ARTICLE 7
USE REGULATIONS
701.00 AREA REGULATIONS
Area and density regulations are provided by district in the Zoning Schedule, Table 1.
701.01 Conditional Height Regulation:
701.01-1 Structures or facilities exceeding the heights specified in the Zoning Schedule, Table 1, may be permitted by conditional use permit issued by the Governing Body.
701.01-2 The Governing Body, or the Highland County Zoning Administrator at the request of the Governing Body, may require certain information from an applicant at any time during the conditional use permit process including fire safety measures or cross-section drawings or other illustrations of the physical impact the structure will have upon the area.
701.01-3 It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to comply with all applicable federal and state standards and regulations as set forth by agencies with the authority to regulate such structures or facilities. If such standards and regulations are changed, then the owners or operators of the structure or facility governed by this section shall bring such structure or facility into compliance as required.
701.01-4 Any conditional use permit that includes a request for a height exception that is pending at the effective date of these ordinance revisions shall not require a separate conditional use permit application solely for the height exception. Any future conditional use permit application that includes a request for a height exception, along with the other reasons for needing a conditional use permit, shall not be required to apply for a separate conditional use permit solely for the height exception.
(Adopted by the Highland County Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2004.)
701.02 Modificatory Yard Requirements. Yard requirements may be modified to provide:
701.02-1 Minimum setback requirements of this Ordinance for yards facing streets shall not apply to any lot where the average setback on developed lots within the same block and zoning district and fronting on the same street is less than the minimum. In such cases, the setback on such lot may be less than the required setback, but not less than the average of the existing setbacks on the existing developed lots;
701.02-2 Signs advertising sale or rent of premises may be erected up to the property line.
701.03 Special provisions for corner lots:
701.03-1 Of the two (2) sides of a corner lot, the front shall be deemed to be the shortest of the two (2) sides fronting on streets;
701.03-2 The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be thirty-five (35) feet or more for both main and accessory buildings;
701.03-3 For subdivisions platted after the enactment of this Ordinance, each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet or more.
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