Edison City Zoning Code
§ 37-41.6
Other Requirements.
[1999 Code § 17.76.070]
a.
Open Storage of Materials. No open display or storage of products, materials and equipment shall be permitted.
b.
Transition Requirement. There shall be established along the line of any side or rear lot that is contiguous to any residential district, unless the side or rear lot line coincides with a State or Federal highway, a buffer area at least fifty (50) feet in width, plus five (5) feet additional width for each ten (10) foot interval or fraction thereof of the principal building exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in height. The buffer area shall be landscaped and fenced to provide screening or the uses and associated activities of the lot from adjoining residential districts.
c.
Site Access. Recognizing the heavy traffic flow existing and projected along Route 27 and Talmadge Road and the potential conflict of traffic generated from development of this district and existing and projected through traffic, no more than one (1) driveway connection shall be permitted to Route 27 and to Talmadge Road, respectively.
d.
Building Separation. No commercial and/or office building shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of a residential multifamily building or one-half (1/2) the sum of the height of adjacent commercial and/or office and residential buildings, whichever is the greater, and further provided that no residential building shall be located less than seventy-five (75) feet one from the other.
e.
Recreational Requirement. A mid-rise multifamily housing development shall include both indoor and outdoor recreational facilities such as tennis court(s), exercise room(s), jogging path(s) or equivalents.
f.
Development Staging. The development of the tract shall proceed as a mixed use development, and further provided that no building permit shall be issued for any of the approved residential portion of the development until building permits have been issued and construction begun upon ten (10%) percent of the total floor area of commercial and/or office space set forth upon the approved plan(s).
g.
Application Procedure.
1.
The applicant shall initially submit a sketch plan for the entire tract. The sketch shall show all informational items as required for any major subdivision as set forth in Chapter 39, Land Use, and further shall indicate the general location of buildings (except single-family dwellings), parking areas and roadways as well as any other significant site development features planned by the applicant. The purposes of the sketch development plan are:
(a)
To establish the land use plan for the site;
(b)
To establish staging or phasing of site development;
(c)
To determine at the earliest possible time any off-site improvements required as a result of the development;
(d)
To determine design criteria for buffer areas, parking lot location, open space areas, etc., and as applicable.
2.
The applicant, after approval of the overall development plan, shall proceed with formal site plan and subdivision applications for all or phase(s) of the development.
3.
Preliminary application for development shall be made under and in accord with all the regulations and procedures as set forth for a major subdivision and major site plan as set forth in the land use ordinance.