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(a) Dwellings in a commercial or industrial district must be compatible with existing or planned development on the same lot or tract and be compatible with the surrounding area. Dwellings developed in a commercial or industrial district may be combined with proposed or existing office, retail or industrial development or may be developed in lieu of non-residential development, provided there remains adequate land zoned for such development to serve the immediate neighborhood.
(b) Dwellings in a commercial or industrial district are subject to the following standards:
(1) Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the land which is either zoned or recommended for commercial or industrial zoning in the applicable approved and adopted master plan may be used for housing.
(2) Dwellings in a commercial or industrial district must meet the development standards of the applicable zone concerning minimum setbacks, green area, and lot coverage. The base residential density is 6.0 units per acre, which may be increased up to 21.5 units per acre if at least 35 percent of the units are productivity housing for households with incomes at and below the area wide median income, as provided for in Chapter 25B, Article IV, of the County Code. The maximum height allowed in the applicable commercial zone may be adjusted not to exceed a total height of 50' to accommodate residential development above a commercial structure as authorized under Sec. 59-G-1.23. These standards apply to all buildings on a site, including those that contain housing. The required green area may be adjusted to assure compatibility of uses, or to accommodate housing if not otherwise feasible or appropriate.
(3) Access must be provided by one or more direct driveways to a public street. The entrance must be located and appropriately lighted to assure safe access for residents, whether or not commercial or industrial uses on the same lot are in operation.
(4) A minimum of one (1) on-site parking space per dwelling unit must be provided. Additional parking spaces must be provided up to the total required by the relevant standards of Section 59-E-3.7, except that the Board may approve shared parking in accordance with the provisions of Section 59-E-3.1 to accommodate these additional spaces.
(5) The property must be located in an area served by public water and sewer and must be in water and sewer categories 1, 2, or 3.
(c) Design plan.
(1) In addition to submitting such other information as may be required, a design plan of proposed development must also be submitted at the time the application is made. The design plan must show the size and shape of the subject property, the location of all buildings and structures, the area devoted to parking, any recreation facilities to be provided, all access roads and drives, the topography and existing major vegetation features, the proposed grading, landscaping and screening plans and such other features necessary for the evaluation of the plan.
(2) No special exception, building permit or certificate of occupancy may be granted or issued except in accordance with a design plan of development approved by the Board of Appeals. The Board may condition its approval of a design plan on such amendments as determined necessary to assure an internally compatible development which will have no adverse effect on the surrounding community.
(Ord. No. 12-81, § 4; Ord. No. 13-38, § 3.)
Editor's note-Section 3 of Ord. No. 10-82 added § 59-G-2.36.1, which the editor has redesignated § 59- G-2.36.2 to avoid duplication of section numbers and to maintain alphabetical sequence of section titles.
Editor’s note—Ord. No. 14-47, § 1, repealed former § 59-G-2.36.3, “Newspaper, village,” which was derived from Ord. No. 10-82, § 3; Ord. No. 12-81, § 4; Ord. No. 13-76, §1.