Because of its excellent access and high visibility, this area is intended for relatively low-intensity, high quality uses which can justify the amenities and high level of performance standards governing development in the BP-1 zoning district.

    A.    Permitted Uses.

     1.    Accounting;

        B.    Other Development Standards.

    1.    Maximum floor area ratio (F.A.R.): 0.35.

    2.    Minimum lot size: one acre.

    3.    Maximum structure height: four stories of fifty (50) feet.

    4.    Maximum site coverage: sixty (60) percent.

    5.    Yard and Setback Requirements. No building or structure shall be located closer than thirty (30) feet from a public right-of-way. In the event that parking is to be located in front of a building or structure, the structure or building shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way. In every instance, the first ten feet of the front yard setback from the right-of-way shall be provided with and maintained with sidewalks and with landscaping, including but not limited to, deciduous shade street trees as required in paragraph 11 of this subsection. The minimum side and rear yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

    6.    Outdoor storage of equipment or materials is not allowed.

    7.    Screening of Rooftop Mechanical Units Required.  Rooftop mechanical units must be screened.  The screening shall have a minimum height equal to the height of the mechanical equipment required to be screened.  Screening may be provided by extending the parapets of the building or structure on which the equipment required to be screened is located, or by construction and installation of a mansard roof to screen the mechanical equipment, or by enclosing the mechanical equipment in a mechanical penthouse.

    8.    Any overhead doors, loading areas or loading docks shall be located on the sides or rear of the building. For lots contiguous to I-255 or Route 3 rights-of-way, special consideration must be given to the location and screening of overhead doors, loading areas and loading docks. Uses on these lots will often have high visibility from the major highways as well as from the internal roads upon which they front. Therefore, the building design, orientation and landscaping shall be coordinated to adequately screen loading areas from both visual perspectives. This shall be accomplished by extending the exterior walls and roof of the building beyond the loading dock itself, by screening the loading area with evergreen trees and/or with opaque fencing compatible with the building’ s exterior materials, and by careful orientation of the building to minimize the visibility of loading areas. The site plan submitted for all lots contiguous to I-255 or Route 3 shall indicate how these requirements shall be met and must be reviewed and approved by the planning commission as a special part of the requirements of Section 17.54.250.

    9.    General environmental performance standards related to noise, vibration, etc., shall be met in accordance with Section 17.54.240.

    10.    Parking Requirements. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with Sections 17.54.070 through 17.54.230.

    11.    The exterior walls of a building that faces the street or front lot line (front wall) shall be constructed of one or more of the following materials: (a) brick; (b) brick veneer; (c) natural stone; (d) marble; (e) granite; (f) glass; (g) stucco. All other exterior walls shall be constructed of one or more of the following materials: (a) the building materials authorized for front walls; or (b) architectural cement blocks. Exterior finish materials other than those listed are permitted only after review and approval by the city council (after the city council has received the recommendation of the city plan commission and/or the city building inspector), but shall not include any of the following materials: (a) metal siding (except architectural metal); (b) cement blocks.

    12.    Quality landscaping is required in the BP-l district. This shall include as a minimum the provision of deciduous, hardwood street trees along the front of the site. Such street trees shall be evenly spaced, where possible, and there shall be one tree for each forty (40) linear feet of frontage on the street. Such street trees shall be located on the subject property, parallel to the road right-of-way. For all surface parking areas, a minimum of ten square feet of landscaped area shall be provided within or adjacent to the parking lot for each parking space to reduce the apparent size of parking areas, to reduce glare and to provide shade. Each individual landscaped area shall be at least fifty (50) square feet in area, at least five feet in width and shall include at least one deciduous shade tree. Street trees shall have a minimum diameter of two and one-half inches measured one foot above ground level, and shade trees shall have a minimum diameter of one and one-half inches measured one foot above ground level. Street trees shall have a minimum clear trunk height, when planted, of five feet. Shade trees shall have a clear trunk height, when planted, of sufficient height so as not to interfere with any traffic sight distance lines.

    The use of earth sculpting or berms shall be encouraged, provided these are designed in an area of enough size so as to avoid erosion, drainage or maintenance problems.

    Interior planting bed areas, which are used for the planting of trees, or which are used for landscaping treatment generally, may be treated with either grass and/or other types of groundcover or open spaced pavers on a sand and gravel base located beneath and surrounding trees and shrubs.

    All landscaping shall be permanently maintained in good condition with at least the same quality and quantity of landscaping as initially approved. In order to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance, landscaped areas shall be provided with adequate irrigation for the maintenance of grass, shrubs, ground covering and other landscaping by utilizing a sprinkler system, hose bibs and/or such other method of providing water.

    All landscaped areas in parking areas or adjacent to parking or loading areas, or that can be encroached upon by a motor vehicle, shall be provided with an adequate, permanent curb as approved by the city engineer to restrict the destruction of the landscaped areas by vehicles. Adequate scuppers and/or weep holes shall be provided through the curbing to permit drainage.

    13.    Site Plan Required. All applications for development in the BP-1 district shall include a site plan to be submitted to the zoning enforcement officer for review and approval. Submission requirements are outlined in Section 17.54.250. Special review (as outlined in subsection (C)(7) of this section) shall be required for uses on lots contiguous to I-255 and Route 3. (Ord. 1743 § 1 (part), 1999)