Attica City Zoning Code
18.50 Use
Regulations
18.50.010 Use restrictions of buildings and land.
No building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for any purpose other than a use which is permitted and specified in a district in which such building or land is located. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 5-1; Code 1999 § 10-15.]
18.50.020 Building height restrictions.
No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limits established and specified for the use and the district in which such building is located. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 5-2; Code 1999 § 10-16.]
18.50.030 Yards, lot area and size of building regulations.
No building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered in any manner which will encroach upon or reduce in any manner the yards, lot area per family, ground floor area of residential buildings, or lot coverage regulations, established and specified for the use and the district in which such building is located. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 5-3; Code 1999 § 10-17.]
18.50.040 Lots.
Every building hereafter erected shall be located on a lot which fronts on a street. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 5-4; Code 1999 § 10-18.]
18.50.050 Vehicle parking space – Loading and unloading berths.
Every building hereafter erected shall provide off-street parking space for motor vehicles and loading and unloading berths as specified hereinafter for the use to which such building is to be devoted. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 5-5; Code 1999 § 10-19.]
18.50.060 Billboards and off-premises signs.
A. Billboards and Off-Premises Signs. Any sign erected to advertise a business or organization or to direct the public to a business or activity that is not on the same premises as the structure with a total surface area larger than 32 square feet per side.
B. Billboards and off-premises signs shall be permitted as a conditional use in districts zoned B1 subject to any applicable federal or state law and the following provisions:
1. Such signs are permitted only along State Road 28, State Road 55 and along U.S. Highway 41.
2. Such signs may be no closer than 1,000 feet radius to another such sign.
3. Such signs shall be constructed using only one steel support post and have no more than two sides back to back.
4. Such signs shall be set back from the right-of-way equal to the greatest front yard setback for principally permitted uses in the zone district in which the sign is proposed or 10 feet, whichever is greater.
5. Such signs may be illuminated only from below the sign and the degree of illumination shall not exceed 125 foot-candles.
6. The maximum allowable sign area shall be one square foot per linear foot of street frontage, not to exceed 300 square feet in total sign area per side, having a total height of not more than 50 feet and be at least 15 feet above grade level.
7. The size, shape, orientation or height of any billboard in existence on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section shall not be changed unless such modifications bring the billboard closer to or into conformance with the provisions of this section.
8. There shall be at least 500 feet from any billboard to any residential zone fronting on the same side of the street.
9. There shall be at least 1,000 feet from any billboard to any property structure designated as a historic site.
10. All billboards shall be properly and adequately maintained.
C.
1. No person, firm or corporation shall construct, alter or remove any billboard without first obtaining the proper permit from the Attica building commissioner. The fee for issuing such permit shall be $50.00.
2. The application for such permit shall set forth the location of such proposed billboard, and the name and address of the owner of the property upon which the same is to be erected, date of construction if an existing sign, and shall be accompanied by a sketch of such property and proposed billboard showing the location thereof in reference to the property.
3. No permit shall be granted for any billboard which does not conform to the requirements of this section as to location, construction or otherwise, and when a permit is denied for any such cause, the billboard in question shall immediately be taken down and made to conform to the requirements of this section.
4. Billboards erected before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section are not required to meet the location and size requirements unless structurally altered. A sign may be replaced by a sign which is identical as to the size, structure and construction of the original sign and a sign may be replaced so as to bring the sign closer to or into conformity with the provisions of this section, all without securing a permit. [Ord. 14, 2002; Ord. 16, 2002; Code 1999 § 10-20.]