In SM-1 Suburban Metropolitan Districts, the
following regulations shall apply.
[Amended 12-11-1967 by Ord. No. 67-211; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and
no other:
A. Offices for administrative, executive, professional,
sales and other similar uses, the normal attributes of which do not
involve retailing activities on the premises.
B. Medical office and medical office building.
[Added 11-15-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-809]
C. Laboratory for scientific, agricultural or industrial
research and development.
D. Bank; hotel; private indoor athletic facility; sit-down
restaurant; carry-out restaurant other than drive-in restaurant.
[Amended 6-6-1988 by Ord. No. 88-534]
E. Wholesaling, warehousing and distributing, excluding
the interior or exterior storage and sale of coal, lumber, petroleum
distillates or highly flammable materials.
F. Light manufacturing of beverages, confections, cream,
all food products (exclusive of meat- and fish packing), ceramics,
clothing, plastics, electrical goods, furniture, hardware, tools,
dies, patterns, scientific instruments, jewelry, timepieces, optical
goods, musical instruments, toys, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs
and products of previously prepared metallic and nonmetallic materials.
G. A passenger station terminal for public transportation.
I. Helistop when authorized as a special exception in accordance with the provisions of §
165-219 herein.
J. Any use of the same general character as any of the
uses hereinbefore specifically permitted when authorized as a special
exception.
K. The outside storage of materials, supplies, finished
products and other items of personalty, provided that the same are
confined to the rear yard of the property within the building lines
and further provided that the area devoted to said storage shall not
exceed 25% of the ground floor area covered by the building on the
lot.
L. Signs, subject to the provisions of Article
XXVII.
M. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
N. Personal care facility as a conditional use in accordance with §
165-219.1.
[Added 3-25-1999 by Ord. No. 99-681]
O. Transportation-oriented development (TOD). The following uses shall be permitted in the SM-1 Zoning District pursuant to conditional use in accordance with §
165-219.1:
[Added 10-16-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-832]
(2)
Nursing homes, skilled-care residential facilities, continuing
care retirement communities or other similar medical offices, convalescent
home, residential and physical rehabilitation facilities, expressly
excluding drug and alcohol facilities and mental health facilities.
(3)
The uses provided for in this Subsection
O shall comply with the requirements of this article except as follows:
(a)
Building height shall be a maximum of 75 feet.
[1]
The building must contain a sloped roof with a minimum pitch
of four feet/12 feet; and
[2]
For every foot of additional building height over 65 feet, the
building must be set back a minimum of 10 feet from an existing residential
dwelling.
(b)
Maximum building coverage shall be 65%.
(c)
Parking setback: minimum of 20 feet from front yard and residential
zones.
(d)
Landscape buffer: minimum buffer of 20 feet on front yard and
along residential zones.
(e)
Multifamily residential shall require a minimum of 1.2 parking
spaces per unit.
(f)
Multifamily residential units shall not exceed 30 units per
acre.
(4)
Standards for conditional use. In addition to the general standards for conditional use provided in §
165-219.1, conditional uses permitted in a TOD shall comply with the following standards:
(a)
At least one boundary of the property proposed for the TOD shall
be located within 1,250 feet of a train station.
(b)
There shall be adequate pedestrian walkways, sidewalks or trails
to provide access to and from the TOD and the train station.
(c)
Parking shall be made available to the public for access to
the train station.
P. Residential-oriented development (ROD). Row house dwellings shall be permitted in the SM-1 Zoning District pursuant to conditional use in accordance with §
165-219.1.
[Added 10-15-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-868]
(1)
Notwithstanding any requirement of this Chapter
165 or Article
XXIV, the residential-oriented development and the row house dwelling uses provided for in this Subsection
P shall comply with the following requirements:
(a)
Minimum lot area for the ROD: 10 acres.
(b)
Minimum ROD tract perimeter setback: 25 feet.
(c)
Maximum building height: 40 feet.
(d)
Minimum width of individual row house dwellings: 24 feet.
(e)
Minimum garage size for each row house dwelling: two-car garage.
(f)
Lots near residential districts. No building or structure shall
be erected closer than 25 feet to any residential district or residential
structure.
(g)
Buildings and structures separation. Buildings and structures
shall not be separated from one another by less than 25 feet measured
side to side and shall not be separated from one another by less than
50 feet measured rear to rear. For purposes of minimum separation,
a building shall be the structure containing two or more row house
dwellings.
(h)
Landscape buffer: minimum buffer of 20 feet adjacent to residential
zones which may be located in the perimeter setback.
(i)
Parking requirement: in accordance with §
165-191A(1) provided however:
[1]
Floor area designated as lofts and bonus rooms shall not be
counted as bedrooms.
[2]
Visitor parking may be provided by off-street spaces perpendicular
to internal roadways dispersed throughout the development.
(j)
Maximum units:
[1]
Shall not exceed eight units per developable acre.
[2]
Shall not exceed four units per building.
(k)
Open space; park land:
[2]
If at least one boundary of the ROD is located within 250 feet
of a public trail system, comprised of pedestrian walkways, sidewalks,
bike paths, and/or trails; and at least one boundary of the ROD is
located within 500 feet of a river, the following open space and park
land requirements shall apply:
[a] The ROD shall include a centrally-located piazza
improved with landscaping, hardscaping and pedestrian-oriented amenities
such as benches, gazebos and pavilions.
[b] In addition to the piazza, a minimum of 10% of
the gross tract area of the ROD shall be passive open space. The passive
open space may include storm sewer easements and stormwater management
basins, provided the basins comprise no more than 50% of the passive
open space.
(2)
Standards for conditional use. In addition to the general standards for conditional use provided in §
165-251B(1), conditional uses permitted, as provided for in this Subsection
P, shall additionally comply with the following standards:
(a)
At least one boundary of the property shall be located within
250 feet of a public trail system, comprised of pedestrian walkways,
sidewalks, bike paths, and/or trails.
(b)
At least one boundary of the property shall be located within
500 feet of a river.
The maximum height of buildings and other structures
erected or enlarged in this district shall be 50 feet, except that
such height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet, provided that
for every foot of height in excess of 50 feet, there shall be added
to each yard requirement two corresponding feet of width or depth.
All buildings erected, altered or used for any
purpose permitted in this district shall be served by a central sanitary
sewage disposal system, except that an individual system may be authorized
by special exception upon submission of satisfactory evidence that
safe and effective sanitary sewage disposal can be provided in the
particular location in question by such individual sewage disposal
system. Such evidence may include but shall not be limited to a specific
recommendation from the official representative of the State Board
of Health having jurisdiction.
[Amended 12-11-1967 by Ord. No. 67-211; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article
XXVIII. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article
XXVIII, no parking area shall be permitted closer than 40 feet to the front lot line of any lot in this district nor closer than 40 feet to any agricultural or residential district.
[Amended 12-11-1967 by Ord. No. 67-211; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
All areas delimited by the front lot line and all areas delimited by a lot line abutting any agricultural or residential district shall be provided with a buffer of at least 40 feet in width, which shall be planted in accordance with the provisions of §
165-217.1 herein.
All outside front lighting shall be shielded
so that the source of light shall not be visible from any point off
the lot on which the building or structure being illuminated is erected
and so that only the building or structure is directly illuminated
thereby. In no case shall lights be permitted to be directed or reflected
toward any residential district.