Edison City Zoning Code
§ 37-25.9
Height, Area and Yard Requirements.
[1999 Code § 17.49.090; Ord. No. O.1870-2014; Ord. No. O.1887-2014; Ord. No. O.1941-2016]
The height, area and yard requirements as specified in the schedule of Section 37-63, shall be modified in the following manner:
a.
The minimum lot area shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet.
b.
The minimum lot width shall be fifty (50) feet.
c.
The required front yard setback shall be five (5) feet with a tolerance of twenty-five hundredths (0.25) feet. There shall be no deviation from this five (5) foot dimension including the tolerance without an application for a variance to the Zoning Board of Adjustment or Planning Board, whichever has jurisdiction, for relief from this requirement.
d.
The required side yard setback shall be zero (0) feet provided that the lot line does not abut a residential district in which case the minimum side yard requirement shall be fifteen (15) feet unless a public street intervenes in which case the front yard requirement of five (5) foot setback shall govern. There shall be no deviation from this zero (0) foot dimension without an application for a variance to the Zoning Board of Adjustment or Planning Board, whichever has jurisdiction, for relief from this requirement. Where due to building orientation, lot configuration or other condition that preclude entry to the rear of a property for parking area access, loading/unloading, refuse collection, public safety vehicle access or any other purpose requiring such entry, a paved alleyway no wider than fifteen (15) feet shall be permitted alongside or within the frontage of the building. In such cases where the building has more than one (1) story, all additional stories shall be constructed pursuant to governing building codes above said alleyway with the aforementioned side yard requirements where applicable.
e.
The minimum rear yard setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet for parking.
f.
The maximum percent of lot coverage by all buildings shall be seventy (70%) percent.
g.
The maximum percent of lot coverage by all buildings and pavement shall be ninety-five (95%) percent.
h.
The building height shall be a maximum of three (3) stories or forty (40) feet in height whichever is the lesser.
i.
Regardless of the gross floor area of any building, the maximum gross floor area of each and any separate and individual permitted use within that building shall be no greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet per story.
j.
All mechanical equipment must be screened from public view.
k.
All buildings must comply with all fire safety and sprinkler laws.