Willow Springs City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
District Regulations
Section 405.080 "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.080; CC 1986 §42.310; Ord. No. 1367, 8-8-2005; Ord. No. 1410 §1, 2-14-2008]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, shall be and are the district regulations in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District and are as set out herein.
B.
Permitted Uses.
1.
One-family detached dwellings.
2.
(Reserved)
3.
Home occupation as defined in Section 405.020(B) of this Chapter, provided that:
4.
Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in a public elementary school or public high school including religious instruction in parochial schools.
5.
Churches and similar places of worship.
6.
Convents, monasteries, rectories or parish houses to be occupied by not more than ten (10) persons.
7.
Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
8.
Accessory use or building as defined in Section 405.020(B) of this Chapter and as regulated by Section 405.070 of this Chapter.
9.
Library.
11.
Private swimming pools appurtenant to a one-family dwelling on the same lot, when they meet yard depth and width requirements for principal buildings in the district in which they are located, is adequately fenced to prevent access of small children and meets all applicable health and sanitary requirements.
12.
Signs, defined as follows:
a.
A sign or signboard not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area appertaining to the sale or lease of the premises or trespassing thereon.
b.
A name plate not exceeding one (1) square foot in area.
c.
A sign or bulletin board not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area erected upon the premises of a church or other institution for the purpose of displaying the name and activities or services therein provided.
13.
Day care, limited, conducted as home occupation.
14.
Group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
C.
Height. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:
1.
One-family detached dwellings thirty-five (35) feet and not over two and one-half (2½) stories, except as provided in Section 405.200 of this Chapter.
2.
Churches and similar places of worship seventy-five (75) feet for towers or steeples and not more than forty-five (45) feet for the principal building.
D.
Lot Size.
1.
Every one-family detached dwelling, convent, monastery, rectory or parish house hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an area of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than one hundred (100) feet, except as provided in Section 405.200.
2.
Churches and similar places of worship hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than one (1) acre and a width of the building line not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet.
3.
Public school, elementary and high, or private school having a curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in a public elementary school or public high school including religious instruction in parochial schools hereafter erected shall conform to the following minimum standards:
Elementary | 3 acres plus 1 acre per 100 student design capacity | |
|---|---|---|
Junior High School | 8 acres plus 1 acre per 100 student design capacity | |
Senior High School | 14 acres plus 1 acre per 100 student design capacity |
E.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement.
1.
Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than forty (40) feet. Where a lot has a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
2.
Side yard. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than twenty (20) feet. The combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall not be less than forty-five (45) feet and the combined total of side yards for corner lots shall not be less than fifty (50) feet. The side yard on each side of a building on a lot of record which is less than one hundred (100) feet in width shall have a width of ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot but shall not be less than eight (8) feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship is constructed or extension is made to an existing church or similar place of worship, there shall be a side yard of not less than thirty (30) feet on each side of the main structure.
3.
Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
F.
Percentage Of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of the lot.
Section 405.090 "R-2" One-Family Dwelling District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.090; CC 1986 §42.320; Ord. No. 1151 §2, 11-8-1993; Ord. No. 1410 §1, 2-14-2008; Ord. No. 1592, 6-15-2023]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, shall be and are the district regulations in the "R-2" One-Family Dwelling District.
B.
Permitted Uses. Any use permitted in the "R- 1" One-Family Dwelling District.
C.
Height. The same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
D.
Lot Size.
1.
Every one-family detached dwelling, convent, monastery, rectory or parish house hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than fifty (50) feet, except as provided in Section 405.200 of this Chapter.
2.
Churches and similar places of worship hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than one-half (1/2) acre and a width at the building line of not less than eighty-five (85) feet.
3.
Public and private schools. Same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the ''R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
E.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such buildings or structure or enlargement.
1.
Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than thirty-five (35) feet, or an established building line as determined by the City-appointed building inspector.
2.
Side yard. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than seven and a half (7 1/2) feet. The combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet and the combined total of side yards for corner lots shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship is constructed or extension made to an existing church or similar place of worship, there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty (20) feet on each side of the main structure and a combined total of side yards of not less than forty (40) feet.
3.
Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet.
F.
Percentage Of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of the lot.
Section 405.100 "R-3" Multi-Family Dwelling District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.100; Ord. No. 1151 §3, 11-8-1993; Ord. No. 1410 §1, 2-14-2008]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, shall be and are the district regulations in the "R-3" Multi-Family Dwelling District and are as set out herein.
B.
Permitted Uses.
1.
Any use permitted in the "R-1" or "R-2" One-Family Dwelling District.
2.
Multiple dwelling not to exceed nine (9) dwelling units or apartments per structure.
3.
One-family row dwellings with not more than nine (9) dwelling units in one (1) building
4.
Private clubs and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service, customarily carried on as a business.
5.
Boarding or lodging houses.
6.
Any use permitted through the application of subsequent Sections of this Chapter.
C.
Height. The same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District, except that multi-family dwellings shall be not more than three (3) stories of thirty-five (35) feet in height and except as permitted through the application of subsequent Sections of this Chapter.
D.
Lot Size.
1.
Two-family dwellings. Every two-family dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than one hundred (100) feet, except as provided in Section 405.200 of this Chapter.
2.
Multi-family dwellings and row houses. Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered as a multi-family dwelling or as a row house shall provide a lot area per dwelling of not less than fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet and width at the building line of not less than seventy (70) feet, except as provided in subsequent Sections of this Chapter.
3.
Churches and similar places of worship hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than one-half (½) acre and at the building line of not less than eighty-five (85) feet.
4.
Public and private schools. Same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
E.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, or structure or enlargement.
1.
Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
2.
Side yard.
a.
Two-family dwellings. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than fifteen (15) feet. The combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet and the combined total of side yards for corner lots shall not be less than thirty (30) feet. The side yard on each side of a building on a lot of record which is less than sixty-five (65) feet in width shall have a width of ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot but shall not be less than six (6) feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship is constructed or extension made to an existing church or similar place of worship, there shall be a side yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet on each side of the main structure and a combined total of side yards of not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
b.
Multi-family dwellings and row houses. The same regulations shall apply as required for two-family dwellings.
3.
Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.
F.
Percentage Of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than forty percent (40%) of the area of the lot.
Section 405.110 (Reserved) [1]
Section 405.120 Provisions Governing "B-1" Central Business District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.120; CC 1986 §42.340; Ord. No. 1123 §§1 — 4, 8-24-1992; Ord. No. 1349, 8-9-2004; Ord. No. 1367, 8-8-2005; Ord. No. 1410 §1, 2-14-2008]
A.
The regulations governing "B-1" Central Business District shall be as set forth herein.
B.
Permitted Uses.
1.
Any use associated with multi-family dwelling in the "R-3" Multi-Family Dwelling District.
2.
Art, book, school supply and stationery store.
3.
Auto accessory store where there is no driveway entrance across the sidewalk into the main building.
4.
Bakery shop, including the baking and processing of food products when prepared for retail use on the premises only.
5.
Banks, financial institutions, savings and loan associations.
6.
Barbershops, beauty parlor, massage or similar personal service shops.
7.
Bicycle repair, sales and rental.
8.
Blueprinting and photostating establishments.
9.
Camera and photographic supply shops for retail sales.
10.
Candy and ice cream stores.
11.
Clubs and fraternal organizations, catering establishments.
12.
Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring or shoe repair when conducted for retail sales on the premises only.
13.
Department stores.
14.
Drug stores.
15.
Dry goods store, haberdashery and wearing apparel stores.
16.
Electrical appliance store and repair, but not including appliance assembly or manufacturing.
17.
Florist shop and conservatory for retail trade on premises only.
18.
Food and fruit stores.
19.
Frozen food lockers.
20.
Furniture store and upholstery.
21.
Furrier when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.
22.
Garden supplies and seed stores.
23.
Gift shops.
24.
Hardware stores.
25.
Hobby stores.
26.
Household appliance store and repair shops.
27.
Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies, slipcovers and other similar articles, when conducted as part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.
28.
Jewelry store and watch repair.
29.
Leather goods and luggage store.
30.
Liquor store, package goods only.
31.
Meat markets.
32.
Medical clinics.
33.
Messenger or telegraph service station.
34.
Newsstands.
35.
Offices, business and professional.
36.
Off-street parking facilities in an open lot or a covered building.
37.
Paint and wallpaper store.
38.
Photography studio, art gallery or studio, including the developing of film and pictures when conducted as part of the retail business on the premises.
39.
Plumbing show room, without shop or repair facilities.
40.
Post office.
41.
Public utility collection offices.
42.
Restaurant, tea room, cafe when establishment is not of the drive-in type where food is served to customers remaining in motor vehicles.
43.
Sporting goods store.
44.
Tailor shop.
45.
Theaters, indoors.
46.
Tobacco stores.
47.
Typewriter and office equipment sales and services.
48.
Variety store.
49.
Any other similar retail store not specifically listed herein when authorized by the Board of Aldermen after receipt of review and recommendations from the Planning Commission.
50.
Any accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted uses and as regulated by subsequent Sections of this Chapter.
C.
Special Uses.
1.
Amusement establishments. Bowling alleys, dance halls and other similar places of recreation when conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.
2.
Dry cleaning and pressing establishments, when employing facilities for the cleaning and pressing of dry goods received on the premises or pressing business and when using carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene or other similar non-flammable solvents approved by the Fire Department.
3.
Dying, dry cleaning and laundry works having a boiler with a steam-generating capacity no greater than one thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds of steam per hour, having no more than five (5) employees employed at any one (1) time on the premises, having a portion of the premises devoted to the pickup and delivery to customers of items to be dyed, dry cleaned or laundered and which does not operate before the hour of 7:00 A.M. in the morning nor after the hour of 9:00 P.M. in the evening and which utilizes only underwriter-approved non-flammable solutions and materials in its operations.
4.
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
5.
Hotels, including dining and meeting rooms, when business uses occupy the street frontage except for an entranceway to the hotel.
6.
Self-service laundry.
7.
Service stations (no repairs).
8.
Service stations (with repairs).
9.
Day care.
D.
Condition Of Use. All activities except for automobile off-street parking facilities and service stations as permitted or required in the "B-1" District shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
E.
Height Of Building. The height of all buildings or structures shall be a maximum of two (2) stories or thirty (30) feet in height.
F.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be constructed or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building.
1.
Front yard. No front yard shall be required when all frontage between two (2) intersecting streets lies within this district. However, when lots within this district are adjacent to and adjoining lots in an "R" district, all of which front upon the same street between two (2) intersecting streets, there shall be established the same front yard setback for all the frontage as has been established in the abutting "R" district. Exception: When existing buildings in this district have already established a building line at the street line at a depth less than the required above, then all new buildings shall conform to the same building line, except for the first fifty (50) feet of the "B-1" District frontage adjacent to the "R" district, whereupon there shall be provided a front setback of not less than ten (10) feet.
2.
Side yard. No side yard is required except for a corner lot which abuts upon an "R" district or upon an alley separating this district from an "R" district. There shall then be provided a side yard equal to one-half (½) the front yard required in the abutting "R" district, but in no case more than ten (10) feet. The same setback shall apply also if business buildings from the intersecting street, commonly referred to as the side street.
3.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet permitting, however, that a one-story accessory building may be located thereon, except for the five (5) feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for the storage of motor vehicles and the unloading and loading of vehicles under roof as provided in Section 405.200 of this Chapter.
G.
Off-Street Parking And Loading Facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required in Section 405.210 of this Chapter.
H.
Public Sidewalks.
1.
Awning, canopy or porch. No porch, awning or canopy shall be constructed extending horizontal over the public sidewalk in the area zoned "B-1" except in compliance with this Section.
a.
No posts or vertical supports shall be set closer than two (2) feet from the curb line;
b.
No canopy, porch, awning or sign attached thereto shall be less than seven (7) feet six (6) inches from the lowest point above the sidewalk;
c.
No canopy, column, porch or awning shall be constructed, attached to any existing building unless prior to such construction the design and a detailed drawing has been submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector;
d.
All canopies, awnings or porches together with all their supports shall be kept in repair in proper state of preservation by the owner of the property. The owner of any canopy, awning or porch shall be solely responsible for its maintenance, any injury caused to any pedestrian, citizen or to any property located on any sidewalk or public street caused by the collapse, neglect or failure to maintain such canopy, awning or porch.
2.
No vending machine, air-conditioner, compressor, ice machine or other appliance shall be maintained upon the public sidewalk within the "B-1" Central Business District.
3.
Permitted uses of the public sidewalk in the "B-1" Central Business District:
a.
Display of merchandise shall be permitted in the front of each building so long as same shall not extend more than twenty-four (24) inches from the front of the building onto the public sidewalk and if unattended shall not be stacked, displayed or placed upon pallets higher than thirty-six (36) vertical inches from the top of the sidewalk.
b.
The occasional use of the public sidewalk for sidewalk sales, when attended by clerks and removed each night and placed within a building, shall be permitted.
c.
Planter boxes and other decorative fixtures may be maintained on the public sidewalk which do not extend into the sidewalk by more than twenty-seven (27) inches from the front of the building onto the public sidewalk. The owner shall be solely responsible for maintenance of said decorative fixture.
4.
No bench, swing, chair or other pedestrian seating shall be maintained upon the public sidewalk in any place where there will be less than sixty (60) horizontal inches in clearance from any post, support, light fixture or utility pole and the edge of such bench, chair, swing or any other pedestrian seating closest to the street.
Section 405.130 "B-2" Highway Business District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.130; CC 1986 §42.350; Ord. No. 1091 §2, 7-16-1990; Ord. No. 1410 §1, 2-14-2008; Ord. No. 1481 §1, 5-23-2013; Ord. No. 1582, 8-25-2022]
A.
The provisions governing "B-2" Highway Business Districts shall be as set out herein.
B.
Permitted Uses. Permitted uses in "B-2" Highway Business Districts are:
1.
Any use permitted in the "B-1" Central Business District.
2.
Air-conditioning and heating sales and service.
3.
Automobile motor repair, sales and service shop, including automobile body repair and rebuilding and painting of automobiles.
4.
Automobile washing, including the use of mechanical conveyors, blowers and steam cleaning.
5.
Battery and tire service stations.
6.
Beverage, non-alcoholic, bottling and distributing.
7.
Bicycle and motorcycle sales, repair and rental.
8.
Boat show room.
9.
Feed and seed store.
10.
Motel.
11.
Plumbing, heating and roofing supply shops when conducted wholly within a building.
12.
Pet shop or animal hospital when conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
13.
Recreation places, including bowling alley, dance halls, gymnasium, skating rink, archery range, miniature golf course or other similar places of amusement or entertainment when operated for pecuniary profit.
14.
Restaurant, non-drive-in and drive-in, car service.
15.
Mobile home sales or rental on an open lot or within a building.
16.
Mobile home parks for dwelling purposes.
17.
Uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses and accessory buildings when located on the same premises.
18.
The operation of a recreational vehicle park for the parking of recreational motor vehicles including trailers, fifth-wheel trailers and self-propelled recreational vehicles for transients staying not longer than ten (10) days so long as such recreational vehicle is connected to the sanitary sewer system of the City of Willow Springs in an approved manner or a dump station is provided.
19.
Storage firm.
D.
Height. No building or structure shall exceed three (3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.
E.
Lot Size. Every building hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, except as provided in subsequent Sections of this Chapter.
F.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be constructed or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building:
1.
Front Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than twenty (20) feet.
2.
Side Yard. No side yard is required, except for a lot which abuts upon an "R" District or upon an alley separating this district from an "R" District. There shall be then provided a side yard of no less than twenty (20) feet.
3.
Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet, permitting, however, that a one-story accessory building may be located thereon, except for the five (5) feet adjacent and parallel to the rear lot line or alley line, for the storage of motor vehicles and the unloading and loading of vehicles under a roof.
G.
Buffer Area. On lots abutting an "R" District there shall be provided a twenty (20) foot wide planting with trees and shrubs to provide a dense screen at maturity.
Section 405.140 "I-1" General Industrial District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.140; CC 1986 §42.360; Ord. No. 1331 §1, 10-13-2003; Ord. No. 1398 §1, 1-16-2007]
A.
The provisions governing "I-1" General Industrial Districts shall be as set out herein.
B.
Uses Permitted. Uses permitted in the "I-1" General Industrial District are:
1.
A general industrial use is one which creates a minimum amount of nuisance outside the plan; is conducted within enclosed buildings, does not use the open area around such buildings for storage of raw materials or manufactured products or for any other industrial purpose other than transporting goods between buildings; provides for enclosed loading and unloading berths; and which is not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of smoke, dust, fumes, gas, odors, noises or vibrations beyond the confines of the building.
2.
Wholesale business.
3.
Storage firms.
4.
Research and development organizations.
5.
Contractors' yards.
6.
Sheet metal shops.
7.
Welding shops.
8.
Machine shops.
9.
Fruit canning and packing establishments.
10.
Animal hospital.
11.
Bakeries.
12.
Bottling works.
13.
Building material yards where no mill work is done.
14.
Cabinet making establishments and carpenter shops which use no motors larger than ten (10) horsepower.
15.
Clothing factories.
16.
Dairies.
17.
Ice plants.
18.
Milk distribution stations.
19.
Laundries.
20.
Optical goods factories.
21.
Paper factories.
22.
Pencil factories.
23.
Printing, publication and engraving plants.
24.
Dying plants.
25.
Dry cleaning plants.
26.
Feed yards.
27.
Trucking terminals.
C.
Special Use Exceptions. The following uses shall be considered "special use exceptions" and an applicant for such special use exceptions shall follow the procedure outlined in Section 405.190 of this Chapter.
1.
Bag cleaning plants.
2.
Boiler and tank works.
3.
Central mixing plants for cement, mortar, plaster or paving materials.
4.
Coke ovens.
5.
Establishments which cure or store raw hides and skins.
6.
Distillation plants for bones, coal, wood or tar.
7.
Fat rendering plants.
8.
Forge plants.
9.
Foundries and metal fabrications plants.
10.
Above ground storage facilities for gasoline, oil and alcohol in excess of five hundred (500) gallons.
11.
Slaughterhouses and stockyards.
12.
Smelting plants.
13.
Plants for the manufacture of acetylene, acids, alcohol, alcoholic beverages, ammonia, bleaching powder, chemicals, brick, pottery, terra cotta, tile, candles, disinfectants, dye-stuffs, fertilizer, illuminating or heating gas (or storage of same), linseed oil, paint, oil, turpentine, varnish, soap and tar products.
D.
Conditions Of Use. The above permitted uses shall be subject to the following:
1.
Any production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing, repair or storage of goods, materials or products shall take place without creating disturbing influences to the use and occupancy of adjoining properties.
2.
All business, production, servicing and processing shall take place within completely enclosed buildings unless otherwise specified. Within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the nearest point of any residential district, all storage shall be in completely enclosed buildings or structures and storage located elsewhere in this district may be open to the sky, but shall be enclosed by solid wall or fence, including solid doors or gates thereto, at least eight (8) feet high but in no case lower than the enclosed storage. However, open off-street loading facilities and open off-street parking facilities for the storage of motor vehicles may be unenclosed throughout the district except for such screening of parking and loading facilities as may be required.
E.
Height. No building or structure shall exceed six (6) stories or seventy-five (75) feet in height.
F.
Yard Areas.
1.
Front yard. All buildings and structures shall have a front yard depth of at least one hundred (100) feet.
2.
Front yards on corner lots. Buildings and structures placed on corner lots shall observe front yard requirements on both streets.
3.
Side yard. All buildings and structures shall have side yard widths of at least fifty (50) feet.
4.
Rear yard. All buildings and structures shall have rear yard depth of at least fifty (50) feet.
5.
Yards adjacent to residential districts. All buildings and structures on lots adjacent to residential districts shall be located so as to provide side yard widths or rear yard depth of at least two hundred (200) feet adjacent to such residential districts.
6.
Railroad siding frontage. No yards shall be required for those portions of lots which front on railroad sidings.
G.
Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Section 405.210 of this Chapter.
H.
Planting Areas.
1.
Landscape development shall be required to include an area of at least thirty (30) feet in width along all streets, with the exception of approved entrances which border the proposed development to be planted and maintained with trees and shrubbery to serve as a screen for the parking and storage areas.
2.
A planting screen, consisting of suitable shrubbery and trees maintained at a twenty (20) feet height by twenty (20) feet width, shall be planted wherever the industrial use abuts any other use district.
I.
Performance Standards. Performance standards requirements shall apply as follows:
1.
Odors. No odor shall be emitted by any use permitted in this district in such quantities as to be readily detectable by an average observer at any point on the boundary line of the premises or beyond.
2.
Noxious gases. Processes and operations of permitted uses capable of dispersing gases or toxic particulates into the atmosphere shall be hooded or otherwise suitably enclosed. The emission of such toxic gases or particulate matter shall be from a stack.
3.
Glare and heat. Operation producing intense light or heat shall be performed within an enclosed building and not be visible beyond any lot line bounding the property whereon the use is conducted.
4.
Vibrations. No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a way to produce intense, earth-shaking vibrations which are noticeable at the property lines of the subject premises.
Section 405.150 "S-1" Flood Plain District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.150; CC 1986 §42.370]
A.
The "S-1" Flood Plain District is designed to meet the needs of stormwater channel to carry abnormal flows of water in time of flood, to prevent encroachments into the district which will unduly increase flood heights and damage and to prevent the loss of life and excessive damage to property in the area of greatest flood hazard. Within the "S-1" Flood Plain District, the following regulations shall apply.
B.
Uses Permitted.
1.
Storage yards for equipment and materials not subject to major damage from flooding providing such use is accessory to a use permitted in an adjoining district; provided further, that such equipment and materials shall be firmly anchored to prevent their floating away and possibly further restricting bridge openings and other restricted sections of the stream during times of flood.
2.
Public and private recreational uses of open land such as public parks, camps, golf courses, race tracks and archery ranges, provided that all structures are firmly anchored to prevent the structure from floating away.
3.
Carnivals, circuses and similar transient amusement enterprises.
4.
Railroads, streets, bridges, walkways and utility lines and easements.
5.
Any other uses customarily accessory or incidental to the above uses.
Section 405.160 "S-2" Slope District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.160; CC 1986 §42.380]
A.
The "S-2" Slope District is designed to allow proper use of land having a cross slope which exceeds sixteen percent (16%) and to prevent encroachment into the district which will unduly increase stormwater runoff and damage. Within the "S-2" Slope District, the following regulations shall apply.
B.
Any slope area, the average cross slope of which exceeds sixteen percent (16%), shall be subject to a special use exemption which shall be in conformity with the Comprehensive Community Plan.
C.
Any slope area, the average cross slope of which exceeds sixteen percent (16%), shall be considered to be extremely rugged and the development of this terrain shall be limited to compatible uses as follows:
Section 405.170 "S-3" Historic Building District.
[R.O. 2006 §400.170; CC 1986 §42.390]
A.
The "S-3" Historic Building District is designed to preserve and protect buildings, places and areas of historic and architectural interest within the City and to prevent incompatible encroachments into the district.
B.
Permitted Uses. Any uses permitted in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
C.
Height. The same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the "R-1" One-Family District.
D.
Lot Size.
1.
Every one-family detached dwelling, convent, monastery, rectory or parish house hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than sixty-five (65) feet, except as provided in Section 405.200 of this Chapter.
2.
Churches and similar places of worship hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than one-half (½) acre and width at the building line of not less than eighty-five (85) feet.
3.
Public and private schools. Same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the "R-1" One-Family Dwelling District.
E.
Yard Areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargements.
1.
Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
2.
Side yard. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than ten (10) feet; the combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet and the combined total of side yards for corner lots shall not be less than thirty (30) feet. The side yard on each side of a building on a lot of record which is less than sixty-five (65) feet in width shall have a width of ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot but shall not be less than six (6) feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship is constructed or extension is made to an existing church or similar place of worship, there shall be a side yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet on the side of the main structure and a combined total of side yards of not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
3.
Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land where a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet or twenty percent (20%) of depth of lot, whichever is larger, but it need not exceed thirty-five (35) feet.
F.
Percentage Of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the lot.
G.
Parking Facilities. Parking facilities shall be provided as required or permitted in Section 405.210 of this Chapter.
H.
Special Considerations.
1.
Within this district, no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered or restored unless and until the application for the building permit shall have been approved as to exterior architectural features which are subject to public view from a public street, way or place by the Commission.
2.
No building within the Historic District shall be razed without obtaining a permit approved by the Commission and said Commission shall be empowered to refuse a permit for any structure of said architectural or historic interest, the removal of which in the opinion of the Commission would be detrimental to the public interest of the City.