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Freestanding self-service facilities means any self-service use including, but not limited to, automatic bank teller machines, postal vending and depository facilities, or newspaper vending machines, which are located in freestanding structures devoted solely to such use either on a separate lot or as an accessory use within a complex of buildings.
Furniture and related product manufacturing means establishments that make furniture and related articles such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, and fixtures using processes such as cutting, bending, molding, laminating, and assembly of such materials as wood, metal, glass, plastics, and rattan.
Health care and social assistance means establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals on a continuum starting with those establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally with those providing only social assistance; this category includes nursing and residential care facilities, ambulatory surgical care facilities, and hospitals.
Information means establishments engaged in printing and publishing industries and in telecommunications.
Leather and allied product manufacturing means establishments that transform hides into leather by tanning or curing and fabricating the leather into products for final consumption.
Machinery part manufacturing means establishments that create end products that apply mechanical force, such as the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Although processes are similar to fabricated metal products manufacturing, this machinery manufacturing typically employs multiple metal forming processes.
Manufactured home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Medical marijuana commercial grower means a grower as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations. Commercial grower operations can be either indoor or outdoor operations.
Medical marijuana dispensary means a retailer as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations.
Medical marijuana processing means a process or processor as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations.
Mining establishments means establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, including but not limited to coal and ores; liquid minerals, including but not limited to crude petroleum; and gases, including but not limited to natural gas. The term "mining establishments" includes quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity.
Miscellaneous manufacturing means businesses that make a wide range of products not otherwise classified.
Mixed use means one or more dwelling units located, in the rear or second floor, in a building in which the first floor is utilized primarily by a commercial use at the building front or storefront, and where such commercial use is permitted in the zoning district.
Modular home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Mobile home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Multifamily means three or more dwelling units contained within one building that is freestanding and structurally separated from any other building or group of dwelling units but are located on the same lot.
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing means establishments that transform mined or quarried nonmetallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone, clay, and refractory materials, into products for intermediate or final consumption. Processes used include grinding, mixing,cutting, shaping, and honing; heat is often used in the process and chemicals are frequently mixed to change the composition, purity, and chemical properties for the intended product.
Oil and gas industry services means businesses which provide support to the oil and gas industry operations including offices, storage and repair of equipment and vehicles, parking of vehicles or equipment. Such uses shall not include drilling, refining and storage, transloading or transportation of petroleum or gas products, bi-products or waste.
Paper manufacturing means establishments that make pulp, paper, or converted paper products including:
1. The separating of the cellulose fibers from other impurities in wood or used paper;
2. Matting these fibers into a sheet;
3. Cutting and shaping techniques that includes coating and laminating activities.
Parking lot/garage means an open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public way, to be used for the storage, for limited periods of time, of operable passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles, and available to the public, whether for compensation, free, or as an accommodation to clients or customers.
Personal and laundry services means establishments engaged in providing personal and laundry services such as health and beauty parlors, massage parlors, dry-cleaning, and pet grooming (not boarding and/or training).
Personal storage and warehousing means facilities providing indoor personal storage and warehousing and as an accessory to such use, outdoor storage of personal vehicles, recreational vehicles and watercraft displaying current and valid registration, provided, such outdoor storage does not occupy an area larger than 30 percent of the indoor floor area provided for the primary use.
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing means establishments that transform crude petroleum and coal into usable products with the dominant process being petroleum refining that involves the separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and distillation.
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing means establishments that make goods by processing plastics materials and raw rubber. The core technology employed is that of plastics or rubber product production.
Primary metal manufacturing and fabricated metal products manufacturing means establishments engaged in the smelting and/or refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap, using electrometallurgical and other process metallurgical techniques; the manufacture of metal alloys and super alloys by introducing other chemical elements to pure metals; or transforming metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture or treating metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere. Processes include forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining used to shape individual pieces of metal; and welding and assembling used to join separate parts together.
Professional and administrative offices and services means establishments that specialize in providing professional, scientific, administrative, management, employment, real estate, or technical activities or services.
Public administration and service means federal, state and local government agencies that administer, oversee, and manage public programs and have executive, legislative, or judicial authority over other institutions within a given area. The term includes police and fire services.
Recreation means a wide range of establishments that operate facilities or provide services to meet varied recreational interests of their patrons and establishments that operate facilities or provide services that enable patrons to participate in recreational activities or pursue amusement, hobby, and leisure-time interests.
Research and development means establishments engaged in the research or research and development of innovative ideas in technology-intensive fields. The term includes research and development of computer software, information systems, communications systems,transportation, geographic information systems, multi-media and video technology. Development and construction of prototypes may be associated with this use.
Residential design manufactured home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Retail trade means establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Retailers are organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public with extensive displays of merchandise and utilizing mass-media advertising to attract customers.
Small cell facility means a low-powered wireless base station which functions much in the same way as larger cells in a wide-area, mobile wireless network that are typically installed relatively high on a telecommunications tower, to provide signal coverage to a large geographic area. Small cells facilities cover a smaller, targeted, localized area to provide connectivity to wireless network subscribers in areas that typically present capacity and coverage challenges to traditional wide-area wireless networks. Small cell facilities are smaller in size and thus are more conducive to collocation on an existing support structure or installation on a private utility's, single-use utility pole erected for the sole or primary purpose of supporting a small cell facility.
Telecommunications tower means any freestanding structure, other than a utility pole, built or used for the sole or primary purpose of supporting antennas and their associated facilities, licensed or authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, particularly including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services and also including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site.
Textile mills, textile product mills, and apparel manufacturing means establishments that transform a basic fiber (natural or synthetic) into a product, such as yarn or fabric, that is further manufactured into usable items, such as apparel, sheets, towels, and textile bags for individual or industrial consumption. Main processes include preparation and spinning of fiber, knitting or weaving of fabric, and the finishing of the textile. The term includes establishments that make textile products (except apparel) by generally cutting and sewing (e.g., purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make nonapparel textile products such as sheets and towels). Processes include cutting and sewing and the manufacture of garments in establishments that first knot fabric and then cutting and sewing the fabric into a garment.
Townhome means a row or group of independent single-family units, located on individual lots or on a common building site. Each unit has independent access to the outside, is not located over another unit, and is separated from any other unit by one or more common fire walls along the common property boundary or unit boundary.
Transportation activities means establishments providing transportation of passengers and cargo, scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities related to modes of transportation, whether by air, rail, water, road, or pipeline.
Transportation and equipment manufacturing means establishments that produce equipment for transporting people and goods.
Two-family means a building (duplex) located on a lot or building site that is unoccupied by any other principal structure, and which provides independent living facilities for occupancy by two families such that the two dwelling units are placed adjacent to one another with structural parts touching.
Utility or utilities means establishments engaged in the provision of the following utility services: electric power, natural gas, steam supply, water supply sewage removal and telecommunications services. Specific activities associated with the utility services provided by utilities include the following:
1. Electric power includes generation, transmission, and distribution;
2. Natural gas includes distribution;
3. Steam supply includes provision and/or distribution;
4. Water supply includes treatment and distribution
5. Sewage removal includes collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through sewer systems and sewage treatment facilities; and
6. Telecommunications includes the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any na ture by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.
Utility pole means a long, slender, generally vertical and usually cylindrical object, other than a telecommunications tower, that is or may be used in whole or in part by a public or private utility for wireline, wireless or optical telecommunications, electrical distribution, lighting, traffic control, signage or similar functions.
Vehicle/equipment sales, rental, and service means establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of personal or commercial vehicles and equipment and which includes incidental maintenance and repair facilities; and establishments that sell, install, and service vehicle equipment and parts, including body repairs and painting.
Warehousing and storage means establishments engaged in operating warehousing and storage facilities for general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other warehouse products. These industries do not sell the goods they handle but can provide logistical services related to the distribution of goods.
Waste management and remediation services means establishments engaged in the collection, treatment, and disposal of waster materials, including the local hauling of waster materials; operating materials recovery facilities; providing remediation services; and providing septic pumping and other miscellaneous waste management services.
Wholesale trade means establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchase or sale of:
1. Goods for resale;
2. Capital or durable nonconsumer goods;
3. Raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production.
Wood product manufacturing means establishments that manufacture wood products such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes, and prefabricated wood buildings. The term includes sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools.
SECTION 3: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-140, RMI (Multi-Family Intermediate) District, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-140. - RMI (Multi-Family Intermediate) District.
a) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the RMI Multi-Family Intermediate District:
1) Boarding house/rooming house.
2) Churches and religious institutions.
3) Free-standing self service facilities.
4) Multiple-family with a maximum gross density of 30 units per acre.
5) Parking lot/garages.
6) Townhome.
7) Two-family (duplex).
8) Fraternity or sorority house
b) Specific use permit. The following uses are permitted by specific use permit in the RMI district:
1) Accommodation.
2) Child and adult care services.
3) Educational institutions.
4) Health care and social assistance.
5) Personal and laundry services.
6) Telecommunications tower.
c) Lot size requirements. The lot size requirements in the RMI district are as follows:
1) Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.
2) Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
3) Minimum lot depth: 130 feet.
d) Bulk regulations. Bulk regulation requirements in the RMI district are as follows:
1) The maximum structure height as measured from the finished floor elevation of the first floor to the highest point of the roof: 50 feet.
2) Setbacks. The following are the minimum required setbacks in the RMI district:
a) Minimum front yard:
(1) 20 feet from all property boundaries abutting a right-of-way or road/access easement.
(2) 10 feet from all property boundaries abutting an alley.
b) Minimum side yard:
(1) Residential structures: Five feet.
(2) All other permitted and specific use permit uses: 25 feet.
c) Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.
3) Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent.
e) Exceptions. The following are the exceptions in the RMI district.
1) For all structures, the minimum side yard for this district shall be increased an additional three feet for each adjacent story above the first story.
2) Townhomes are exempt from the lot size and lot coverage requirements; any exterior building(s) shall have a minimum side setback of eight feet.
3) Residential structures not divided into dwelling units shall have densities determined as:
[a)] Each two sleeping rooms for single or double occupancy shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit; and
[b)] Each four beds, in sleeping rooms that contain beds for more than two persons, shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit.
4) More than one principal residential structure may be located on a lot.
5) A structure being built for a fraternity or sorority house shall be built to have a residential appearance, which shall include:
a) Front porch
b) Street facing facades shall be constructed of masonry material (which can include brick, cast stone, stone, EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems), and stucco) at least 50 percent of which shall be brick or stone
c) A landscape plan shall be submitted, which meets the requirements of 23-230 (f).
6) All fraternity and sorority houses shall have a maximum height of 2 stories for any portion of a structure that is within 30 feet of a single-family residential zoning district or use.
SECTION 4: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-141, RMU (Multi-Family Urban) District, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-141. -Â RMUÂ (Multi-Family Urban) District.
a) Permitted uses. The following uses will be permitted by right in the RMU Multi-Family Urban District:
1) Boarding house/rooming house.
2) Churches and religious institutions.
3) Free-standing self service facilities.
4) Mixed-use.
5) Multiple-family with a maximum gross density of 50 units per acre.
6) Parking lot/garages.
7) Fraternity or sorority house
b) Specific use permit.The following uses are permitted by specific use permit in the RMU district:
1) Accommodation.
2) Child and adult care services.
3) Educational institutions.
4) Personal and laundry services.
5) Telecommunications tower.
c) Lot size requirements. Lot size requirements in the RMU district are as follows:
1) Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
2) Minimum lot width: 60 feet.
3) Minimum lot depth: 130 feet.
d) Bulk regulations. Bulk regulation requirements in the RMU district are as follows:
1) The maximum structure height as measured from the finished floor elevation of the first floor to the highest point of the roof: 50 feet.
2) Setbacks. The following are the minimum required setbacks in the RMU district:
a) Minimum front yard:
(1) 20 feet from all property boundaries abutting a right-of-way or road/access easement.
(2) 10 feet from all property boundaries abutting an alley.
b) Minimum side yard:
(1) Residential structures: 15 feet.
(2) Fraternity or sorority houses: When a side yard has a common boundary with property in any single-family residential district or use, the minimum setback is 15 feet. When a side yard has a common boundary with property in any other district or use, the minimum setback is 5 feet.
(3)[(2)] All other permitted and specific use permit uses: 25 feet.
c) Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
3) Maximum lot coverage: 60 percent.
e) Exceptions. The following are the exceptions in the RMU district:
1)[(4)] For all structures, the minimum side yard for this district shall be increased an additional three feet for each adjacent story above the first story.
2)[(5)] Townhomes are exempt from the lot size and lot coverage requirements; any exterior building(s) shall have a minimum side setback of eight feet.
3)[(6)] Residential structures not divided into dwelling units shall have densities determined as:
[a)] Each two sleeping rooms for single or double occupancy shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit; and
[b)] Each four beds ,in sleeping rooms that contain beds for more than two persons, shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit.
4)[7)] More than one principal residential structure may be located on a lot.
5) A structure being built for a fraternity or sorority house shall be built to have a residential appearance, which shall include:
a) Front porch
b) Street facing facades shall be constructed of masonry material (which can include brick, cast stone, stone, EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems), and stucco) at least 50 percent of which shall be brick or stone
c) A landscape plan shall be submitted, which meets the requirements of 23-230 (f).
6) All fraternity and sorority houses shall have a maximum height of 2 stories for any portion of a structure that is within 30 feet of a single-family residential zoning district or use.
SECTION 5: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-230, Generally, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-230. - Generally.
a) Purpose and intent. These regulations have been adopted for the purpose and intent of:
1) Ensuring minimal conflict between placement of trees and other landscaping, and both overhead and underground utility lines;
2) Providing for landscaping and trees to shade buildings and paved surfaces and to reduce the amount of runoff, erosion, reflected heat, air pollution, wind, and noise:
3) Improving the attractiveness of the city as a place for economic growth and the general safety of developments; and
4) Providing screening between incompatible land uses.
b) Tree classification. The planning commission shall establish classifications of trees by category of small, medium, and large based on growth characteristics for the purpose of implementing this chapter.
c) General planting and maintenance standards. The following requirements set forth in this section are applicable to trees on both public and private property:
1) The requirements for tree and other landscape material locations are:
a) Except for areas zoned CB, or in the case of P districts located immediately adjacent to a CB district, trees shall be planted no closer to any public curb or sidewalk than three feet for small trees, four feet for medium trees, and five feet for large trees;
b) Except for areas zoned CB, or in the case of P districts located immediately adjacent to a CB district, landscaping and trees shall be planted to maintain clear vision at intersections;
c) Trees planted in the public right-of-way must be of a type which will grow tall enough so that they will not block vision of drivers to see other traffic, pedestrians, signage and traffic control devices;
d) Landscape material shall be planted in such a way as to not obstruct access to a fire hydrant, utility meters or utility poles;
e) Only those trees listed as small trees may be planted under or within ten lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five lateral feet of any underground water, sewer, electric, telephone, cable or natural gas line. Any tree which is planted within a dedicated easement will be subject to damage, pruning and removal, as necessary, to allow full utilization of the easement and maintenance of utilities contained therein;
Furniture and related product manufacturing means establishments that make furniture and related articles such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, and fixtures using processes such as cutting, bending, molding, laminating, and assembly of such materials as wood, metal, glass, plastics, and rattan.
Health care and social assistance means establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals on a continuum starting with those establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally with those providing only social assistance; this category includes nursing and residential care facilities, ambulatory surgical care facilities, and hospitals.
Information means establishments engaged in printing and publishing industries and in telecommunications.
Leather and allied product manufacturing means establishments that transform hides into leather by tanning or curing and fabricating the leather into products for final consumption.
Machinery part manufacturing means establishments that create end products that apply mechanical force, such as the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Although processes are similar to fabricated metal products manufacturing, this machinery manufacturing typically employs multiple metal forming processes.
Manufactured home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Medical marijuana commercial grower means a grower as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations. Commercial grower operations can be either indoor or outdoor operations.
Medical marijuana dispensary means a retailer as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations.
Medical marijuana processing means a process or processor as defined in Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes and applicable Oklahoma Department of Health or other regulatory agency rules and regulations.
Mining establishments means establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, including but not limited to coal and ores; liquid minerals, including but not limited to crude petroleum; and gases, including but not limited to natural gas. The term "mining establishments" includes quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity.
Miscellaneous manufacturing means businesses that make a wide range of products not otherwise classified.
Mixed use means one or more dwelling units located, in the rear or second floor, in a building in which the first floor is utilized primarily by a commercial use at the building front or storefront, and where such commercial use is permitted in the zoning district.
Modular home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Mobile home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Multifamily means three or more dwelling units contained within one building that is freestanding and structurally separated from any other building or group of dwelling units but are located on the same lot.
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing means establishments that transform mined or quarried nonmetallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone, clay, and refractory materials, into products for intermediate or final consumption. Processes used include grinding, mixing,cutting, shaping, and honing; heat is often used in the process and chemicals are frequently mixed to change the composition, purity, and chemical properties for the intended product.
Oil and gas industry services means businesses which provide support to the oil and gas industry operations including offices, storage and repair of equipment and vehicles, parking of vehicles or equipment. Such uses shall not include drilling, refining and storage, transloading or transportation of petroleum or gas products, bi-products or waste.
Paper manufacturing means establishments that make pulp, paper, or converted paper products including:
1. The separating of the cellulose fibers from other impurities in wood or used paper;
2. Matting these fibers into a sheet;
3. Cutting and shaping techniques that includes coating and laminating activities.
Parking lot/garage means an open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public way, to be used for the storage, for limited periods of time, of operable passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles, and available to the public, whether for compensation, free, or as an accommodation to clients or customers.
Personal and laundry services means establishments engaged in providing personal and laundry services such as health and beauty parlors, massage parlors, dry-cleaning, and pet grooming (not boarding and/or training).
Personal storage and warehousing means facilities providing indoor personal storage and warehousing and as an accessory to such use, outdoor storage of personal vehicles, recreational vehicles and watercraft displaying current and valid registration, provided, such outdoor storage does not occupy an area larger than 30 percent of the indoor floor area provided for the primary use.
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing means establishments that transform crude petroleum and coal into usable products with the dominant process being petroleum refining that involves the separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and distillation.
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing means establishments that make goods by processing plastics materials and raw rubber. The core technology employed is that of plastics or rubber product production.
Primary metal manufacturing and fabricated metal products manufacturing means establishments engaged in the smelting and/or refining of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap, using electrometallurgical and other process metallurgical techniques; the manufacture of metal alloys and super alloys by introducing other chemical elements to pure metals; or transforming metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture or treating metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere. Processes include forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining used to shape individual pieces of metal; and welding and assembling used to join separate parts together.
Professional and administrative offices and services means establishments that specialize in providing professional, scientific, administrative, management, employment, real estate, or technical activities or services.
Public administration and service means federal, state and local government agencies that administer, oversee, and manage public programs and have executive, legislative, or judicial authority over other institutions within a given area. The term includes police and fire services.
Recreation means a wide range of establishments that operate facilities or provide services to meet varied recreational interests of their patrons and establishments that operate facilities or provide services that enable patrons to participate in recreational activities or pursue amusement, hobby, and leisure-time interests.
Research and development means establishments engaged in the research or research and development of innovative ideas in technology-intensive fields. The term includes research and development of computer software, information systems, communications systems,transportation, geographic information systems, multi-media and video technology. Development and construction of prototypes may be associated with this use.
Residential design manufactured home means that term as defined in section 23-7.
Retail trade means establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Retailers are organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public with extensive displays of merchandise and utilizing mass-media advertising to attract customers.
Small cell facility means a low-powered wireless base station which functions much in the same way as larger cells in a wide-area, mobile wireless network that are typically installed relatively high on a telecommunications tower, to provide signal coverage to a large geographic area. Small cells facilities cover a smaller, targeted, localized area to provide connectivity to wireless network subscribers in areas that typically present capacity and coverage challenges to traditional wide-area wireless networks. Small cell facilities are smaller in size and thus are more conducive to collocation on an existing support structure or installation on a private utility's, single-use utility pole erected for the sole or primary purpose of supporting a small cell facility.
Telecommunications tower means any freestanding structure, other than a utility pole, built or used for the sole or primary purpose of supporting antennas and their associated facilities, licensed or authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, particularly including structures that are constructed for wireless communications services and also including, but not limited to, private, broadcast, and public safety services, as well as unlicensed wireless services and fixed wireless services such as microwave backhaul, and the associated site.
Textile mills, textile product mills, and apparel manufacturing means establishments that transform a basic fiber (natural or synthetic) into a product, such as yarn or fabric, that is further manufactured into usable items, such as apparel, sheets, towels, and textile bags for individual or industrial consumption. Main processes include preparation and spinning of fiber, knitting or weaving of fabric, and the finishing of the textile. The term includes establishments that make textile products (except apparel) by generally cutting and sewing (e.g., purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make nonapparel textile products such as sheets and towels). Processes include cutting and sewing and the manufacture of garments in establishments that first knot fabric and then cutting and sewing the fabric into a garment.
Townhome means a row or group of independent single-family units, located on individual lots or on a common building site. Each unit has independent access to the outside, is not located over another unit, and is separated from any other unit by one or more common fire walls along the common property boundary or unit boundary.
Transportation activities means establishments providing transportation of passengers and cargo, scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities related to modes of transportation, whether by air, rail, water, road, or pipeline.
Transportation and equipment manufacturing means establishments that produce equipment for transporting people and goods.
Two-family means a building (duplex) located on a lot or building site that is unoccupied by any other principal structure, and which provides independent living facilities for occupancy by two families such that the two dwelling units are placed adjacent to one another with structural parts touching.
Utility or utilities means establishments engaged in the provision of the following utility services: electric power, natural gas, steam supply, water supply sewage removal and telecommunications services. Specific activities associated with the utility services provided by utilities include the following:
1. Electric power includes generation, transmission, and distribution;
2. Natural gas includes distribution;
3. Steam supply includes provision and/or distribution;
4. Water supply includes treatment and distribution
5. Sewage removal includes collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through sewer systems and sewage treatment facilities; and
6. Telecommunications includes the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any na ture by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.
Utility pole means a long, slender, generally vertical and usually cylindrical object, other than a telecommunications tower, that is or may be used in whole or in part by a public or private utility for wireline, wireless or optical telecommunications, electrical distribution, lighting, traffic control, signage or similar functions.
Vehicle/equipment sales, rental, and service means establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of personal or commercial vehicles and equipment and which includes incidental maintenance and repair facilities; and establishments that sell, install, and service vehicle equipment and parts, including body repairs and painting.
Warehousing and storage means establishments engaged in operating warehousing and storage facilities for general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other warehouse products. These industries do not sell the goods they handle but can provide logistical services related to the distribution of goods.
Waste management and remediation services means establishments engaged in the collection, treatment, and disposal of waster materials, including the local hauling of waster materials; operating materials recovery facilities; providing remediation services; and providing septic pumping and other miscellaneous waste management services.
Wholesale trade means establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchase or sale of:
1. Goods for resale;
2. Capital or durable nonconsumer goods;
3. Raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production.
Wood product manufacturing means establishments that manufacture wood products such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes, and prefabricated wood buildings. The term includes sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools.
SECTION 3: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-140, RMI (Multi-Family Intermediate) District, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-140. - RMI (Multi-Family Intermediate) District.
a) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the RMI Multi-Family Intermediate District:
1) Boarding house/rooming house.
2) Churches and religious institutions.
3) Free-standing self service facilities.
4) Multiple-family with a maximum gross density of 30 units per acre.
5) Parking lot/garages.
6) Townhome.
7) Two-family (duplex).
8) Fraternity or sorority house
b) Specific use permit. The following uses are permitted by specific use permit in the RMI district:
1) Accommodation.
2) Child and adult care services.
3) Educational institutions.
4) Health care and social assistance.
5) Personal and laundry services.
6) Telecommunications tower.
c) Lot size requirements. The lot size requirements in the RMI district are as follows:
1) Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.
2) Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
3) Minimum lot depth: 130 feet.
d) Bulk regulations. Bulk regulation requirements in the RMI district are as follows:
1) The maximum structure height as measured from the finished floor elevation of the first floor to the highest point of the roof: 50 feet.
2) Setbacks. The following are the minimum required setbacks in the RMI district:
a) Minimum front yard:
(1) 20 feet from all property boundaries abutting a right-of-way or road/access easement.
(2) 10 feet from all property boundaries abutting an alley.
b) Minimum side yard:
(1) Residential structures: Five feet.
(2) All other permitted and specific use permit uses: 25 feet.
c) Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.
3) Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent.
e) Exceptions. The following are the exceptions in the RMI district.
1) For all structures, the minimum side yard for this district shall be increased an additional three feet for each adjacent story above the first story.
2) Townhomes are exempt from the lot size and lot coverage requirements; any exterior building(s) shall have a minimum side setback of eight feet.
3) Residential structures not divided into dwelling units shall have densities determined as:
[a)] Each two sleeping rooms for single or double occupancy shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit; and
[b)] Each four beds, in sleeping rooms that contain beds for more than two persons, shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit.
4) More than one principal residential structure may be located on a lot.
5) A structure being built for a fraternity or sorority house shall be built to have a residential appearance, which shall include:
a) Front porch
b) Street facing facades shall be constructed of masonry material (which can include brick, cast stone, stone, EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems), and stucco) at least 50 percent of which shall be brick or stone
c) A landscape plan shall be submitted, which meets the requirements of 23-230 (f).
6) All fraternity and sorority houses shall have a maximum height of 2 stories for any portion of a structure that is within 30 feet of a single-family residential zoning district or use.
SECTION 4: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-141, RMU (Multi-Family Urban) District, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-141. -Â RMUÂ (Multi-Family Urban) District.
a) Permitted uses. The following uses will be permitted by right in the RMU Multi-Family Urban District:
1) Boarding house/rooming house.
2) Churches and religious institutions.
3) Free-standing self service facilities.
4) Mixed-use.
5) Multiple-family with a maximum gross density of 50 units per acre.
6) Parking lot/garages.
7) Fraternity or sorority house
b) Specific use permit.The following uses are permitted by specific use permit in the RMU district:
1) Accommodation.
2) Child and adult care services.
3) Educational institutions.
4) Personal and laundry services.
5) Telecommunications tower.
c) Lot size requirements. Lot size requirements in the RMU district are as follows:
1) Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.
2) Minimum lot width: 60 feet.
3) Minimum lot depth: 130 feet.
d) Bulk regulations. Bulk regulation requirements in the RMU district are as follows:
1) The maximum structure height as measured from the finished floor elevation of the first floor to the highest point of the roof: 50 feet.
2) Setbacks. The following are the minimum required setbacks in the RMU district:
a) Minimum front yard:
(1) 20 feet from all property boundaries abutting a right-of-way or road/access easement.
(2) 10 feet from all property boundaries abutting an alley.
b) Minimum side yard:
(1) Residential structures: 15 feet.
(2) Fraternity or sorority houses: When a side yard has a common boundary with property in any single-family residential district or use, the minimum setback is 15 feet. When a side yard has a common boundary with property in any other district or use, the minimum setback is 5 feet.
(3)[(2)] All other permitted and specific use permit uses: 25 feet.
c) Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
3) Maximum lot coverage: 60 percent.
e) Exceptions. The following are the exceptions in the RMU district:
1)[(4)] For all structures, the minimum side yard for this district shall be increased an additional three feet for each adjacent story above the first story.
2)[(5)] Townhomes are exempt from the lot size and lot coverage requirements; any exterior building(s) shall have a minimum side setback of eight feet.
3)[(6)] Residential structures not divided into dwelling units shall have densities determined as:
[a)] Each two sleeping rooms for single or double occupancy shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit; and
[b)] Each four beds ,in sleeping rooms that contain beds for more than two persons, shall be deemed to constitute one dwelling unit.
4)[7)] More than one principal residential structure may be located on a lot.
5) A structure being built for a fraternity or sorority house shall be built to have a residential appearance, which shall include:
a) Front porch
b) Street facing facades shall be constructed of masonry material (which can include brick, cast stone, stone, EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems), and stucco) at least 50 percent of which shall be brick or stone
c) A landscape plan shall be submitted, which meets the requirements of 23-230 (f).
6) All fraternity and sorority houses shall have a maximum height of 2 stories for any portion of a structure that is within 30 feet of a single-family residential zoning district or use.
SECTION 5: That Stillwater City Code, Chapter 23, Land Development Code, Article VI, Land Use Classifications, Division 3, Residential Districts, Section 23-230, Generally, be amended as follows:
Sec. 23-230. - Generally.
a) Purpose and intent. These regulations have been adopted for the purpose and intent of:
1) Ensuring minimal conflict between placement of trees and other landscaping, and both overhead and underground utility lines;
2) Providing for landscaping and trees to shade buildings and paved surfaces and to reduce the amount of runoff, erosion, reflected heat, air pollution, wind, and noise:
3) Improving the attractiveness of the city as a place for economic growth and the general safety of developments; and
4) Providing screening between incompatible land uses.
b) Tree classification. The planning commission shall establish classifications of trees by category of small, medium, and large based on growth characteristics for the purpose of implementing this chapter.
c) General planting and maintenance standards. The following requirements set forth in this section are applicable to trees on both public and private property:
1) The requirements for tree and other landscape material locations are:
a) Except for areas zoned CB, or in the case of P districts located immediately adjacent to a CB district, trees shall be planted no closer to any public curb or sidewalk than three feet for small trees, four feet for medium trees, and five feet for large trees;
b) Except for areas zoned CB, or in the case of P districts located immediately adjacent to a CB district, landscaping and trees shall be planted to maintain clear vision at intersections;
c) Trees planted in the public right-of-way must be of a type which will grow tall enough so that they will not block vision of drivers to see other traffic, pedestrians, signage and traffic control devices;
d) Landscape material shall be planted in such a way as to not obstruct access to a fire hydrant, utility meters or utility poles;
e) Only those trees listed as small trees may be planted under or within ten lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five lateral feet of any underground water, sewer, electric, telephone, cable or natural gas line. Any tree which is planted within a dedicated easement will be subject to damage, pruning and removal, as necessary, to allow full utilization of the easement and maintenance of utilities contained therein;
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