(A) Purpose. This district is a limited retail classification intended for use near neighborhood areas for purposes of supplying day to day retail needs of the residents, such as food, drugs, and personal services. The zoning regulations of this district are designed to permit such local or neighborhood convenience stores to be located in close proximity to the residential areas they are intended to serve.
(B) Use regulations. Land and structures in this zoning district shall be used according to the regulations for this district as listed in § 154.010.
(C) Height regulations. The maximum height of any structure within this district shall be 45 feet.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) There shall be no minimum lot area for nonresidential uses in this district.
(2) The maximum building area for any office, store or other principal use offering the sale of goods or services to the public shall be 5,000 square feet.
(E) Yard regulations.
(1) The minimum front yard shall be 25 feet.
(2) There shall be no minimum side yard requirement, except on corner lots, where the side yard on the street side shall be 25 feet.
(3) The minimum rear yard shall be 15 feet.
(4) On any lot in this district used for commercial purposes which adjoins any residential district, he minimum building line setback adjacent to such residential district, shall be 20 feet. Within that 20-foot setback, a ten 10-foot wide landscaped buffer yard with no paving, dumpsters or other improvements shall be provided and the screening requirement of § 154.046 shall be complied with.
(F) Off-street parking.
(1) For each permissible use in this district, off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 154.070.
(2) A maximum of 40% percent of the curb line and parkway adjacent to property in this district shall be used for vehicular access to such property.
(G) Special conditions.
(1) No outside storage or display of goods, wares or merchandise shall be permitted in this district.
(2) No coin-operated amusement machines, devices, or apparatus shall be permitted unless permitted by other ordinances.
(3) All buildings hereafter constructed or placed in this district shall have both sides and the front of its exterior wall surface constructed of masonry and/or glass pane.
(4) All additions hereafter constructed to buildings in this district shall have at least 75% of its exterior wall surface constructed of masonry and/or glass pane.
(5) That portion of the addition that faces onto a dedicated city street shall have its construction conform to that of the existing building.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)