Article 3 V

Awnings or canopies used for building accents over doors, windows, etc., may be internally illuminated (i.e. from underneath or behind the awning).

Exterior lighting must comply with local, state, and federal regulations and must not interfere with any public roadways.

Maximum illumination levels are measured at the exterior boundaries of the district and not at any property boundaries within the district.

Searchlights must not be operated so as to constitute a traffic hazard or a nuisance. Searchlights must be so operated so as to avoid directing the beam at any building. Searchlight beams must not be displayed at an angle greater than 45 degrees from the perpendicular. Searchlights must not operate between 12:00 a.m. midnight and 5:00 p.m.

Upwardly directed lighting may be used to illuminate buildings, structures, and landscaping in the district.

The exterior noise limits for any source of noise in any C-E zone cannot exceed between 70 dBA between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. midnight, when measured at the property line of a residential zone.

The exterior noise limits for any source of noise in any C-E zone must be reduced between 12:00 a.m. midnight and 9:00 a.m. so that when measured at the property line of a residential zone the noise does not exceed 50 dBA.

All dumpsters that are visible from a public road must be fully screened. The screening structure must consist of a masonry unit design enclosure and/or materials to match the adjacent building and a metal gate(s) that screens the view of the dumpster.

All building exteriors must be clad in durable materials. Vinyl siding/cladding is prohibited exterior building material.

On a corner lot, no curb cut may be closer than 300 feet of the right-of-way extended from the nearest intersecting street.

The minimum C-E district size is 75 acres.

No driveway may be located within 200 feet of another driveway.

Ten percent of each development must be open space.

A minimum 25-foot landscaped buffer must be provided along any property line abutting a residential zoning district.

A minimum ten-foot landscaped buffer must be provided along any property line abutting a street right-of-way.

Buildings 200 feet or taller must be set back from any non-building structures that are 200 feet or taller by at least 100 feet. Buildings under 200 feet tall must be set back from any non-building structures that are 200 feet or taller by at least 50 feet.

If a C-E district is within 300 feet of a City-designated non-motorized trail, then the development must provide a ten-foot wide shared-use paved path from the development's buildings to the property line closest to the non-motorized trail.

At least ten (10) of the provided parking spaces must have electric vehicle charging stations.

At least 20 of the provided parking spaces must be constructed to accommodate future electric vehicle charging stations.

Off-street parking areas and drives may encroach in to the front yard setback but must not extend into the required ten-foot landscape strip.

Electronic message boards may be permitted as a part of on-site freestanding and entryway monument signs.

Entryway features that may include one monument/wayfinding sign up to 50 square feet are permitted at each driveway.

The maximum entryway sign height is eight feet.

The combined area of wall, projecting, awning, canopy or marquee signs must not exceed 50 percent of any building façade area.

Each C-E district permits up to four freestanding signs with a maximum sign area of 400 square feet each.

The maximum freestanding sign height is 40 feet.

Each C-E district permits up to four freestanding signs with a maximum sign area of 400 square feet each.

Off-site freestanding signs are limited in area to 75 square feet.

The maximum off-site freestanding sign height is 30 feet.

Each C-E District may also permit up to four off-site freestanding signs.