§ 50-744. Shopping centers.

The following provisions apply to shopping centers:

(1)

A site plan shall be submitted as defined in section 50-775.

(2)

The entire nonhighway perimeter, and any highway perimeter which fronts an adjacent residential zoning district, shall be surrounded by a visual barrier as defined in section 50-823.

(3)

A shopping center shall include no less than five acres of contiguous land.

(4)

If more that 200,000 square feet of gross floor area are proposed, the project shall be submitted as a planned unit development as provided in division 6 of this article. Projects of a size below this threshold shall have:

			Maximum	Minimum
	Building Setback		—	50′
	Floor Area Ratio		25%	—
	Irrigated Landscaping		—	25% Gross Land Area (G.L.A.)
		Internal	—	8% (G.L.A.)
		Perimeter	—	17% (G.L.A.) & 20′ Wide
	Parking Spaces			1/200 S.F.G.F.A.* 162 S.F./Space, Paved
	Compact Car Parking		25% of item d.	128 S.F./Space
	Handicapped Parking		—	1/20 of item d.
	Off-Street Loading		8,000 S.F.G.F.A.	1 Berth
			25,000 S.F.G.F.A.	2 Berths
			50,000 S.F.G.F.A.	3 Berths 16′ × 60′ Each
			100,000 S.F.G.F.A.	4 Berths
			Over 100,000 S.F.	5 Berths
	Illumination		0.20 footcandles—at lot line
	Drainage		—	Retention of 25-year
	Height		45′	—
	Driveways		2/Frontage	Paved
	Internal Aisles		—	Paved

 

* S.F.G.F.A. = Square Feet Gross Floor Area.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 6.01(G)(35); Ord. No. 05-01, § 10, 5-17-2005; Ord. No. 2007-03, § 22, 7-17-2007; Ord. No. 2007-07, § 16, 11-20-2007)