The purpose of the Institutional Overlay (IO) District is to regulate the development of larger public and semipublic uses in a manner harmonious with surrounding uses. The IO District designation is intended to provide an area for activities relating to necessary important public services, provide for continued operation and facilitate managed growth of existing institutions, and provide and protect the park and open space assets of the community.
[Amended 5-6-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-008]
Permitted uses shall be as defined in Table 5: Land Use Regulations and Matrix of Land Uses.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 135-116, Permitted accessory uses, as amended, and 135-117, Conditional uses, were repealed 5-6-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-008.
Lot requirements shall be as follows:
A. 
Area: 10,000 square feet minimum.
B. 
Zoning lot frontage: 80 feet minimum. Such minimum lot frontage may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a street, such as a cul-de-sac. In no case shall frontage measured at the right-of-way line of a cul-de-sac or curved street be less than 60 feet.
C. 
Lot width: 80 feet minimum.
Height regulations shall conform to requirements as set forth § 135-13, Height regulations.
A. 
Building setbacks shall be as follows:
Building Setback (feet)
Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Front yard
30 minimum from right-of-way
30 minimum from right-of-way
Side yard
10 minimum each side
10 minimum
Rear yard
20 minimum
10 minimum
Corner side
30 minimum from right-of-way
30 minimum from right-of-way
NOTES:
Exceptions: Bases for light standards (i.e., parking lot lights) may be located at the lot line, provided that no part of the base or light extends into the public right-of-way.
B. 
Transitional yards.
(1) 
If the lot abuts an R-1, R-2, or R-3 District at any point along the rear lot line, it must maintain the same rear yard setback of the principal building as required in that abutting zone.
(2) 
Where a side or rear lot line in an IO District coincides with a side or rear lot line in any adjacent residential district, a yard shall be provided along such side or rear lot line not less than 15 feet in depth and shall contain landscaping and planting to provide an effective screen.
Forty-five percent of the total lot area may contain building coverage.
Parking shall conform to requirements as set forth in Article XXI, Off-Street Parking Requirements.