(a) General description. The Neighborhood Business District is established to reserve areas for low-intensity business centers which are accessible to pedestrians from the surrounding residential neighborhood. The intent of the district is to provide for the daily convenience and personal service needs of the surrounding residential neighborhood while minimizing conflicts with surrounding residential uses. This district is designed to be located within or adjacent to residential neighborhoods where large commercial operations are inappropriate, but where small neighborhood oriented businesses are useful and desirable.
(b) Allowable land uses. All permitted uses, special uses, conditional uses and uses expressly prohibited are identified in subsection 7-8-1(d), Table of Permitted Uses. Standards for special uses and conditional uses can be found in article XVI of this chapter.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Reserved.
(e) Reserved.
(f) Development standards.
(1) Density standards. The maximum residential density per acre within the Neighborhood Business District shall be 12 dwelling units.
(2) Structure size standards. New structures in the Neighborhood Business District shall not exceed a total of 3,000 square feet in gross floor area for one story structures. Multiple story structures may have a gross floor area of up to 6,000 square feet if residential uses are provided on the upper floor(s).
(3) Lot size standards. None.
(4) Lot width standards. None required.
(5) Setback standards. The following minimum setbacks shall be required for uses in the Neighborhood Business District.
Front: 15 feet, except that the minimum setback may be reduced to zero feet in pedestrian-oriented areas where road widening is not anticipated provided that all parking is located to the side or rear and not closer to the street than the façade of the principal structure, and where pedestrian-oriented design features are incorporated in building and site design.
Side: None required.
Rear: None required.
Corner lot, street side: 15 ft.
The landscape and buffering standards (section 7-11-3) may require additional setback; if so, the most restrictive requirement shall apply.
The minimum spacing between structures shall, in addition, be as per the Asheville Fire Prevention Code.
(6) Impervious surface standards. None.
(7) Height standards. The maximum height of structures in the Neighborhood Business District shall be 40 feet.
(8) Landscaping/buffering standards. Landscaping and/or buffering shall be provided as required by section 7-11-3
of this chapter.
(9) Parking/loading standards. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required by section 7-11-2 of this chapter. No parking shall be permitted in any required setback. Parking must be provided at the side or rear and not closer to the street than the edge of the building. Uses in the Neighborhood Business District are permitted a 30 percent reduction in the minimum number of parking spaces required by section 7-11-2.
(10) Sidewalk standards. Sidewalks shall be provided as required by and pursuant to the requirements for sidewalks as set forth in subsection 7-11-8 of this chapter.
(11) Access standards. None.
(12) Open space standards. Open space shall be provided as required by section 7-11-4 of this chapter.
(13) Design and operation standards. All activities associated with non-residential uses, including deliveries and refuse collection, shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(14) Emergency wireless communications. Communication requirements shall be provided as required by section 7-11-9 of this chapter.
(15) Drive-through facilities. Uses with drive-through facilities are prohibited in the district.
(16) Outdoor storage. Outdoor storage is prohibited in the district.
(17) Outdoor loudspeaker systems. Outdoor loudspeaker systems are prohibited in the district.
(Ord. No. 2369, § 1, 5-27-97; Ord. No. 2664, § 1(h), 2-8-00; Ord. No. 2904, § 1(h), 3-12-02; Ord. No. 3010, § 1(b), 3- 25-03; Ord. No. 3156, § 1, 8-24-04; Ord. No. 3272, § 1(b), 7-26-05; Ord. No. 3279, § 1, 9-13-05; Ord. No. 3483, § 1(b), 6-2-07; Ord. No. 3583, § 1(a), 2-12-08; Ord. No. 3643, § 1b, 7-22-08; Ord. No. 3959, §§ 1c—e, n, p, 4-12-11; Ord. No. 4361, § 1m, 3-23-21; Ord. No. 4961, § 1a, 7-26-22)