(1) Minimum lot width and frontage. Each lot or integrated center shall have a minimum lot width and frontage on a public street of 25 feet.
(2) Yards and building setbacks.
(a) Front. A front yard and building setback measured from the greater of the proposed right-of-way or existing right-of-way shall be provided as follows (see Article 5.6B(4) for additional regulations):
Collector street | 0 ft. |
Interstate street | 60 ft. |
Local/cul-de-sac street | 0 ft. |
Primary arterial street | 0 ft. |
Secondary arterial street | 0 ft. |
(b) Minimum side yard and minimum rear yard.
1. Abutting an alley. Five feet.
2. Abutting a lot line. There shall be no minimum side or rear setback required, provided, however, if a side or rear setback is provided along any side or rear lot line not abutting an alley, such setback shall be not less than five feet.
(c) Minimum side bufferyard and minimum rear bufferyard. Five feet.
(3) Use of yards and bufferyards. All yards and bufferyards, when provided, shall be landscaped in compliance with the requirements set forth in Article 5.6B(4) and shall remain free from structures except where expressly permitted below:
(a) Minimum front yards.
1. Along all interstate streets. May include: parking areas, loading areas, interior access drives or interior access driveways, provided that no portion of such area may be located closer to the right-of-way than 15 feet; or signs as regulated by Article VII - Sign Regulations of this ordinance, and shall be otherwise maintained as open space free from buildings or structures; and
2. Along all primary arterial streets or secondary arterial streets, collector streets, local streets or cul-de-sac streets. May include: driveways; walkways from the sidewalk to a building entrance; or signs as regulated by Article VII - Sign Regulations of this ordinance, and shall otherwise be maintained as open space or plazas developed in compliance with Article 5.6B(4)(d).
(b) Minimum front bufferyards. May include: driveways; walkways from the sidewalk to a building entrance; or signs as regulated by Article VII - Sign Regulations of this ordinance, and shall otherwise be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures;
(c) Side yards and rear yards. If provided, may include driveways, interior access driveways, parking areas, loading areas, walkways or other pedestrian way connections to adjoining lots; and
(d) Minimum side bufferyards and rear bufferyards. May include walkways or other pedestrian way connections to adjoining residential areas provided that the remainder of said yards shall be landscaped and maintained as open space free from buildings or structures.
(4) Maximum building height.
(a) Primary structure. 50 feet; not to exceed four stories.
(b) Accessory structure. 25 feet.
(5) Parking. See Article 4.10 - Off-Street Parking Regulations; provided, however:
(a) Nonresidential uses.
1. The total number of required off-street parking spaces for a single use site or integrated center in the TC District shall be reduced by 50%;
2. A single use site or integrated center in the TC District may include:
a. On-street parking located immediately adjacent to the single use site or integrated center, if the design and location of such adjacent on-street parking is approved by the Town Engineer and Indiana Department of Transportation, as applicable; or
b. One row of parking spaces located along and accessed directly from an alley abutting a side lot line or a rear lot line, if the design and location of such adjacent alley accessed parking is approved by the Town Engineer.
3. If on-street parking spaces or alley accessed parking spaces are approved and provided, the amount of off-street parking spaces required by this ordinance for the single use site or integrated center shall be deemed to be further reduced by the number of on-street parking spaces and alley accessed parking spaces provided immediately adjacent to the single use site or integrated center.
(b) Dwelling uses. All dwelling uses, whether Single Family Dwellings, Two-Family Dwellings, Multifamily Dwellings, or dwelling units in a mixed-use building, located in the TC: Town Center District shall provide parking spaces at a ratio of one parking space per dwelling unit. Such parking spaces shall comply with the requirements of Article IV, provided, however, such parking spaces may be accessed directly from an alley abutting a side lot line or a rear lot line, if the design and location of such adjacent alley accessed parking is approved by the Town Engineer.
(6) Loading.
(a) All off-street loading areas shall be located either on the lot served or within 50 feet of the lot served.
(b) Each off-street loading area shall be designed and located in a manner which will not interfere with traffic movements and will not result in any vehicle, or part thereof, encroaching into any sidewalk, alley, street or public right-of-way.
(c) Off-street loading facilities shall comply with the requirements of Article IV.
(7) Signs. See Article VII.
(8) Landscaping. All lots within the TC: Town Center District shall be landscaped in compliance with requirements of Article 5.6B(4).
(10) Outdoor operations.
(a) Except for the following uses which may be conducted outdoors, all uses and operations in the TC District shall be conducted completely within enclosed buildings:
1. Off-street parking, off-street loading and delivery;
2. Walk-up customer service windows and drive-through customer service windows;
3. Outdoor seating and dining areas; and
4. Sidewalk sales of goods and merchandise.
(b) Provided, however, outdoor seating and dining areas or sidewalk sales areas shall:
1. Not reduce the useable sidewalk width in the public right-of-way to less than five feet at any point;
2. Be completely confined to the lot or retail space or the area immediately in front of the lot or retail space occupied by said use; and
3. If located in a public right-of-way, be subject to the approval of the applicable agency (i.e., Indiana Department of Transportation or the Town Engineer) for activity in a public right-of-way.
(10) Development standards for multi-family dwellings. Notwithstanding anything in this TC District to the contrary, a multi-family dwellings building which is not a mixed use building shall be subject to the development standards of the R-U District.
(11) Development standards for single-family dwellings.
(a) On individual lots. Notwithstanding anything in this TC District to the contrary, a single-family dwelling which is located on an individual lot shall be subject to the development standards of the R-4 District.
(b) Part of a larger multi-family dwelling project. Notwithstanding anything in this TC District to the contrary, a single-family dwelling which is part of a larger multi-family dwelling project shall be subject to the development standards of the R-U District.
(12) Development standards for two-family dwellings.
(a) On individual lots. Notwithstanding anything in this TC District to the contrary, a two-family dwelling which is located on an individual lot and which is not part of a larger multi-family dwelling project shall be subject to the development standards of the R-5 District applicable to a two-family dwelling.
(b) Part of a larger multi-family dwelling project. Notwithstanding anything in this TC District to the contrary, a two-family dwelling which is part of a larger multi-family dwelling project shall be subject to the development standards of the R-U District.
(13) Additional development standards for dwelling units in mixed-use buildings. Dwelling units in mixed-use buildings in the TC: Town Center District shall be located on the upper stories of buildings, unless authorized by the approval of a development incentive.
(Ord. 21-97, passed - -1997; Ord. 3-2000, passed - -; Ord. 32-2005, passed 5-9-2005; Ord. 28-2008, passed 11-24-2008; Ord. 04-2019, passed 1-14-2019)