Sec. 656.385. - Civic use.

(a) Land use. Land designated for civic use may include meeting halls, open-air community structures such as bandshells and pavilions, libraries, elementary and middle schools, day care centers, police stations, fire stations, post offices, private clubs, churches, playgrounds, museums, cultural societies and visual and performing arts buildings excluding adult entertainment facilities. (b) Land allocation. (1) Civic use lots shall be located within or adjacent to a square or park tract or on a lot terminating a street vista. (2) The developer shall covenant to construct a meeting hall on a civic use lot, on or adjacent to the mandatory square upon the sale of 50 percent of the lots and/or units of the neighborhood proper. (c) Lots and buildings. Buildings located on civic use lots shall not exceed 40 feet in height, excluding spires, cupolas, monuments, flag poles, and chimneys. (d) Parking. (1) The number of required parking spaces for civic uses shall be in accordance with Part 6 of this Chapter; however, required parking may be provided within a 600-foot radius of the civic use facility provided that the required parking is under common lease or ownership with the civic use building it serves and that the same is approved at a public hearing. (2) Civic uses within or adjacent to a public use tract may utilize the on-street parking fronting the public use tract toward its parking requirement. (3) When on-site parking is provided, no less than 75 percent of the off-street parking places shall be to the rear of the building. Access may be through the frontage. (e) Signage. Two wall signs shall be permitted for each structure, not to exceed a combined total of eight square feet. (Ord. 94-607-773, § 1)