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Mamou City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

12. - GENERAL ZONING REGULATIONS

Sections:


17.12.010. - Zoning affects every building and use.

No building or land shall hereafter be used and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless for a use expressly permitted by and in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located, except as hereinafter provided.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 4)

17.12.020. - Only one main building permitted on a lot.

Only one main building and its customary accessory buildings may hereafter be erected on any lot. No open space or lot required for a building or structure shall, during its life, be occupied by or counted as open space for another building or structure.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 6)

17.12.030. - Off-street automobile parking.

Off-street automobile storage or standing space shall be provided on any lot or plot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established; such space shall be provided with vehicular access to street or alley and shall be deemed to be required open space associated with the permitted use and shall not hereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner:

A.

Dwelling: One parking space for each dwelling unit;

B.

Tourist accommodations: One parking space for each room or unit offered for tourist accommodations;

C.

Plans for places of public assembly, hotels, and office buildings shall be reviewed by the permit department of the Town and submitted to the Town council for approval in order that the provisions for parking may be studied in each individual case;

D.

Stores and other establishments in local business districts: Minimum 25-foot setback from front to be provided as parking areas;

E.

Industrial or manufacturing establishments: One parking space for each five workers, based on peak employment and adequate space for loading and unloading all vehicles used incidental to the operation of the industrial or manufacturing establishment.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 7)

17.12.040. - Lot of record.

One building and its accessory buildings may be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street for at least 20 feet.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 13)

17.12.050. - Front, side and rear yards.

A.

Steps or stoops not exceeding 24 square feet in area, eaves, cornices, window sills, unenclosed porches and porte cocheres, and belt courses may project into any required yard, provided such construction does not project nearer than two feet to the side lot line.

B.

Where dedicated street right-of-way is less than 50 feet, the depth of the front yard shall be measured from a point 25 feet from the center line of the street to the front building line.

C.

Other front yard requirements notwithstanding, the front of no building in residential or local business districts need be set back more than the average setbacks of the buildings within 100 feet on either side.

D.

In any district on lots less than 100 feet deep, the front yard may be reduced one foot for each foot that the depth of the lot is less than 100 feet.

E.

For each foot by which a lot of official record at the time of enactment of the ordinance codified in this title is less than the minimum width required under this title, three inches may be deducted from each side yard, provided, however, that no side yard shall be less than three feet.

F.

On lots occupied by dwellings, not more than 30 percent of the rear yard of the main building may be occupied by one-story buildings of accessory use, and garage apartments where permitted.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 14)

17.12.060. - Building height.

A.

Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers and other projections not used for human occupancy may extend above the height limit.

B.

Churches, schools, hospitals, sanitariums, and other public and semipublic buildings may be built to a height of 55 feet or four stories if the minimum depth of front and rear yards and the minimum width of side yards required in the district are increased one foot for each foot by which the height of such public or semipublic structures exceeds the height limit in feet prescribed for other structures for the district.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 15)

17.12.070. - Group housing projects.

A.

In the case of a housing project consisting of a group of two or more buildings to be constructed on a plot of ground of at least three acres not subdivided into the customary streets and lots and which will not be so subdivided, or where the existing or contemplated street and lot layout make it impracticable to apply the requirements of this title to the individual buildings in such housing projects, the application of such requirements to such housing project shall be done by the board of adjustment in a manner that will be in harmony with the character of the neighborhood, will insure a density of land use no higher and a standard of open space at least as high as required by this title in the district in which the proposed subject is to be located.

B.

In no case shall the board of adjustment authorize: (1) a project without prior approval of the planning and zoning commission; and (2) a use or a building height prohibited in the district in which the housing project is to be located.

(Ord. 31-1956 § 16)