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(a) Net lot area. The net lot area requirement shall be determined by the sum of the area to be extracted plus that area required to meet the minimum setback standards, or the area required to meet the performance standards of this zone, whichever is greater. However, in no event shall the net lot area be less than 10 acres.
(b) Lot coverage, percentage of. Not more than 10 percent of the net area of the lot may be covered by buildings, including accessory buildings.
(c) Yards, front, side and rear. All quarries, pits, open mines, processing plants, screening, sorting, storage, stoneworks, stone cutting, stone polishing, loading, batching, mixing, maintenance, service and repair equipment, facilities and structures shall be set back from zone boundaries and lot lines an amount sufficient to achieve the performance standards referenced herein and in conformance with setbacks established by the approved development plan.
(d) Lot width at the front street line. No minimum, except that access to a public road is required.
(e) Building height limit. No building or structure shall exceed a height of 90 feet above the natural grade of the portion of the site upon which building or structure is situated nor extend or project more than 5 degrees above the elevation of any zone boundary, whichever is the lesser height; provided, however, that facilities for rail loading abutting the right-of-way of a railroad shall be permitted to extend to a height of 25 feet above the grade of the railroad at the property line abutting the railroad right-of-way.
(f) Open space and green area. Not less than 25 percent of the net lot area designated for mineral resource development shall be maintained in open space, including required buffer areas, landscaped or planted berms, forested areas or areas devoted to agriculture.
(g) Exclusions from setback limitations. Access roads, security patrol roads, railroad sidings, identifications, directional and safety warning signs, security fences and acoustical or visual screens, berms or walls shall be permitted within the setback area.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 9-29, § 1; Ord. No. 12-75, § 11.)