Ordinance 1849-92 - Laserfiche WebLink

• r , take the form of a recommendation to the City Council , who shall make the final decision. Standards for the Formation of the Institutional Zone. A. Formation. The minimum area which may be included within an Institutional Zone shall be five (5) acres, measured to the center of abutting City street rights-of-way. B. Additions. The addition of contiguous property to an existing Institutional Zone shall have no minimum required area. Development Standards. A. Development standards for the individual Institutional Zone shall be established as part of the master plan approval process. The City shall establish standards for the following: 1. Building height 2. Setbacks (front, sides, rear, and, if desired, from specified uses or properties) . 3 . Lot coverage 4. Landscaping 5. Signs 6. Off-street parking 7 . Other standards determined by the City to be necessary to assure land use compatibility with other uses in the surrounding area. B. The City shall consider the following in determining the standards for a particular Institutional Zone in a specific location: 1 . The institution's compatibility with surrounding uses, especially related to: a. public safety; b. site access, on-site circulation and off-street parking; c. architectural design of buildings and harmonious use of materials; d. landscaping and buffering of buildings, parking, loading an storage areas; e. light and shadow impacts; f. generation of nuisance irritants such as noise, smoke, dust, odor, glare, vibration or other undesirable impacts; g. number, size and location of signs; 2. The unique characteristics of the subject property; 3 . The unique characteristics of the proposed use(s) ; 4. The arrangement of buildings and open spaces as they relate to each other within the institutional campus;