Lexington

Signs located in the R-1, R-2, R-M, or R-LC Zoning District shall be limited in their size and placement according to the following regulations: Temporary signs shall not exceed 16 square feet in area total per property. No sign shall exceed six feet in height, except window signs.

One wall sign 16 square feet in area and not more than 10 feet above grade. One freestanding sign 16 square feet in area per each of two sides and not more than four feet above grade.

If, in any district established under this chapter, a use is not specifically permitted and an application is made... the application shall be referred to the Planning Commission.

The regulations, restrictions and boundaries established in this chapter may... be amended... subject to the following: ... public notice...

The purpose of conditional zoning is to provide a method for permitting the reasonable and orderly development and use of land... conditions voluntarily proffered...

Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Administrator.

Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Zoning Administrator may, within 30 days of such decision, appeal to the City Board of Zoning Appeals.

Buildings or structures shall be started, repaired, reconstructed, enlarged or altered only after a zoning permit has been obtained from the Zoning Administrator.

Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions: A. Single-family dwellings. B. Two-family dwellings.

an approved final site plan shall be valid for a period of not less than five years from the date of approval.

As a condition to the approval of a final site plan, the owner or developer shall be required to guarantee completion of the public and other site-related improvements associated with the development prior to approval of the final plat.

Fences and walls may be permitted in any required yard, provided that no fence or wall along any yard shall be over seven feet in height in residential zoning districts or eight feet in height in commercial zoning districts.

Unenclosed porches, balconies, decks, stoops or landings may project not more than five feet beyond the front, side and rear walls of a building into the minimum front, side or rear yard setback for the district and shall not be closer than five feet from any lot line. Architectural features... may project not more than three feet into any required setback, but no closer than five feet to any lot line. Uncovered steps may encroach into a required yard.

No lot shall be used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes unless such lot abuts upon a street in accordance with the minimum frontage requirements of this chapter. No lot or parcel of land abutting the terminus of a public street shall be deemed to comply with street frontage requirements unless such lot abuts an approved, permanent cul-de-sac.

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the State Department of Highways and Transportation or by the governing body, for the widening of any street or highway, the Zoning Administrator may require additional front yard setback for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way, in order to preserve and protect the right-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.

On a corner lot in any residential district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 and 10 feet above the center lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along such street lines 50 feet from the point of the intersection.