Spring Lake Heights
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 22-607.5
Public Utility Facilities.
[Ord. #6-1989, § 607.4]
Public utility facilities needed to directly provide the service of the utility to the consumer, such as pumping stations and transformers, but excluding repair garages, offices, open storage and work areas and similar commercially and industrially oriented aspects of the utility service, may be permitted in any zone district, provided that the following standards and conditions are complied with:
a.
The facility must be necessary for the convenient and efficient operation of the public utility system or the satisfactory and convenient provision of service by the utility to the neighborhood or area in which the facility is to be located.
b.
The design of any building shall conform with the general character of the area in which it is proposed to be located. Its construction must not adversely affect the safe and comfortable enjoyment of property rights of the zone district in which it is located. Adequate visual screening with landscaping shall be provided as recommended by the Shade Tree Commission.
c.
Buildings, facilities, fences, safety devices and landscaping must be periodically maintained.