§ 12.11. South 9th Corridor Overlay District

12.11.01. Purpose. The purpose of the Service Commercial Overlay and Business Park/Light Industrial Overlay Districts is to implement the South 9th Corridor Study, which was adopted on December 23, 1997, as an amendment to the Saline County Comprehensive Plan. In accordance with that plan, this overlay district adopts land use standards which will limit increased traffic on 9th Street, create aesthetically pleasing entryways to the City of Salina, and allow compatible land uses with existing industrial uses east of 9th Street.

12.11.02. Service Commercial Zone (SC).

A. SC Effective Area. The provisions of the SC District shall apply to that area bounded by a line one-quarter (¼) mile south of the centerline of Schilling Road on the north, a line three hundred (300) feet east of the centerline of Ninth Street on the east, a line one-quarter mile south of Water Well Road on the south, and the centerline of Ninth Street on the west.

B. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted by right in the Service Commercial District (SC):

Auto sales, new and used;

Auto parts and accessories, new;

Boats, sales and service;

Furniture and household appliance, retail;

Recreational vehicles and equipment store, retail;

Research and development facilities;

Truck and bus sales and service.

C. Conditional Uses. The following uses may be permitted in the SC District provided a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is issued in accordance Section 13.06. of this resolution.

Agricultural—machinery sales, service and supplies;

Business offices;

Car and truck washes;

Farm equipment, retail;

Garden supplies;

Greenhouse, commercial;

Nurseries, plant;

Hotels, motels;

Gymnasiums;

Restaurants, drive up or walk up;

Restaurants, walk up only;

Travel agencies;

Storage and warehousing, general;

Wholesaling, warehousing storage;

Petroleum pipeline right-of-way;

Transformers, electrical.

12.11.03. Business Park/Light Industrial (BP/LI).

A. BP/LI Effective Area. The provisions of the BP/LI District shall apply to that area bounded by a line one-quarter (¼) mile south of the centerline of Water Well Road on the north, a line 300 feet east of the centerline of Ninth Street (Old Highway 81) on the east, the centerline of Farrelly Road on the south, and the I-135 right-of-way on the west.

B. Permitted Uses. The following warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution related uses are permitted by right in the Business Park/Light Industrial District (BP/LI):

Advertising signs;

Agriculture-chemicals, wholesale;

Bakeries, wholesale;

Billboard signs;

Bottle gas, wholesale;

Business office, general;

Commercial and industrial machinery, wholesale;

Dams, water flowage areas;

Food products, wholesaling, warehousing and storing;

Freight service;

Ice, wholesaling, warehousing and storage;

Laboratories;

Liquid fuel, wholesaling and storage;

Magazine and newspaper, wholesaling;

Milk product distribution stations;

Motor freight terminals to include garaging and equipment maintenance;

Moving, transfer or storage plants;

Petroleum pipeline right-of-way;

Radio and television broadcast studios;

Railroad right-of-way;

Research and development facilities;

Storage and warehousing, general;

Taxi services;

Telephone and telegraph offices;

Transformers, electrical;

Truck yards or terminals;

Utility rights-of-way;

Wholesaling, warehousing storage.

C. Conditional Uses. The following fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing uses may be permitted in the BP/LI District provided a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is issued in accordance Section 13.06 of this resolution.

Animal hospitals and clinics;

Blueprinting;

Bottling works;

Building maintenance service;

Cabinet shops, manufacturing;

Clinics;

Communications towers;

Dairy products, process, bottle distribution;

Drugs, manufacturing and/or processing;

Dry cleaners and laundry;

Electrical components and accessories, manufacturing;

Equipment, rental and leasing services;

Feed and seed processing, wholesale;

Instruments, manufacturing;

Manufacturing, compounding, bottling, packaging of food or beverages;

Novelties, manufacture;

Photographic film processing, photo engraving, photocopying and photostating;

Poultry dressing for wholesale;

Printing and publishing;

Public and semi-public buildings;

Radio and T.V., towers and transmitters;

Scales, sales and service;

Signs, manufacturing;

Small animal clinics;

Stone monument, manufacturing;

Textiles, manufacturing;

Tobacco products, manufacturing;

Toiletries, manufacturing;

Upholstery, automobiles and furniture;

Utility distribution plants and service yards;

Veterinarian services;

Water drilling offices and equipment storage.

12.11.04. SC and BP/LI District Regulations. Each site shall be subject to the following property development regulations:

A. Planned Unit Developments. All applications for rezoning shall be for Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning and reviewed in accordance with Section 12.06 of this resolution.

B. Minimum lot size. All uses must be located on a parcel having a minimum lot size of one (1) acre in the SC district and four (4) acres in the BP/LI;

C. Paved areas. All access drives, parking areas and sidewalks shall be paved with asphalt or concrete;

D. Landscaping. All sites shall be landscaped in accordance with the following provisions:

1. Front yards adjacent to public streets shall be landscaped at the rate of ten (10) square feet of landscaped area per lineal foot of street frontage. For zoning lots with frontage on two (2) or more streets, the amount of landscaped area may be reduced by thirty percent (30%);

2. A minimum of one (1) shade tree or three (3) ornamental trees shall be planted for every five hundred (500) square feet of required landscaped area. Shrubbery may be substituted for up to one-third (1/3) of the required trees at the rate of five (5) shrubs per one (1) tree.

3. Parking lots containing more than fifty (50) spaces shall contain landscaped islands equal to five percent (5%) of the paved area. This shall be in addition to the other required landscaped areas;

4. Trash receptacles, mechanical equipment, and service areas shall be screened from pedestrian access ways and the street right-of-way;

5. All landscaped areas shall be properly maintained and kept in a neat and orderly appearance. Dead trees and shrubs shall be replaced as needed;

6. Sites where existing buildings are being expanded or redeveloped shall be required to meet landscaping requirements when the value of the proposed work exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of existing improvements or when there is more than a thirty percent (30%) increase in the gross floor area of existing buildings;

7. The provisions of these requirements may be modified or varied by the zoning administrator where extraordinary topography, vegetation, property boundaries, parcel dimensions or other unusual site conditions exist.

E. Signage. No signs shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height. No mobile or ground anchored banner signs shall be permitted. No off-site advertising signs shall be permitted more than one hundred (100) feet east of I-135 right-of-way;

F. Driveways. Access drives must be located a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from public streets, fifty (50) feet from other access drives, and twenty-five (25) feet from interior property lines unless shared access is provided;

G. Outdoor storage. All materials, supplies, and equipment (not displayed for sale) shall be stored in an enclosed building or located in the side or rear yard and screened from visibility from adjacent streets;

H. Exterior lighting. Exterior lighting fixtures shall be aimed or shaded so that no direct light is cast towards any street traffic;

I. Architectural design. All development shall demonstrate a high quality visual appearance from the street. The Architectural design of buildings, site improvements and landscaping shall appear integrated and coordinated. The main entrances to primary buildings shall face Ninth Street or Water Well Road. All primary buildings in the SC district shall have an attractive exterior finish and no precast concrete or metal panels shall face Ninth Street or Water Well Road unless the overall design presents a compatible appearance.

(Amend. 1254-16, 3-21-00)