Itasca City Zoning Code
§ 10.07
AREA AND BULK REGULATIONS.
1. Minimum Land Area Required. Not less than one hundred (100) acres under single control, as approved by the Village.
2. Building Height. All buildings constructed in the R.O.C. - Regional Office Center District, shall be limited to three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height, whichever is lesser, except that in such District having areas greater than one hundred (100) acres, one (1) additional story, or an additional fifteen (15) feet in building height shall be permitted for each full three (3) acres in addition to and in excess of one hundred (100) acres, when recommended by the Plan Commission and approved by the Village Board; provided and regardless of the amount of acres in one contiguous area lying within the District, no building shall be of a height greater than forty (40) stores, or six hundred (600) feet, whichever is lesser.
This paragraph shall not be construed as limiting the total number of stories in all buildings in any such District, but rather as limiting the height of any single building in such a District. All of the above are further subject to the then current Federal Aviation Administration standards and regulations.
3. Building or Structure Locations Near or Adjacent to Residential Zoned Lands. No building shall be constructed within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of a residence district, nor shall any building exceeding one (1) story in height be constructed within two hundred and twenty-five (225) feet of a Residence District, nor shall parking facilities be provided within fifty (50) feet of a Residence District, which distances shall be measured from one (1) nearest point of the building to the closest point of the lands zoned residential, and which distance shall include the full width of any intervening road right-of-way. For buildings over forty-five (45) feet in height, and additional two (2) feet of setback is required for each additional one (1) foot of building height.
4. Yard Requirements.
a. Perimeter Yards: Along those perimeter property lines which abut an arterial or a freeway road, a fifty (50) foot perimeter yard, as measured from the right-of-way line shall be required. For buildings greater than forty-five (45) feet in height, the required setback or yard shall be increased by two (2) feet for each additional one (1) foot of building height.
An approved concept plan which indicates specific locations for construction of buildings greater than forty-five (45) feet in height may limit the perimeter yard required to not less than fifty (50) feet.
b. Other Yards.
(1) Front Yard: A front yard of not less than fifty (50) feet where a maximum of fifty (50) percent may be used for off-street parking and access drives, provided that that remaining fifty (50) percent be landscaped area.
(2) Side Yard: There shall be provided two (2) side yards, each of which is to be twenty-five (25) feet where a maximum of fifty (50) percent may be used for off-street parking and access drives.
(3) Rear Yard: A rear yard of not less than fifty (50) feet where parking shall be permitted within the rear yard, provided that the thirty (30) percent shall be maintained as landscaped area.
5. Other Requirements: Adjacent to any lot line abutting an interior street, there shall be a yard not less than fifty (50) feet and a continuous landscaped area not less than twenty-five (25) feet wide except at points of approved vehicular access to the street.
6. Floor Area Ratio: A cumulative total of zero point six (0.6) for the gross project area as determined by the concept plan. For the purposes of this district, the floor area shall not include that floor space devoted to enclosed off-street parking and loading.
7. Walls and Berms:
a. For those uses listed below, there shall be provided and maintained on those sides abutting or adjacent to a residential district an obscuring wall or landscaped berm as required below. The height of the wall or berm shall be measured from the surface of the parking area or land on the nonresidential side of the wall.
Use | Height Requirement |
(1) Off Street Parking Area | 5 ft. |
(2) Loading or Unloading Area and Service Area | 6 ft. |
(3) Utility Building, Stations and/or Substations | 6 ft. |
b. The location and design of required walls and berms shall be subject to the review and recommendation of the Plan Commission (see Section 4.04.5.) and approval by the Village Board.
c. Berms shall be landscaped earth mounds, the same heights as required for a wall, with a maximum slope of 3:1 (three [3] foot horizontal to one [1] foot vertical). All berms shall have a nearly flat, horizontal area at their highest point of at least two (2) feet in width. Such requirements may be modified by the Plan Commission (see Section 4.04.5.).
Berm slopes shall be protected from erosion. The berm shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be planted with shrubs, trees or sod (or seeded) and shall be maintained in a healthy growing condition.
d. Masonry walls may be constructed with openings which do not, in any square section (height and width), exceed twenty (20) percent of surface. Where walls are so pierced, the openings shall be so spaced as to maintain the obscuring character required and shall not reduce the minimum height requirement. The arrangement of the openings shall be reviewed and recommended by the Plan Commission (see Section 4.04.5.) and approved by the Village Board.
e. In those instances where no useful purpose would be served, the Plan Commission may waive or modify the forgoing requirements of sub-section (g) relating to walls and berms.
(Ord. 963-97, passed 4-8-97)