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Editor's note — Former Div. 14, which pertained to Mid-cities Overlay Zone and derived from Ordinance 2223, adopted 6/26/1997, was repealed by Ordinance 3291, 2/10/2014.
(a) 
Purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to provide standards for the Freeway Corridor Overlay District in order to mitigate the negative effects of the Interstate Loop 820 and State Highway 121/183 such as noise, aesthetics, glare of lights, and to protect public and private investment. It is also the intent of this section to implement the recommendations of the 2001 City Image Study and the 2005 Loop 820 Corridor Plan.
(b) 
Applicability.
The standards and regulations set forth in this subdivision are superimposed and shall supersede the standards and regulations of any underlying zoning district which are in conflict and shall apply in the following circumstances:
(1) 
When an existing building is proposed for remodeling, alteration, addition, or expansion, in which the value of the proposed construction exceeds 50 percent of the current appraised value of the existing structures, excluding the value of the land;
(2) 
When an existing building is proposed for an addition that will increase the square footage of the existing building by 30 percent or greater;
(3) 
Upon all new construction; or
(4) 
As a requirement of the approval of a special use permit or planned development.
(Ordinance 3291, § 2, adopted 2/10/2014)
Uses permitted within this Freeway Corridor Overlay District shall be those that are permitted in the base district provided in article V, division 3, section 118-631 of this chapter, Table of Permitted Uses unless otherwise noted by that table.
(Ordinance 3291, § 2, adopted 2/10/2014)
The following general conditions shall be required of all development located in the Freeway Corridor Overlay District. If not addressed in this division, the general conditions of the base district shall apply.
(1) 
Screening and fencing standards.
Article VIII of this chapter shall apply to the Freeway Corridor Overlay District, except that required masonry screening walls adjacent to residential uses shall be a minimum of eight feet in height and shall have an element of Lueders Limestone (i.e. columns, part or all of wall).
(Ordinance 3291, § 2, adopted 2/10/2014)