No building, structure, or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or maintained except for one or more of the uses herein cited and subject to the conditions stated herein:

Accessory structures and uses to those permitted herein.

Artificial limb and brace, therapeutic establishments.

Farmers markets.

Farming and other agricultural uses.

Federal, state, county, or city owned or operated buildings and uses.

General and private hospitals.

General office uses and office buildings.

Medical, dental, optical and audiology clinics.

Medical research, experimental and testing laboratories.

Medical, surgical and dental supply houses.

Nursing homes, rest homes, and convalescent homes, skilled nursing care facilities, assisted living centers and acute long-term care facilities.

Permitted uses as special exceptions as defined and regulated by subsection 92.5.3 hereof.

Rehabilitation services.

Retail sales and consumer service establishments accessory to any permitted use—provided that such commercial use shall not occupy more than 15 percent of the total floor area of the building in which such use is located.

Surgery centers.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05; Ord. No. 09-1053, § 1, 12-17-2009; Ord. No. 15-406, § 2, 7-23-2015)

The following yard and density requirements shall be observed:

66.2.1. Minimum lot area: 25,000 sq. ft.

66.2.2. Minimum required depth of front yard:

From major arterials (see section 73.15): 50 feet.

From other streets: 30 feet.

66.2.3. Minimum side yard: All buildings shall have a side yard of not less than ten feet on any side. When the side lot line abuts a residential district, a side yard of 100 feet is required. Off-street parking spaces are not permitted in the first 50 feet of the required side yard as measured from a residential district.

66.2.4. Minimum rear yard: None, except that when the rear of the lot abuts a residential district, a rear yard of 100 feet is required. Off-street parking spaces are not permitted in the first 50 feet of the required rear yard as measured from a residential district.

66.2.5. Buildings shall not cover an area greater than 60 percent of the total tract upon which the buildings are located.

66.2.6. Maximum height: Maximum number of stories is five and maximum height is 75 feet.

66.2.7. Street access and frontage: Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 50 feet on a public road; provided however, the Planning Commission may approve a lesser frontage to a minimum of 20 feet for lots located on cul-de-sacs or on street curves or having other extraordinary characteristics if the lot width at the building line measures at least 50 feet.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05)

66.3.1. The required front yards of all developed parcels shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs and vegetative ground covers and shall be maintained in a manner as to be neat in appearance when viewed from any street or adjacent property. A minimum of one tree per thirty-five feet of boundary, or part thereof, shall be planted and be well distributed throughout the required front yard. Required trees shall be of locally adapted species, 50 percent of which shall be of a type expected to reach 35 feet in height under normal growing conditions.

66.3.2. All off-street parking areas shall be screened to a minimum height of 36 inches, where practically feasible, from view from streets and adjacent properties by the use of earth berms and/or landscape materials. Landscape materials used for screening shall be of locally adapted species and shall be a minimum of 24 inches in height and spread at the time of installation.

66.3.3. Where required side or rear yards are adjacent to a residential district, the first 15 feet as measured from the residential district shall be landscaped with a buffer of screen planting as defined herein.

66.3.4. Exterior storage of materials shall be contained by solid or opaque fencing of a height sufficient to conceal items being stored. Fencing shall be of a material similar to and compatible with the exterior materials of the primary buildings. All exterior storage and fencing shall be maintained in such a manner as to be neat in appearance when viewed from any street. No exterior storage or display of materials is permitted in the required front yard. Exterior storage is not permitted within 50 feet of a residential district. Exterior storage of materials is not permitted within 200 feet of a residential district unless enclosed in a solid or opaque fence of at least eight feet in height.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05)

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of article 72—Sign control regulations.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05; Ord. No. 21-46, § 1(Exh. A, § B.2.), 2-25-2021)

Except as provided for herein all off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for as set forth in article 70 hereof.

66.5.1. Driveways and vehicular access ways, except as necessary to cross a required front yard, are not permitted in a required front yard.

66.5.2. Parking areas are not permitted in a required front yard.

66.5.3. Required parking for a complex of buildings under common ownership on a common lot shall be calculated based upon designated parking for each building shown on the plans and permit application.

66.5.4. Lighting of off-street parking and vehicular use areas is required in accordance with section 71.6, PVA lighting requirements.

Required bicycle parking spaces and facilities shall be provided as set forth in article 76 hereof.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05; Ord. No. 09-430, § 28, 7-9-2009; Ord. No. 10-507, § 2, 8-26-2010)

Six-foot-wide sidewalks shall be required along the streets of parcels to be developed. Sidewalks shall be so designed as to tie to existing sidewalks within the area.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05)

All power, communication, and other wiring hereafter installed in a medical 2 district shall be placed underground.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05)

66.8.1 Prior to issuance of any building permit, any property owner desiring to subdivide or develop land within a medical 2 district, as shown on the official zoning maps of the city, must submit to the city planner for approval a development plan for each parcel or tract of land proposed to be developed. Such development plan shall have shown thereon the following information:

(1)

The specific location of the tract to be developed or subdivided within said district and all land and development lying within 500 feet of the tract or parcel of land to be developed.

(2)

Names and addresses of all land owners whose property adjoins said parcel or tract, as shown in the tax assessor's records of Madison County and/or Limestone County, Alabama.

(3)

The location of all buildings proposed to be constructed within the tract.

(4)

Existing and proposed accessways and roads, public and private.

(5)

A generalized drainage plan showing existing and proposed drainage.

(6)

Location of all existing and proposed public utilities as the same relates to the development of the property.

(7)

Location of all off-street parking spaces and loading facilities.

(8)

Location of proposed screen planting, walls, and garbage storage facilities.

(9)

Location of all existing and proposed easements.

(10)

Location of all sidewalks.

66.8.2 The planning director shall approve said development plan for a specified medical 2 district improvement, upon finding that the same complies with these regulations. Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, all subsequent development on said tract or parcel shall be approved without resubmission in all cases where the proposed improvements substantially conform to the approved development plan.

(Ord. No. 005-860, § 1, 11-22-05)