8515-94 Amending Chapter 21 Zoning Adding new BP Business Park District

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• • Sec. 21-17.5.5. "BP" Business Park District; accessory uses. (a) In addition to the permitted uses specified in Section 21-17.5.4, the following shall also be permitted as an accessory use: 1. Warehousing of raw materials, finished goods and goods in process incidental to and located within the same building housing a permitted use. 2. A restaurant or personal service incidental to and located within the same building housing a permitted use, provided the restaurant, personal service or any sign advertising the restaurant or personal service or its location, is not visible from outside the business park. Section 3: Section 21-17.5.6. "BP" Business Park District; height and area regulations. (a) In the "BP" Business Park districts the minimum dimensions of yards and setbacks, the height of buildings, minimum lot area and lot width, and the maximum lot coverage shall be as set forth in this Section. The Height and Area District Regulations as set forth in Article 4, Height and Area District Regulations contained in this title are not applicable to the "BP" Business Park district. Except as provided herein no building shall be erected or structurally altered except in conformity with the regulations below subject to such modifications as may be imposed by the St. Joseph County Airport Authority. (b) Setback requirements for property adjacent to residential districts. Except for screening or landscaping, no improvements of any kind (including parking and drives) shall take place nearer than one hundred (100) feet to any residential zoning district. (c) Maximum height allowed. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet or two and one-half (2%) stories in height. (d) Front yard required. Except as provided by Section 21-17.5.6 (b) , there shall be a front yard of not less than forty (40) feet in depth. (e) Side yard required. Except as provided by Section 21-17.5.6 (b) , side yards shall be provided as follows: 1. Not less than forty (40) feet when adjoining a street; and 2. Not less than twenty (20) feet when adjoining an interior lot line. (f) Rear yard required. Except as provided by Section 21-17.5.6 (b) , there shall be a rear yard of not be less than twenty (20) feet in depth. (g) Lot area. The minimum lot area shall be two (2) acres. (h) Lot width. The minimum lot width shall be thirty-five (35) feet. (i) Lot coverage, restricted. No building shall be erected or increased in ground area so that more than forty (40) percent of the lot will be covered. Section 4: Sec. 21-17.5.7. "BP" Business Park District: off-street parking and loading facilities, and landscaping and screening requirements. In addition to the regulations set forth in ARTICLE 5. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES the following shall apply. In case of conflicting regulations the more restrictive shall apply.