All uses in the M-G District shall comply with the following design requirements.
(a) For a lot with frontage on Green Road or Mayfield Road, the building shall be located at the mandatory setback line pursuant to Section 739.05 and the building shall comprise a minimum of 65% of the width of the lot and shall further comply with the design criteria of this section.
(b) Walls of buildings shall comply with the following:
(1) When the wall of a building faces a public right-of-way or parking area, or is within 45 degrees of facing a public right-of-way, a minimum of 50% of such wall area shall have display-type windows on the ground floor. The bottom edge of such windows shall not be higher than three feet above grade. A maximum of 20% of such windows may be opaque.
(2) Walls shall have no more than 20 feet of contiguous wall length devoid of windows on any ground floor, unless the wall includes architectural features such as piers, columns, defined bays or an undulation of the building, so that a pedestrian scale, rhythm, and visual interest is created.
(3) Walls that meet the following criteria shall be exempt from the requirements of DIVISION (b)(2) above:
A. Two walls face one another, are separated by not more than 30 feet and the space between the two walls is used for servicing the buildings; or
B. The wall faces an area devoted solely to loading and delivery and is screened from view from all public rights-of-way, parking areas and abutting residential areas.
(c) Residential garage entries shall not be located along Green Road or Mayfield Road. A residential garage entry shall not face a public right-of-way unless it is a minimum of 20 feet behind the front building face of the principal structure.
(d) All on-site utility and power lines shall be buried underground.
(e) The Planning Commission may recommend to the Board of Zoning Appeal that the applicant be granted a variance from the mandatory building setback (Section 739.05), the required minimum building frontage (Section 739.09(a)) and/or the maximum building height requirements (Section 739.08) when the Planning Commission determines that:
(1) The proposal, with such deviations, is designed in a manner that otherwise is in compliance with the purposes of this district (Section 739.01); and
(2) The required design elements (Section 739.09); and
(3) The development and design guidelines (Section 739.12).
(Ord. 08-07. Passed 2-25-08.)