§ 10A.03. Other provisions and requirements.

(a)

Parking. An off-street parking space shall not be less than nine (9) feet wide nor twenty (20) feet in length. Off-street parking areas shall be located within reasonable proximity of the apartments which they serve. Open parking areas shall be screened from view of all property lines by means of screen fencing, evergreens, or other barriers deemed suitable by the Planning Commission to minimize noise and direct glare of headlights from motor vehicles.

1.

Parking areas shall have sufficient parking spaces as required by Section 10A.02 (e).

2.

Spaces for all commercial uses shall be in accordance with parking requirements as set forth in Section 4.32. Parking area shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from the rear or side property line.

3.

Parking may be permitted in the side and rear yards if the abutting property is zoned other than a residential zone. Parking will be set back a minimum distance of 25′ from the rear and side yards where the property abutting a residential zone and parking will be set back a minimum of 50′ from the front property line.

(b)

Spacing and orientation of residential building groups: Such buildings shall be so arranged as to avoid undue exposure to concentrated loading or parking facilities and shall be so oriented as to preserve visual and audible privacy between adjacent buildings.

(c)

Sufficient garbage pick-up and other utility areas shall be provided and shall be located with a view both to convenience and to minimizing the detrimental effect on the aesthetic character of the development and shall be enclosed and shielded from view by fencing, walls, or evergreen shrubbery of at least six (6) feet in height around the perimeter.

(d)

The owner shall make arrangements for all local distribution lines for telephone and electric service, exclusive of main supply lines, perimeter feed lines, and related surface facilities such as padmount transformers, switching equipment and service pedestals, to be placed underground in accordance with the valid rules and regulations of the telephone or electric service company involved providing for installation of such underground service.

(e)

All high-rise developments shall be provided with a liberal and functional landscaping scheme. Interior roads and pedestrian walks [shall] be provided with shade trees which are of minimum size and character. Open space adjacent to buildings and malls between buildings to be utilized by residents, border strips along the sides of pedestrian walks shall be graded and sodded to provide a thick stand of grass or other plant material. Approaches shall also be attractively shrubbed and landscaped.

(f)

Interior development roads, parking areas, dwelling entranceways, and pedestrian walks shall be provided with sufficient illumination to minimize hazards, and where necessary, be shielded to avoid disturbing glares to occupants of buildings. Lighting shall be so arranged as to reflect away from all adjoining properties.

(g)

Other standards and conditions to the site plan pertaining to curbing, driveways, parking areas, pedestrian walks, open spaces, landscaping and planting and buffer areas not otherwise specified herein may be attached as conditions of the Planning Commission.

(h)

Prior to the issuance of a building permit, approval of the plans by the Fire Department will be required.

(i)

Upon approval of the Planning Commission, the following special uses may be permitted: Retail stores, restaurants, and personal service shops (i.e. beauty and barber shops, drug stores, food stores, and delicatessens, eating and drinking establishments, package liquor stores, tailor or dressmaking shops), provided that they are located in a principal building and are conducted for the accommodation of residents of the development in serving their day-to-day and otherwise frequent needs in connection with normal household operations; provided further that, with respect to every such use:

1.

There shall be no entrance except from inside the building.

2.

There shall be no exterior window display of any kind.

3.

There shall be no sign relating thereto that is visible from outside the building.

4.

Except for a restaurant, no single establishment shall occupy a gross floor area of more than One thousand (1,000) square feet.

5.

No such use shall be located in any part of the building other than on the ground floor, in the basement, or in a roof garden.

(Ord. No. 30-188, § 1(10A.03), 10-26-65; Ord. No. 30-287, § 2, 8-13-68)