In addition to the general criteria as stated above, the following land use regulations, development standards, and design criteria shall apply to the development of all areas of the PUD. All general use regulations and provisions set forth in Title 9, Zoning of the West Des Moines City Code for the Support Commercial (SC) district shall apply to development of all areas of the PUD, unless noted otherwise in this ordinance.
A. Allowed Uses: All uses identified in Title 9, Zoning, as either Permitted (P) or Permitted Conditional (PC) may be allowed with approval of the appropriate review body unless otherwise noted herein.
B. Development Standards:
1. Setbacks: The setbacks applied to the PUD are as follows:
a. Front Yard (Lake Drive frontage) setback of 45 feet.
b. Rear Yard (interstate frontage) setback of 25 feet.
c. Side Yard setback of 25 feet.
2. Screening: Screening for purpose of mitigating negative views of site elements such as, but not limited to off-street parking of employee vehicles and vehicles being serviced/repaired (views of new and used vehicles for sale are not required to be screened), utility meters, mechanical equipment, overhead doors, trash enclosures, etc. shall be provided.
3. Parking:
a. The number of stalls to be provided for each use within the PUD shall comply with city code title 9, chapter 15, section 7.
b. Parking lots shall be setback fifteen (15) feet with code required screening; however, a smaller setback shall be allowed if a screen wall or fence of at least three feet in height is provided to mitigate views of parking areas from Lake Drive. In no case shall the parking lot be located closer than five feet (5') from the ultimate right of way line of Lake Drive. A minimum five (5) foot setback shall be provided from all other perimeter property boundaries; however, a larger setback may be necessary to accommodate achievement of screening of site elements noted above.
c. Parking stall dimension and drive aisle widths shall comply with city code title 9, chapter 15.
d. Parking lot landscape requirements, including the incorporation of landscape islands and landscape vegetation shall comply with city code title 9, chapter 19, except for defined auto sale areas as identified on the associated site plan.
4. Uses with Drive-throughs and Service Bays: Unless all aspects of a drive-through or service bay (such as visibility of garage doors, lights, noise, etc.) can be completely negated, drive throughs and service bays shall only be allowed facing west or east on any parcel in the PUD. The presence of drive throughs and service bays shall be minimized through one or a combination of the following methods:
a. Integration of the drive thru or service into the building architecture in order to eliminate the appearance as an added-on canopy component.
b. Situating the drive thru between two buildings in order to limit the number of views thereof.
c. Opaque visual screening to a minimum height of six (6) feet. May be achieved through the use of earthen berming with vegetation, solid fencing, decorative walls, etc. Screening method shall provide for year-round visual mitigation of the drive throughs. (Ord. 2556, 1-17-2023)
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