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A.
In order to regulate and restrict the location and use of private,
nonprofit and public buildings, structures and land for trade, residence, and
other purposes, to regulate and determine the area of yards and other open
spaces surrounding buildings, to regulate and limit the height of buildings
hereafter erected or altered, to provide adequate parking spaces, to regulate
the use of signs and bulletin boards, and to regulate and limit the intensity of
the use of lots and premises including floor area, the City is hereby placed in
two (2) zoning districts as follows:
1.
Zone "A" Semi-Rural District; and
2.
Zone "C" Office District.
B.
The boundaries of the districts are shown upon the map attached hereto
and made a part of this Chapter, which map is designated as the "District
Map." The District Map, and
all notations, references and other information shown thereon, shall have the
same force and effect as if fully set forth and described herein.
The District Map shall be properly attested by the City Clerk and shall
be filed with the City Clerk. The
District Map, marked Exhibit "A", on file in the City offices, and
made a part herein by reference, shall reflect that all of the territory now
located in the City of Clarkson Valley shall be in Zoning District "A"
Semi-Rural District except that part of the territory in Zoning District
"C" Office District which is described in Exhibit "B" at the
end of this Chapter 405.
C.
All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City shall be
classified as lying within the Zone "A" Semi-Rural District until such
initial classification shall have been changed by amendment of this Chapter.
D.
Whenever any road, street or other public or private way is vacated by
the Board of Aldermen or by adjoining property owners, the zoning districts
adjoining each side of such road, street or public way shall be automatically
extended to the center of such vacation and all area included in the vacation
shall then and henceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the
extended districts.
E.
Except as hereinafter provided:
1.
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or
structurally altered nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose
other than is permitted in the district in which such building or land is
located.
2.
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or
structurally altered to exceed the height limit herein established for the
district in which such building is located.
3.
No building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or
structurally altered so as to intrude upon the area required for the front,
side and rear yards as herein established, nor shall any building be erected
that does not meet minimum floor areas or off-street parking requirements.
4.
No lot area shall be so reduced or diminished that the yards or other
open spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by this Chapter, nor shall the
density of population be increased in any manner except in conformity with the
area regulations herein established.
5.
No building shall hereafter be erected, converted, enlarged,
reconstructed or structurally altered unless located on a lot as herein
defined, and in no case shall there be more than one (1) building on one (1) lot
except as hereinafter provided.
6.
No parking shall be permitted on any lot within the City of Clarkson
Valley except parking incidental to a building or structure located on such lot
and then only when such building or structure is located entirely within the
boundaries of the City of Clarkson Valley.
(CC 1990 §18.060)
Rules Where Uncertainty May Arise. Where uncertainty exists
with respect to the boundaries of the
1.
The district boundaries are either roads or streets, unless otherwise
shown, and where the districts designated on the map accompanying and made a
part of this Chapter are bounded approximately by street or road lines, the
street or road shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.
2.
Where the district boundaries are not otherwise indicated, and where the
property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district
boundaries shall be construed to be the lot lines, and where the districts
designated on the map accompanying and made a part of this Chapter are bounded
approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary
of the districts unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map.
3.
In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the map
accompanying and made a part of this Chapter shall be determined by use of the
scale appearing on the maps. (CC 1990 §18.130)
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section are the district regulations in the
Zone "A" Semi-Rural District.
B.
Use Regulations.
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings.
2.
Churches.
3.
Farms, but no livestock shall be housed or maintained in a fenced or
enclosed area that is located nearer than one hundred (100) feet from any
single-family residence, except that this requirement shall not apply to
residences located upon the farm.
4.
Truck gardening.
5.
Public schools, elementary and high, and private educational institutions
having a curriculum the same as ordinarily given in public schools and having no
rooms regularly used for housing and sleeping except such quarters as are
necessary for custodians.
6.
Institutions of an educational, religious, charitable, or philanthropic
nature, provided however, that such buildings shall not be located upon sites
containing an area of less than five (5) acres, may occupy not over ten percent
(10%) of the total area of the lot, that the buildings shall be set back from
all lot lines a distance established by the Commission, but not less than those
building lines set forth in Subsection (E) herein relating to "Area
Regulations and Building Lines", taking into consideration the size of the
lot and the improvements, building plans and design, terrain, surrounding
properties and similar factors, and ample off-street parking space will be
provided.
7.
Removal of dirt, topsoil or clay.
8.
Nurseries.
9.
Private golf courses, except miniature courses or practice driving tees
operated for commercial purposes.
10.
Home occupations.
11.
Accessory buildings, accessory structures and accessory uses including
the usual farm buildings; but excluding any buildings, structures or uses
provided for in Section 405.120 hereof.
12.
Temporary signs not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area pertaining
to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises located within the City
which signs shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold.
Not more than one (1) temporary sign of the above character per building
or premises shall be permitted upon any lot and not more than one (1) temporary
sign of the above character per building or premises shall be permitted in any
other location within the City.
13.
Permanent signs pertaining to public convenience, information or
awareness which shall not exceed ten (10) square feet in area, shall not extend
more than fifteen (15) feet above the elevation of the ground and shall not
exceed four (4) feet in width.
14.
Antenna structures.
15.
Temporary structures, as set forth below, which are to be used in
connection with the development and sale of a tract of land may be erected or
located on said tract prior to and may remain thereon during the construction or
development period.
a.
A temporary building or a trailer may be used as a construction office,
field office, or for storage of materials to be used in connection with the
development of said tract, provided that said temporary structure is removed
from said tract within thirty (30) days after completion of the project
development. The temporary building
or trailer must also be removed from said tract within thirty (30) days after
voluntary suspension of work on the project or development or after revocation
of building permits, or on order by the Building Commissioner upon a finding by
him/her that said temporary structure is deemed hazardous to the public health
and welfare.
b.
Temporary real estate offices or sales offices may be established in a
display dwelling unit or a temporary building.
Said offices must be closed and the operation discontinued and all
temporary structures and facilities must be removed from the tract
(1) Within thirty (30) days after all lots or dwelling units have
been sold, rented, or leased; or
(2)
After the passage of thirty (30) days from the date of the last
transaction after ninety percent (90%) of the development has been sold, rented,
or leased.
c.
No temporary building or trailer shall at any time be located closer than
twenty-five (25) feet to a property line of any adjacent property,
notwithstanding the required setbacks of the zoning district in which such
temporary building or trailer is located.
d.
Any other provisions of the law notwithstanding, a building permit or an
occupancy permit shall not be required for buildings or trailers permitted in
Subparagraph (a) of this Subsection (B)(15).
16.
Group home.
The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable
conformance with the general neighborhood standards.
No group home shall be located within one (1) mile of another group home.
Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
C.
Parking Regulations.
Off-street parking space shall be provided as follows:
1.
Single-family dwelling.
Attached garage for each dwelling providing for not less than two (2)
parking spaces. Garage opening must
not be visible from any spot in the street or in the front yard between the
parallel lines running along each side of the main structure located on a normal
or interior lot and extending across said front yard into the street. The applicant for a building permit shall furnish a certified
survey of lot with improvements and parallel lines and shall locate the parallel
lines on the lot at the point where the extension of the parallel lines
intersect said street.
2.
Church.
One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats in the main auditorium.
3.
School and public building. One
(1) parking space for every ten (10) seats in the main auditorium, stadium or
other place of public assembly, and one (1) parking space for each classroom in
a school building.
4.
Handicapped parking spaces. Where
parking is provided on any church, school, public or commercial premises,
handicapped parking spaces shall be provided in compliance with Chapter 500 of
this Code.
D.
Height Regulations. No
building shall exceed two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except
as hereinafter provided.
E.
Area Regulations And Building Lines.
1.
Front yard and front building line.
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than
seventy-five (75) feet. The line
drawn parallel to and seventy-five (75) feet distance from the street line shall
be the front building line. On
through lots (double frontage) there shall be a front yard and a rear yard each
having a depth of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.
2.
Side yard and side building line. Except
as hereinafter provided, there shall be a side yard on each side of a building
having a width of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
The line drawn parallel to and twenty-five (25) feet distant from side
lot line shall be the side building line.
3.
Rear yard and rear building line.
Except as hereinafter provided there shall be a rear yard having a depth
of not less than fifty (50) feet. The
line drawn parallel to and fifty (50) feet distant from the rear lot line shall
be the rear building line.
4.
Floor area. Every
single-family dwelling hereafter erected shall contain a floor area exclusive of
area over open porches, breezeways or garage space as follows:
a.
All one-story houses shall contain a minimum of two thousand four hundred
(2,400) square feet of floor space completely above grade.
b.
All two-story houses shall contain a minimum of two thousand eight
hundred (2,800) square feet of floor space completely above grade.
This includes multi-level houses.
c.
A multi-level house, with living space below the highest point of grade,
shall contain a minimum of two thousand eight hundred (2,800) square feet with
at least two thousand two hundred fifty (2,250) square feet completely above
grade. Any space below grade, to
qualify as living space must have at least one (1) wall completely above grade
at that wall, and this wall to be at least twenty (20) feet long.
5.
Intensity of use.
Every lot or tract of land upon which a single-family dwelling is
erected shall have an area of not less than one (1) acre and a minimum width at
the front building line of not less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet,
except that if a lot or tract has less area or width than herein required and
was of record at the time of the passage of this Chapter, that lot may be used
for any of the uses permitted by this Section provided that no single-family
dwelling which utilizes a self-contained sewage treatment system shall be
permitted on a lot with less than two (2) acres of dry land area.
(CC 1990 §18.070; Ord. No. 92-7 §2, 3-19-92; Ord. No. 96-02 §2,
3-5-96; Ord. No. 96-06 §2, 6-4-96; Ord. No. 97-03 §1, 3-4-97)
SECTION 405.090: "C" OFFICE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this
Chapter when referred to in this Section are the district regulations in the
Zone "C" Office District.
B.
Permitted Land Uses And
Developments. The following
land uses and developments permitted in this District:
1.
Offices or office buildings.
2.
Business and professional services wholly accessory to office operations
and activities.
3.
Employee and guest dining facilities or cafeterias for the specific use
of a designated office or group of offices under the same ownership or
management.
4.
Streets, access drives, alleys, parking areas, including garages, for
automobiles, but not including any sales of automobiles, or the storage of
wrecked or otherwise damaged and immobilized automotive vehicles for a period in
excess of seventy-two (72) hours.
5.
Local public utilities, subject to the following requirements:
a.
Any public utility facility shall be:
(1)
Adequately screened with landscaping, fencing or wall, or any combination
thereof; or
(2)
Placed underground; or
(3)
Enclosed in a structure in such a manner so as to blend with and
complement the character of the surrounding area.
b.
All plans for screening or enclosing public utility facilities shall be
submitted to the City Planning and Zoning Commission for its review and
recommendation. No building
permit or installation permit shall be issued until these plans have been
approved by the City Board of Aldermen.
c.
Antenna structures.
C.
Accessory Land Uses And Developments.
Accessory buildings, structures, and uses are permitted in
conjunction with a permitted land use or development when such accessory
building, structure or use is customarily found in conjunction with the primary
use, is a reasonably necessary incident to the primary use, is clearly
subordinate to the primary use, and serves only to further the successful
utilization of the primary use. Accessory
uses include the following:
1.
Cafeteria for employees and guests only.
2.
Devices for the generation of energy, such as solar panels and similar
devices.
3.
Individual sewage treatment facilities serving an individual building or
use, as approved by the appropriate regulatory agency.
The sewage treatment facility shall not exceed six thousand (6,000)
gallons per day flow.
4.
Signs (business, directional, and information) as authorized for this
district and by the Municipal Code, as amended, or other ordinances.
In the event of a conflict between the "C" Office District
regulations and the Municipal Code, as amended, or other ordinances, the
"C" Office District regulations shall prevail.
5.
Solid waste management shall be in accordance with Chapter 225 of the
Municipal Code, as amended.
D.
Performance Standards.
The Performance Standard Regulations establish standards for noise, odor
and smoke to minimize negative effects on adjacent land uses and developments.
1.
Noise.
Every use shall be so operated that no sound or noise is generated which
exceeds the pressure level limitations of the St. Louis County Air Pollution
Code, Chapter 612 SLCRO.
2.
Odor.
Every use shall be so operated that no offensive or objectionable odor is
emitted which exceeds the limitations of the St. Louis County Air Pollution
Code, Chapter 612 SLCRO.
3.
Smoke.
Every use shall be so operated that no smoke from any source shall be
emitted which exceeds the emission level limitations of the St. Louis County Air
Pollution Code, Chapter 612 SLCRO.
E.
Lot Area Requirements And
Development Limitations.
1.
Buildings and related parking areas together with associated accessory
uses and developments shall be situated on tracts of land at least five (5)
acres in area. This shall not preclude more than one (1) building being
located on a single lot.
2.
All permitted structures shall not exceed three (3) stories or forty-five
(45) feet in height, excluding basement and penthouse, whichever is less, but in
no event shall total height, including penthouse, exceed fifty-five (55) feet.
The penthouse shall not occupy an area in excess of twenty percent (20%)
of the total square footage at grade per structure. The penthouse shall be adequately screened.
3.
Each permitted structure must have a minimum of ten thousand (10,000)
square feet at grade and a maximum of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet
at grade as measured from the inside walls.
4.
No dwelling units shall be permitted in structures containing offices.
F.
Minimum Yard Requirements.
1.
Buffer area.
Buffer areas may be required as determined by the Board of Aldermen to
preserve land uses in the area. No
structure of any kind or description shall be erected upon a buffer area with
the exception of such manholes, landscaping, berms, underground piping, cables
and stormwater control devices, including retention and detention ponds, as
are required for adequate storm and sanitary sewers and such other structures as
shall be approved by the Board of Aldermen after having been submitted to the
Clarkson Valley Planning and Zoning Commission for its study and recommendation. The owner of the buffer area shall execute a deed for
recording in St. Louis County which deed shall restrict the use of the buffer
area to the terms and conditions set out in this Subparagraph and elsewhere in
the Municipal Code, as amended, or other ordinances.
2.
Front yard.
a.
No structure is allowed within seventy-five (75) feet of the right-of-way
line of any road or street except as provided in this Chapter.
b.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, no structure or
plant material exceeding three (3) feet in height above the elevation of the
street pavement is allowed within a sight distance triangle at the corner of any
road or street and at all entrances to the District.
c.
Permitted information and business signs, six (6) feet in height or less,
are allowed within the minimum front yard setback.
d.
Permitted directional signs, ten (10) feet in height or less, are allowed
within the minimum front yard setback.
3.
Side and rear yards.
a.
No office building is allowed within a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet
of a property line adjoining property in the "A" Semi-Rural District.
b.
Boundary walls or fences, six (6) feet in height or less, are permitted
within the minimum side and rear yard setbacks.
c.
Light standards for parking lot lighting are allowed no closer than
fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear yard line which adjoins property in the
"A" Semi-Rural District.
G.
Street, Alley, Access Drive, Off-Street Parking And Loading Requirements.
1.
Scope of provisions.
The regulations contained in this Subsection (G) shall govern the size,
number, location, and design of all street, alley, access drives, and off-street
parking and loading facilities in Zone "C" Office District.
2.
All streets, alleys and access drives shall be paved with an all weather,
dustless material suitably designed for the intended use upon approval by the
Board of Aldermen as part of the Final Site Development Plan Approval.
3.
Minimum parking and loading
requirements. Minimum parking
requirements are 3.9 spaces for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor
area. A maximum of thirty percent
(30%) of said spaces may be allocated for compact cars.
Minimum loading requirements are one (1) ten (10) foot by forty (40) foot
loading space with a height clear of obstruction of not less than fourteen (14)
feet for each one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet or fraction thereof in
a building.
4.
A parking space dimension shall be nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) feet
for all cars with the exception that parking spaces for compact cars may be
eight and one-half (8½) feet by eighteen (18) feet.
5.
Curbed islands are required at ends of aisles where necessary for traffic
control or drainage.
6.
A minimum of one (1) handicapped parking space for every twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet of floor area shall be provided as near as possible to
every entrance to every office building.
7.
Supplementary off-street parking
and loading requirements. In addition to the above parking and loading requirements,
the following standards shall apply:
a.
All parking and loading areas, including driveways, shall be paved with
an all weather, dustless material suitably designed for the intended use upon
approval by the Board of Aldermen as part of the Final Site Development Plan
Approval.
b.
All areas for off-street parking and loading shall be so arranged that
vehicles at no time shall be required to back into any street or roadway to gain
access thereto.
c.
Off-street parking areas must provide for ingress and egress to abutting
roadways as approved by the Board of Aldermen as part of the Final Site
Development Plan Approval.
d.
No parking or loading space or internal drive except for ingress and
egress drives, shall be closer to the street right-of-way than thirty (30) feet.
The space within thirty (30) feet of the street right-of-way shall be
landscaped and contain a sidewalk of concrete construction which shall be four
(4) feet wide and four (4) inches thick and shall be maintained by owner.
e.
No parking or loading space or internal drive shall be closer than twenty
(20) feet to any adjoining "A" Semi-Rural District.
f.
All parking spaces required by this Chapter shall be located on the same
parcel of land as the use to be served.
g.
No off-street parking space required under this Chapter shall be used for
any other purpose. Where a change in use creates greater parking requirements
than the amount being provided, an
occupancy permit shall not be issued until provision is made for the increased
amount of required off-street parking.
h.
Where an addition is made to an existing use which does not comply with
the parking requirements cited for such use, additional parking shall be
provided in proportion to the addition.
i.
Where parking is provided on any church, school, public or commercial
premises, handicapped parking spaces complying with Chapter 500 of this Code.
H.
Sign Regulations.
1.
Basic sign regulations are set forth in Chapter 505 of the Municipal
Code, as amended.
2.
Subject to other provisions of this Subsection (H), each developed lot
may have no more than one (1) freestanding business sign facing each roadway on
which the lot has frontage regardless of the number of buildings upon the lot.
However, each building, regardless of the number of lots upon which it
may be located, shall have no more than one (1) freestanding business sign
facing each roadway on which its lot or lots has frontage.
No freestanding business sign shall
3.
Each lot may have no more than one (1) freestanding information sign
facing each roadway on which the lot has frontage.
Such freestanding information sign shall not exceed twenty (20) square
feet in outline area per facing; shall not exceed a width of five (5) feet; and
shall not extend more than sixteen (16) feet above the elevation of the adjacent
street or elevation of the average finished ground elevation along the side of
the building on the property facing the street, whichever is higher.
4.
Directional signs.
a.
Directional signs shall not exceed ten (10) square feet in outline area
per facing. Freestanding
directional signs shall not extend more than fifteen (15) feet above the
elevation of the adjacent street or elevation of the average finished ground
elevation along the side of the building facing the street, whichever is higher.
b.
No directional sign shall be located on or over a public right-of-way
without approval of the appropriate government entity.
c.
The height of all directional signs shall not exceed ten (10) feet when
located within the minimum front yard setback.
5.
Each building may have a business sign.
Such sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in outline area and
shall be a flat sign permanently affixed to the face of the building.
6.
Miscellaneous.
a.
Sign illumination shall be so arranged as not to cast light directly from
any source of illumination on any public right-of-way or on adjoining properties
in the "A" Semi-Rural District.
b.
No sign shall be illuminated by intermittent light sources.
c.
Pennants, fringes, lights, sound equipment or similar devices for
attracting attention shall not be permitted.
This does not prohibit the display of the National, State or Corporate
Flags.
d.
A temporary project information sign shall be permitted at each main
entrance to a Zone "C" Office District development.
No such sign shall exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet in outline
area per facing, nor exceed a width of twenty (20) feet nor extend more than
thirty (30) feet above the elevation of the adjacent street.
The sign may be located on any platted lot or common ground of a
development or any unplatted portion of the development identified as part of
a particular development on an approved preliminary subdivision plat or site
development concept plan, site development section plan, or site development
plan. Said temporary project information sign shall be removed
within thirty (30) days of project completion as evidenced by issuance of a
valid occupancy permit.
e.
All business signs shall be located as not to impair the visibility of
any official highway sign or marker and no business sign shall be so placed as
to unnecessarily obstruct the visibility of any other business sign.
f.
The paragraphs in this Subsection (H) shall prevail in the event of a
conflict between any of its provisions and any provision of the Municipal Code,
as amended, or other ordinances.
7.
For sale/lease signs.
Each lot may have no more than one (1) temporary sign pertaining to the
lease, hire or sale of a building or premises within the City not exceeding
twenty (20) square feet in outline area per facing; shall not exceed a width of
five (5) feet; and shall not extend more than sixteen (16) feet above the
elevation of the average finished ground elevation along the side of the
building on the property facing the street; whichever is higher.
I.
Preliminary Site Development Plan
Approval.
1.
Any person seeking approval under this Section shall confer with the City
Clerk or his/her assistants in order to become thoroughly familiar with the
regulations and requirements of the City affecting the territory in which the
land in question lies and shall become familiar with the zoning plan and
regulations.
2.
After fulfilling the requirements of the preceding paragraph, a
preliminary site development plan shall be prepared which is drawn to scale of
not less than one (1) inch to one hundred (100) feet showing the topography of
the land and the existing or proposed locations of the following:
a.
Streets, alleys and access drives;
b.
Parking areas and loading spaces;
c.
Lot lines;
d.
Building lines;
e.
The area in square feet of each structure;
f.
Surrounding streets;
g.
Surrounding lots;
h.
Accessory structures;
i.
Watercourses;
j.
Retention and detention ponds;
k.
Sewers;
l.
Water mains;
m.
Buffer areas; and
n.
All easements.
Three (3) copies of the
preliminary site development plan shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning
Commission, unless this requirement shall be waived by resolution of the Board
of Aldermen in its sole discretion. Such waiver may be granted in the event plans or documents
have been submitted to the City which contain information equivalent to the
foregoing. In the event such a
waiver is granted the one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee and compliance with
paragraph (3) of this Subsection (I), "Preliminary Site Development Plan
Approval," shall not be required. If
a waiver is granted, the equivalent of the preliminary site development plan
shall be deemed approved for the purposes of proceeding in accordance with
Subsection (J) herein, "Final Site Development Plan Approval." A fee
of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City Clerk for the purpose
of providing funds for administrative costs incidental to the processing of the
preliminary site development plan by the City.
Said amount shall not be returned upon failure to meet the requirements
of this Section or to submit a final site development plan in proper form.
3.
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall study the preliminary site
development plan to determine whether it conforms with the minimum standards and
requirements of this Chapter, and shall approve or reject such plan within
thirty (30) days after the date of submission thereof to the Commission.
If the Commission does not act within such period of time the preliminary
site development plan shall be deemed approved.
Such approval does not constitute approval of the proposed site
development, but merely an authorization to proceed with the preparation of the
final site development plan.
J.
Final Site Development Plan
Approval.
1.
After the preliminary site development plan is approved, a final site
development plan consisting of a final map on tracing cloth and three (3) prints
thereof shall be prepared and submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission
showing:
a.
The grades and land elevations; boundaries of the property; the lines of
all proposed parking areas including the number of spaces, loading spaces,
streets and alleys (with their width and names); and any other areas intended to
be open for public use.
b.
The lines of adjoining streets and alleys (with their width and names).
c.
All linear dimensions, necessary for locating boundaries of any lots,
streets, alleys, access drives, easements and building line setbacks, buffer
areas, retention and detention ponds, and any other similar public or private
uses. The linear dimensions shall
be expressed in feet and decimals of a foot.
d.
Radii, arcs and chords, points of tangency, central angles for all
curvilinear streets, and radii for all rounded corners.
e.
All monuments and signs together with their descriptions.
f.
Title and description of the property, showing its location and extent,
points of compass, scale of plan, and name of owner, developer and of engineer
staking the property.
g.
Profiles may be required of any streets.
h.
Any private restrictions shall be shown on the plan or reference made to
them thereon and if contained in a separate document, three (3) copies thereof
shall be furnished to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and plats shall
contain proper acknowledgements of owners and mortgages (mortgagees) accepting
said platting and restrictions.
i.
The location of all drainage facilities, sanitary sewers, storm sewers,
retention and detention ponds, water mains, and watercourses.
j.
The location, size and description of all landscaped space.
k.
The geometrical elevations, location, and approximate dimensions of all
proposed structures and accessory structures.
l.
The location and height of all proposed illumination structures.
m.
Such additional information as may be required by the Board of Aldermen
for approval of the Final Site Development Plan Approval.
2.
A certificate shall accompany the final site development plan showing
that all taxes due shall have been previously paid.
3.
After the final site development plan has been approved by the Planning
and Zoning Commission, it shall initial or sign a copy of such final site
development plan and deliver to the City Clerk the original tracing and a print
thereof. If the Zoning Commission
does not approve the final site development plan, the Board of Aldermen may
approve said plan only by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the membership of the
Board. The final site development
plan must be approved by the Board of Aldermen.
A copy of all final plans shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk
after approval by the Board of Aldermen.
4.
The final site development plan shall be reviewed and approved by the
City Engineer for compliance with all applicable codes and ordinances relating
to grading, landscaping, drainage, storm sewer devices, sanitary sewers, water
mains, setback requirements, streets, alleys, access drives, parking, loading,
signs and lighting requirements before final approval shall be given by the
Board of Aldermen. No development of the property shall be performed and no
permit for construction shall be issued by the Building Commissioner unless such
development or construction is consistent with the final site development plan
as approved by the Board of Aldermen.
K.
Miscellaneous Regulations.
1.
No accessory land use or development shall be established until a primary
structure or use is established on the same lot.
No accessory land use or development shall be allowed to continue after
termination of the primary use or development on a lot.
2.
Where a right-of-way line has been established or has been reasonably
publicized for future widening or opening of a street upon which a lot abuts,
the required yard space shall be measured from the established future street
right-of-way line.
3.
Each corner lot shall have a rear yard and a side yard with appropriate
minimum setback requirements. The
side and rear yards shall be identified by the owner of the corner lot when
plans are submitted for the first building on the property.
4.
All illumination structures, except for approved street lights, shall be
so arranged as not to cast light directly from any source of illumination on any
public right-of-way or on adjacent properties in the Zoning District
"A" Semi-Rural District.
5.
No permits shall be issued for grading, building, or use of a site which
are not in accordance with the final site development plan as approved.
6.
Notwithstanding the additional Height and Area Regulations in Section
405.110, every part of a required yard in Zoning District "C" Office
District shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except as follows:
a.
Ordinary projections of skylights, sills, belt courses, cornices and
ornamental features projecting not to exceed twelve (12) inches;
b.
Ordinary projecting of chimneys and flues, not to exceed twenty-four (24)
inches in width, projecting not to exceed twenty-four (24) inches;
c.
Roof overhangs projecting not to exceed eighteen (18) inches, except roof
overhangs over the main entrance of a building may project a reasonable
distance as approved by the Board of Aldermen as part of the Final Site
Development Plan Approval;
d.
Slab type porches or paved terraces as approved by the Board of Aldermen
as part of the Final Site Development Plan Approval may project into any yard;
e.
Driveways, ramps, sidewalks, and parking lots as otherwise permitted by
the Chapter.
7.
Temporary structures, as set forth below, which are to be used in
connection with the development and sale of a tract of land may be erected or
located on said tract prior to and may remain thereon during the construction or
development period.
a.
Temporary buildings or trailers may be used as construction offices,
field offices or for storage of materials to be used in connection with the
development of said tract, provided that said temporary structures are removed
from said tract within thirty (30) days after completion of the project
development. Temporary buildings or
trailers must also be removed from said tract within thirty (30) days after
voluntary suspension of work on the project or development after revocation of
building permits, or on order by the City Building Commissioner upon a finding
by him/her that said temporary structure is deemed hazardous to the public
health and welfare. A bond in the
amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for their removal shall be posted
with the City of Clarkson Valley.
b.
No temporary buildings or trailers shall at any time be located within
the designated buffer area or closer than twenty-five (25) feet to a property
line of any adjacent property, notwithstanding the required setbacks of the
district in which such temporary building or trailer is located.
c.
Any other provisions of the law notwithstanding, a building permit or an
occupancy permit shall not be required for buildings or trailers permitted in
Paragraph (a) of this Subsection (K)(7).
8.
In each instance in which approval of a use or development of property in
a Zone "C" Office District development is made subject to conditions
by the City, a copy of the approved ordinance, resolution, order or permit shall
be furnished by the property owner or owners or
9.
Litter.
a.
In this Subsection, the word "litter"
means and includes, garbage, trash, refuse, junk, brush, inoperative machinery,
discarded or unused construction materials or other waste material.
b.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any vacant or occupied
property whether owned by such person or not.
c.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all
times, maintain the premises free of litter.
10.
Landscaping.
a.
Landscaped space shall be open space having recreational, scenic and
health value and which is devoted to plants rooted directly in the ground or in
permanent planters or to fountains, pools or statutory [statuary] and none of
which is used for drives or parking spaces for automobiles.
b.
All open space shall be adequately landscaped.
11.
Development inspection.
The Mayor is authorized to employ a competent registered professional
engineer:
a.
To examine said preliminary site development plan and final site
development plan and report to the Board of Aldermen, Planning and Zoning
Commission and such other City Officials as the Board of Aldermen shall
determine whether or not the design, improvements for paving, stormwater
facilities, sanitary sewerage facilities, and all other site development
improvements are reasonably adequate and in proper condition to function
effectively;
b.
To inspect construction of the site development and report to the Board
of Aldermen and other City Officials concerning the construction;
c.
The developer shall pay to the City Treasurer the reasonable charges of
the registered professional engineer employed by the City for engineering review
of site development details and construction inspection services.
The registered professional engineer employed by the developer to design
the improvement plans shall be responsible for the submission of improvement
design details, specifications, staking out and supervising the installation of
said improvements. (CC 1990
§18.071; Ord. No. 96-03 §2, 3-5-96; Ord. No. 96-06 §3, 6-4-96)
The district regulations hereinafter set forth in this Section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this Chapter.
1.
Public, semi-public or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions,
or schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not
exceeding fifty (50) feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height
not exceeding sixty (60) feet, if the building, or the portion thereof exceeding
the height limit, is set back from each lot line at least one (1) foot for each
foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in
the district in which the building is built.
2.
Except as hereinafter provided, chimneys, ornamental towers and spires,
church steeples, radio towers, silos, farm buildings and retaining walls may
be erected to any lawful and safe height.
3.
Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky unobstructed,
except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, and except for the ordinary
projections of sky lights, sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features
projecting not to exceed twelve (12) inches.
This requirement shall not prevent the construction of fences not
exceeding six (6) feet in height. This
requirement shall not apply to any retaining wall located in a required yard.
4.
Open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, and
balconies opening upon fire towers projecting into a rear yard not more than
five (5) feet and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues are permitted.
5.
An open unenclosed porch or paved terrace may project into a front yard
for a distance not exceeding ten (10) feet.
(CC 1990 §18.100; Ord. No. 88-20 §1, 11-1-88)