Guthrie City Zoning Code
GENERAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS
§ 153.030 OBSTRUCTION TO VISION AT STREET INTERSECTION ON CORNER LOTS; VISIBILITY.
(A) Obstruction to vision at street intersections is prohibited. Additionally, lots adjacent to an intersection shall not obstruct vision of the intersection within the 30-foot sight triangle.
(1) The 30-foot sight triangle is defined as a triangle consisting of the edge of street pavements intersecting at a point forming the outer boundaries of the lot and an imaginary line drawn 30 feet from the point of intersection in either direction.
(2) No obstruction to vision between a height of two and one-half feet and 12 feet above the imaginary plane defined by those three points of intersection are permitted.
(B) No structure, wall, fence, shrubbery or trees shall be erected, maintained or planted on any lot which will obstruct the view of the driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection, except that shade trees will be permitted where all branches are not less than eight feet above the street level. The minimum sight distances which shall be maintained for intersections are as follows: (Measurements to be taken 15 feet from the point of the intersecting pavements.
Street | Low Density | Medium Density | High Density | Non-Residential |
Local | 200' | 200' | 200' | 250' |
Minor arterial | 200' | 200' | 240' | 250' |
Major arterial | 275' | 275' | 300' | 300' |
(C) No obstruction shall be placed in the right-of-way.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.031 FENCES AND WALLS.
No fence, wall or hedge that obstructs sight shall be erected, altered or placed in any required front yard to exceed a height of three feet above the street grade and no fence, wall or hedge shall be erected, altered or placed in any required side or rear yard to exceed a height of eight feet.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.032 CORNER BUILDING SITE.
In any district, a corner building site having to its rear a building site facing toward the intersection or side street, shall have provided on the intersecting or side street of the corner building site a side yard having a width equal to at least the depth of the front yard required for a structure on the building site to the rear of the corner building site. This regulation shall not be applied to reduce the buildable width of the corner building site to less than 30 feet nor require a side yard of more than 20 feet. No accessory structure on a corner building site having to its rear a building site facing toward the intersecting or side street shall be erected or altered nearer to the intersecting or side street line than the front building line to be observed by any structure on the building site to the rear of the corner building site.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.033 ILLUMINATION OF USES.
Lighting facilities used to illuminate signs, parking areas or for other purposes shall be so arranged that the source of light does not shine directly into adjacent residential properties and does not interfere
with traffic.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013)
§ 153.034 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.
Except as otherwise permitted in these regulations, accessory buildings shall be subject to the following regulations.
(A) Where the accessory building is structurally attached to a main building, it shall be subject to and must conform to all regulations of this chapter applicable to main or principal buildings.
(B) Accessory buildings shall not be erected in any required yard except a rear yard or side yard; providing that, in no instance shall such a building be nearer than five feet to any adjoining side lot line or rear lot line.
(C) An accessory building, not exceeding one story or 14 feet in height, may occupy not more than 25% of any non-required yard; provided that, in no instance shall the accessory building exceed the ground floor of the principal building.
(D) In the case of double frontage lot, accessory buildings shall observe front yard requirements on both street frontages wherever there are any principal buildings fronting on the streets in the same block or adjacent blocks.
(E) When an accessory building is to be located on a comer lot, the side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot to its rear, the building shall not project beyond the front yard line required on the lot in rear of the corner lot.
(F) In any residential zone, no garage shall be erected closer to the side lot line than the permitted distance for the dwelling, unless the garage shall be completely to the rear of the dwelling, in which event the garage may be erected five feet from the side and rear lot line. No garage or portion thereof shall extend beyond the front building line of the dwelling. Attached garages of fireproof construction may be erected to extend beyond the front line of the house in those areas which are being developed according to a common plan that includes the construction of attached garages extending beyond the front line of the house, except that such garages shall not encroach in or upon the minimum front yard area as required by these regulations, and provided the cornice, eaves or overhang shall not extend more than six inches into the required side yard area.
(G) Carports constructed in residential zoning district shall comply with the following requirements.
(1) A carport that is placed at the side of an existing residence and which consists of a roof and supporting posts must be five feet from the interior side lot line. The carport may also extend to within ten feet of the side lot line along a public street. The requirements stated in this division (G) refer to the distance between a side property line and the roof line of the carport.
(2) A carport which is structurally part of a residence (one that is composed of the same building materials as the house of which it is a part and one that has the same roof line as the house of which it is a part) shall not extend into a required side yard. Such a carport is usually constructed at the same time as the residence of which it is a part.
(3) No carport shall extend into the required front yard of a lot.
(4) A carport that encroaches into the required side yard of a lot as permitted by this section may not later be converted into living area, a storage room garage or other walled structure without approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.035 BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY ON SMALL BUILDING SITE.
If a lot located in an industrial district or in a business district contains less than the minimum required building site area for the district and on the effective date of this chapter was lawfully existing and of record and held in separate and different ownership from any lot immediately adjoining and having continuous frontage, the lot may be used as the building site for any use permitted in the district.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013)
§ 153.036 DWELLING IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
(A) Owner-proprietor dwelling units. Any owner-proprietor may provide one dwelling unit for his or her own occupancy in any Central Business District structure; exclusive of all zoning restrictions established elsewhere in this chapter as applicable to dwelling units in the Central Business District. This section is applicable to the building and other codes of the city which must be adhered to for all owner-proprietor dwelling units.
(B) Commercial-residential use mix in same structure. Commercial and residential uses may be provided in the same structure, except for residential uses provided for in division (A) above. Commercial uses may be provided on the same floor level with a residential use, but shall have separate ingress and egress.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013)
§ 153.037 AUTOMOBILE WRECKING AND JUNKYARDS (SALVAGE YARDS).
(A) Because of the nature and character of their operations, automobile wrecking and salvage yards, junkyards and similar uses of land can have a decidedly detrimental effect upon surrounding properties. Salvage and wrecking yards tend to create problems of noise, dust, traffic and health hazards; and may adversely affect property values by their general appearance.
(B) The following standards shall be used as a guide in evaluating whether proposed land uses, such as those outlined herein, will have properly minimized their objectionable characteristics.
(1) Licensing. All salvage yards must be licensed. An application to establish a salvage yard in the city shall be filed with the Planning Commission and approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. For the purpose of this chapter, junkyards, automobile wrecking yards and similar operations shall be known as SALVAGE YARDS.
(2) Location. No salvage yard shall be permitted closer than 500 feet from any established residential district, unless in existence prior to the adoption of this chapter. The storage of three or more unlicensed abandoned vehicles and salvaged vehicles must be in an approved and licensed salvage yard. All abandoned and junked motor vehicles and other similar large salvage articles that can be seen from any public right-of-way shall be moved to a licensed salvage yard within one year of the effective date of this chapter.
(3) Screening. All outdoor storage in salvage yards shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed fence or wall, except the driveway area. The fence or wall shall be seven feet in height and appropriately screened to prohibit the visibility of the salvage material. Storage outside or above such fence or wall is expressly prohibited. Any fence or wall erected for screening purposes shall comply with §§ 153.170 through 153.188.
(4) Ingress and egress. The maximum number of vehicular access driveways for salvage yards having frontage on a state or federal highway shall be as regulated by the State Department of Transportation. The maximum number of vehicular access driveways for salvage yards having frontage on a city street shall be regulated by the City Council with recommendations from the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013) Penalty, see § 153.999
§ 153.038 CLASSIFICATION OF NEW AND UNLISTED USES.
It is recognized that new types of land uses will develop and that different forms of land uses will seek to locate in the city. In order to provide for the changes, a determination of the appropriate zoning classification of any new or unlisted form of land use shall be made as follows.
(A) All questions concerning the classification of new or unlisted uses shall be referred to the Zoning Inspector for an interpretation of this chapter. The referral of the use interpretation question shall be accompanied by a statement of facts listing the nature of the use and whether it involves dwelling activity, sales, processing, storage and amount and nature thereof, anticipated employment, types of product, transportation requirements, nature and time of occupancy or operation of the premises, the amount of noise, odor, fumes, dust, toxic material and vibrations likely to be generated, and the requirements for public utilities such as sanitary sewers and water.
(B) The Zoning Inspector shall consider the nature and described performance of the proposed use and assign a use classification descriptive of the proposed use from Appendix A (Schedule of Uses) attached to the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, adopted by reference in § 153.272, or assign a use as is otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter.
(D) If the Zoning Inspector or the Board of Zoning Adjustment, operating under divisions (B) or (C) above, determines the described use does not appear within the code, the Zoning Inspector or the Board of Zoning Adjustment will transmit a copy of the determination to the Planning Commission and City Council. The Planning Commission or City Council may initiate a text amendment to schedule the proposed use.
(E) Barring amendment as provided in division (D) above, proposed uses which do not appear within the code shall not be deemed a permitted use within the city.
(Ord. 2013-2, passed 2-7-2013)