Washburn City Zoning Code
REGULATIONS AND
STANDARDS
§ 152.020 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION.
The regulations and standards set by this chapter within each district shall be minimum regulations and standards and shall apply uniformly to each class, kind, or type of structure, use, or land, except as hereinafter provided.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-1)
§ 152.021 CONFORMITY WITH DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS.
No structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be constructed, erected, altered, remodeled, extended, or moved unless in conformity with all the regulations and standards herein specified for the district in which it shall be located.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-2)
§ 152.022 STRUCTURES.
No structure shall hereafter be constructed, erected, altered, remodeled, extended, or moved:
(A) To exceed the height;
(B) To occupy or house a greater number of families;
(C) To occupy a greater percentage of the lot area;
(D) To exceed the floor area ratio;
(E) To have smaller or less habitable floor area per dwelling unit or lodging unit; or
(F) To exceed the maximum floor area than hereinafter required or in any manner contrary to the regulations and standards of the district in which it is located.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-3)
§ 152.023 ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES.
No accessory use shall be established prior to the establishment of the main or principal use, and no accessory structure shall be constructed, erected, altered, remodeled, extended, or moved prior to the establishment or construction of the main or principal structure except those accessory uses and structures of a temporary nature required for the establishment of the main or principal use, or for the construction of the main or principal structure.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-4)
§ 152.024 ACCESS.
No structure shall be constructed or erected on a lot or tract of land or moved to a lot or tract of land which does not abut a public street or permanent easement of access to a public street. Such easement shall have a minimum width of 20 feet, unless an easement of less width was on record prior to the effective date hereof.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-5)
§ 152.025 APPLICATION OF STANDARDS.
The performance standards, regulations and standards, rules, requirements, provisions, and restrictions set by this chapter shall apply to all structures, uses, lots, and tracts of land created or established after the effective date hereof and shall not be deemed to require any change in the structures, uses, lots, and/or tracts of land lawfully existing on the effective date hereof, except as expressly specified hereinafter.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-7)
§ 152.026 COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS; LIMITED APPLICABILITY.
No part of a yard, buffer strip or other open space, off-street parking space or loading berth, or lot area required about or in connection with any structure or use for the purpose of complying with the regulations and standards of this chapter shall be included as part of a yard, buffer strip, or other open space, off-street parking space or loading berth, or lot area similarly required for any other structure or use, except as provided for herein.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-8)
§ 152.027 MINIMUM DIMENSIONS.
No yard, buffer strip or other open space, off-street parking space or loading berth, or lot existing on the effective date hereof shall be reduced in dimension or area below the requirements set forth hereinafter. Yards, buffer strips or other open spaces, off-street parking spaces or loading berths, or lots created or established after the effective date hereof shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-9)
§ 152.028 PERMITTED EXCESS.
The height of any main or principal structure or accessory building may exceed the maximum permitted height by one foot for each additional foot by which the width of each yard exceeds the minimum yard dimension for the district in which such structure is located.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-10)
§ 152.029 NONAPPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS.
Height regulations and standards shall not apply to spires, belfries, penthouses, or domes not used for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, bulkheads, utility poles and towers, silos, grain elevators, and other necessary mechanical appurtenances; provided their location shall conform where applicable to the regulations and standards of the Federal Communication Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other public authorities having jurisdiction.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-11)
§ 152.030 REQUIRED OPEN SPACE.
Lots hereafter platted or created shall have adequate lot area, width, and lot depth to provide for off-street parking spaces and loading berths, yards, buffer strips, and other open spaces required.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-12)
§ 152.031 DEPTH.
No lot hereafter platted or created shall be less than 100 feet in depth.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-13)
§ 152.032 REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO STRUCTURES.
The following yard regulations and standards shall apply to all lots or tracts of land on which a structure is located.
(A) Yards shall be kept unobstructed for their entire depth except as specified hereinafter.
(B) Private driveways, service drives, easements, sidewalks, flagpoles, arbors, trellises, fences, walls, columns, light poles, hydrants, patios, accessory signs, and other decorative recreational and utility devices and equipment may be placed in any yard.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following visibility regulations and standards shall apply.
(1) Interior lot. Fences, walls, and/or hedges may be placed in any yard or along the edge of any yard provided that no fence, wall or hedge, except in the case of a junk yard, along the sides or front edge of the front yard of an interior lot shall exceed the height here permitted:
(a) Four feet where the front yard dimension is the minimum hereinafter established; and
(b) For each additional ten feet of front yard above the minimum hereinafter established, the height of such fence, wall, or hedge may be increased six inches.
(2) Corner lot. On a corner lot nothing shall be constructed, erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and one-half feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in an area bounded by the street right-of-way lines 50 feet from the nearest point of intersection. Beyond such 50-foot limits, division (C)(1) above shall apply.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-14)
§ 152.033 TRAILER COACHES.
Except as permitted under the provisions of § 152.022(D), no occupied trailer coach shall be permitted on any lot or tract of land outside of a trailer coach park except the trailer coach of a bona fide guest of the occupant of a dwelling located on such lot or tract of land. Such temporary location of a trailer coach shall not exceed 30 consecutive days and two such 30-day periods within one calendar year.
(1977 Code, § 5-3-15) (Ord. passed 9-12-1966)