1.

Standards and specifications:

a.

Setback, area, and height limitations in commercial and industrial areas (in general). The limitations on setbacks, area, and height are intended to control all areas zoned and platted for commercial and industrial uses after the adoption of this section. Recognizing the inherent problems affecting property in the central business district, these restrictions will not be applicable. Parcels zoned and platted for commercial or industrial purposes existing at the time of the adoption of this section that are less than 50 feet in width are also exempted from these restrictions. In those instances, the area requirements of Ordinance No. 323, adopted April 7, 1955, will be required. Furthermore, any subsequent drive-thru service window businesses shall be prohibited from entering and/or exiting onto public alleys where said alleys serve any adjoining residence(s).

2.

Setback, area and height limitations in commercial and industrial areas (specific):

a.

A minimum ten-foot side yard setback shall be required on corner lots.

b.

The minimum width of a building site shall be 25 feet of frontage on a public street.

c.

The minimum front yard setback shall be equal to one-fourth (25 percent) of the width of the street right-of-way which it faces or in line with the majority setback of existing structures in the block face, whichever is greater. In a C-1 zone, the front yard setback shall be one foot back of street right-of-way line for each two feet in height, or as specified above, if that distance is greater.

d.

Side yard setbacks from all lot lines shall be one foot back for each two feet in height including corner lots, except a building maybe built to a lot line when not adjacent to a residential zone and where a fire resistant wall meeting the requirements of the building code is provided between uses.

e.

Rear yard setbacks shall be a minimum of five feet.

f.

The height of buildings may not exceed the depth of the front yard plus the width of the street right-of-way which it faces. In a C-1 or C-2 zone, the maximum height shall not exceed two stories.

g.

See section 1.59 for exceptions and modifications.

h.

A minimum of five percent of lot area must be maintained as a permanent landscaped open space.

(Ord. No. 1661, § 1, 3-23-1992; Ord. No. 2327, § 2, 8-10-1998; Ord. No. 3782, § 1, 6-18-2012)