Sec. 656.369. - Springfield performance standards and development criteria.

The following permitted uses or permissible uses by exception shall meet the performance standards and criteria listed under each use. These uses are in addition to, rather than in lieu of, the supplementary regulations of Section 656.401 , as applicable. (a) Interior apartments. Interior apartments shall be allowed subject to the following criteria: (1) Interior apartments are limited to one single-family unit per lot and shall be allowed within structures over 1,600 square feet. (2) Within the RMD-S District, the owner of a principal structure with an interior apartment must reside on the premises. (3) The maximum size of the interior apartment shall not exceed 1,000 square feet or 25 percent of the principal structure floor area, whichever is less. If the property also has a home occupation operating under the provisions of this Section, the total floor area devoted to both uses shall not exceed 1,250 square feet or 35 percent of the floor area of the residence, whichever is less. (4) Within the RMD-S District, rear or side entrances for interior apartments shall be required unless the original design of the contributing structure has a front entrance for the interior apartment. (b) Garage apartments. Garage apartments shall be allowed subject to the following criteria: (1) Garage apartments must be located behind the primary structure. (2) There should be a visual relationship to the main house. For new structures this shall be accomplished through similar roof shape, porches, paint color, and other physical characteristics. For existing structures this shall be accomplished through similar paint colors and other physical characteristics. (3) The building footprint shall be limited to 25 percent of the gross floor area of principal structure on the lot, or 750 square feet, whichever is less. (c) Home occupations. Home occupations shall be allowed subject to the following criteria: (1) Home occupations are intended to be small-scale, limited businesses that do not detract from the residential character of the neighborhood. Home occupations shall be accessory to the principal residential use. Home occupations shall meet the following standards: (A) Home occupations may occupy up to 500 square feet or 25 percent of the floor area of the residence, whichever is less. If the property also has an accessory apartment, total floor area devoted to both uses shall not exceed 1,250 square feet or 35 percent of the floor area of the residence, whichever is less. (B) Home occupations must be operated by a homeowner whose principal residence is on-site. (C) Home occupations shall have no more than three persons engaged in operating the businesses at one time. (D) A nonilluminated wooden sign, not exceeding ten square feet, may be placed on the front wall of the residence. No other changes in the outside appearance of the building or visible evidence of the conduct of the home occupation shall be allowed. (E) Home occupation retail uses allowed include antique shops, bakeries (not wholesale), clothing shops, studios, small appliance repair shops, florists, hand craft shops for custom work (no noise, odor, or chemical waste), secondhand stores, and specialty shops. Other allowed home occupation uses include: professional and medical offices, music lessons, photography studios, tutoring and E-businesses. (F) Prohibited home occupations shall include, but are not limited to, the following: beauty/barber shops, group instruction with over two students, outdoor repair shops, taxi or limousine services, on-premises food or drink sales, and auto repairs. (G) Home occupations generally may not generate more than four clients/customers at one time and 20 per day. (H) Hours of operation for retail uses must be between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Hours of operation for other uses may continue until 9:00 p.m., by appointment only. (I) No outdoor storage or display shall be allowed. (J) No flammable or hazardous materials shall be stored on premises. (K) There will be no equipment or process used in the home occupations which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the property. (L) In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in the radio or television receiver off the premises or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises. (M) No home occupation shall be conducted in an open porch, carport, shed, temporary building, or on the grounds. Activities must be confined to the principal or accessory structure. (N) Any supplies stored on the premises shall be for the purpose of maintaining and operating the home occupation. (O) The address of the home occupation shall not be advertised. (P) The business shall not in any manner deal in firearms or ammunition. (Q) Business deliveries by trucks larger than three quarter ton trucks shall not be allowed. Deliveries must occur between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (d) Live-work lofts. (1) Live-work lofts shall be allowed in original use nonresidential existing buildings that are over 7,500 square feet in size. (2) Minimum unit size of live-work loft units is 850 square feet. (3) Buildings with live-work loft units may devote up to 20 percent of interior building space for community/assembly/recreational purposes intended for the use of building and neighborhood residents. (4) Buildings with live-work loft units may devote up to 15 percent of building space for supportive retail or service use. (e) Off-street parking lots. (1) Off-street parking lots must be accessed only from a rear alley. (2) Off-street parking lots must be set back at least 20 feet from the front property line and must be screened from non-alley rights-of-way by a wall, fence, or hedge that is at least four feet in height. Parking lots in the CCG-S district must meet the standards for that district. (f) Rooming houses are no longer permitted in the districts. Rooming houses may continue if they comply with the standards and criteria of this subsection within one year from the effective date of this legislation. Beginning November 1, 2008 and thereafter, all rooming houses shall provide the following information to the Director: (1) Information showing or depicting the accurate square footage of the facility's livable interior space and number of habitable rooms, as it existed on December 21, 2000; and (2) Affidavit as to number of residents authorized to legally occupy the rooming house on or before December 21, 2000; and (3) Number of persons considered by the rooming house to be occupying the facility. Those rooming houses which provide the above information in a timely manner are considered legally non-conforming and shall be allowed to continue operation until such time as the legally non-conforming status ceases, as provided in this Chapter. As relating to the information submitted as required in this subsection, rooming houses shall not expand their square footage, relocate the facility or increase the number of residents in the facility. The City shall through annual inspections also ensure that such rooming house uses comply with the following standards, and if the property is not in compliance with the standards after a reasonable time allowed for correction of the violation, if the facility fails to timely submit the information required herein, or if the rooming house use intensifies, expands, or relocates, the rooming house use shall not be allowed to continue. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the zoning code, the occupancy of a rooming house shall not exceed any applicable occupancy limitation otherwise required by any federal, State or local law, rule or regulation. (1) Chain link fences shall not be allowed in any yards along public streets (not including alleys), and must be located at least six feet behind the closest vertical plane of the primary structure. (2) The use shall comply with all applicable City property maintenance and unsafe building codes. (3) Twenty-four-hour, on-site management shall be required. (Ord. 2000-302-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-1046-E, §§ 1, 2; Ord. 2017-36-E , § 6)