Planning and Zoning

CHAPTER 63 - LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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63.440 SPECIAL LOCATIONAL PROVISIONS

The following paragraphs identify special off-street parking provisions applicable to certain developments.


63.441

Commercial Parking Extension: Required off-street parking for uses in the Central Development Core or any nonresidential district may extend into adjacent land zoned R-3, R-4 or as a Type II Conditional Use in the R-2 District subject to the following regulations:  

  1. A driveway providing access to the parking area from a street in the residential district shall only be permitted as a second access.  The primary access must lead directly to a nonresidential street or alley serving the land in the nonresidential district.  Where direct access is restricted, access shall be provided from the frontage of the commercial lot and only one access, designed for one-way traffic, shall be permitted to exit onto the residential street.  
  2. All commercial activity shall be oriented toward the frontage on the street in the nonresidential district.
  3. A buffer equal in intensity to Bufferyard F listed in Section 63.265 shall be provided along each property line which abuts a residentially zoned property. 
  4. Parking shall be set back from the lot lines a distance equal to the setbacks required for commercial uses allowed in that zoning district unless a greater setback is required by other provisions in this Code.  If the parking is located along a side street yard which is adjacent to a front yard of an adjacent residential uses, the parking shall not be closer than 20 feet to an established street right-of-way line.  Unless a greater Bufferyard is required by other provisions of this Code, a “D” Bufferyard must be established along the parking lot.
  5. Commercial parking extension parking areas must meet the design standards specified in Section 63.455 (1), (H), (5) – (7).  
  6. Two-way drive aisles must be a minimum width of 18 feet. 


63.442

Collective Provision of Parking:  Nothing shall be construed to prevent the collective provision of off-street parking for two or more developments, provided that the total of such parking shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various developments computed separately, and also that the locational requirements as to maximum distance from the building are met.





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