(a) AIRPORT/HELIPORT. Description: Airports and heliports are transportation facilities providing takeoff, landing, servicing, storage and other services to any type of air transportation. The operation of any type of air vehicle (including ultralight aircraft, hang gliders, parasails, and related equipment, but excepting model aircraft) within the jurisdiction of this Code shall occur only in conjunction with an approved airport or heliport.
(1) Regulations:
a. All buildings, structures, outdoor airplane or helicopter storage areas, and any other activity areas shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from all lot lines.
b. Facility shall provide a Type D bufferyard along all borders of the property not otherwise completely screened from activity areas by buildings or structures (see Sec. 35-5207).
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Aircraft hangers/tie-downs;
b. Airstrips/runways and heliports;
c. Aviation facilities (private and public).
(b) PARKING, OFFSITE
. Description: Off-site parking lots are any areas used for the temporary parking of vehicles which are fully registered, licensed and operative. (See also Sec. 35-5100 for additional parking regulations.)
(1) Regulations:
a. Access to an off-site parking lot shall only be permitted from a collector or arterial street.
b. Access and vehicular circulation shall be designed so as to discourage cut-through traffic.
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Commercial parking lot;
b. Garage (public);
c. Parking lots (public and private).
(c) TERMINAL, FREIGHT. Description: Freight terminals are defined as land and buildings representing either end of one or more truck carrier line(s) which may have some or all of the following facilities: yards, docks, management offices, storage sheds, buildings and/or outdoor storage areas, freight stations, and truck maintenance and repair facilities, principally serving several or many businesses and always requiring trans-shipment. Also includes distribution centers, which are facilities oriented to the short-term indoor storage and possible repackaging and reshipment of materials involving the activities and products of a single user. Retail outlets associated with this use shall be considered accessory uses as per Sec. 35-3416(1).
(1) Regulations:
a. Facility shall provide a Type D bufferyard along all property borders abutting residentially zoned property (see Sec. 35-5207).
b. All buildings, structures, outdoor storage areas, and any other activity areas shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from all lot lines abutting residentially zoned property.
c. In no instance shall activity areas be located within a required front yard, landscape area, or bufferyard area.
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Bus terminal/railroad station/freight terminal or other public transportation terminal.
(d) TERMINAL, PASSENGER. Description: Passenger terminals are defined as land and buildings representing either end of one or more bus companies, transit services or rail lines, which provide facilities for departing or arriving passengers. Terminals providing freight services and/or service to vehicles require a separate use review consistent with those services. Likewise, passenger terminals providing services to passengers, such as restaurants shall require a separate use review for those uses as appropriate. Ticket offices and other ancillary offices uses, however, are considered accessory to the passenger terminal and do not require a separate use review.
(1) Regulations:
a. Facility shall provide a Type D bufferyard along all property borders abutting residentially zoned property (see Sec. 35-5207).
b. All buildings, structures, outdoor storage areas, and any other activity areas shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from all lot lines abutting residentially zoned property.
c. In no instance shall activity areas be located within a required front yard, landscape area, or bufferyard area.
d. Parking Requirements: One space per each employee on the largest work shift, plus one space per every 5 passengers based on average daily ridership.
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Bus transfer station.
(e) PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES, DISTRIBUTION. Description: Public services and utilities, distribution land uses include all City, County, State and Federal (except those otherwise identified in this Division) emergency and local service facilities, such as fire and police departments and rescue operations, treatment plants, water Towers, lift stations, and similar public uses serving the city and its immediate environs. The use also includes private electrical, gas and telecommunications facilities, such as overhead lines (of up to 34,000 volts) and pad-mounted switch gear and transformers, and similar facilities where the size/capacity already has been stepped down by a transmission facility (see subsection (f), below) to directly meet the needs of customers/users.
(1) Regulations:
a. Outdoor storage areas shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any residentially zoned property.
b. All outdoor storage areas shall install and continually maintain a Type D bufferyard adjacent to all residentially zoned property (see Sec. 35-5207).
c. All buildings and treatment structures shall be located a minimum of 20 feet from any residentially zoned property.
d. The exterior of all buildings shall be compatible with the exteriors of surrounding buildings.
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Essential public services;
b. Government buildings;
c. Governmental uses;
d. Municipal buildings and libraries;
e. Municipal fire and police station;
f. Post office;
g. Railroad right-of-way, but not switching, storage or freight yards;
h. Distribution lines, pipelines of public utility companies w/in existing public rights-of-way;
i. Utility stations w/out service yards or storage.
(f) PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES, TRANSMISSION. Description: Public services and utilities, transmission land uses includes private electrical, gas and telecommunications facilities, such as overhead lines (69,000 volts and higher), substations (to change from transmission to distribution voltage/capacity), high pressure gas lines, and similar facilities where the size/capacity must be stepped down to directly meet the needs of customers/users.
(1) Regulations:
a. Outdoor storage areas shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any residentially zoned property.
b. All outdoor storage areas shall install and continually maintain a Type D bufferyard adjacent to all residentially zoned property (see Sec. 35-5207).
c. All structures shall be located a minimum of 20 feet from any residentially zoned property.
d. The exterior of all buildings shall be compatible with the exteriors of surrounding buildings.
(2) Uses similar from ILQCUZC:
a. Essential public services;
b. Transmission lines, pipelines of public utility companies w/in existing public rights-of-way;
c. Utility stations w/out service yards or storage.