Attica City Zoning Code
18.65 Business
Uses
18.65.010 General provisions.
A. Vehicle Parking Space. Parking spaces shall be provided on the lot, or within 300 feet thereof on a site approved by the board of zoning appeals, as follows:
Use | Number Parking Spaces |
|---|---|
1. Uses listed in the local business categories in AMC 18.40.010(C)(3) to (C)(7), inclusive | One space for each 125 square feet of floor area |
2. Commercial recreational uses other than theaters, listed in the local business category in AMC 18.40.010(C)(8) | One space for each 125 square feet of floor area |
3. Private club or lodge | One space for each 125 square feet of floor area |
4. Department store or other commercial uses included under general business uses | One space for each 125 square feet of floor area |
5. Business service uses listed in the local business category in AMC 18.40.010(C)(2) | One space for each 3 employees |
6. Wholesale establishments | One space for each 3 employees |
7. Theaters | One space for each 6 seats |
8. Hotels | One space for each 3 sleeping rooms |
B. Loading and unloading berths shall be provided on the lot as follows:
Use | Gross Floor Area (Square Feet) | Loading and Unloading Berths |
|---|---|---|
Retail stores | 3,000 to 15,000 | 1 |
Department stores | 15,000 to 40,000 | 2 |
Wholesale establishments, storage uses, other commercial uses | Each 25,000 additional | 1 additional |
Hotels, office buildings | 100,000 or less | 1 |
100,000 to 336,000 | 2 | |
Each 200,000 additional | 1 additional |
C. Paving. Open parking area and unloading and loading berths shall be paved with dust-proof or hard surface meeting the standard specifications of the city.
D. Front Yard. No fences shall be hereafter built or erected between the front setback line of the building or buildings and the front lot line except natural fences of hedge, trees, or shrubbery.
E. Rear Yard. One-half of an alley abutting the rear of a lot may be included in the rear yard to satisfy rear yard requirements, but such alley space shall not be included for loading and unloading berths.
F. Vision Clearance on Corner Lots. Eight feet from the intersection of property lines.
G. Incidental Use. Any building primarily used for any of the uses enumerated under AMC 18.40.010(C) and any commercial use not specifically stated or implied elsewhere in this title and complying with the definition of “commercial uses” in AMC 18.40.020(A) may have not more than 40 percent of the floor area devoted to industry or storage purposes strictly incidental to such primary use; provided, that not more than five employees shall be engaged at any time on the premises in any such incidental use.
H. Lighting Facilities. Outside lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected away from property residentially zoned or used.
I. Performance Standard. No commercial use and/or incidental uses associated with the commercial use will be permitted which is injurious to health or safety of humans or animals, or injurious to vegetation; and which is noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of smoke, gas fumes, odors, noises (including music) or vibration beyond the limits of the premises upon which such use is conducted. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 14-1; Code 1999 § 10-82.]
18.65.020 Conditional exceptions.
A. Maximum Height. The normal maximum height of structures may be increased as follows:
1. Buildings may be erected higher than the normal maximum if they are set back, from front and rear property lines, one foot for each two feet of additional height above the normal maximum height.
2. 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.
B. Front Yard.
1. Where 25 percent or more of the lots in a block are occupied by buildings, the average setback of such buildings determines the dimensions of the front yard need not exceed 25 feet in incorporated areas, and 50 feet in unincorporated areas.
2. On federal and state highways, a distance of 85 feet is required. This distance is to be measured from the center of the right-of-way. However, the minimum setback from the front property line shall be 35 feet.
3. On all other roads and streets except those in incorporated areas, a distance of 60 feet is required. This distance is to be measured from the center of the right-of-way. However, the minimum setback from the property line shall be 35 feet.
C. Side Yard. Whenever a side yard abuts on a street or road in an unincorporated area, the following minimum width shall be standard on lots or parcels of land not included in an existing recorded subdivision:
1. Thirty-five feet on federal and state highways.
2. Thirty-five feet on all other roads and streets.
D. Vehicle Parking Space.
1. Groups of uses requiring vehicle parking space may join in establishing group parking areas with capacity aggregating that required for each participating use.
2. Vehicle parking requirements shall not apply in a block, 50 percent or more of the area of which was occupied by business or industrial structures at the time of passage of the ordinance codified in this title. [Ord. 6, 1990 § 14-2; Code 1999 § 10-83.]