(A) General description. This commercial district is intended for a unified grouping, in one or more buildings, of retail shops and stores and personal services that provide for the regular needs and are for the convenience of the people residing in the adjacent residential neighborhoods. It is intended that the suburban convenience center be developed as a unit with adequate off-street parking space for customers and employees, and with appropriate landscaping and screening.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-1)
(B) Uses permitted. All buildings or uses hereafter established or enlarged shall comply with the conditions and restrictions enumerated below:
(1) Principal uses. Any of the following uses shall be permitted:
(a) Artist supplies and hobby shops;
(b) Automobile service stations;
(c) Bakery shops;
(d) Barber and beauty shops;
(e) Bookstores;
(f) Clothing or wearing apparel shops;
(g) Dairy products stores;
(h) Delicatessens;
(i) Drugstores;
(j) Florist shops;
(k) Gift shops;
(l) Grocery stores;
(m) Hardware stores;
(n) Jewelry stores;
(o) Laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations;
(p) Liquor stores;
(q) Medical facilities;
(r) Offices, general;
(s) Pharmacies;
(t) Public uses;
(u) Restaurants;
(v) Self-service laundries;
(w) Shoe repair shops;
(x) Tailor shops;
(y) Taverns;
(z) Toy stores; and
(aa) Variety stores.
(2) Other uses. Any other commercial uses deemed by the Board of Adjustment to be of a similar nature; and
(3) Accessory buildings and uses. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses shall be permitted.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-2)
(C) Area, setback and height regulations.
Min. Lot Area | Min. Lot Frontage | Max. Percent Coverage | Max. Height | Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback | Rear Yard Setback |
12,000 sq. ft. | 100’ | 50% | 35’ | 50’ | 10’ | 20’ |
(1) Minimum area. The parcel of land on which a convenience commercial center is located shall not be less than 12,000 square feet, nor more than two acres, in area.
(2) Yard requirements. It is intended that the grouping of buildings and parking areas be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the design of the shopping center provide less than the following standards.
(a) All buildings shall be set back from all street right-of-way lines not less than 50 feet.
(b) On the side of a lot adjoining a residential district, there shall be a side yard setback of one foot for each one foot of height.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-3)
(D) Bulk limitations; floor area ratio. In no instance shall the total floor space of the structures in this district exceed the relationship of one to four (1:4) (i.e., there must be provided four square feet of lot area to each one square foot of floor space in the structure).
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-4)
(E) Off-street parking. In the C-1 Convenience Commercial District, three square feet of off-street parking space, dedicated to parking and automobile maneuvering, must be provided for each one square foot of total floor space.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-5)
(F) Sewer service. No structure or use in any commercial district shall be erected or commenced which does not have a connection to the public sewer system, unless and until the county’s Health Officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be installed and operated effectively. As a basis for making his or her decision, the Health Officer may require such percolation tests as he or she deems to be necessary. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the landowner.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-6)
(G) Signs and billboards. All signs in the C-1 District shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach upon any public street or walk, except as provided by the applicable municipal codes; and, in addition, signs shall not overhang at a height of less than nine feet and shall not have a maximum projection greater than 72 inches.
(1) Projection sign. Any projection sign in the C-1 District shall not exceed 50 square feet in size, nor will it exceed the height of the building.
(2) Incandescent lighting. No source of incandescent lighting used for illuminating signs shall be directly visible from any street or highway or from any residence, hotel or from any room used for sleeping purposes.
(3) Red, green or amber illumination.
(a) The use of red, green or amber illumination in connection with any sign shall not be permitted within 100 feet of any intersection.
(b) Any use of red, green or amber illumination in connection with any sign must be so located that it in no way creates a confusion with any traffic signal or may be interpreted by any motorist as a traffic signaling device.
(4) Shopping centers. All advertising signs relating to a shopping center, and the stores and shops therein shall be designed as an integral part of the shopping center development and shall be harmonious with the other design features of the center.
(Prior Code, § 10-8A-7)
(Ord. 2009-3, passed 5-15-2009)