[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. The intent of this article is to summarize site design requirements
for development requiring site plan approval and to be a point of reference for staff and Planning
Commission while conducting site plan reviews and preparing
reports.
B. The standards of this article are generally summaries of detailed
requirements located in other
UDO articles or in other ordinances, codes, and policies. Section
39-5.11 and Section
39-5.12 provide those detailed requirements in this article.
C. In the event that there is a conflict between this article and the
referenced UDO articles or in other ordinances, codes,
and policies, the other UDO articles or other ordinances, codes, and
policies shall govern.
D. The following standards are included and referenced in this article:
1. Section
39-5.02, Utility services [reference to Holland Board of Public Works (HBPW) Terms of Service].
4. Section
39-5.05, Traffic circulation, driveways, streets, and sidewalks (reference to
UDO Article
39-10).
5. Section
39-5.06, Fire access (reference to International Fire Code).
7. Section
39-5.08, Parking, loading, and unloading (reference to
UDO Article
39-9).
8. Section
39-5.09, Bicycle parking (reference to
UDO Article
39-9).
10.
Section
39-5.11, Building materials and environmental quality (full standards).
11.
Section
39-5.12, Dumpsters and waste disposal (full standards).
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
All buildings shall be served by public water,
sanitary sewer, and electric utilities and may be
eligible for communication services. Nondomestic buildings may be required to meet pollution control requirements. These are
all managed by the Holland Board of Public Works (HBPW). Developments shall not overburden public facilities or utilities as determined by the City or HBPW. All utilities shall be designed, planned, and installed per the City of Holland
and HBPW requirements following the most current Holland Board of
Public Works' Terms of Service found at: https://hollandbpq.com/en/customer-service/terms-of-service.
A. Water and wastewater.
1. New taps on existing public water and sewer mains shall be performed
to meet HBPW specifications.
2. Documentation of backflow prevention shall be submitted with application,
if applicable.
3. Assessments, frontage, trunkage, and meter fees shall be paid prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
4. The property owner shall be responsible for a connection
from the building to the public sewer connection
and shall meet HBPW and State Plumbing Code requirements.
5. All sanitary sewer system
uses shall meet the requirements outlined in the Holland Sewer Use Ordinance, Chapter
29 of the City of Holland Code of Ordinances.
6. Private fire service mains that supply hydrants shall be a minimum
of six inches in diameter.
7. Utility easements, if required, shall be granted and fully executed
prior to service.
B. Pollution control.
1. Nondomestic customer requirements for new construction, additions,
or renovations.
a.
A monitoring manhole is required for all nondomestic customers.
It shall be installed on the owner's property. All
wastewater shall pass through the manhole before connecting to the
main sewer. Only one connection to the main sewer will be permitted
for each building.
b.
In the case of additions or renovations to
an existing building, all new sewer lines shall tie
into existing sewer lines a minimum of 10 feet before the monitoring
manhole to ensure proper wastewater sampling.
c.
Monitoring manholes shall meet HBPW accessibility requirements,
and the monitoring manhole's design requires approval by HBPW prior
to installation.
d.
Any food service facility shall be required to discharge all
wastewater (with the exception of dishwasher and sanitary wastewater)
through a minimum 1,000-gallon, three-chamber interceptor to help
capture all fats, oil, and grease before wastewater discharges to
a sanitary sewer. Interceptor design requires approval by HBPW prior
to installation.
e.
Any building with the potential to discharge
petroleum-based oil to the sanitary sewer system is required to install
a minimum 1,000-gallon, three-chamber oil interceptor. Interceptor
design requires approval by HBPW prior to installation.
f.
Discharge of uncontaminated process water, stormwater, uncontaminated
cooling water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, or subsurface
drainage to the sanitary sewer system is prohibited.
g.
The applicant shall provide a written request
to the HBPW Pollution Control Division to be considered for any waiver
to the requirements listed above.
C. Electric.
1. Undergrounding of all electric services to new buildings and redevelopments of existing buildings shall be required unless otherwise waived by the Holland Board of
Public Works (HBPW).
2. Utility easements shall be granted and fully executed prior to energization
of electrical service.
3. Unobstructed access to equipment. The applicant shall
show on the site plan and place equipment in a manner to provide unobstructed
access to HBPW.
4. Clear vision. Equipment shall not interfere with
vision or traffic circulation.
D. Communication services.
1. Communication services shall include broadband, telecom, and cable.
2. All new communication services shall be installed underground.
3. The applicant shall provide building penetration for all planned communication service conduits.
4. Cabling guidelines and best practices to consider when designing
new buildings are located at: https://www.hollandbpw.com/en/cablingguidelines.
5. Utility easements, if required, shall be granted and fully executed
prior to service.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Stormwater permit. In addition to
site plan approval,
a stormwater permit shall be obtained from the City Engineer prior
to
building permit issuance. The stormwater permit application is available on the Transportation Services Department website or by calling the Department. See Chapter
29, Article
VI, of the Code of Ordinances for additional stormwater regulations.
[Amended 2-2-2022 by Ord. No. 1812]
B. Items required to obtain a stormwater permit.
1. Site plans showing all existing and proposed stormwater
improvements for the site. The location and size
of all existing and proposed surface and subsurface stormwater facilities
shall be provided.
2. Stormwater calculations shall be provided to demonstrate compliance with the three primary requirements of the City's Stormwater Ordinance, listed below. Reference Chapter
29 of the City Code of Ordinances.
3. Grading plan showing existing and proposed topography of the site.
a.
Properties less than or equal to one acre shall
have one-foot contour intervals.
b.
Properties greater than one acre shall have
two-foot contour intervals.
4. Plan showing stormwater flow paths for the ten-year storm event and
a storm event that exceeds the 100-year storm event.
5. Additional items as required by the City Engineer.
C. Basic stormwater standards.
1. Site plans shall comply with the City's Stormwater Ordinance (Chapter
29) as well as the latest edition of the City's Stormwater Standards Manual.
2. Tulip City Inter-County Drain Board approval shall be obtained when
the site is located in the Tulip City Inter-County
Drainage District.
D. Structural green infrastructure.
1. Structural green infrastructure shall be used to meet the Stormwater
Ordinance to the greatest extent practicable, in the opinion of the
City Engineer and the
approving authority. See Article
39-6 and Chapter
29 of the Code of Ordinances.
2. A list
of the structural green infrastructure best management
practices (BMPs) to be used shall be provided in the required written
project summary submitted with the site plan application.
E. Retention and detention pond
amenities shall be
incorporated into the overall
site design by designing
them to provide
site amenities. Specific
site design elements shall be reviewed to determine if,
in the opinion of the City Engineer and the
approving authority, the proposed
amenity and the location of the pond meets the intended benefit. See Article
39-6.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Street
trees shall be provided every 30 feet within
the
right-of-way along all of the
site's street frontages and along any new street. Existing street
trees shall be clearly indicated on the required separate
landscape plan.
Trees may be placed further into
the
site, or
ornamental trees may
be used if overhead utilities or another obstruction is present, when
approved by the
approving authority. See Section
39-6.02C.
B. Landscape islands are required in
parking lots after
every 20
parking spaces and shall include a minimum
of one
tree and a permitted
ground cover. See Section
39-6.02D.
C. Internal
parking lot landscaping shall be provided
at one square foot per 20 square feet of
parking lot surface. See Section
39-6.02D and
E.
D. Building perimeter
landscaping is
required along all walls facing a street or
parking lot. See Section
39-6.02F.
E. A
landscaping buffer is required to provide a buffer between residential and nonresidential uses. See Section
39-6.02I.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Traffic circulation and driveways. Site design and construction shall
reasonably protect residents and occupants of adjacent properties from traffic congestion.
1. Unobstructed access. The site plan shall show either
unobstructed frontage on a public street or shall show a public street,
private street, or driveway to provide public access to the project site.
2. Traffic study required if the proposed uses will
generate more than 100 peak hour trips or more than 750 total daily
trips. The traffic study shall be performed by a licensed professional
traffic operations engineer (PTOE) and shall provide volume and crash
data for the frontage streets and for adjacent streets. The City Engineer
may request a full traffic study regardless of trip generation or
may waive this requirement. Prior to the preparation of any required
traffic study, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) must be developed
by the applicant and approved by the City Engineer. The MOU will develop
the expectations and requirements of the study to provide clear guidance
to the preparer and to streamline the review by the City.
[Amended 12-1-2021 by Ord. No. 1805]
3. Access management via connections of parking lots and/or limitations on curb cuts is preferred and may be required.
4. Alignment of driveways in specific places relative to other driveways
or streets is preferred and may be required.
5. Driveway lanes and widths shall be determined based on the anticipated
trip data. The City Engineer may require additional or fewer lanes
or decreases or increases to the driveway widths.
6. Ingress and egress turns. Turns may be limited or prohibited by the
City Engineer if corner clearance, sight distance, driving spacing,
or another element is determined to be inadequate.
7. Turning radius drawings are required on a site plan for internal site circulation and driveways. Drawings
may be required to show the turning radius at street intersections.
B. Streets.
1. Public streets may be required in site design. The Planning
Commission and the City Engineer have the discretion to require
the construction and dedication of public streets in accordance with
City, state, and federal street standards.
2. Private streets may be permitted if they are constructed to public
street standards for any use other than residential with one to four dwelling units.
3. Stub streets may be required at property lines for
future street connections.
4. Dead-end streets shall only be permitted when determined by the approving authority that it is necessary due to a topographical
or other physical site constraint.
5. Street improvements. On-site and adjacent street improvements, such
as deceleration and acceleration lane provisions, center turn lanes,
bypass lanes, traffic signals, curb radii requirements, clear
vision areas, driveway throat widths, and driveway and street
intersection slope requirements, may be required by the City Engineer
or approving authority.
6. Corner vision clearance shall be determined as sufficient by the
City Engineer. Other corner vision requirements shall be found in
Sections 39-6.02.J, 39-9.08.C, and 39-9.15.
[Amended 5-3-2023 by Ord. No. 1835]
C. Sidewalks.
1. Public sidewalks shall be required in the site design if not existing.
The Planning Commission and the City Engineer have
the discretion to require the construction and dedication of public
sidewalks in accordance with City, state, and federal sidewalk standards.
2. Street frontage. Sidewalks shall be provided in the right-of-way of a site's street frontage or inward onto the
site if necessary. A public access easement shall then be granted
to the City of Holland when not in the right-of-way.
3. New streets. Sidewalks shall be provided on both sides of any new
public or private street. The approving authority may determine that a sidewalk is only necessary on one side of the
street.
4. Width. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of six feet wide (eight feet
wide in the F-CDT Zone District).
5. Construction. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of four inches thick and
shall be poured using Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)
standards with a limestone mix concrete.
6. Sidewalks crossing driveways shall be six inches thick and shall
be poured separately from the driveway approach.
7. Installation of sidewalks shall be by a concrete/sidewalk contractor.
8. Slope elevation. Sidewalks shall be set at an elevation above the
adjacent curb head and sloped to a maximum of 2%.
9. ADA standards shall be complied with for all sidewalks.
10.
Pedestrian access. Sidewalks shall extend into parking
lots with a marked pedestrian access strip leading to the building entrance, and shall be designated on a site plan. See image below.
D. Nonmotorized paths/bicycle facilities.
1. Public pathways and bicycle facilities may be required in the site design. The Planning Commission and
the City Engineer have the discretion to require the construction
and dedication of these facilities in accordance with City, state,
and federal nonmotorized standards.
2. Two-way, off-street nonmotorized pathways are encouraged alongside
the required sidewalk, throughout a site, and to
make connections to adjacent sites and may be required
as part of the City's nonmotorized transportation plan.
3. Bicycle parking shall be required as indicated in Article
39-2, Section
39-5.09, and in Section
39-9.03.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796; amended 10-20-2021 by Ord. No. 1804; 2-2-2022 by Ord. No. 1812]
A. International Fire Code. See Chapter
11 of the Code of Ordinances for additional regulations.
B. Emergency services. The design and construction of developments shall reasonably protect the ease and routine of emergency services
into and out of the site. The Fire Marshal may require site design elements to ensure this requirement is met.
C. Fire apparatus access roads are required on every site and shall meet the following requirements:
1.
Shall be a minimum 26 feet wide, exclusive of shoulders, where
a fire hydrant is located. The portions of fire apparatus access roads
where fire hydrants are not located shall be a minimum of 20 feet
wide, exclusive of shoulders. Compliance with minimum widths for fire
apparatus access roads shall be determined by the Fire Marshal.
2. Shall have a thirteen-foot six-inch minimum overhead clearance, or
a fourteen-foot minimum overhead clearance if access is provided by
a public road;
3. Shall extend to within 150 feet of all portions of the exterior of
the building. The distance may be increased if the
Fire Marshal finds that:
a.
The building is equipped throughout with an
automatic inside sprinkler system.
b.
The building has fewer than two Group R3 or
Group U occupancies.
c.
Topography or grades do not permit it.
4. If the access road is longer than 150 feet, a turnaround area shall
be provided and approved by the Fire Marshal. Turning radius and approach
angles are specified in the International Fire Code and are subject
to Fire Department apparatus specifications.
5. Gates for access roads shall be a minimum 20 feet in width, shall
slide or swing, and shall meet all requirements of IFC Appendix D.103.5.
6. Construction materials for access roads shall be all-weather concrete
or asphalt and designed and maintained to support the imposed loads
of fire equipment.
7. Shall be signed as "Fire Access Road."
8. Aerial fire apparatus access roads are required when the vertical
distance between the grade plane and the highest
roof surface exceeds 30 feet. (IFC Appendix D.105).
a.
One of the required access roads shall be located between 15
to 30 feet from the building.
b.
Positioned parallel to one entire side of the building.
c.
Overhead utilities shall not be located over the aerial access
road or between the aerial access road and the building.
9. If two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to or greater than one-half the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the lot to be served, measured in a straight line between accesses (Appendix D.104.3). See Section
39-5.06D.
D. Fire Apparatus Access Roads Table (IFC Appendix D.104 and D.106).
Structure or Use Site
|
Requirement
|
If All Buildings Are Equipped With Automatic Sprinkler
Systems
|
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Structures greater than 30 feet or 3 stories in height
|
2 means of access per structure
|
Not applicable
|
Structures 62,000 to 124,000 gross square feet in area
|
2 fire access roads
|
1 fire access road
|
100 to 200 multifamily dwelling units
|
2 fire access roads
|
1 fire access road
|
Over 200 multifamily dwelling units
|
2 fire access roads
|
2 fire access roads
|
1 or 2 dwelling unit developments exceeding 30 units
|
2 fire access roads
|
1 fire access road
|
E. Site plan and construction shall include:
1. Fire access road locations and construction materials.
2. Security gates and fire flow requirement locations.
3. Lock box locations on any structure that has fire
service features, such as alarms, suppression systems, elevators,
or anything else deemed essential for immediate access.
4. Signage depicting fire service features on doors to rooms with Fire
Department connections, riser standpipes, or other fire service features.
5. Commodity classification of items to be stored, if applicable, to
determine sufficiency of proposed suppression system.
6. Hydrant placement shall comply with these requirements:
a.
Minimum 400 feet from all portions of a nonsprinklered building, as measured by an unobstructed hose route around
the building.
b.
Minimum 600 feet from all portions of a sprinklered building, as measured by an unobstructed hose route around
the building.
F. New address numbers shall meet the following requirements:
1. Legible and visible from the street.
3. Four inches high with a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch.
4. Contrasted with their background.
5. Located by the street and on the building for buildings more than 90 feet from the street and buildings not visible from the street.
6. See Chapter
32 of the Code of Ordinances for additional regulations.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. A photometric lighting map and manufacturer lighting details are required if any exterior lighting is proposed.
B. Maximum light levels and temperature.
1. Five-tenths footcandle on any property line abutting a residential use with one to four dwelling units.
2. Fifteen
footcandles anywhere on a
site.
[Amended 7-20-2022 by Ord. No. 1819]
3. Four thousand degrees Kelvin on a CCT Scale.
C. Nonresidential properties. Exterior lighting shall
be reduced to only the level needed for security during nonbusiness
hours.
D. Light pole height: 20 feet maximum height if located within 200 feet
of a residential use in the LDR, CNR, MDR, TNR, HDR, or MHR
Zone Districts. Light
fixtures in the Airport Overlay District shall comply with Section
39-2.20. For all other light
fixtures, the maximum height shall be the maximum
building height allowable in the
zone district.
E. Shielded. All exterior lighting shall be shielded
to reduce glare and to deflect light away from all
adjacent properties.
F. Downward facing. All outdoor lighting, unless otherwise
specified, shall be downward facing to reduce glare and shall be arranged to direct and deflect light away from adjacent uses.
G. Decorative post-top lighting. A maximum of 18% of light may trespass
above the ninety-degree angle.
H. Safety. All streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and
common areas or facilities shall be sufficiently illuminated to ensure
the security of property and the safety of persons
using such areas.
I. Ground lighting is allowed, provided that it does
not produce glare on adjacent properties.
J. Signs. Exterior illumination of
signs shall be directed downward not to interfere with the vision of persons
on adjacent
properties and streets. (See Article
39-8.)
K. Maintained. Light fixtures shall be maintained not
to constitute a hazard or nuisance.
L. Protect. The design and construction of developments shall reasonably protect residents and occupants of adjacent properties from light glare.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Off-street parking, loading, and unloading shall meet the following
requirements.
1. Parking spaces required. See Article
39-2.
a.
One space required per
dwelling unit City-wide, except in F-NDT. See Section
39-2.23C.
b.
For other uses, the number of spaces required
is based on building square footage.
2. Parking lot layout and internal/external landscaping. See Section
39-5.04B and
C and Article
39-6.
3. Parking lot and drive aisle design. See Article
39-9.
B. Shared parking and cross access of parking
lots is encouraged to meet the City's low-impact development
goals and to reduce traffic.
C. Parking space and drive aisle size minimums.
1. Parking spaces: eight-foot width and 160 square feet.
2. Drive aisles: twelve-foot width for one-way; twenty-four-foot width
for two-way.
D. Durable surfaces. All parking areas, including access lanes, driveways, loading areas, and other vehicle maneuvering
areas, shall be a durable surface.
E. Parking lot setbacks.
1. Streets: 10 feet minimum from all street-fronting property
lines.
2. Side and rear property lines: 10 feet minimum. Setback may be reduced to five feet minimum if approved by the approving
authority and a six-foot-high fence or approved
vegetative screening is erected along the property line.
3. Setback not required if adjacent uses are both nonresidential
or there are shared driveways or aisles, not exceeding 30 feet in
width, connecting two or more uses.
F. Side yard parking in NMU and RMU Zone Districts and the following
F subdistricts: NDT, EDT, WDT, RM, and WASH (28th Street to 31st Street). Parking lots located on the side of new principal
buildings shall meet the following requirements to provide
for a walkable character without large parking lots separating uses:
1. Side parking shall only occur on one side of the building.
2. The side parking lot shall be a maximum width of
33 feet to accommodate a twenty-four-foot-wide, two-way aisle and
one row of parking.
G. Pedestrian circulation in
parking lots. Parking lots shall accommodate direct and continuous pedestrian circulation,
clearly divided from vehicular areas. Pedestrian crosswalks shall
be provided and integrated into the pedestrian circulation network
providing direct connections from sidewalks to the
building entrance. See Section
39-5.05C.10.
H. Loading and unloading. Loading spaces shall be made of a clearly
defined durable surface, located to the rear or side
of a building. Storage of materials shall not occur
in the loading/unloading space. Shared loading spaces may be used
if each business has unhindered access to the loading area and is within 300 feet of the area.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Applicability.
1. The following site plan application types shall
trigger the bicycle parking requirements:
b.
Structure addition resulting in an increase
in residential units by 20% or more.
c.
Structure addition resulting in an increase
of nonresidential gross floor area of 20% or more.
2. Exempt: multifamily developments where each attached dwelling unit is designated a private garage, carport, or accessible and secure storage space that is a minimum of
80 square feet in area.
B. Bicycle parking facility types.
1. Short-term. Bicycle racks shall be used for public bicycle parking and shall meet the following requirements.:
b.
Shall be located outdoors in well-lit areas within 100 feet
of the nearest publicly accessible building entrance
of the use it is intended to serve, and be clearly visible from the
street.
c.
Inverted "U" style racks or similar design. Racks shall be anchored to a durable surface, be a minimum three feet in height and two feet in length, be arranged in rows or alignment, and meet the other requirements in Section
39-9.03. Each space shall be a minimum of two feet wide by six feet long.
2. Long-term. Covered bicycle facilities shall be provided for employee
and/or resident parking, and shall meet the following
requirements.
b.
Reasonably shelter bicycles from the natural elements by locating
them inside or under covered structures;
c.
Permanently be anchored to the ground or to a structure;
d.
The cover shall be a minimum eight feet above the surface it
is attached to.
e.
May be located in the required side or rear yard setbacks, provided that the facility is a minimum of three feet from the property line; not permitted in the required front
yard setback.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Site plans. Placement of freestanding signage shall be included in the site plan and shall include
a delineation of the clear vision corner.
B. Planned unit developments (PUD) shall have professional sign specifications included with the application to be
reviewed and approved by Planning Commission.
C. Sign permit. All signs shall require
a sign permit, in addition to site plan approval,
from the Zoning Administrator. If located in the form-based code subdistricts CDT, NDT, EDT, WDT, or CENT, signs shall be reviewed by the Design Review Board (DRB)
and shall require a permit from the Downtown Development Authority
(DDA).
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Building materials.
1. Specify building materials on the required elevation plan. Color
renderings may be required by the approving authority.
2. Design. All building materials shall be high-quality and shall complement
adjacent existing buildings.
B. Noise. All developments shall be designed and constructed
to reasonably protect residents or occupants of adjacent properties from the emission and transmission of noise. Protection
of residents living on-site from noise shall occur through submittal
of a STraCAT Summary Report as specified below.
1. A Sound Transmission Classification Assessment Tool (STraCAT) Summary
is required for residential uses with five or more
attached dwelling units to ensure building materials will sufficiently suppress external traffic noise. The applicant shall input the building material
specifications as required by the tool and input the ambient noise level decibels as specified below. The approving
authority may require a different decibel requirement and
shall specify the decibel level for a planned unit development (PUD).
2. Ambient noise levels. Ambient noise levels shall
be inputted into the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) STraCAT tool based on the location
of the property. These decibel levels are provided
in the Community and Neighborhood Services Department's most recent
Ambient Noise Level Policy.
3. Construction noises. The demolition, erection, alteration, or repair
of any
structure, and the excavation of streets shall
follow the
Noise Ordinance in Chapter
19 of the City's Code of Ordinances.
C. Dust and air pollution. Dust and other types of air pollution that
can be borne by the wind from the use shall be controlled through
appropriate landscaping, sheltering, paving, wetting,
collecting, or other means, and these means shall be identified on
the site plan.
D. Protect residents and adjacent properties. The design and construction
of developments shall also reasonably protect residents
or occupants of adjacent properties from smoke, dirt,
litter, odors, vibration, overcrowding of people, sanitation, glare,
and heat off-site, and other similar considerations.
E. Hazardous materials.
1. Storage. The applicant shall state any hazardous
materials that will be stored on-site. Fire Department approval of
the storage method is required.
2. Hazardous materials and waste. The use, storage, handling, transport,
discharge, and disposal of hazardous materials shall comply with applicable
federal, state, and local laws.
3. Chemical list. Developments where chemicals will
be present shall provide a list of chemicals with their application.
4. Odors. No use may emit odors of an intensity and character as to
be detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare.
[7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 1796]
A. Required. Dumpsters or another means of waste disposal, approved
by the approving authority, is required for any development requiring a site plan review.
B. Enclosure. Refuse shall be enclosed within a high-quality, durable
enclosure, using similar materials as used for the principal
building. A permanent, six-foot minimum enclosure shall be
on three sides of the dumpster. The fourth side of the enclosure shall
be equipped with a gate the same height as the enclosure.
C. Screening. Dumpsters shall be screened by landscaping
from view of adjoining properties and public streets.
D. Site location.
1. From structures: 10 feet minimum from a structure unless a closer distance is approved by the Fire Marshal.
2. Side or rear yard required setbacks. Dumpsters shall be permitted
in the required
side or rear yard setbacks. Dumpsters
need not comply with the
setback requirements for
accessory structures in Section
39-9.05. They shall not be permitted in the required front or secondary street
setbacks.
3. Dumpsters shall not encroach into a required parking area and shall
be clearly accessible to servicing vehicles.
E. Concrete pad. Dumpsters shall be located on a concrete pad extending
a minimum of 10 feet in front of the dumpster enclosure.
F. Additional. Any internal refuse shall be wheeled out to the curb for pickup, and all waste disposal shall comply with the requirements of Chapter
27 of the City of Holland Code of Ordinances.
[Added 5-3-2023 by Ord. No. 1835]
A. Intent.
To protect the Integrity of the City of Holland snowmelt system while
accommodating development within the areas serviced by the snowmelt
system.
B. Development.
In order to accommodate the development of property located in areas
where the snowmelt system is in place, the following rules shall apply:
1. All
development should shall be designed and constructed to avoid cutting
of the snowmelt system.
2. Approved
access methods may include alleys, conduits, utility stubs, or other
methods approved by the City Engineer.
3. Development
requests shall consider future development and additional users.
4. The
use of easements across private or public property may only be used
if approved by the City Engineer.
5. The
approving authority may approve any alternative method that is recommended
by the City Engineer if both of the following are true:
a. There
is a hardship related to the parcel, building, other utilities or
elements beyond the owner’s or developer’s control; and
b. The
proposed development could not be constructed without the alternative
method.