14-16-030 C-3 REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONE: Other Requirements
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All uses in the C-3 Regional Commercial Zone shall comply with the following minimum
requirements:
1. No permanent outside storage is allowed.
2. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, a site plan must be submitted to the Development Review Committee and the Planning & Zoning Commission for a site plan review and recommendations. The same process shall apply to the issuance of a business license unless the business is of the same use which previously occupied the existing building, or the business is a contemplated use in the building or commercial center which has already received the site plan review.
3. The site plan must show the location of all existing and proposed main buildings and accessory buildings, showing distance and contemplated uses.
4. The minimum front yard setback requirements shall be twenty five feet. The minimum side yard setback requirement shall be five feet. The minimum rear yard setback requirement shall be five feet.
5. The building shall have a minimum height of ten feet and a maximum height of fifty feet, measuring from the grade to the elevation of the square of the building.
6. Provide driveways, points of vehicular ingress and egress. A traffic study conducted by a traffic engineer may be required at the discretion of the City Engineer.
7. Provide solid waste disposal areas that, to the extent feasible, are not in the public view and which are screened on three sides by a visual barrier fence or wall and has a gate on the fourth side for access.
8. All new construction and remodeling shall provide for a storm drainage plan for excess run off waters, which plan is acceptable to the City Engineer.
9. Provide a vision barrier fence a minimum of six feet high between commercial and residential uses, which construction shall be approved by the City Council.
10. All commercial uses shall provide curb, gutter, sidewalk, and asphalt paving from the curb and gutter to the existing street asphalt.
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