§ 6-2.1. Requirements in OD office district, B-1 limited business district, B-1A, B-2, general business district and B-3 commercial recreation and highway oriented use districts:  


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  • Uses allowable in the R-1 and R-2 zoning districts shall be subject to the requirements of section 6-1; otherwise, uses permitted in the OD, B-1, B-2 and B-3 zoning districts shall be required to conform to the following standards:

    (a)

    Minimum front yard, measured from the nearest abutting right-of-way line: Ten (10) feet. Provided however, that on a street frontage between two (2) intersecting streets where more than fifty (50) per cent of such frontage is improved with buildings that are built at or near the street line, the average alignments of existing buildings shall be the minimum setback line. The Type A buffer requirement shall be waived for any location having a front yard setback of less than ten (10) feet.

    (b)

    A landscape plan must be submitted and approved prior to the issuance of building permits. The landscape plan must conform to the landscape and buffering requirements set forth elsewhere within this article.

    (c)

    Minimum side and rear yard: A minimum rear and side yard of ten (10) feet shall be required along each rear side lot line; except that where a firewall meeting the standards of the current edition of the city's building code is constructed at the property line; the side or rear yard requirement may be waived along the respective side or rear lot line.

(Ord. No. 1991-16, 5-9-91; Ord. No. 1995-52, 10-24-95; Ord. No. 1996-42, 8-22-96; Ord. No. 1996-46, 8-22-96; Ord. No. 1997-32, 5-22-97; Ord. No. 1998-51, 5-28-98; Ord. No. 1998-70, 8-13-98; Ord. No. 1998-107, 12-22-98; Ord. No. 1999-13, 2-25-99; Ord. No. 2003-005, 1-23-03; Ord. No. 2009-50, 9-24-09)