Yards for every main and accessory building in a Business District shall be provided according to the following schedule and regulations:
Minimum Required Yards | ||||
District | Main Use | Front Yard (Feet) | Adjoining Residential District | |
*Euclid Ave: see (a) | Side Yard (Feet) | Rear Yard (Feet) | ||
Office Building | Motels, hotels Mortuaries Offices Off-street | 30 Zoning Map Zoning Map 5 | 50 15 20 8 | 50 50 20 8 |
Town Center | Offices Stores, services Residential Parking | 10 10 10 5 | 15 15 20* 8 | 20 20 20 8 |
General Business | Stores, services Offices Off-street parking | Zoning Map 15 | 15 8 | 20 8 |
* Side yards may be "0" between adjacent residences and townhouses within this district.
(a) Front Yards on Euclid Avenue. Front yards on Euclid Avenue shall be a minimum of seventy feet except that:
(1) Where a perimeter buffer is provided in compliance with Chapter 1321 Planning Commission may permit a lesser setback; and
(2) The front yard shall be a minimum of fifty feet on the north side of Euclid Avenue from a point one hundred feet east of the extension of the centerline of Bishop Road to Silver Street and on the south side of Euclid Avenue between East 290th Street and Silver Street; and
(3) The front yard shall be a minimum of ten feet on the north side of Euclid Avenue between Silver Street and a point 849.64 feet west of centerline of Warden Road and on the south side between Silver Street and Mt. Carmel Drive.
(b) Use of Front Yards. The front yards as shown on the preceding schedule or Zone Map shall not be used for the location of a building, displaying or selling goods, or rendering services, except:
(1) Front yards may be used for automobile parking, provided they comply with perimeter buffer requirements specified at Chapter 1321; and
(2) Gasoline pumps, where a part of a gasoline service station may be erected in front of the building line, but shall be not less than fifteen feet from the street right-of-way line, provided all driveways, platforms and curbs of such supply station are designed to service vehicles standing only on the premises.
(c) Side Yards. Business buildings where adjoining another business building may have no side yard, however, motels and hotels shall have a minimum side yard of thirty feet when located on a lot adjoining a Business District. Side yards may be used for parking, however, the location of parking facilities in rear yards is encouraged. Where located on a lot adjoining a Residential District, the business building shall have a side yard of not less than shown on the preceding schedule. A wall, solid fence or hedge, approximately five and one-half feet, or other perimeter buffer element may be required by the Commission along the side yard line of the business lot.
(d) Rear yards. Main and accessory business buildings shall have a rear yard of not less than shown on the last preceding schedule where adjoining a Residential District, except that a masonry wall of an accessory building (not over seven feet high, without openings or projections) may be located on the rear lot line if approved by the Commission. When a yard is provided, a landscaped mound, wall, solid fence or hedge, approximately five and one-half feet high, may be required by the Commission along such rear yard or lot line of a business establishment adjoining a Residential District. (Ord. 2003-34. Passed 6-23-03.)