Kent City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIIIA
Towner's Road Overlay District
§ 77-26.1 Purpose and permitted uses.
The regulations of the Towner's Road Overlay District apply to those properties in the Towner's Road area as shown on the Zoning Map. This overlay district allows for business and mixed business and residential uses at a scale appropriate to the predominant high-density residential use of the Towner's Road area. The business uses allowed within this district are intended to primarily serve the residents of the Towner's Road area. This Overlay District imposes additional requirements to those in the underlying R-10 District for the affected properties, and is intended to supplement and not to supersede the provisions of the R-10 District except insofar as the overlay district may impose more restrictive requirements on the specific uses allowed subject to this Article VIIIA. Within the Towner's Road Overlay District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected, altered or added except in conformity with the following additional requirements:
C.
Special uses permitted subject to the approval by the Planning Board in accordance with the provisions of § 77-59 of this chapter. (*) indicates a use that is also subject to Planning Board site plan approval pursuant to § 77-60 of this chapter.
(1)
Any conditional use allowed in the R-10 Residential District.
(2)
Delicatessen, no drive-in or drive-through.
(3)
Retail business, no drive-in or drive-through. On a lot, no single retail use shall occupy ground floor space in excess of 3,000 square feet.
(4)
Restaurants, no drive-in or drive-through. On a lot, no single restaurant use shall occupy ground floor space in excess of 2,000 square feet.
(5)
Service business, no drive-in or drive-through. On a lot, no single service business use shall occupy ground floor space in excess of 1,500 square feet.
§ 77-26.2 Lot and bulk requirements.
§ 77-26.3 Permitted encroachments.
A.
The permitted encroachments shall be the same as set forth for the R-10 District except as otherwise modified by this article.
§ 77-26.4 Design standards.
A.
Design standards. The following standards shall be applied during the site plan and subdivision review of any development project in the IOC District. The Planning Board may use its discretion to waive or modify these standards.
(1)
The Planning Board shall use its discretion to establish appropriate landscape buffer setbacks for adaptive reuse, rehabilitation, and redevelopment projects, and projects on previously disturbed land areas. The Planning Board is hereby expressly authorized to require such additional front, side and rear yard setbacks as may be required to ensure that the nonresidential use does not interfere with the quiet enjoyment of adjoining residential properties. The species type, location and planted height of such landscaping shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board.
(2)
Utilities shall, unless infeasible, be placed underground.