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Development standards are necessary to protect health, safety, welfare, and quality of life of the general public, property owners, airport operators, and aviation community, and to ensure compatible land uses in the vicinity of the airport. Development standards imposed within the airport compatibility overlay zones are in addition to the development standards of the underlying zoning district. Where standards imposed by the airport compatibility overlay zone conflict with standards of the underlying zoning district, the more restrictive standards shall be applied. Mixed use developments that propose both residential and nonresidential uses must meet applicable standards below.

A. Residential Development. When permitted by an underlying zoning district, residential subdivisions, on one acre or more, located within the airport compatibility overlay zones 3 through 5 shall meet the following standards:

1. When developing residential projects in the airport overlay zone, residential lots shall be located as far away from the runway centerline as possible and there shall be a minimum of five hundred feet from the end of any runway and the residential use.

2. Subdivisions and short subdivisions should be developed as cluster developments in airport overlay zones 3 through 5 and shall provide for open space areas to provide sites that are suitable for emergency aircraft landings.

B. Nonresidential Development. Existing or proposed structures located wholly or partly in zones 1 through 5 shall calculate maximum allowed building occupancy as follows:

1. Dividing the gross area of the building (in square feet) by the occupant load factor (in square feet per occupant), as set forth in the building code (as adopted by the city of Monroe), equals the maximum building occupancy.

2. Maximum building occupancy divided by gross site acreage equals maximum density of people per acre (nonresidential intensity).

C. Density Limits.

Land Use

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zone 5

Zones 6A and 6B

Maximum Residential Density (1)

0

0

1 du per 2 – 5 acres

1 du per 2 – 5 acres

1 du per 1 – 2 acres

No limit

Maximum Nonresidential Intensity (2)

(average number of people per acre)

20

75

120

150

150

No limit

Table Notes:

1Residential developments are only permitted in those underlying zoning districts that allow residential development.

2Infill development is permitted when it complies with the requirements of subsection (D) of this section.

D. Infill Development. Where substantial incompatible development already exists adjacent to the site of the proposal, additional infill development of similar or less intensive land uses may be allowed to occur even if such land uses are not allowed elsewhere in the airport compatibility overlay zones pursuant to Table 22.54.070: Land Use in Airport Compatibility Overlay Zones. This exception does not apply within zone 1 or 2. A parcel can be considered for infill development if it meets all of the following criteria:

1. The parcel is no larger than two acres.

2. The site is at least sixty-five percent bounded (excluding roads) by existing uses similar to, or more intensive than, those proposed.

3. The proposed project would not extend the perimeter of the area defined by the surrounding, already developed, incompatible uses.

4. The proposed project would not, in the case of a residential subdivision, have a density greater than the average of that on other parcels within three hundred feet of the perimeter of the parcel to be subdivided; or in the case of a nonresidential use, have a usage intensity more than fifty percent above the intensity permitted in accordance with this section.

E. The proposed project will not otherwise increase the intensity and/or incompatibility of the use through special use permits, density transfers, or subdivisions.

F. Noise originating from aircraft in flight and that is directly related to flight operations shall be expected to impact people in surrounding zones and is generally exempt from noise standards.

G. All building heights must conform to the standards provided by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Ord. 005/2019 § 10 (Exh. B))