§ 52-25a. FWY freeway district.  


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  • In a FWY freeway district no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than:

    (a)

    Principal uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses:

    (1)

    Cafe, restaurant and cafeteria, including drive-in restaurant.

    (2)

    Experimental testing laboratories.

    (3)

    Experimental laboratories.

    (4)

    Gasoline service station.

    (5)

    Governmental building and uses.

    (6)

    Hospital.

    (7)

    Manufacturing, assembly or packaging of products from previous prepared materials, such as cloth, plastic, paper, leather, precious or semiprecious metals or stones.

    (8)

    Manufacture of electric and electronic instruments and devices, such as televisions, radio and phonograph equipment.

    (9)

    Manufacture of food products, pharmaceuticals and the like, except that such uses shall not include production of fish, or meat products, sauerkraut, vinegar or the like, or the rendering or refining of fats and oils.

    (10)

    Office building.

    (11)

    Private clubs.

    (12)

    Professional and business offices.

    (13)

    Public and private schools.

    (14)

    Public institutions and nonprofit institutions of an educational, religious or cultural type, but excluding correctional institutions.

    (15)

    Warehousing completely within an enclosed building.

    (16)

    Public and private noncommercial recreational areas and facilities such as public parks, country clubs and golf courses, excluding miniature golf courses and driving ranges.

    Manufacturing as used in this section shall not be held to include such operations as saw and planing mills, manufacturing uses involving primary production or storage of wood, metal or chemical products from raw materials, construction material, batching yard, foundry type operation, material or auto salvage and/or wrecking operation or other industrial operation not listed.

    (b)

    Accessory uses: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses elsewhere than within a front yard and no nearer than thirty (30) feet to any street right-of-way, except as noted in subsection (5) below.

    (1)

    Private garage.

    (2)

    Swimming pool no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any principal building used for single-family residence within an R-40, R-15, R-10, R-7.5, R-6 or A district.

    (3)

    Garbage storage no nearer than thirty (30) feet to a developed lot in an R-40, R-15, R-10, R-7.5, R-6 or A district used as a single-family dwelling.

    (4)

    Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any principal building used for single-family residence within an R-40, R-15, R-10, R-7.5, R-6 or A district.

    (5)

    Provisions for the parking of automobiles provided that such provisions within sixty (60) feet of a developed lot in any "R" or "A" district shall be separated from said lot by a blind fence or wall at least six (6) feet high. Automobile parking may be placed within the fifty-foot front yard setback and no nearer than thirty (30) feet to any street right-of-way if the parking area is screened from the adjacent right-of-way in accordance with section 52-35a "Landscaping and tree preservation" of Ordinance No. 1144.

    (6)

    Outside storage, provided that such storage shall be completely encompassed by a blind fence or wall at least seven (7) feet high and provided that materials stored shall be stacked no higher than one foot below the top of the fence or wall.

    (c)

    Parking regulations: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances of the city.

    (d)

    Area regulations: The following minimum requirements shall be required:

    (1)

    a.
    Depth of front yard: 50 feet

    b.

    Depth of rear yard: none where no windows or other openings for light face the rear yard or rear lot line. In all other cases, one of the following, whichever is least: 5 feet plus the building height at that point; or one-half the sideage of the building at that point.

    c.

    Width of side yard: a minimum side yard of ten (10) feet or ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, whichever is greater, but in no case more than twenty-five (25) feet.

    d.

    Width of lot: 80 feet

    e.

    Depth of lot: 80 feet

    f.

    Distance between detached buildings: 10 feet where no windows or openings for light face upon the space between buildings. In all other cases, one of the following, whichever is least: 10 feet plus the sum of the building heights at those points which establish the distance between; or one-half the smallest building side forming space between but in either event, no less than forty (40) feet.

    (e)

    Height and area regulations: The following maximum height and area regulations shall be observed:

    (1)

    Height of structures: one-half the shortest distance between the structure and the nearest developed lot in an R-40, R-15, R-10, R-7.5, R-6 or A district used as a single-family residence.

    (2)

    Lot coverage by buildings: 50 percent

    (3)

    Lot coverage by buildings, driveways and parking spaces: 100 percent

(Ord. No. 2805, § 2, 11-6-75; Ord. No. 4463, § 6, 7-19-84; Ord. No. 7157, § 1, 11-20-97; Ord. No. 7516, § 3, 8-5-99; Ord. No. 8253, § 16, 11-13-03; Ord. No. 2011-9291, § 1, 9-22-11)