18.27.040 SETBACK STANDARDS

A. Front Yard. 1. The minimum setback for buildings and parking shall be twenty feet. Such areas shall be permanently landscaped except for access drives and pedestrian accommodations. 2. Commercial development located across the street or adjacent to a residential zone shall use the front yard setbacks required in that adjacent zone. 3. All structures shall be setback from the future right-of-way as defined in the Pleasant View City Major Street Plan. B. Side Yard. 1. No setback is required unless, a. The use lies adjacent to a residential use or zone. In that case, a twenty foot setback is required. b. The use is located on a corner lot where in addition to the standard front yard setback, the side of the use facing another street shall have a twenty foot setback also. C. Rear Yard. 1. Twenty feet where a commercial use lies adjacent to a residential zone. Such setback area is to be permanently landscaped. 2. Ten feet in all other cases. D. Height Standards. 1. In all C-1 zones, two and one half stories or thirty-five feet unless adjacent to a residential use or zone. Structures in a C-1 zone adjacent to residential use or zone shall be setback an additional two feet for every foot of height over twenty feet from that residential area. In C-2 zones, that formula shall be three feet. 2. In all C-2 zones, the maximum height shall be five stories or sixty-five feet. E. Screening. 1. A minimum six foot concrete or masonry wall shall be required in rear or side yards adjacent to residential zones or uses. Where future commercial use is contemplated in the Pleasant View General Plan, a waiver or substitute may be requested and approved, modified or denied by the planning commission. 2. To reduce noise and visual impacts, all mechanical equipment shall be screened from view. 3. Dumpsters shall be enclosed on three sides with a solid concrete or masonry wall that architecturally relates to the primary structure and shall be located at least thirty feet from residential zones. No dumpster shall be located in a required setback. F. Landscape. 1. A minimum of fifteen percent of the gross area of the site shall be attractively and permanently landscaped. 2. Secondary water and permanent irrigation systems are required. 3. All landscaped areas shall have a combination of ground cover, shrubs, trees, and may include art, street furniture, patios, fountains and up to twenty-five percent impermeable materials. One tree for every three hundred square feet is required. 4. The entire site including landscaped areas shall be maintained in a healthy neat and orderly condition, free of weeds and litter. (Ord.2000-28, 12/12/00)