HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-02-07 OrdinanceCFDIWCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE R MING GWU 36, ENTITLED "ZCNING
ORDINANCE OF ME CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
IOWA CITY, IOWA, BY MMING SECTICN 36-15 THEREIN
To MN(E THE SETBACK REQUIRDI NTS FOR HIGH-RISE
DWELLINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE BiILDING CODE.
WERIAS, the Zoning Ordinance generally provides
for the setback of buildings fran property lines;
and
WHEREAS, in the FH -145 zone a high-rise dwelling
nBy be built on the property line provided no
windows are part of the zero lot line wall; and
WEREAS, the Building Code allows a building
setback that permits walls with %InJm to be on the
property line if the adjacent property is a
publiagy; and
VIU,EAS, the Zoning Ordinance is presently Imre
restrictive than the Building Code; and
WERFAS, the Building Code Provides sufficient
safeguards for the protection of people and prcpaty
as it is written.
BE IT OUINED BY THE CITY MXIL OF 11E CITY OF
IOWA CITY, IUA:
SECTION 1, That Chapter 36, "Zoning
Ordinance" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
lam City, Iowa, be, and the sore is hereby anended
by repealing Section 35-15(e)(5), and enacting in
lieu thereof a new section to be codified the soma
to read as follows:
Section 36-15(e)(5). Mininn yards:
Front - for high-rise drillings, 01; 20' for
all other uses.
Side - for high-rise dwellings, 0'; 5' for all
other uses.
Rear - for high-rise dwellings, 0% V for all
other uses.
SECTION II. REPEALER: All ordinances and Parts of
ordinarnces in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION TIE. SEVERABILITY: If any section, provi-
sion or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to
be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication
shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a
whole or any section, provision or part thereof not
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Ordinance No.
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SECTICN IV. EFFECTIVE DAlE: This Ordinance shall
be in effect after its final passage, approval and
publication as required by lay.
Passed and approved this
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ATTEST:
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