[Added 4-9-1980 by Ord. No. 694; amended 4-8-1981 by Ord. No. 702; 7-8-1992 by Ord. No. 786; 11-10-2010 by Ord.
No. 905; 11-30-2015 by Ord. No. 937]
It is the intent of this article to provide areas for religious,
educational, health, retirement, municipal and community facilities
located close to highways and transportation facilities which their
large scale might require and at the same time prevent the domination
of or disruption of the amenities of life in neighboring residential
areas while providing the landowner with the option for single-family
development.
A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot or premises
may be used, for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.Â
Public or private schools and/or their adjunct residential facilities.
B.Â
Churches and their adjunct residential facilities.
C.Â
Convents and monasteries.
D.Â
Municipal buildings, community recreational facilities and playgrounds,
libraries and museums.
E.Â
Hospitals, clinics, nursing and personal care homes or assisted living
residences, and group homes.
F.Â
Group day-care homes or day-care centers for children.
G.Â
Headquarters for nonprofit educational, fraternal, professional,
religious, and other organizations of a similar nature.
H.Â
Athletic field with stadium facilities.
I.Â
Cemeteries, which, when authorized by special exception, may include
mausoleums or crematoriums.
J.Â
Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to any
of the above-permitted uses.
Each lot shall have a minimum lot width of not less than 200
feet extending in depth from the street line to the building line.
When a lot borders on more than one public highway or street, the
owner may elect one of the streets to establish the minimum lot width
for purposes of this section.
A.Â
Front yards.
(1)Â
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at
least 75 feet. When any portion of a building exceeds 35 feet, the
front yard must be increased by three feet for each additional foot
of building height.
B.Â
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, each having a width of
at least 50 feet, except that all yards abutting a residential district
must be a minimum of 75 feet. When any portion of a building exceeds
35 feet, each of the side yards described above must be increased
by three feet for each additional foot in building height.
C.Â
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 75 feet. When any portion of a building exceeds 35 feet,
the rear yards must be increased by three feet for each additional
foot in building height.
A.Â
Front yards. There shall be a front yard on each street on which
the building fronts, the depth of which shall be at least 75 feet.
When any portion of a building exceeds 35 feet, one front yard, if
a corner lot, must be increased by three feet for each additional
foot of building height.
B.Â
Side yards. Side yards shall have a width of at least 50 feet. When
any portion of a building exceeds 35 feet in height, each of the side
yards must be increased by three feet for each additional foot in
building height.
C.Â
Rear yards. There shall be one rear yard, the depth of which shall
be at least 50 feet. When any portion of a building exceeds 35 feet
in height, the rear yard must be increased by three feet for each
additional foot in building height.
A.Â
Ownership. The tract of land on which each permitted use is constructed
shall, in its entirety, be owned and operated as a single or common
management and maintenance unit, with parking, utility, maintenance
and service facilities.
B.Â
Impervious coverage. The total area covered by buildings, parking
lots and vehicular accessways may not exceed 40% of the total lot
area.
C.Â
Traffic. Institutions must have frontage on, or direct access to,
a public street which must have a minimum thirty-foot paved cartway.
The existing road system must be able to accommodate, in a safe and
efficient manner, the peak traffic generated by the institution. Existing
residential traffic shall not be infringed upon by significant volumes
of traffic from the proposed facility.
D.Â
Access. A planned system of efficient ingress, egress, and internal
circulation of traffic which shall interfere minimally with nearby
traffic flow shall be required. Loading and unloading areas shall
be provided where deemed necessary and shall be located to the side
or rear of the proposed use and effectively screened from abutting
residential districts.
E.Â
Height regulations. No institutional building shall exceed 50 feet
in height.
F.Â
Lighting. Lighting shall be arranged in a manner which shall protect
adjacent highways and neighboring properties from unreasonable direct
glare or hazardous interference of any kind.