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§ 14-404. SP-INS, Institutional (Special Purpose) District. Share Download Bookmark Print (1) Purpose. The SP-INS, Institutional (Special Purpose) district is intended to encourage the development of institutional uses, commercially-related facilities to service the institutional complex and area, and certain other nonresidential uses in accordance with an approved master plan, subject to certain limitations on the type of use and certain requirements for total area, gross floor area, percentage of land coverage, setbacks, off-street parking, off-street loading spaces, and signs. Share Download Bookmark Print (2) Use Regulations. Uses are allowed in SP-INS districts in accordance with Table 14-602-4 . Multiple principal uses and principal structures are allowed on a single lot in the SP-INS district. Share Download Bookmark Print (3) Area Regulations. (a) District Area and Boundaries. An SP-INS district must contain at least five acres of contiguous land area. (b) Gross Floor Area. The gross floor area of all buildings may not exceed four hundred percent (400%) of the total area of the SP-INS district, exclusive of streets. (c) Occupied Area. Not more than seventy percent (70%) of the SP-INS district area, exclusive of streets, may be occupied by buildings. (d) Yards. 300 No front, side, or rear yards are required in this district, provided that, if an SP-INS-zoned lot is adjacent to a lot in a Residential district, the minimum required front setback for a building or portion of a building located on the SP-INS lot shall be the minimum front setback required in the most restrictive adjacent Residential district. Notes 300 Amended, Bill No. 130060 (approved April 2, 2013); amended, Bill No. 210075 (approved March 29, 2021). Share Download Bookmark Print (4) Height and Massing Regulations. (a) There are no height or massing regulations in this district, except as provided in § 14-404(4) (b) below. (b) If an SP-INS-zoned lot is adjacent to a lot in a Residential district, the maximum permitted building height for a portion of a building in the SP-INS district located within 50 ft. of that residential lot line shall be 20 ft. greater than the maximum permitted building height in the most restrictive Residential district adjacent to that portion of the lot. 301 Notes 301 Amended, Bill No. 120774-A (approved January 14, 2013). Disclaimer: This Code of Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality.