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Hillside City Zoning Code

§ 188-67

Places of general assembly.

[Added 3-25-2003]
Places of general assembly shall meet with the area and bulk requirements of the particular zone and the applicable state-adopted Building and Fire Codes and additional requirements.
A. 
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum frontage: 200 feet.
C. 
Building regulations.
(1) 
No building shall exceed the height limit permitted in the zone district in which it is located.
(2) 
The building floor area ratio shall not exceed 0.25 of the lot area (floor area ratio times lot area equals building area permitted).
(3) 
The impervious lot coverage shall not exceed the lot area, as provided in the various districts contained in Chapter 188 (Land Use) of the Code.
D. 
All buildings shall be located at least 50 feet from a side property line and 50 feet from a rear property line, with a twenty-five-feet front yard setback.
E. 
Any property so used shall front on an arterial or collector street, and said property shall have a minimum lot width of 200 feet.
F. 
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the following:
(1) 
All parking areas and driveways shall be located at least 50 feet from a residential district property line, at least 25 feet from any other property line or from a street and at least 10 feet from a building.
(2) 
No parking shall be permitted within the front yard setback.
(3) 
Parking for places of public assemblage, places of worship, halls and auditoriums: one parking space per three seats; one space per six lineal feet of pew or one space per 25 square feet of assembly area if not fixed seats, based on maximum seating capacity, whichever is greater.
(4) 
Parking lots shall be screened by a fence no higher than six feet and/or landscaped buffer which shall be not less thin 50 feet in width when adjacent to a residence or residential zoned property.
G. 
Where an accessory use(s) is/are part of the application, a combined/shared parking arrangement may be permitted by the approving agency if the applicant can demonstrate that such combined/shared on-site parking will not adversely impact the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Hillside in the area; however, the area waived for parking shall remain as additional open space on site for possible future parking.