(A) Area. Every lot upon which a structure is hereafter erected shall front onto a dedicated street or public right-of-way, and shall conform to the following.
(1) There is no minimum lot area or tract area (where sanitary sewers are available), but the minimum lot area or tract width is 150 feet.
(2) The minimum principal structure width is 20 feet.
(3) Where no sanitary sewers are available and disposal is by soil absorption, the minimum lot area shall not be less than one acre. The Posey County Health Department may require a larger lot.
(B) Yards.
(1) Front yard and street side yard.
(a) Every lot or tract shall have a front yard (or street side yard) not less than 25 feet in depth. The front yard and street side yard requirement may be reduced to none if adjacent lots or the majority of the lots on a blockface have no front yard or street side yard.
(b) If the there is no dedicated roadway right-of-way, the front yard (or corner lot side yard) setback from the center of the roadway is 25 feet plus one-half the right-of-way width of the applicable roadway functional class as if the roadway had been dedicated (adding 25 feet for a “local street”, 40 feet for a “collector” or “secondary arterial”, 60 feet for a “primary arterial”, and 75 feet for a “divided primary arterial”).
(2) Side yard.
(a) Every lot shall have a side yard not less than ten feet in depth.
(b) When an M District abuts an R or O District, the side yard and rear yard requirement is increased to 20 feet, is further increased an additional foot for each additional foot of building height exceeding 28 feet, and cannot be reduced by landscaping. A fence is required between industrial lots, and an opaque fence and evergreen screen is required in the side and rear yard adjacent to non-industrial zones. Further, when an M District abuts an R or O District, a combination of opaque fence, evergreen screen and earthen berm is required.
(3) Rear yard.
(a) Every lot or tract shall have a rear yard of not less than 20 feet in depth.
(b) When an M District abuts an R or O District, the side yard and rear yard requirement is increased to 20 feet, is further increased an additional foot for each additional foot of building height exceeding 28 feet, and cannot be reduced by landscaping. A fence is required between industrial lots, and an opaque fence and evergreen screen is required in the side and rear yard adjacent to non-industrial zones. Further, when an M District abuts an R or O District, a combination of opaque fence, evergreen screen and earthen berm is required.
(C) Height. There is no height limitation for the M-1 District.
(D) Lot coverage. The combined area occupied by all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed 65% of the area of the lot.
(E) Minimum floor area. There is no minimum livable floor area.
(F) Floor area ratio. There is no maximum floor area ratio.
(Ord. 12-16, passed 8-8-12)