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East Greenwich Township
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 16

76 - ZONING—B-1 INTERSTATE BUSINESS I ZONE

16.76.010 - Specific intent.

The purpose of this district is to provide services and facilities specifically related to interstate travelers and automobile and truck service related business.

(Prior code § 14-12.1)

16.76.020 - Permitted uses.

A.

Truck and automobile repair facilities;

B.

Gasoline and diesel fuel stations;

C.

Warehousing;

D.

Truck, refrigeration and repair;

E.

Truck and car wash;

F.

Transportation terminal facilities, involving bus passenger stations and similar uses;

G.

Offices;

H.

Any accessory use on the same lot which is customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

(Prior code § 14-12.2; Ord. No. 13-2021, § 1, 12-28-2021)

16.76.021 - Permitted accessory uses.

A.

Renewable energy facilities in accordance with Sections 16.85.020 and 16.85.030.

(Ord. No. 34-2010, § XI, 12-28-2010)

16.76.030 - Dimensional restrictions—Other regulations.

A.

Minimum Lot Area. The minimum lot size for development shall be one acre.

B.

Lot Frontage. A lot shall have a frontage on at least one township street of not less than two hundred (200) feet at the property line.

C.

Buildings Coverage Limit. Not more than thirty-five (35) percent of the area of any lot may be occupied by buildings.

D.

Front Yard. There shall be a front yard on any street which a lot abuts, which yard shall not be less than fifty (50) feet in depth from the right-of-way. (See Section 16.48.040.)

E.

Side Yard. There shall be a minimum side yard of twenty (20) feet from each property line.

F.

Rear Yard. A rear yard of not less than thirty-five (35) feet shall be provided.

G.

Building Height. Buildings and other structures shall not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in height.

H.

Green Area. The first twenty-five (25) feet from the right-of-way line shall be a landscaped area where parking is not permitted.

I.

Impervious Coverage. The maximum amount of building and paving is eighty (80) percent. Twenty (20) percent shall be maintained in green area.

(Prior code § 14-12.3; Ord. No. 13-2021, §§ 1, 2, 12-28-2021)

16.76.040 - Signs.

See Chapter 16.42.

(Prior code § 14-12.4)

16.76.050 - Buffers.

A minimum buffer area of fifty (50) feet shall be provided along any common property line with a residential structure. (See Chapter 16.28 for additional standards.)

(Prior code § 14-12.5)

16.76.060 - Off-street parking and loading.

See Chapter 16.22.

(Prior code § 14-12.6)