(a) Minimum Yard Requirements: Business and industrial buildings or uses shall not be located nor conducted closer to any lot line of any “R” District than the distance specified in the following schedule, except as provided in Section 1125.10
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Minimum Side or Rear Yard Abutting any "R" District | Use |
25 feet | Access drives for nonresidential uses |
50 feet | Churches, schools and public or semi-public buildings |
60 feet | Recreation facilities, entertainment facilities, motels, trailers and manufactured home parks, all commercial uses and billboards |
100 feet | Outside sale or storage of building material or construction equipment, all industrial uses, except those listed below |
500 feet | Auto and metal salvage operations; mineral extraction, storage or processing |
(b) Landscaping or Screening Provisions: For non-residential uses abutting “R” Districts, landscaping and/or screening approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be provided and maintained in good condition as precondition to any and every non-residential use of such abutting property. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have original jurisdiction to reduce the minimum yard requirement stated in Section 1125.01
provided it finds, after considering the type of landscaping and/or screening required and the nature of the non-residential use, that the reduction will not be detrimental to the abutting “R” District or the owners or occupants thereof.
(Ord. 517. Passed 8-17-99.)