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Leesville City Zoning Code

DIVISION 3

PLANNED DISTRICTS

Sec. 74-100.- Planned land use districts; procedures to be followed; examination by planning commission; action by council.

(a)

Persons desiring to use land or erect buildings within a planned district shall first submit a plan to the Council showing in detail the manner in which the land is to be used, the location, size, character, and appearance of buildings, and provisions for off-street parking, service areas, and landscaping. Said plan shall include the entire area within an individual planned district.

(b)

The Council shall submit such a plan to the planning commission who shall have 45 days in which to investigate plan and hold hearings. If commission does not report in 45 days, the Council may assume that commission approves the plan in the manner required below.

The Commission shall make the following determinations:

(c)

The plan complies with all regulations of this article;

(d)

The plan provides additional set back at least 20 feet beyond the space required for major street rights-of-way as shown on the major street plan;

(e)

The plan provides protection for adjacent properties as follows:

a.

Use complies with the requirements of the board of health for disposal of waste and sewerage.

b.

When adjacent to residential property a solid fence or wall sin feet in height or plating not less than three feet in a height which will grow and be maintained to six feet or more shall be installed along the lot line but this requirement shall not apply within 20 feet of a street or along lot lines adjacent and parallel to the street.

c.

Roadway entrance and exists shall be located for clear sight distance and safety not closer than 40 feet to a street intersection. Parking areas called for in division 6 shall, when occurring in the front of buildings, be arranged so that cars do not back into traffic and with a minimum depth between the building and the street of 65 feet.

d.

Major drainage channels and culverts shall meet minimum requirements of the city engineer.

e.

There shall be no more than one use on a lot or lots of records.

f.

The use must meet the requirements of the subdivision ordinance.

(1)

The plan is for at least minimum acreage as set forth in sections 74-101, 74-102 and 74-103.

(2)

The plan meets the area and parking regulations for the type of district requested as set forth in the A-5 district in the case of residential, of C-2 district in the case of a commercial or industrial district.

(f)

Upon such a determination by the planning commission, the council may, after public hearings, approve the plan and building permits may be issued to carry out the approved plan. Buildings and land may be used only in accordance with approved plans. Approved plans may be amended by the same procedure by which they were adopted.

(Zoning Ordinance, §§ 2.1101—2.1104)

Sec. 74-101. - A-5 planned residential districts; permitted uses; modification of area regulations.

(a)

When an area is planned as set forth under section 74-100, residential units of the A-6 and A-7 district may be included provided the area to be developed is in excess of 80 acres and the proposed residential zoning units are harmonious to the existing area in which it will be located, and include sites for schools, parks, churches, and a planned commercial area,

(b)

Modification of area regulations. The area regulations may be varied provided that the residential density for the tract does not decrease to less than an average of 12,000 square feet per family.

(Zoning Ordinance, § 2.12)

Sec. 74-102. - C-1 planned commercial districts; general requirements.

When an area is planned as set forth under section 74-100 and contains at least six acres, a commercial zone of the C-2 district may be established.

(Zoning Ordinance, § 213)

Sec. 74-103. - M-1 planned industrial districts; general requirements; permitted uses: prohibited uses.

(a)

When an area is planned and approved as set forth under section 74-100 and which area contains at least 20 acres, then the following uses shall apply: in the M-I district there may be no building for residential use except as quarters for watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises; other uses listed in C-2 district.

(b)

There may also be:

Assembly plants

Book binderies

Bottled gas sales and/or service

Canneries (except fish and meat products)

Cellophane products manufacturing

Ceramic products (previously pulverized clay kilns fired only by electricity or gas)

Cleaning and dyeing works

Cold storage or refrigerating plants

Confectionery manufacturing

Contractors, storage yards

Dairy products, manufacturing

Electrical parts, assembly and manufacturing

Fiber products manufacturing (previously prepared leather)

Food products manufacturing (except fish and meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast and rendering or refining of fats and oils)

Leather products manufacturing (previously prepared leather)

Lumber yards

Machinery, farm sales, repairing and overhauling

Millwork

Paint mixing and treatment (not employing a boiling process)

Paper products manufacturing (previously prepared material)

Parcel delivery service

Pharmaceuticals manufacturing

Plastic products manufacturing (previously prepared material)

Sheet metal products (light)

Sign painting shop

Textile products manufacturing

Open storage of building material, coal, lumber, machinery and pipe when the material is enclosed within a solid fence six feet high, said fence to be within required building lines

Telecommunication service towers, monopoles, guide wire towers

Television and radio broadcasting transmitters

Foundary casting, lightweight nonferrous metal (no brass, manganese, bronze, zinc)

Wood products manufacturing (assembling work and finishing)

Tire retreading, recapping rebuilding

Toy manufacturing

Warehouse or storage building

Well drilling service

Wholesale business, including gasoline and oil

Tool manufacturing (no drop hammer or punch presses over 20 tons)

Other industrial uses, provided such uses: make no greater noise than 70 decibels at the lot line; emit no smoke at period of normal operation of a density greater than one according to Ringlemann's scale; emit no particles from any flue or smokestack in excess of 0.2 grains per cubic foot of flue gas at a stock temperature of 5,000 Fahrenheit; emit no odors, gas, or fumes beyond the lot lines; produce no glare that can be seen from a lot line; dust proof all walks, driveways, and parking areas so that no dust from these or any other operations escapes beyond the lot lines; and conduct all operations within a building or within an area enclosed by a shrub or walls not less than six feet in height.

(Zoning Ordinance, §§ 2.14, 2.1401; Ord. No. 11/18, 12-11-18)