35-1503. - Height and area regulations.
(1) Height regulations: No building shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height at a front building setback line, except a building may exceed such height provided that at no point it projects above a line sloping inward and upward at a forty-five-degree angle at the required height and setback line.
(2) Front yard: Buildings shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way line along arterial streets and at least thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line along all other streets. In the proximity of street intersections, see section 35-1902(3).
In order to accommodate, encourage, or promote infill development or redevelopment on properties located within the infill incentive district, the Zoning Administrator may reduce front-yard building setbacks by up to twenty-five (25) feet for arterial streets and up to fifteen (15) feet for collector streets after having made a finding in writing that all of the following criteria have been met:
A. Such deviation, on balance, will result in a superior environmental and design quality through items such as but not limited to;
i. Increased levels of architectural quality
ii. Greater material diversity including generous amounts of glazing incorporated
iii. Higher level of landscape design
iv. Screening of rear yards and all dock doors
B. The site is designed to ensure safe and adequate on-site traffic circulation;
C. Sufficient parking is provided on-site;
D. The development will enhance the quality of the area by developing a vacant lot, or redeveloping an existing industrial building or center;
E. The development complies with required setbacks and landscape buffers from adjacent residential properties; and
F. The reduced setback maintains the goals of providing landscaping along streets and street intersections as identified in section 35-1906.1.
(3) Side yard: A minimum side yard of twelve (12) feet shall be required on one (1) side of any lot or parcel not having rear or alley access. On multi-building projects with on-site drives suitable for fire lanes, the required side yard setbacks may be waived upon approval of the site development plan by the Planning Director and the Fire Chief. In all instances, a minimum fifty-foot side yard setback shall be required for industrial development when abutting residentially zoned property.
(4) Rear yard: Fifty (50) feet when abutting or adjacent to residential zoned property. No rear yard is required when a minimum six-foot solid masonry wall and/or building wall is constructed along the rear property line and provided also no access or servicing is permitted to the rear of the property. A rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet is required in all other instances.
(5) Intensity of lot use: No building(s) shall occupy more than fifty-five (55) percent of the lot area.
(Ord. No. 1518, § II, 8-1-85; Ord. No. 3063, § 3, 11-18-99; Ord. No. 5075, § 2(Exh.), 2-22-24; Ord. No. 5142, § 2(Exh. A), 11-13-25)
