Hunting Valley City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1156
U-3 Institutional District
1156.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
The U3 Institutional District is established for the purpose of providing locations and regulatory standards for certain institutions dedicated to educational, cultural, natural and historic enlightenment, enrichment, appreciation, and investigation.
(Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)
1156.02 PERMITTED USES.
Within a U3 Institutional District, no building or premises shall be used, erected, arranged, intended, or designed to be used except for one or more of the following uses and in conformance with this Chapter. All other uses shall be expressly prohibited:
(a) Permitted Uses.
(1) Private educational institutions offering academic and related programs, activities and events designed to meet the academic and other needs of students, faculty and staff in compliance with State and other recognized academic standards.
(b) Accessory Uses. The following accessory uses may be permitted in a Class U3 Institutional District where such use is clearly incidental, supportive, integral, and subordinate to a principal permitted use located in the campus and where the construction and operation of such accessory use shall not alter the essential character and nature of the established principal permitted use:
(1) Private athletic and recreational facilities and support facilities intended for use by students, faculty, staff, alumni, and school organizations.
(2) Student, faculty, staff, and guest housing.
(3) Alumni and fundraising events, activities and programs.
(4) Facilities for scientific investigation, habitat observation and development, and nature appreciation, education and research.
(5) Facilities for cultural, social, agricultural, environmental, historic and artistic enlightenment, participation, conservation, and education, including theaters, art and music studios, laboratories, and conference and meeting facilities.
(6) Parking areas, loading spaces, transportation facilities, and related facilities which are necessary and integral to the operation of a principal permitted use.
(7) Storage and maintenance buildings.
(8) Signs and way-finding devices as authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(9) Other accessory structures necessary and integral to the operation of a principal permitted use as determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(10) Roof Mounted Solar Energy Systems designed, installed, and constructed to provide electrical power to be primarily consumed by the principal use or building to which they are accessory provided that no Solar Energy System shall be constructed unless the System's plan, construction, and design have been approved by the Village Architectural Board of Review.
(Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)
1156.03 MINIMUM LOT AREA AND MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE.
(a) Each U3 Institutional District shall contain a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) contiguous acres.
(b) The maximum site coverage for all buildings and other impervious surfaces, such as parking, driveways and service areas, within a U3 Institutional District, shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total site area of the campus.
(Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)
1156.04 MINIMUM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) No building, structure or parking area shall be located closer than two hundred (200) feet from the right-of-way line of any public street.
(b) No building, structure or parking area shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet from any other lot line, provided however, that play fields, trails, walkways, nature observation decks, and related unenclosed structures may be placed closer than one hundred (100) feet from a lot line with the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) The location of parking lots, access drives, playing fields, trails, walkways, and similar facilities which are in existence on the effective date of this provision shall be deemed to have been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(d) Access drives within required side and rear setbacks shall only be permitted where specifically authorized by the Planning and Zoning Commission. When granting such approval, the Commission may attach such conditions and stipulations regarding location and screening as it deems necessary to protect adjacent properties.
(Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)
1156.05 MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
(a) No permitted buildings or structures shall be erected to a height in excess of four (4) stories or sixty (60) feet.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to restrict the height of a clock tower, chimney flue, water tank, elevator bulkhead, stage tower or scenery loft or to a wireless transmitter or receiver tower.
(c) The Planning and Zoning Commission may, after public notice and hearing and subject to such conditions and safeguards as the Commission may prescribe to protect the appropriate use of neighboring property, permit the erection of a building or portion of a building covering not more than ten percent (10%) of the area of a lot to a height in excess of the limits prescribed in Subsection (a), which exception shall be confirmed by resolution of Council before becoming effective.
(d) Nothing in this Zoning Code shall prevent the erection, above the height limit, of a parapet wall or cornice solely for ornamentation and without windows, extending above such height limit by not more than three (3) feet.
(Ord. 2023-6. Passed 6-15-23; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)
1156.06 CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES.
Cellular communications facilities, including supporting towers, antennas, electronic equipment, mounting platforms, modular units, and emergency generators shall be permitted only in conformance with the following standards and criteria:
(a) Each such facility shall be located on a site under single ownership of not less than 185 acres.
(b) The maximum height of any communications tower shall be 200 feet.
(c) Each communications tower shall make use of stealth design technology to mitigate its visual impact. The stealth design shall emulate a large tree and such design shall be as approved by the Building Inspector as part of the site plan approval.
(d) Each facility shall provide a structural analysis of the support tower that must be reviewed and approved by the Village Engineer.
(e) There shall be a maximum of one (1) support tower per facility and each cellular communications facility shall maintain a minimum separation of 6,500 feet from any other cellular communications facility.
(f) There shall be a fenced and secured compound area surrounding the tower containing all of the associated communications equipment, mounting platforms, modular units, and emergency generators. The maximum size of the fenced compound shall not exceed 5,625 square feet. All equipment associated with the operation of the cellular communications facility shall be located within the fenced compound. The fence height shall be a minimum of six (6) feet and shall be of a design approved by the Building Inspector.
(g) Access to the secured compound shall be provided to the Chief of Police.
(h) In the event of co-location, each communications provider shall have a separate power feed, with emergency cut off and its own backup generator.
(i) Each proposed cellular communications facility shall submit a site plan detailing the tower, compound, and equipment for review and approval by the Building Inspector and Village Engineer.
(j) The compound and tower shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from any property boundary line of the parcel on which the facility is located.
(Ord. 2023-11. Passed 10-10-23.)