Pitman City Zoning Code
§ 35-9.2
Area, Height and Design Regulations.
[1967 Code § 15-9.2; amended 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 3-2023]
Every building or use shall comply with the following area, height and design regulations:
a.
Lot Area. In the case of apartment use in combination with business use, a lot area of not less than 3,000 square feet per family shall be provided.
b.
Building Area. Not more than 70% of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.
c.
Yards. Front, side and rear yards shall be provided on each lot as follows:
1.
Front yard. One yard, not less than 20 feet in depth, subject to the provisions of Subsection 35-24.5.
2.
Side Yard. None required for a building used for commercial purposes, except that where a lot abuts a P Park-Conservation or Residence District or a street on the side lot line, a side yard shall be provided which shall be not less than 20 feet in width. In any case where side yards are provided, although they are not required, each such side yard shall be not less than five feet in width.
3.
Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than 20 feet in depth, provided that where a lot abuts a P Park-Conservation or Residence District on the rear lot line, each such rear yard shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
d.
Height Regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height.
e.
Special Design Requirements. In order to encourage the sound development of major street frontage in addition to the parking, safety and other requirements of the general regulations, in this chapter, the following special provisions shall apply in any location which abuts a State or County highway or in any other location where practicable.
1.
Access Barrier. Access to the highway shall be controlled in the interest of public safety. Each building or group of buildings used for commercial or nonresidential purposes and its parking or service areas shall be physically separated from the highway or street by a curb, planting strip or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress, except for accessways as authorized in subsection below.
2.
Accessways. Each separate use, grouping of attached buildings or grouping of uses permitted as part of a single integrated plan shall have not more than two accessways to any one highway or street. Insofar as practicable, the use of common accessways by two or more permitted highway uses shall be encouraged in order to reduce the number and closeness of access points along the highway and to encourage the fronting of commercial structures upon a marginal street and not directly upon a public highway.