Needles
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Industrial
2General provisions
165 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), upon the request of the developer, The City shall not require a vehicular parking ratio, inclusive of parking for persons with a disability and guests, of a development meeting the criteria of subdivisions (b) and (c), that exceeds the following ratios: Zero to one bedroom: One onsite parking space; Two to three bedrooms: One and one-half onsite parking spaces; Four and more bedrooms: Two and one-half parking spaces.
For corner lots in single-family residential zones, the minimum lot area shall be increased by five hundred (500) square feet and the minimum lot width shall be increased by ten (10) feet over the amounts shown in this table. Lot depth shall not be more than three times the lot width.
The total amount of signage for all signs located at any business location shall not exceed two (2) square feet per linear foot of frontage. Maximum single sign area 200 sq ft.
The maximum sign area shall be 2 square feet per linear foot of frontage. Maximum height 35 feet for general businesses, 8 feet for monument signs. Setback 1 foot from property lines.
Recreational vehicle parks shall be permitted in the CRR (commercial residential resort) zone with a special use permit.
Recreational parks shall be a minimum of three (3) gross acres. The overall maximum allowed density permitted for recreational vehicle parks shall be twenty (20) recreational vehicle spaces per acre...
Mobile-home parks shall be a minimum of five (5) gross acres. The maximum permitted density shall be ten (10) units per gross acre.
Mobile-home parks shall be permitted in the CRR (commercial residential resort) zone.
Mobile-home parks may be permitted in any residential zone and the C-3 (highway commercial) zone with an approved conditional use permit.
Nonconforming situations that were otherwise lawful on the effective date of this part may be continued.
A nonconforming lot of record that does not comply with the current access, area, or dimensional requirements... shall be considered to be a legal building site if it meets one of the criteria specified by this section. The City shall not require additional parking stalls for residential uses proposed on nonconforming lots.
Except as specifically provided, no person may engage in any activity that causes an increase in the extent of nonconformity. However, any structure used for single-family residential purposes may be enlarged or replaced with a similar structure of a larger size, so long as no new nonconformities are created.
Major renovation, i.e., work estimated to cost more than twenty-five (25) percent of the appraised valuation of the structure to be renovated may be done only in accordance with a zoning permit.
A change in the use of property where a nonconforming situation exists that is sufficiently substantial to require a new zoning, special use, or conditional use permit may not be made except in accordance with this section.
When a nonconforming use is discontinued for a consecutive period of one hundred eighty (180) days, the property may therefore be used only for conforming purposes.
All nonconforming projects on which construction was begun at least one hundred eighty (180) days before the effective date, as well as all nonconforming projects that are at least ten (10) percent completed may be completed in accordance with the terms of their permits.
No vacant land shall be occupied or used, and no building, hereinafter erected, structurally altered, or moved, shall be occupied or used until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the building department.
The establishment of any adult oriented business shall be permitted only in the highway commercial zone located north of the Needles Highway/I-40 interchange, west of Needles Highway, and shall be subject to the following restrictions. No person shall cause or permit the establishment of any of the following adult oriented businesses, as defined in this article, within six hundred (600) feet of another such business or within six hundred (600) feet of any religious institution, school, boys' club, girls' club, or similar existing youth organization, or public park, or any public building regularly frequented by children, or any residence.
The permit-issuing authority may extend for a period up to twelve (12) months the date when a permit would otherwise expire
Density Bonus Regulations: density bonus means a density increase over the otherwise maximum allowable gross residential density.
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