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The following development standards are required in order to promote the intent of the ACO district and meet the goals and objectives of Jasper County.

A. Effect on Development Standards of the Base Zoning. All development standards in the base zoning district shall survive except as described in subsections (B), (C), and (D) of this section, ACO district development standards.

B. Cross Reference.

1. Indiana Department of Transportation. New structures and additions or alterations to existing structures are subject to review by the Indiana Department of Transportation when within five (5) nautical miles of the airport facility. All developments in this area shall review IC 8-21-10 for determination of applicability and notification standards.

2. Plan Commission. Any Unified Development Code amendment or rezoning which results in an allowance for tall structures or noise sensitive land uses within five (5) nautical miles of the airport, or that allows structures greater than 500 feet above ground level shall comply with IC 8-21-10 and 36-7-4-604(i).

3. Board of Zoning Appeals. Any request for a variance that may result in a structure’s height exceeding the thresholds outlined in IC 8-21-10 shall comply with IC 36-7-4-918.5.

4. Aviation Board.

C. Within 10,000 Feet of the Airport. When the airport facility is fully or partially located within 10,000 feet from the boundary of the subject property, the following development standards apply:

1. Waiver to Not Remonstrate. All land uses, regardless of whether they are currently considered noise sensitive or not, shall be required to sign a waiver indicating that neither they, nor their heirs, assigns, or successors, shall have the right to remonstrate against the airport’s operations or any future airport expansions; that they understand that the airport facility is expected to expand; and that they understand that the frequency of aircraft, hours of aircraft operation, and types of aircraft will likely expand. The waiver shall be signed and placed in the Zoning Administrator’s files prior to granting an initial improvement location permit. The waiver shall also be recorded at the Jasper County Recorder’s Office within seven (7) days of the improvement location permit’s issuance or else the improvement location permit shall be void.

2. Storm Water Management. Management of on-site storm water shall be achieved by drainage swales, under drains, detention ponds (i.e., dry ponds), and/or piping the water to a retention pond facility outside of the 10,000-foot buffer around the airport. Detention ponds and swales shall have under-drains to help dissipate water, and shall be designed to fully drain within forty-eight (48) hours of a one percent (1%) chance storm event.

D. Within One (1) Nautical Mile.

1. Maximum Lot Coverage. Twenty-five percent (25%) for single-family residential, thirty-vie percent (35%) for multiple-family and manufactured home park, fifty percent (50%) for commercial and institutional, and sixty-five percent (65%) for industrial zoning districts.

2. Landscaping Standards.

a. Minimize Attractiveness. Landscaping within the ACO district shall be designed and maintained to minimize its attractiveness to wildlife.

b. Turf Grass. At least eighty percent (80%) of all land not covered by a building, structure, wetland, creek, natural lake, or woodlot shall be maintained with turf grass.

3. Lighting Standards. Adjustments to lighting standards are as follows:

a. Fixture Limitations. No parking lot lighting, street lighting, exterior building lighting, or landscape lighting shall be allowed to project upward or horizontally. All lighting mounted on a pole, structure, or building shall be a full cutoff fixture.

b. Movement Limitations. No lighting shall spin, oscillate, or blink within the ACO district, except the airport’s fixtures and equipment installed on or off the airport property.

4. Location Standards. No building or tower shall be located within 1,000 feet of a runway unless it is used as a part of the airport facility or aviation operation.

5. Airport Noise. The noise restrictions in Chapter 20.50 JCC, Development Standards, shall not apply to the airport, airport facility, or aircraft operations.

6. Noise Mitigation. Any permitted primary structures used for office, institutional, residential, or medical purposes are encouraged to be constructed to a Sound Transmission Class of 50.

7. Site Design Standards. Site design of any property or design of any structure shall not resemble an airport, taxiway, or runway.

8. Setback from Airport. All buildings and towers, except structures of the airport, shall be set back at least 100 feet from airport property; and at least 500 feet from the centerline of each existing and proposed runway, and from an imaginary line extending the centerline of the existing and proposed runways by 1,500 feet.

9. Condition of a Variance. As a condition of approval as a special exception, the Board of Zoning Appeals may require a wildlife mitigation plan be prepared and implemented according to FAA Advisory Circular and other FAA published guidance, and require assurances that any current or future wildlife hazards are addressed immediately.

E. Discretion of the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator may require additional and reasonable development standards that serve the district’s intent when necessary. [Ord. 12-27-11 § 3.05.]