(1) Minimum lot area. There shall be no minimum lot area requirement provided sufficient land area is available for all buildings, parking areas, other improvements and landscaping as appropriate for the site.
(2) Minimum lot width. 100 feet.
(3) Minimum lot frontage. 100 feet on a public street.
(4) Maximum lot coverage. Not applicable.
(5) Minimum yards and building setbacks.
(a) Front. A minimum front yard and building setback measured from the proposed right-of-way shall be provided as follows, unless an alternate standard is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan:
Collector street | 30 ft. |
Interstate street | 60 ft. |
Local street/cul-de-sac street | 30 ft. |
Primary arterial street | 30 ft. |
Secondary arterial street | 30 ft. |
(b) Side yard and rear yard. A minimum side yard and a minimum rear yard shall be provided along all side lot lines and rear lot lines as follows:
Accessory buildings or structures | 20 ft. |
Primary building | 20 ft. |
(6) Use of minimum yards and bufferyards. All minimum yards and bufferyards shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubbery or hedge, or in combination with other suitable ground cover materials and shall remain free from structures except where specifically permitted below:
(a) Minimum front yards and front bufferyards. May include: driveways; greenways; trails or walkways and shall otherwise be maintained as open space free from buildings or structures; and
(b) Minimum side yards, minimum rear yards, minimum side bufferyards and minimum rear bufferyards. May include: interior access driveways; or greenways, trails or walkways connecting to adjoining projects or subdivisions, provided the remainder of said yards or bufferyards shall be landscaped with grass and shrubbery, trees or hedge, or in combination with other suitable ground cover materials and maintained as open space free from buildings or structures.
(7) Maximum building height.
(a) Primary building. 35 feet, unless a greater height is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(b) Primary building exception. A steeple, copula, turret or other architectural embellishment may be added to the main roof line to a maximum height to the top of such steeple, copula, turret or other architectural embellishment not to exceed 50 feet above grade, unless a greater height is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(c) Accessory building or structures. 22 feet, unless a greater height is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(8) Minimum main floor area. Not applicable.
(10) Signs. The regulations contained in Article 7.6, D., for “Business and Other Uses permitted in the Residential Districts” shall apply to the REL: Religious Use District, provided, however, notwithstanding anything in Article VII to the contrary:
(a) Scoreboards at approved athletic facilities which:
1. May include sponsor information on the face of the scoreboard oriented toward the playing field, not to exceed 25% of the area of the overall scoreboard surface;
2. Are not illuminated, either internally or externally, except during an event; and
3. Do not provide for commercial or business advertising on any other face of the scoreboard, shall be permitted subject to the Director’s review and approval of an improvement location permit.
(b) Seasonal sponsor banner signs located on the interior of a perimeter fence and oriented toward the interior of an enclosed athletic facility (i.e., a ball field or similar athletic facility), and only incidentally visible from the exterior of the recreational facility; or
(c) Other permanent signs or temporary signs included in an overall sign program (which includes the general number, size, type and location of signs) and which is approved by the Plan Commission as part of an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(d) Signs on light poles: signs shall be permitted on light poles which serve to illuminate an off-street parking area in the REL District as specified below:
1. Type. Signs on light poles shall be limited to banner signs:
a. Which are mounted on light poles located on the lot; and
b. Which are mounted to the light poles with upper and lower horizontal supports.
2. Maximum individual sign surface area. Individual light pole banner signs shall not exceed the maximum dimensions of three and one-half feet in width by eight feet in height;
3. Configuration and placement on light poles. All individual light pole banner signs placed on a lot:
a. Shall be of the same dimensions; and
b. Shall be placed at the same relative height and location on all light poles.
4. Number. Each light pole may contain two banner signs, provided, however, if the light poles are located at the perimeter edge of an off-street parking area, only one banner sign, which shall be oriented toward the interior of the off-street parking area, shall be permitted;
5. Total sign surface area. The total sign surface area of all light pole banner signs on a lot shall not exceed a ratio of one square foot for each off-street parking space within the off-street parking area which is generally illuminated by the lights on the light poles which support the light pole banner signs; and
6. Placement on lot. Light pole banner signs shall be evenly distributed within or along the edge of the off-street parking area used to determine the total sign surface area permitted as set forth in Article 3.4B(10)(d)5. above.
(11) Landscape requirements. Landscaping shall comply with the provisions of Article IV regarding landscaping for Office District developments, unless an alternate standard is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(12) Lighting requirements. See Article IV and Article 5.5C(6), unless an alternate standard is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan for any outdoor lighting fixture, including lighting fixtures for parking areas, athletic fields or stadium lighting (i.e., lighting for baseball, softball, football, rugby, soccer and the like).
(13) Building materials. The following provisions of Article 5.5 shall be applicable to all buildings, unless an alternative standard is specified in an approved Religious Use Master Plan.
(c) Exterior building facade renovations with no building additions or minor building additions. See Article 5.5C(3)(c).
(Ord. 21-97, passed - -1997; Ord. 51-2005, passed 10-10-2005; Ord. 27-2007, passed - -2007)