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ORDINANCE NO. 6 3 8
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING NON-RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ADDING CHAPTER 17.44 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF JACKSONVILLE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code
of Jacksonville, Arkansas, Chapter 17.44, which reads as follows:
CHAPTER 17.44
NON-RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS
Sections:
17.44.010
17.44.020
17.44.030
17.44.040
17.44.050
17.44.060
17.44.070
General
Right-of-Way and Pavement Width & Thickness
Street Design
Industrial
Commercial
Provisions of Open Drainage
Internal Circulation
17.44.010
General
In addition to the principles and standards in these reg-
ulations, which are appropriate to the planning of all sub-
divisions, the applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Planning Commission that the street, parcel and block
pattern of all proposed non-residential sub~ivisions are adapted
to the uses anticipated and that the prospective physical impact
on adjacent areas has been taken into account. The following
general principles and standards shall be observed:
1. Commercial/office subdivisions abutting residential
subdivisions or areas zoned for residential use shall
protect such areas from potential nuisance by pro-
viding a minimum forty-foot buffer strip or a fence
not less than six feet in height with a buffer of
twenty-five feet. Where possible, existing plant
materials within the buffer strip shall be maintained.
If not possible, suitable landscaping including trees,
ground cover and other plant material natural to the
area shall be provided. No building or outside stor-
age shall be constructed in the buffer area. Parking
areas will be allowed in the last twent,y feet of the
buffer area. The six-foot fence shall be of wood,
masonry, or metal construction and shall extend along
the entire property line abutting the residential
areas as specified above.
2. Industrial subdivisions abutting residential subdivi-
sions or areas zoned for residential use shall protect
such areas from potential nuisance by providing a
minimum fifty-foot buffer strip and a fence not less
than six feet in height. Where possible, existing plant
materials within the buffer strip shall be maintained.
If not possible, suitable landscaping including trees,
ground cover and other plant material natural to the
area shall be provided. No building or outside storage
shall be constructed in the buffer area. No parking
areas will be allowed in the first thirty feet of the
buffer area. The six-foot fence shall be of wood,
masonry, or metal construction and shall extend along
the entire property line abutting the residential areas
as specified above.
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3. The Planning Commission shall require the subdivider
to file a proposed subdivision phasing plan providing
for continuity of development and individual phases
of reasonable proportions. Single lot final plats
and plats which create discontinuity within the dev-
elopment may be prohibited by the Planning Commission.
4. The Planning Commission may at its option, impose
special requirements with respect to public utilities,
streets, gutters, and sidewalk design and construction
to ensure compliance with the purpose and intent of
these regulations.
17.44.020 Right-of-Way and Pavement Width & Thickness
Perimeter streets abutting a proposed commercial subdivi-
sion shall be developed in accordance with the Master Street
Plan. Where an internalized system of public streets or pri-
vate service easements is proposed for commercial subdivision,
the following design standards shall be observed:
MIN. MIN.
R.O.W. PAVING PAVEMENT BASE
STREET TYPE Width WIDTH SIDEWALKS THICKNESS THICKNESS
Commercial Street 60 ft. 40 ft. Both sides 2" 8"
Minor Commercial Street 50 ft. 27 ft. Both sides 2" 6"
(A cul-de-sac not more
than 300 ft. long)
Alley (when required) 20 ft. 17 ft. NA 2" 6"
Industrial Streets 60 ft. 36 ft. 3" 10"
Cul-de-sac
Turnaround 130 ft. 100 ft.
Diameter Diameter see above
However no developer will be required to pave more than forty feet
or reserve more than one hundred feet of right-of-way.
17.44.030 Street Design
In general non-residential subdivisions shall conform to
requirements of the Master Street Plan. The following street
design standards shall be required for non-residential subdivisions.
l. Street Grades - The maximum allowable grade shall be
nine percent on all streets within the subdivision or
on a boundary street of a subdivision where there are
lots having access from the boundary street.
2. Intersections - The property line radius at street or
alley intersections shall be a minimum of fifty feet
for industrial and thirty feet for commercial, and if
the angle of street or alley intersections is less
than ninety degrees, the Planning Commission may re-
quire a greater radius.
3. Curb Line - Street or alley intersections shall have
at least thirty-foot radius on commercial property.
Where the angle of street or alley intersections is
less than ninety degrees, the Planning Commission may
require both a greater radius, and intersection design
sufficient to accommodate turning movements of WB-SO
vehicles.
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17.44.040 Industrial
Building Lines and Lot Coverage - Building lines and set-
back lines shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet from all in-
dustrial streets, property lines, and a minimum of seventy feet
from all arterial street property lines. The building lines
shall be a minimum of twenty feet from all other property lines.
One half of any adjacent permanent open space or easement re-
tained by grantor for utility or other purposes or dedicated to
the public shall be allowed as part of the required twenty feet
building line requirements except that, in no case shall the
total separation between buildings on adjacent tracts or lots
be less than fifty feet. Building coverage shall not exceed
fifty percent of the lot area.
17.44.050 Commercial
Platted Building Line - Front yard building lines for
commercial lots shall be at least thirty feet from the street
right-of-way to ensure adequate space for landscaping, off-
street parking, loading facilities, and internal vehicular
movement. Where a landscaped green area is substituted for
parking and vehicular movement area between the building line
and the street right-of-way,.., ~ A twenty feet front yard
setback may be approved by the Planning Commission. Approval
of the twenty feet commercial building line shall be permitted
on all lots fronting on streets as defined in this ordinance
and shall be contingent upon submission of both a site plan
dimensioning the landscaped area and a Bill of Assurance pro-
hibiting use of the yard area for parking. Such landscaped
areas may be traversed by not more than two driveways provid-
ing access to the sides and rear of the lot. Side yards for
commercial property abutting other commercial property shall
be fifteen feet.
17.44.060 Provisions of Open Drainage
The following improvements and requirements are alterna-
tives ln lieu of curb and gutter and underground drainage:
1. Pavement width for minor streets shall be a minimum
of twenty-eight feet with six-foot paved shoulders.
These shoulders shall be designed to meet at least
seventy-five percent of the design requirements for
the pavement. A double surface treatment may be used
for these shoulders.
2. Open drainage ditches will be permitted at street
rights-of-way or easements, provided they meet the
following requirements:
a. The side slopes shall commence a minimum of four
feet from the edge of the paved shoulders.
b. The side slope for both slopes of an earthen ditch
shall be at a three to one or lesser slope. For
concrete,lined or ditches with riprap, a two to one
slope is permissible with the approval of the
Engineering Department.
c. The maximum high water ditch elevation shall be a
minimum of six inches below the bottom of the base
of the paved shoulder.
d. Street shoulder, right-of-way width shall be a
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minimum of ten feet beyond the top of the back
slope requirements.
e. Concrete head walls riprap and/or flume type
structures as required by the Engineering Depart-
ment shall be required for all underground
facilities.
f. Bill of Assurance will require the adjoining
property owners to mow and maintain the right-of-
way and/or drainage easements adjacent to his
property. Upon proper notice, if the property
owner does not comply with the notice, the area
may be mowed by the City, and the property owner
billed as per the procedure on vacant lots within
the City.
g. All required drainage ditches shall be designed
for appropriate erosion control (such as sodding,
ditch checks, riprap, ditch paving, or other ac-
cepted engineering practices).
h. In case 'of open drainage within the street right-
of-way the widths shown on part B shall be in-
creased by a minimum of six feet.
17.44.070 Internal Circulation
Where any commercia'l subdivision has in excess of three hun-
dred feet of frontage on an arterial street, special provisions
for internal circulation shall be required to ensure proper'.in-
with egress. Alternative design solutions which may be required
by the Planning Commission depending upon the circumstances unique
to each situation include provision of public commercial streets,
service easements, curb cuts, or some combination thereof.
Service Easements - Where a non-residential subdivision re-
quires the creation of an internalized circulation system to
provide acc es s - to mul tipl e lo ts and bui lding cttj'es, the
Planning Commission may at its option, authorize the use of a
service easement in lieu of public commercial streets. Re-
quests for such variance shall be submitted in writing by the
subdivider when the plat is submi t ted 'for prel iminary ap-
proval and shall present justification for such action. Pri-
vate service easements shall be built to public street staft~.
dards except where, in the opinion of the staff and the Plan-
ning Commission, a reduced p~vement width is deemed suffi-
cient to ensure safe and convenient access to the lots and
otherwise fully complies in all respects with the purpose and
intent of this ordinance. Design of service easements shall be
subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer.
SECTION 2. Severability
If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional _
by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance. The City Council of this City hereby declares
that it would have adopted this ordinance and each subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that anyone or more subsections, clauses, sentences, phrases
or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 3. All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 18 DAY OF June
, 1981.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATrrORNEY
(flIfr.J:{GE]:\JCY CIAUSE NOT .I:!J:.~'tC'l~U. ORDINANCE
~'lr~~CTIVE 18TH DAY Ul:' JULY, 1981)