department of Transportation. The front yards for uses abutting a secondary street shall be measured from the planned or existing street right-of-way line. Front yards may be used for driveways and visitor parking, except that 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 nonresidential 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 temporary permit is granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(3) Side and rear yards adjoining a residential district. The depth of side and rear yards may be decreased when the more intensive use is adequately screened from view of the residential use via combination of a six(6) foot opaque board-on-board type fence or masonry wall and a continuous buffer strip, consisting of a landscape bed measuring ten (10) feet in depth, with live plant materials six feet in height at maturity planted no less than four (4) feet apart on-center. Planting plan shall be subject to approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Landscape materials shall be installed and continuously maintained in a healthy and orderly state.
(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 this Section shall be developed as lawn or planted areas or maintained in an orderly natural state. The Commission may also require additional 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 being necessary to further buffer and 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. 2021-14. Passed 1-18-22.)