Buena Vista

No architectural features of any buildings or structures within the district which are subject to public view from a public street shall be altered, nor shall any building or structure, including signs, hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered, relocated or restored within such district, unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the historic district review committee.

All new construction except single- and two-family homes are required to submit a landscaping plan.

All new streets or roads must be built according to appendices C and D of the Buena Vista Land Development Regulations and the Buena Vista Street Construction Policy.

Outside lighting appendix F of the Buena Vista Land Development Regulations.

Drive-through facilities shall be considered an accessory use and shall require a conditional use permit.

Buildings may at a maximum take up 80 percent of lot area. Buildings shall be limited to three stories in height or one story greater than contiguous buildings, up to a maximum height of 40 feet.

Buildings may occupy no more than 80 percent of the lot area, unless a conditional use permit for additional area is granted. Buildings may be no more than three stories tall, up to a maximum height of 40 feet, unless a conditional use permit for additional height is granted.

The primary land uses in this subdistrict are residential in scale and character, though some low intensity commercial are permitted. Permitted uses include single-family, two-family, multifamily, townhouses, civic/institutional, recreation, private schools, public utilities, municipal service, streets, restaurants, hotel/motel.

Planned developments permitted within the R6 residential planned unit development zone are also permitted within the MUC zone... The maximum gross density of residential units is 30 units per acre. Minimum common open space or park: 30 percent of gross project area.

Planned developments permitted within the R6 residential planned unit development zone are also permitted within the MUC zone. Uses include single-family, two-family, townhouse when 10+ units. Site design requirements include min district size 2 acres, min open space 30%, max density 30 units/acre.

Dimensional regulations: height increases, public building height, exemptions, accessory building rules, dwelling unit area definition, average setback, individual sewage, multiple street frontage setback.

The height limit for residential structures may be increased up to 45 feet and by up to three stories provided each side yard is 20 feet, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet. ... On lots with frontage on two or more streets, the minimum setback on any side with street frontage is ten feet for all primary and accessory buildings.

Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any permitted or conditional use established in accordance with this ordinance.

No junkyard or automobile graveyard shall be established, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway or within five hundred feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any other highway...

Home occupation, where permitted, must meet the following special requirements:

Signs obstruct views, distract motorists, displace alternative uses for land, and pose other problems that legitimately call for regulation.

City council may approve a conditional use permit granting deviation from the dimensional regulations of this table if it finds that the deviation would be consistent with the intent of the regulations.

Any manufactured home placed in the City of Buena Vista after the date of enactment or amendment of this ordinance, shall meet the requirements of this section as applicable.

No manufactured home or accessory structure shall be occupied in any manufactured home park until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the city building inspector...

All manufactured home stands shall meet the following requirements: The area of any manufactured home stand shall not be less than 3,400 square feet. Required side setback is 15 feet on both sides combined, with no side less than five feet. The minimum length of a manufactured home stand shall be 85 feet. The minimum width shall be 40 feet.