The purpose of the light business and institutional district is to recognize that lands located along major limited access highways running through Salisbury are exposed to large volumes of traffic and high degrees of visibility and to provide for their development while protecting adjoining residential areas. These lands are generally located between the major highways and parallel streets which border adjoining residential areas. Access to these lands is obtainable only from access roads to the major highways and streets bordering the residential areas. Because of their location and exposure to the highways, these lands are unlikely to develop as residential and are subject to pressure for development with uses that benefit from the high degree of visibility and volumes of traffic. To provide for development of these lands and to afford some protection to adjoining residential areas, the uses permitted in this district are those which may benefit from this exposure but which primarily do not generate continuous heavy volumes of traffic, noise, dust or odor, do not primarily have late evening or weekend hours and do not have the detrimental effects that intensive commercial development may have on the property values of nearby residential neighborhoods. Those uses which may generate noise, odor and have evening or weekend hours are encouraged to locate adjacent to the major access highways at the intersection of access roads to be as far from neighboring residential areas as possible. The following uses, standards and area regulations have been developed based upon this purpose, which is in accord with findings and recommendations of the city's adopted land use element of the metro core comprehensive plan.

(Prior code § 150-59)

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Apartment building and project in accordance with chapter 17.168;

B.

Bank and other financial institution;

C.

Business, governmental, financial or professional office;

D.

Business center, in accordance with chapter 17.172;

E.

Care home;

F.

Church or other place of worship, in accordance with chapter 17.220, excluding bus storage and maintenance, cemetery and gymnasium as an accessory use;

G.

Cultivation of land;

H.

Cultural uses, such as museum, library or art gallery;

I.

Funeral home;

J.

Medical-care facility;

K.

Medical and dental office and clinic;

L.

Radio or television broadcasting station and studio;

M.

School of general instruction, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

N.

Dry-cleaning pickup station;

O.

Florist;

P.

Office supplies and equipment;

Q.

Photographic studio;

R.

Travel agency;

S.

Group domiciliary care facility;

T.

Self storage;

U.

Single-family detached dwelling unit.

(Ord. 1786 § 5, 2000; Ord. 1672 § 1, 1997; prior code § 150-60)

(Ord. No. 2339, 7-13-2015; Ord. No. 2639, 1-11-2021)

Uses permitted by special exception shall be as follows:

A.

Restaurant, excluding all other types, with a minimum seating capacity of two hundred (200), located adjacent to a major limited access highway at an access road intersection;

B.

Hairdresser shop;

C.

Apartment units as accessory uses above the first floor;

D.

Pharmacy, freestanding;

E.

Day care facilities for the elderly and handicapped.

(Ord. 1690 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1672 § 2, 1997; prior code § 150-61)

Uses permitted by ordinance permit shall be as follows:

A.

Communication tower, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

B.

Day-care center or nursery school, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

C.

Utility substation, in accordance with chapter 17.220.

(Prior code § 150-62)

Accessory uses and structures shall be as follows:

A.

Communication towers for broadcasting and receiving, not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet in height;

B.

Other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, customary to and associated with the permitted use;

C.

Family day-care home;

D.

Day-care services for employees or patrons of a permitted use;

E.

Pharmacy, hairdresser shop, florist and printing and reproduction shop, only as accessory uses to and located within the same building as the following permitted uses:

1.

Apartment building and project in accordance with chapter 17.168,

2.

Business, governmental, financial or professional office,

3.

Business center in accordance with chapter 17.172,

4.

Medical-care facility,

5.

Medical and dental office and clinic.

(Prior code § 150-63)

Development standards for the light business and institutional district shall be as follows:

A.

Prior Approval Requirements. Prior to the development of a tract, lot, parcel or any part of the district, a comprehensive development plan, as defined in Section 17.04.120, shall be submitted to the planning commission for review and approval in accordance with chapter 17.180.

B.

Minimum Lot Requirements. All lots hereafter established shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

Lot area: twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet;

2.

Interior lot width: one hundred (100) feet;

3.

Corner lot width: one hundred twenty (120) feet.

C.

Minimum yard requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Front: forty-five (45) feet from property line;

2.

Side, interior: two required, ten feet each, except thirty (30) feet where adjacent to a residential district;

3.

Side, corner: forty-five (45) feet from property line;

4.

Rear: thirty (30) feet from property line.

D.

The height limitation shall be forty (40) feet.

E.

Parking, loading and unloading shall be in accordance with chapter 17.196.

F.

Access. Direct access onto a street or highway shall be reduced or eliminated wherever the city department of infrastructure and development determines that alternate or unified points of access are available to a site resulting in better traffic flow and less traffic congestion.

G.

Signs. See chapter 17.216.

H.

Lighting. Lighting shall be designed so as not to throw glare onto surrounding properties. Flashing lights are prohibited.

I.

Landscaping and Screening. In addition to the requirements of chapter 17.220, the following shall be required:

1.

All areas not devoted to building or required parking areas shall be landscaped as defined in Section 17.04.120 and maintained in accordance with Section 17.220.080.

(Prior code § 150-64)

(Ord. No. 2459, 10-9-2017)