The PI Public Institutional District is intended to recognize the public, quasi-public, and institutional nature of particular parcels of land and provide standards and guidelines for their continued use and future development; to ensure that those public, quasi-public, and institutional land uses will be compatible with the surrounding districts and uses; and to ensure that the public, quasi-public, and institutional use of property will promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with the Village's Master Plan.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   In the PI District, the following uses are permitted:

   (a)   Municipal buildings, offices, community centers and facilities owned and operated by the Village of Franklin for the purposes of the government of the Village of Franklin.

   (b)   Public, quasi-public, and institutional buildings, offices, centers and facilities, such as, but not limited to libraries and post offices, owned or operated by governmental or quasi-governmental entities for the purposes of providing civic services and functions.

   (c)   Public parks and public recreation areas operated by governmental, quasi-governmental, or private entities exclusively for the use and enjoyment of the public.

   (d)   Churches and other facilities normally incidental thereto, including but not limited to community and civic group meetings, events and activities, and religious, social, cultural and educational services, instruction and programs. A proposed site for a church shall not be less than two acres, shall have adequate access to all required off-street parking areas, and be located on a site adjacent to a major thoroughfare as defined by the Village's Master Plan.

   (e)   Public, parochial and private elementary, junior high and / or senior high schools offering courses in general education, which may contain libraries and other facilities customarily found within a school, not operated for profit, and situated on a site not less than two acres.

   (f)   Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electronic transformer stations and substations, and gas regulator stations, but not including service or storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate the locating of such uses in order to serve the immediate vicinity.

   (g)   Museums displaying or exhibiting items or artifacts of an historical nature and not operated for profit.

   (h)   Accessory structures, buildings, uses and signs, customarily incidental to the above permitted uses in accordance with Section 1268.13.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   The following accessory uses, buildings and structures shall be permitted in the PI District, subject to Section 1268.13:

   (a)   Accessory structures, uses and signs, excluding buildings, customarily incidental to uses permitted by Section 1259.02.

   (b)   Accessory buildings customarily incidental to uses permitted by Section 1256.02, subject to site plan requirements in Section 1268.30.

   (c)   The Village of Franklin encourages the development and use of alternative energy sources, such as energy generated by solar and wind facilities, provided that the devices to generate, process and store the energy are safe and will cause no harm to the well-being of adjacent residents or the surrounding area as a whole. Solar and wind energy facilities, whether freestanding or attached to the principal building, are considered accessory structures and require site plan review and special use approval. Alternative energy facilities, considered accessory structures, are subject to the following site plan and use approval requirements:

      (1)   Wind energy facilities, whether freestanding or attached to the principal building, require site plan review in accordance with Section 1268.30 and special use approval in accordance with Section 1268.32.

      (2)   Ground-mounted solar energy facilities require site plan review in accordance with Section 1268.30, and special use approval in accordance with Section 1268.32.

      (3)   Roof-mounted solar energy facilities require zoning compliance approval in accordance with Section 1242.02 and shall comply with Section 1268.13A, Roof-Mounted Solar Energy Systems.

   (d)   Special events, limited to four consecutive calendar days, single days for two consecutive weeks, or two consecutive weekends. If in excess of four consecutive calendar days, single days for two consecutive weeks, or weekend events for more than two consecutive weekends, a special event shall be subject to the requirements in Section 1268.32(h).

   (e)   Retail activity. In the PI District, a limited amount of retail activity is permitted where the retail activity is accessory to the principal public, quasi-public, and institutional use of property. Retail activity shall be deemed an acceptable accessory use if the following criteria are met:

      (1)   Character of the principal use. The principal use on the site must be public, quasi-public, or institutional in character. The retail activity must be an integral part of the principal use such that separation of the public, quasi-public, or institutional and retail activity would adversely affect operating and management procedures.

      (2)   Percent of floor area. The retail activity shall occupy no more than 49% of the total floor area or 1,000 square feet, whichever is less.

      (3)   Compatibility of traffic. The type and quantity of traffic generated by the retail sales operation shall be compatible with permitted uses in the district.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as specified in Chapter 1262, with the further condition that no parking be permitted in the required front yard, said front yard area being the 40-foot yard space abutting the front property line, nor within the required side or rear setback adj acent to any side or rear property zoned R-l, R-2, R-3 or R-4, or which is adjacent to any property or lot used for residential purposes. (See Section 1262.02 for off-street parking development regulations.)

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   PI parcels adjacent to property within a Single-Family Residential District or used for residential purposes shall provide protective screening in compliance with the regulations set forth in Sections 1268.28 and 1268.29.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   For all uses in the PI District, site plan approval is required in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 1268.30.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)

   Area, height, bulk and placement requirements for the PI District shall be as established in the schedule provided in Appendix B following the text of this Zoning Code.

(Ord. 2021-02. Passed 7-19-21.)