(B) Other provisions and requirements for business uses.
(1) Parking spaces as set forth in § 154.34 shall be provided on the lot, or within 300 feet thereof on a site approved by the Board. Parking is permitted in the required front yard in an LB or GB District.
(2) Groups of uses requiring parking space may join in establishing group public parking area, together with parking spaces for employees, with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.
(3) Filling station driveways and similar use areas subject to vehicular traffic shall be paved with a dustproof or hard surface.
(4) One-half of an alley abutting the rear of a lot may be included in the rear yard, but such alley space shall not be included for loading and unloading berths.
(5) Loading and unloading berths as set forth in § 154.34 shall not be required for business uses which demonstrably do not receive or transmit goods or wares in quantity by truck delivery.
(6) Where 25% or more of the lots in a block are occupied by buildings, the setback of such buildings shall determine the dimension of the front yard in the block.
(7) The maximum building height requirement in this section may be increased if buildings are set back, from front and rear property lines, one foot for each two feet of additional height above the maximum building height requirement.
(8) Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, penthouses, stacks, tanks, water towers, transmission towers, or essential mechanical appurtenances may be erected to any height not prohibited by other laws or ordinances.
(9) No business operation or activity shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, liquid or solid wastes into public waters, public ditches and drains, sanitary and stormwater sewers or onto public streets, alleys or other public property or right-of-ways, unless in compliance with all of the town code requirements, the regulations of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Plans and specifications for proposed sewage and other waste treatment and disposal facilities shall be submitted to and approval obtained from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Table 3 Business Use Requirements | |
Requirements | Specifications by District |
Minimum side yard in blocks not including a Residential District | None |
Vision clearance on corner lots required | Yes |
(Ord. 480, passed 11-16-1970; Ord. 95-611, passed 10-4-1995)