Amherst

Radio and television antennas, satellite dishes with a dish area larger than four square feet, solar panels, windmills and similar accessory uses shall be permitted as accessory uses, provided they conform to all appropriate yard and height requirements for the district in which the lot is located.

Temporary buildings may be permitted in any district when used in conjunction with the construction work only but shall be removed immediately upon completion of construction.

The building and service area (to include all automotive maintenance, cleaning and pumping of gasoline) shall not be within 100 feet of any residential lot or any property containing a school, public playground, church, hospital, public library or institution for children or dependents.

The building and service area (to include all automotive maintenance, cleaning and pumping of gasoline) shall not be within 100 feet of any residential lot or any property containing a school, public playground, church, hospital, public library or institution for children or dependents.

An automobile service station shall have a minimum frontage of 120 feet and minimum area of 12,000 square feet. All buildings shall be set back 40 feet from the right-of-way line of any road or street right-of-way lines. All canopies shall be set back 25 feet from all road or street right-of-way lines.

All gasoline pump islands shall be set back at least 25 feet from the road or street right-of-way line. Where pump islands are constructed perpendicular to the right-of-way line, the pump island shall be set back at least 30 feet from the road or street right-of-way line.

A minimum of four off-street parking spaces are required with an additional off-street parking space for each automobile service bay.

Exterior lighting shall be arranged so that it is deflected away from adjacent properties. All drives, parking, traffic and storage and service areas shall be surface treated, blacktop or concrete.

Home occupations meeting the following general requirements shall be allowed as accessory uses in all residences

Home occupations meeting the following general requirements shall be allowed as accessory uses in all residences: The operator must be the owner of the property... The home occupation shall be operated only by the members of the family residing on the premises... The home occupation shall not generate excessive traffic nor produce obnoxious odors, glare, noise, vibration, electrical disturbance, radio activity or other conditions detrimental to the character of the surrounding area.

The home occupation within the main building shall not occupy more than 25 percent, or 500 square feet, whichever is smaller, of the floor area within the main building. A home occupation may be located in an accessory building to the main dwelling that is no larger than one-third area size of the main dwelling, located in the rear yard, and meeting all requirements in section 24-472.

All multifamily, herein defined as three or more dwelling units contained in one building, shall meet the following special requirements.

Provision shall be made for common open space such that one percent of the gross area of the site shall be devoted to common open space for each dwelling unit per acre of density. For example, if the density of the development is eight units per acre, at least eight percent of the development shall be devoted to common open space. Common open space shall not include areas included in minimum yard area requirements; however, no common open space shall be required in the CBD Central Business District.

Fencing or vegetative screening shall be provided to a height of six feet and of such a density that no part of the development shall be visible to a casual observer on any side of the development abutting any yard of a residential or nonresidential structure, provided that where natural features such as topography or natural vegetation are preserved and prevent the development from being casually visible from adjoining properties, the board of appeals may waive requirements for screening.

Paved common walks of a width of at least five feet shall be provided on at least one side of all streets, and wherever concentrations of pedestrian traffic can be expected, as between recreational facilities, walks may be incorporated into the street curb. Walk grades shall not exceed ten percent; lights shall be provided sufficiently to illuminate steps.

All buildings in a large-scale development shall have minimum setback of 75 feet from the right-of-way of arterial highways, such as U.S. 60 and U.S. 29.

For the purposes of this section, the term 'large-scale development' means a building or group of buildings under one ownership or control and containing more than 60,000 square feet of floor area, regardless of use, in agricultural, residential and commercial districts. Large-scale developments are subject to the issuance of a special use permit in the following districts: A-1 Agricultural District, R-1 Limited Residential District, R-2 General Residential District, T-1 Transitional Use Zone District, R-3 High Density Residential District, R-4 Manufactured Home District, B-1 Light Commercial District, CBD Central Business District, B-2 General Commercial District.

All buildings in a large-scale development shall have minimum setback of 75 feet from the right-of-way of arterial highways, such as U.S. 60 and U.S. 29. All buildings will have a setback of 25 feet from other street right-of-way lines, or property lines, unless adjacent to a residential district, then the setback shall be 75 feet.

A large-scale development shall be permanently screened from adjacent residential areas by a wall, fence, evergreen hedge and/or other suitable enclosure of minimum height of seven feet at the original elevation of the property line. A landscaped area at least ten feet in depth, exclusive of sidewalks, must be provided along street frontage and must be located between the curbline and a line parallel to and 20 feet inside the property line; other landscaping and/or screening may be required. All mechanical equipment, including mechanical equipment mounted on a roof, shall be screened.

Townhouse lots for sale shall adhere to the following minimum requirements: Lot area: Each townhouse shall be located on a lot of not less than 1,200 square feet in area.