Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 2024-9
, adopted 4-23-2024). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
A. All buildings over four hundred (400) square feet floor area shall have a base of concrete, concrete block, or brick that extends at least four feet (4') up from the ground.
B. Any building façade visible from and within one hundred feet (100') of a street, excluding open canopies, shall have at least three (3) of the following features:
1. Eave overhangs of at least eighteen inches (18").
2. Pitched roof of at least two in twelve (2:12) pitch.
3. Brick, stone, or split-face block on at least twenty percent (20%) of the façade.
4. Imbedded decorative shapes in brick or concrete.
5. Windows on least twenty percent (20%) of the ground floor façade.
6. Covered entry feature at least fifteen feet (15') wide and five feet (5') deep.
7. No vehicle entrances into the building on the front façade.
8. Only landscaping between the building and the street.
9. Two or more materials or colors of the same material comprising at least ten percent (10%) of the wall surface each.
10. Art feature on or in front of the building of at least thirty-two (32) square feet.
11. Signs on the building are channel letters or designs without exposed raceways of at least thirty-two (32) square feet sign area.
C. Any building façade visible from the street shall have muted earth tones on at least ninety percent (90%) of the facade.
D. Shipping containers: The following apply to placement of intermodal shipping containers.
1. Shipping containers shall not be placed in any required parking space, landscape area, or required yard setback.
2. Shipping containers shall only be placed within a fenced outdoor storage area meeting the requirements of section 15-23-5B of this title.
3. Shipping containers shall be placed on a surface of concrete, asphalt, or gravel.
E. Other than intermodal shipping containers meeting the standards under subsection D above, no structure shall be used or occupied for other than its originally designed use. This specifically precludes use of vehicles, recreational vehicles, rail cars, camp tents, tarps, or similar structures for office, storage, processing, and the like.
F. Buffers for adjacent residential zones. A buffer shall be installed where a use in the M-1 or M-2 zone is located adjacent to a residential zone. The buffer shall include all the following (See Figure 15-23-9.1):
1. A minimum six foot (6') high solid concrete, concrete block, or masonry wall.
2. A minimum twenty-foot (20') wide landscaped area adjacent to residential zone consisting of the following:
a. A row of evergreen shrubs or trees spaced to create a contiguous hedge or canopy at least eight feet (8') high upon maturity.
b. In areas not covered by evergreen shrubs or trees, five (5) gallon shrubs or twenty-four inch (24") minimum diameter landscape boulders spaced a maximum of five feet (5') on center.
c. For the remaining area, shrubs, living ground cover, or mulch.
3. For any building within forty feet (40') of the residential zone, no building openings facing the residential zone larger than one pedestrian door twenty (20) square feet maximum or non-opening windows.
(Ord. 2023-57, 10-10-2023)