§ 3.3.4. Civic buildings.

A.

Intent and guiding illustrations: Civic buildings contain uses of special public importance and must be designed to physically express that prominence. Civic buildings include, but are not limited to, municipal buildings, churches, libraries, schools, day care centers, recreation facilities, and places of assembly. Civic buildings do not include retail buildings, residential buildings, electrical sub-stations, water treatment facilities, buildings with private offices, or other buildings and utilities similar in nature. The illustrations are advisory only.

B.

Standards for civic buildings:

1.

Civic buildings contain public or civic uses of special significance to residents, employees, or visitors.

2.

Civic buildings are used for the following purposes: community services, day care (as an accessory use), education, government, places of worship, or social services.

3.

Civic buildings must be designed to physically express their community prominence.

4.

Civic building lots are usually sited adjoining or surrounded by civic spaces or they provide a visual landmark by being placed at the axial termination of a street.

5.

In order to provide greater flexibility in building types and to allow more distinctive architectural expression, civic building lots do not have mandatory frontage percentages or street yard standards.

6.

Oversized civic building lots such as those sometimes required for public schools or for churches with regional congregations should be located at the periphery of the development districts and/or typically sized districts and neighborhoods so as not to impede the walkability of the remainder of the neighborhood.

7.

Parking shall match the requirements as detailed in city off street parking and loading (1250.13.1) or Village of Glen Carbon.

8.

Signage shall match the applicable requirements as specified in City of Edwardsville—Signs (Chapter 94) or Village of Glen Carbon (Chapter 15).

9.

Publicly owned civic buildings include municipal facilities, county government facilities, state government facilities, schools, publicly owned parks, and any taxing district facility. These publicly owned facilities have the following additional requirements:

a.

Notwithstanding the above, in any residential zone district all municipally or publicly owned buildings shall be located at least 25 feet from all property lines; lighting must be shielded from glare onto adjoining residential lots and dwellings; landscaping screening is required; and refuse containers should be screened as specified by the applicable jurisdiction.

b.

Any publicly owned county, municipal facilities or governmental building that is primarily used as an operational, maintenance, warehouse and/or storage service facility or any type of facility that includes a large open or enclosed parking/service/storage yard is only permitted in the mixed-use commercial district and/or the rural residential providing that they are adequately enclosed within a live planting screen and/or solid fence at least six feet in height per the standards within this Development Code. Any storage areas, maintenance yards, or storage warehouses shall be located at least 25 feet from any property line.

c.

Permitted uses include: municipal facilities, county government facilities, state government facilities, schools, publicly owned parks, and any taxing district facility. Use restrictions require that these uses shall be owned by a public taxing unit.

d.

There are no minimum lot area, width or depth requirements.

e.

There are no setback requirements except in residential areas as stated above.

f.

The maximum floor area ratio is two square feet of floor space for each one square foot of lot area.

g.

Maximum percentage of lot building coverage is 50 percent.

h.

The height limit is 70 feet.

(Ord. No. 6016-07-16, 7-19-2016)