Sec. 24-346. Bulk requirements.
The purpose of this section is to provide site design requirements that align buildings along the edges of a parcel towards the public right-of-way of U.S. 41, and, where applicable, 93rd Avenue, 101st Avenue, and Route 231. It is the intent of these regulations to orient new buildings with their longest axis parallel to the adjoining highway or street to create a sense of enclosure along the streets, with parking located to the rear, and if necessary, to the side of a building. Principal buildings that are also located adjacent to any arterial or parkway (e.g. 93rd Street or 101st Street, Route 231) shall be sited consistent with the building setback requirements of the underlying zoning district.
(1) Frontage road set backs and out-lot buildings illustrations. Development of outlots on U.S. 41 shall comply with the diagram below.
Illustration of U.S. 41 Proposed Roadway/Out building/Frontage Road Section
Illustration of site plan of U.S. 41 Frontage Road and access to Out Lots
The frontage road diagrams illustrates the position of outlot buildings and the frontage road location in relation to the U.S. 41 right-of-way. The plan illustrates guidelines for location of landscape zones, sidewalks, and parking lots.
(2) Minimum side and rear yards. Minimum side and rear yards adjacent to any residential use or zone shall be forty-five (45) feet and adjacent to all other zoning districts shall be fifteen (15) feet.
(3) Building heights. Building heights are specified in the underlying primary zoning district(s except that the maximum building height along U.S. Highway 41, Route 231, 93rd Avenue, and 101st Avenue shall be the lesser of fifty (50) feet and/or three (3) occupiable floors.
(4) Minimum parcel width. For all uses, the parcel width shall equal or exceed that amount which is one-half (½) the depth of the parcel in the U.S. 41 district except when the following apply:
a. At the time of recordation of the undersized lot, the undersized lot met the requirements for minimum lot width then in effect for a lot in the underlying primary zoning district(s);
b. The owner of the undersized lot must include, up to the minimum parcel width, any adjoining vacant land (not separated by a street or public way) owned, or owned by an affiliate, on or before the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter derives or at the time of application which, if combined with the undersized lot, would create a parcel which conforms, or more closely conforms, to the minimum parcel width requirements of this section; and
c. All other development requirements applicable to the U.S. 41 district can be met.
(5) Minimum gross floor area. All buildings shall have a minimum of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of gross floor area, excluding the floor area of any basement or any accessory building(s). Accessory buildings permitted need not meet this minimum floor area requirement. The intent of this minimum gross floor area requirement is to preclude small, freestanding buildings and uses inconsistent with the character of this corridor.
(6) Maximum parcel coverage and density.
a. Maximum parcel coverage shall be sixty-five (65) percent of any parcel as approved in a development plan.
b. Maximum floor area ratio shall be 1.0.