Minimum lot size requirements: There shall be no minimum lot size requirement for lots in this zone, except that an area sufficient to accommodate location requirements, off street parking, loading and unloading and vehicular access shall be provided and maintained.

Frontage requirements: The minimum frontage of any commercial use on a zoning lot shall be forty (40) feet measured at the front lot line.

Structure to have access: All structures shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street or with access to a city approved private street and shall be so located on lots as to provide safe and convenient access for fire protection.

Setback determination: For the purpose of determining front, side and rear setback requirements, any accessory building on a lot shall not change the setback rules for the dwelling or the main building on a lot. Any accessory building in a front lot shall abide by the same rules as the dwelling or main building. No building shall be located a distance of more than two hundred (200) feet from a public street.

Yard space for one building only: All required yards shall be situated on the same lot as the building or structure to which it applies. No required yard, area, or other open space around a building or use which is needed to comply with the area, setback, or open space requirements of this ordinance shall be considered as providing the required area, yard, setback or open space for any other building or use; nor shall any area, yard, setback or other required open space on an adjoining lot be considered as providing the area, setback, or open space requirement of a building or use.

Every building to be on a zoned lot: Every building shall be located and maintained on a zoned lot as defined in this ordinance, except for dwellings within a manufactured home park, or other large scale development in a zone which permits such developments. Under no circumstances shall any manufactured home be adjoined or attached to any other dwelling, nor may multiple manufactured homes be joined to form a single building.

Sale or lease of required space prohibited: No space needed to meet the yard, area, coverage, off street parking, frontage on a public street, or other requirements of this ordinance for a lot or building may be sold, bequeathed or leased apart from such lot or building unless other space so complying is provided, nor shall any land be sold which will result in an existing or future lot that does not comply with all of the provisions of this article.

Storage of junk and debris prohibited: The use of yards or other open space, or uninhabited dwellings for the storage of any of the following shall be prohibited, except as may be expressly permitted in this ordinance:

Drainage: Surface water from rooftops shall not be allowed to drain onto adjacent lots or streets. Surface drainage from corrals, pens, or coops shall not be permitted to drain onto adjacent lots or streets, nor shall it be permitted to enter the sanitary sewer system.

Sewage disposal: Where domestic sewage disposal facilities are used which are not connected to public sewer, approval of such facilities shall be obtained from the health department before a building permit shall be issued therefore.

Pollution prevention: Any use which emits or discharges gases, fumes, dust, glare, noise or other pollutants into the atmosphere in amounts which exceed the standards as prescribed by the state division of air quality or the state department of health, and any use which emits or discharges liquids or solid material into the soil or water in amounts which result in pollutants entering groundwater in amounts exceeding the standards prescribed by the state division of water quality or the state department of health, shall be prohibited.

Enclosed storage: All merchandise, materials and equipment except automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles in running order and seasonal items such as holiday decorations, shall be stored within an enclosed building or within an enclosure surrounded by a sight obscuring metal fence or masonry wall at least six (6) feet in height. This does not prohibit temporary displays.

Residential structures in commercial zone: All buildings used for human occupancy having walls made of combustible material shall be located at least sixteen (16) feet from the property line.

Site plan required in commercial zone: A plot plan clearly depicting the area to be developed; width, height, size and location of any proposed buildings to be constructed thereon and showing all improvements such as signs, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and parking areas shall be submitted by the developer and then must be reviewed and approved by the planning commission prior to the issuance of a building permit.

All uses must be operated so that all practical means are used to confine any noise, odor, dust, smoke, vibration or other similar feature to the premises upon which they are located.

Any light used to illuminate signs, parking areas, or for any other purpose shall be so arranged as to confine direct light beams to the lighted property by appropriate directional hooding.

A minimum of fifty (50) percent of any fence, wall, or continuous hedgerow within the front setback, or side setback if a corner lot, from any street shall be four (4) feet or less. The remainder, up to a maximum of fifty (50) percent of any fence, wall, or continuous hedgerow, may not exceed six feet (6'). Fences, walls, and hedgerows at greater than the required minimum setback distance may be constructed to a height not to exceed eight feet (8').

All fences and walls shall be constructed of substantial material and the design and construction shall be consistent with the quality of dwellings and other improvements within the surrounding area. Constructions of fences or walls which exceed six feet (6') in height shall be subject to the standards and requirements of the most current edition of the international building code as adopted by Huntington City.

Off street parking for nonresidential uses shall be provided according to the off street parking schedule found in the international building code as published by the International Conference of Building Officials.

All off street parking spaces shall be graded and graveled.

Off street loading and unloading space shall be provided on the same lot for every building used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, goods display, department store, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, or other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided shall include a minimum ten feet (10') by twenty five feet (25') loading space with a minimum fourteen feet (14') height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor space in the building or fraction thereof.

On corner lots, no driveways shall be closer than fifteen feet (15') to the point of intersection of the front property line with the side property line, which abuts upon a street.

Where there is no existing curb, gutter and sidewalk, a curb, gutter and sidewalk or any combination of curb, gutter and sidewalk may be required by the city.

The planning commission may approve substitute parking locations and may reduce the amount of off street parking required if:

New development shall provide the following:

Front yards and side yards of all commercial buildings which front on public streets must be landscaped a minimum of ten (10) percent.

Facades: All new development must present an attractive streetscape, incorporate architectural and site design elements appropriate to a pedestrian scale, and provide for the safety and convenience of pedestrians. All new development shall comply with each of the following architectural standards:

Lighting: All lights placed on property entrances or on building facades shall be down directed and shielded to direct light to the entry or pedestrian way. External lights shall be located and used to avoid light trespass. The lighting design shall minimize light trespass. Spotlights and floodlights are prohibited. All pedestrian pathways shall include either bollard lighting, or down directed lighting which shall not exceed twelve feet (12') in height.

Screening: Trash collection and recycling areas, service areas, mechanical equipment and loading docks shall be screened on all sides so that no portion of such areas is visible from public streets and alleys and adjacent properties. Required screening may include, new and existing plantings, walls, fences, screen panels, doors, topographic changes, buildings, horizontal separation, or any combination thereof.

Setback: All permanent advertising signs shall be set back from public streets a distance at least equal to the distance that buildings are required to be set back within the zone in which said signs are located.

Screening requirements: All signs shall display thereon copy and images pertaining only to products or services sold on premises.

Permits required: No advertising sign shall be erected or placed within the city without first making application for and obtaining a building permit therefore. In addition, all signs located within six hundred sixty feet (660') of the right of way line of a federally designated highway shall conform to the standards and regulations for such signs established by the state of Utah or by federal law. Any approval or permits required by said regulations shall be in addition to the building permit herein above required and construction or placement of a sign shall not be commenced until all approvals and permits have been obtained and verification thereof is provided to the city by the developer.

One (1) A-Frame sign, each face of which is no larger than twelve (12) square feet, will be permitted on city property at each business location in the C-1 commercial zone without requiring a sign permit. Said sign must be removed from public property after business hours. No signs may obstruct the normal passage of pedestrian traffic on public sidewalks at any time.