It is the intent of this article that property in the IN district be developed and reserved for religious, cultural, educational, medical and quasi-public institutions to support and enhance their benefit to Brunswick and to protect adjacent districts from their encroachment. The regulations which apply within this district are designed to encourage the orderly and planned development of these facilities and to establish criteria under which such facilities may be established and/or expanded to meet community needs and demands while assuring compatibility of their development with adjacent non-institutional districts. Likewise, certain non-institutional uses are or may be permitted provided they serve and are beneficial to the intent of the district.

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

See Chart No. 8 for permitted uses in the IN district.

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

Conditional uses permitted subject to section 23-25-3. See Chart No. 8 in the Appendix.

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

Special events associated with any permitted use or approved conditional use to be held on the property of said institution may be granted a temporary use permit by the City of Brunswick provided the following conditions are met:

(1)

The event provides a service or public purpose.

(2)

The event be located no closer than 300 feet from any residential district.

(3)

There is sufficient parking available so as not to infringe on the privacy or use of any adjacent use or neighborhood.

(4)

The event does not have a planned duration of more than 72 hours.

(5)

No institution may have an event requiring a temporary use permit more than four times in a calendar year.

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

The following general development regulations shall apply to all permitted uses within the IN district:

(1)

Minimum lot areas.

a.

Hospital — three acres.

b.

School or university — five acres.

c.

Multi-family residential — one acre.

d.

All other permitted uses — 20,000 square feet.

e.

The above minimum lot areas apply to existing institutional uses that are proposing expansion of existing buildings or facilities.

(2)

Maximum residential density — 25 units per acre.

(3)

Parking — see section 23-3-19. No parking allowed in the front yard setback.

(4)

Maximum lot coverage including parking — 80 percent.

(5)

Maximum building height — 65 feet.

(6)

Minimum front yard setback (to be landscaped with no parking) — 25 feet.

(7)

Minimum side yard setback if adjacent to a R district — 25 feet; otherwise, 25 feet combined for both side yards with one being at least 15 feet.

(8)

Landscaped buffer if adjacent to a R district (see section 23-3-21).

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1081, adopted September 20, 2023, set out provisions intended for use as § 23-18-4. Inasmuch as there were already provisions so designated, said section has been codified herein as § 23-18-5 at the discretion of the editor.

Any proposed new or expanded permitted institutional use that is considered of major significance by the department of planning and code enforcement or is proposed to have a principal building or group of buildings with more than 100,000 square feet of floor area, must be reviewed by the planning and appeals commission and approved by the city commission. This includes existing permitted uses that are proposing expansion of facilities which results in the facilities having 100,000 square feet or more floor area.

The criteria for such a review shall include the following:

(1)

A master plan for the development shall be submitted for review by the planning and appeals commission and recommendation for approval or denial by the city commission. Such plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:

a.

A site plan for the initial and any future contemplated development on the site controlled by the owner/developer.

b.

Building elevations sufficient to determine the appearance and design features of each proposed building including a description of the building materials and any special external features of the building.

c.

Ingress, egress, parking, loading, pedestrian access and other similar features.

d.

A signage plan including principal and secondary use identification, access and directional signs.

e.

A complete landscape plan.

f.

Any additional details regarding the development proposal deemed necessary by the planning director.

(2)

Traffic. The proposed development shall be reviewed by the city traffic engineer and determined to not to adversely impact the capacity of adjacent or connecting streets serving the site. Access points for vehicular and/or truck service shall likewise be reviewed and approved.

(3)

Utilities. A review of water, sanitary sewer and stormwater serving and/or discharged from the site shall be made by the city engineer and joint water and sewer commission and shall be determined to have no adverse effect on the utilities serving the site or obtain assurances and financial commitments from the developer that the proposed development shall make necessary improvements to those utilities to remove any service deficiencies. The city commission may determine that the public interest would be best served by the city making such improvements to utilities and streets required by the proposed development.

Following review by the department of planning and code enforcement and planning and appeals commission, to be completed within 60 days following submission of a complete master plan, a report will be prepared and submitted to the city commission within 30 days. The city commission will include the report and recommendation on the agenda at its next city commission meeting provided it has at least a two-week period in which to review the proposal.

(Ord. No. 1081, 9-20-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1081, adopted September 20, 2023, set out provisions intended for use as § 23-18-5. Inasmuch as there were already provisions so designated, said section has been codified herein as § 23-18-6 at the discretion of the editor.