HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 188, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH
PLANNING AND ZONING C011-11CSSION RESPECTING THE A1.4ENDMENT OF SECTION
22 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE, AND AMENDING SAID SECTION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COP+P.IISSIOP•IERS OF THE CITY
OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That a resolution adopted by the Paducah Planning
and Zoning Commission on December 9, 1959, entitled: "A RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING AND ZONING
COD'-USSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDKENT OF SECTION 22 OF THE
PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE", be approved as the final report of
said dommission respecting the matters therein set forth.
SECTION 2. That Section 22 of the Paducah Zoning
Ordinance (Ordinance Book 12, page 709) be, and it is hereby,
amended, so that as amended it will read as follows:
"SECTION 22. B-3 General Business Zone/ The following
regulations and the regulations contained in TITLE II shall apply
in the B-3 General Business Zone:
A. Permitted uses
1. An use ermitted in the B-2 Downtown Business Zone-
rovi e a 1 - uses shall be subject to the same
limitations and controls excepting those regarding
maximum height, as specifically set forth in the B-2
Zone, Section 21. B-2 uses in the B-3 Zone shall
be subject to the maximtun height prescribed in this
Section.
2. Mixed Uses - A combination of any of the uses per-
mitt�in this Section 22, provided that such of said
mixed uses as must be conducted within a building are
confined to the main building on a lot (eig.,
business use on the ground floor and residential use on
upper floor.)
3. Drive -In Business - Including motels, drive-in theatres,
refreshment Stan s, food stores, banks and the like,
where patrons may enter the premises or be served in
automobiles. Plans for 'the erection or structural
alteration of such drive-in business establishment shall
be submitted to and approved by the Commission. The
Commission may require such changes therein in relation
to yards, driveways, driveway entrantes and exiys,
and the location and height of buildings and enclos-
ures as it may deem best suited to insure safety, to
minimize trgffic hazards or difficulties, and to
safeguard adjacent properties. The drive-in business
use area shall be developed as required in Section 9,
4. Greenhouse Nursery, Flower or Plant - Provided all
inci ental equipment is kept whoily within a building.
5. Si n Paintin or Tire ShopProvided all activities
s a a con ucte w olly within a building.
6. Public Service - Including electric distribution
substations, fire, or police station, telephone
exchange and the like.
7. The following Uses - Provided they are conducted
wholly within a building except for the off-street
loading of delivery vehicles which are indidental
thereto as required in Section 9; and provided
further, that where such uses are within 50 feet of
an R zone boundary line, the building wall facing
said R zone shall have no openings other than
stationary window openings:
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(a) Amusement enterprise, including billiard
or pool hall, bowling alley, boxing arena,
dance hall, games of skill or science, penny
arcade, shooting gallery and the like.
(b) The storage of self-propelled vehicles which
are for remuneration or hire.
(c) Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing or sheet metal
shop, including fabrication and assembling
but excluding manufacture.
(d) Building material sales office and accessory
storage of materials, including incidental
mill work.
(e) Ice storage house with not more than five
tons capacity.
8. The Following Uses - Provided they are conducted
more than 50 feet from an R Zone boundary line:
Nb)
Bottling works
Camp ground (provided that the site and the
site improvement and utilization plans are
first approved by the Commission)
c Circus or transient amusement
d Breamery and/or ice cream manufacture
e) Drive-in theatre
f) Driving tees and ranges
gDry cleaning establishment
h Feed or fuel store
i Funeral home
j Ice manufacture and storage, and/or cold storage
k , Laundry
(1 Poultry or rabbit killing incidental to retail
sales on the premises
(m) Public storage warehouse
n Stadium
o Trucking yard or terminal
1p) Wholesale merchandise storage
( Tire retreading or recapping, (except within the
Fire Limits, as established from time to time by
ordinances of the City relating to the adoption
of a Building Code) Provided it is incidental to
general tire sales and service, and provided that
not more than ten (10%) per cent of the usable floor
area of any one floor of a building, or not more
than 1500 square feet, whichever is smaller, is
devoted to such business activity.
(r) Any use permitted in the 111-1 Zone other than tire
retreading or recapping, provided that not more than
ten (10) per cent of the usable floor area of any
one floor of a building is devoted to such business
activity.
The floor area comprising the allowable ten (100) per cent area
or the allowable square foot area, as referred to in paragraphs (q)
and (r) of this subsection 8, shall be computed as the area occupied
by machinery employed in the particular activity, plus the surrounding
area reasonably required for efficient operation of such machinery and
for the functions of the individuals engaged in the activity, exclusive
of administration, clerical, sales and other like functions. The word
"building" as used in said paragraphs shall be construed to include
connected buildings if they are occupied by the party or parties en-
gaged in the business activity concerned.
9. The Following Uses - Provided where they are within 150
feet of a lot in a more restricted zone they shall be conducted wholly
within a building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid
wall, compact evergreen screen or uniformly painted board fence, not
less than 4 feet in height; except for the off-street loading of
delivery vehicles which are incidental thereto as required in Section 9:
(a) Building material sales yard, including
the sale of lumber, rock, sand, and gravel,
but excluding concrete mixing.
(b) Contractor's equipment storage yard or
plant or rental of equipment commonly used
by contractors.
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(c) Draying, freighting, or trucking yard or
terminal.
(d) Feed or fuel yard
(e) Public Utility service yard or electrical
receiving or transforming station.
B. Height
1. Maximum Height - Three stories not to exceed 45 feet.
2. Exceptions - To height regulations ate provided for in
ectS ion 26.
C. Yards
1. Front Yard - Same as B-1 Zone, Section 20
2. Side Yards - Same as B-1 Zone, Section 20
3. Rear Yard - Same as B-1 Zone, Section 20
4. Exce tions - To area regulations are provided for
in ection 27."
SECTION 3. That if any section, paragtaph or provision of
this ordinance shall be found to be inoperative, ineffective or
invalid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section,
paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph
or provision hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this
ordinance to make each and every section, paragraph and provision
hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners December 15, 1959
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, December 15, 1959.