Warren City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
B.- SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS
INTENT AND PURPOSE.
This District is intended to accommodate those uses, which by their nature, require large tracts of property with certain traffic generation necessary to their use. It is also intended that the uses permitted are compatible with residential areas based on the size of the property and the access. It is specifically designed, however, to prohibit the introduction of commercial establishments of a retail nature.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1, 5-19-70)
Section 13B.01 - Use regulations in SS Districts:
(a)
In all SS Districts, no buildings or land, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, shall be erected or altered except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1.
All uses permitted in R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C, R-1-P, R-3 and R-2 Districts, except residential dwellings. This clause is not intended to prohibit the director or his family, caretaker or attendants, from living in the main structure.
2.
Funeral homes, churches, hospitals and schools.
3.
An accessory building and use customarily incident to a use authorized by this section.
4.
Reserved.
5.
Hospitals or sanitoriums primarily established for mental, alcoholism, or drug addict cases; community mental health centers, clinics for treatment of alcoholism, drugs or other substance abuse; rehabilitation centers for treatment involving any of the above and/or former convicts, emotionally disturbed or mentally deficient persons, and children or adolescents who have been adjudged delinquent.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.01), 5-19-70; Ord. No. 30-538, § 4, 6-14-77; Ord. No. 30-859, § 2, 3-26-96)
Section 13B.02 - Criteria.
(a)
In considering the designation of an SS District, the Warren Planning Commission and City Council shall apply the following criteria:
1.
That these districts be located on major thoroughfares as identified by the City of Warren Master Thoroughfare Plan.
2.
That the size of site be a minimum of one-half (½) acre.
3.
That the site be located no closer than 500 feet to a major intersection.
4.
That all vehicular access to and from the permitted uses shall be on a major thoroughfare or collector street.
5.
That a six foot wall be provided where the tract abuts a residential zone or use, or adjacent to an alley which abuts a residential zone or use.
6.
That the driveways onto the major thoroughfare from a funeral home site not conflict with any adjacent school driveways. A distance of three hundred (300) feet shall be maintained from a school driveway to a funeral home driveway.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.02), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.03 - Building height.
(a)
No building hereafter erected or altered in an SS District shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height or two (2) stories, except that if the height of any such building exceeds thirty-five (35) feet, then such building shall be set back from all lot lines not less than one (1) foot in addition to the required yard dimensions for each foot such building exceeds the height allowed.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.03), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.04 - Yard area, width and depth.
(a)
In SS Districts, each lot shall have a lot area of not less than one-half (½) acre and a lot width of not less than one hundred (100) feet and a lot depth of not less than two hundred (200) feet.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.04), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.05 - Lot coverage.
(a)
In SS Districts, the total coverage shall be no more than thirty (30) percent of the lot area.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.05), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.06 - Front yards.
(a)
In SS Districts, every building shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet. If a circular drive is proposed in the front yard, a distance equal to the width of the drive shall be added to the front yard setback.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.06), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.07 - Side yards on interior lot lines.
(a)
In SS Districts, every building shall have two side yards, each of not less than twenty (20) feet.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.07), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.08 - Side yards on the street side of corner lots.
(a)
The width of a side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet when rear yards abut rear yards. However, in the case of a rear yard abutting a side yard of an adjacent residential lot, the side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.08), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.09 - Rear yards.
(a)
In SS Districts, each lot shall have a rear yard of not less than forty-five (45) feet where such building does not exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height. Where any such building exceed [exceeds] two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet, then such building shall set back in accordance with Section 13B.03 of this Ordinance.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.09), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.10 - Architectural plans.
(a)
In SS Districts, plans for buildings shall be subject to the approval of the Warren Planning Commission with respect to area and bulk regulations, all site and planting plans, and building elevations, prior to submitting plans to the Building Department for approval and issuance of a building permit.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.10), 5-19-70)
Section 13B.11 - Off-street parking requirements.
(a)
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in Section 4.32 of this Ordinance.
(Ord. No. 30-335, § 1(13B.11), 5-19-70)