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Mount Carmel City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

A.- B-3 RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT

Sec. 10-A-1.- B-3 Restricted Business District.

The regulations set forth in this article, or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article, are the regulations in a B-3 Restricted Business District.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)

Sec. 10-A-2. - Use regulations.

The following are the permitted uses for a B-3 Restricted Business District:

A.

Multi-family dwellings;

B.

Attorney offices;

C.

Insurance and real estate agency offices;

D.

Stock broker offices;

E.

Travel agencies;

F.

Government offices;

G.

Accounting and bookkeeping offices;

H.

Architectural and engineering offices;

I.

Clinics or offices for doctors, dentists or health care professionals (not more than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area);

J.

Businesses designed to attract little or no customer or client traffic other than employees of the entity operating the principal use.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)

Sec. 10-A-3. - Parking regulations.

A.

Whenever a structure is erected or reconstructed for any of the purposes permitted in this district there shall be provided and maintained parking spaces as required by article XIII of this ordinance.

B.

Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served in accordance with the requirements herein may be located in any zoning district except that no parking facilities accessory to a business use should be located in a residential district.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)

Sec. 10-A-4. - Height regulations.

No building shall exceed 2½ stories nor shall it exceed 35 feet in height, except as otherwise provided.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)

Sec. 10-A-5. - Area regulations.

A.

Front yard.

1.

There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 15 feet, unless 30 percent or more of the frontage is improved with buildings that have observed a greater or lesser depth of front yard, in which instance no new building or portion thereof shall project beyond a straight line drawn between the point closest to the street line of the building on either side of the proposed structure, or if there be buildings upon only one side, then beyond the straight line projected from the front of the two nearest buildings, but this regulation shall not be interpreted to require a front yard of more than 25 feet nor to permit a front yard of less depth than that of the nearest building.

2.

Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on only one street.

3.

On a corner lot there shall be a front yard on each street side of such lot, except that the buildable width of such lot need not be reduced to less than 32 feet. No accessory shall project beyond the front yard on either street.

B.

Side yard.

1.

Except as hereinafter provided in this ordinance there shall be a side yard on each side of a building, having a width of not less than five feet.

C.

Rear yard. Except as hereinafter provided there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)

Sec. 10-A-6. - Intensity of use.

Every lot or tract of land upon which a building is built, other than multi-family dwellings, shall have an area of not less than 6,000 square feet and an average width of not less than 60 feet. A lot improved with a multi-family dwelling shall have an area of not less than 2,000 square feet per family.

(Ord. No. 650, 5-6-96)