§ 905. Property development standards

A.

Screening and landscaping; fences, walls and hedges:

1.

Where a site adjoins a UR, RCO, R, RM or CC district, a solid wall or screen fence seven feet in height or such other height or type of screening device as may be required by the planning commission, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

2.

A use not conducted entirely within a completely enclosed structure, on a site across a street or an alley from a UR, R, RM or C district shall be screened by an ornamental solid wall or screen fence, not less than seven feet in height, if found by the planning commission to be unsightly. All materials to be screened shall not be stored above the height of the wall or screen fence.

3.

Open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only within an area surrounded and screened by an ornamental solid wall or fence or compact evergreen hedge (with solid gates where necessary), not less than seven feet in height.

4.

No fence, wall or hedge exceeding four feet in height, with the top one foot being 50 percent or more open, shall be located or maintained within the area of a corner lot on the street side of a diagonal line connecting points located 30 feet along the property lines as measured from the intersection of the property lines at the street corner.

5.

No fence or wall shall exceed seven feet in height if located in a required side or rear yard or three feet in height if located in a required front yard, except that a chain-link fence greater than three feet in height may be located in any portion of a required front yard.

6.

Street trees, frontage landscaping and off-street parking area landscaping, with automatic irrigation, shall be provided for all industrial sites.

B.

Site area: The minimum site area shall be one-half (½) acre.

C.

Frontage, width and depth of site: No limitations.

D.

Coverage: No limitations.

E.

Yard requirements:

1.

Front yard: The minimum front yard shall be ten (10) feet.

2.

Rear and side yards: Except as provided below, no rear or side yards shall be required:

a.

The minimum rear yard abutting a UR, RCO, R, RM or C district shall be fifteen (15) feet.

b.

On a reversed corner lot adjoining a key lot in a UR, RCO, R, RM or C district, the minimum side yard adjoining the street shall not be less than one-half (½) the required front yard on the key lot.

c.

The minimum side yard abutting a UR, RCO, R, RM, or C district shall be fifteen (15) feet.

F.

Distances between structures: No limitations.

G.

Building height: No greater than 75 feet except that a greater height may be approved for tanks, towers, silos and similar facilities under the provisions of article 4.

H.

Off-street parking and off-street loading: Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as prescribed in article 11.

I.

Signs and outdoor advertising structures: No signs or outdoor advertising structure of any character shall be permitted except as provided in article 12.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)