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The purpose of the Limited Commercial District is to provide for the orderly development of neighborhood-oriented small businesses and personal service uses, particularly those serving the personal service needs of residents. Because commercial establishments within the LC District are closely associated with the residential land uses, more restrictive requirements related to size and scale, traffic control and landscaping are needed than in other commercial districts.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
(a) Administrative, business or professional offices of not more than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area consisting of:
(1) Brokers and dealers in securities, investments and associated services, not including commercial banks and savings institutions.
(2) Insurance agents and brokers and associated services.
(3) Real estate sales and associated services.
(4) Medical and medical-related activities, but not including veterinary offices or animal hospitals.
(5) Professional, legal, engineering and architectural services, not including the outside storage of equipment.
(6) Accounting, auditing and other bookkeeping services.
(b) Retail Stores of not more than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area, primarily engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption, and rendering services incidental to the sale of those goods; provided all storage and display of merchandise shall be within the principal structure; and not including drive-through establishments, or businesses selling gasoline or similar fuels. Examples include:
(1) Food and food products.
(2) Proprietary drug and hardware stores.
(3) Similar retail stores, consisting of: florists, gift, antique or second-hand stores, books and newspapers, sporting goods, jewelry, optical goods, and other retail stores which conform to the purpose and intent of the LC District.
(c) Personal Services, involving the care of the person and his/her personal effects, consisting of consumer services generally involving the care and maintenance of tangible personal property, except for motor vehicles. All structures shall have a gross floor area of not more than 5,000 square feet. Examples include:
(1) Restaurants, but not including restaurants with drive-through facilities and/or outside dining areas.
(2) Banks, savings and loans, and credit agencies, but not including establishments with drive-through facilities.
(3) Barber and beauty shops, having no more than four work stations.
(4) Funeral services.
(5) Human medical and/or dental clinics.
(6) Commercial photography.
(7) On-premises duplication services.
(d) Nursery schools and day care facilities.
(e) Churches and similar places of public assembly, provided the seating capacity of the primary assembly area is not more than 400 persons.
(f) Parks, governmental and community buildings.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
(a) Veterinary offices, not including outside boarding of animals. A Site Plan, pursuant to the standards of Section 1127.02(g) of this Ordinance, shall be required.
(b) Class I Type A group residential facilities, subject to the requirements of Section 1175.06 of this Ordinance.
(c) Class II Type A or B group residential facilities, subject to the requirements of Section 1175.06 of this Ordinance.
(e) Any permitted use with a gross floor area of more than 5,000 square feet.
(f) Similar small business uses consistent with the purposes of the LC District, subject to the approval of a Site Plan by the Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 1127.02(e) of this Ordinance.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)
(g) Automobile service and motor vehicle sales establishments. Businesses selling gasoline or similar fuels excluded. The business shall be accomplished inside the structure with no negative impact on the surrounding properties.
(Ord. 2015-16. Passed 2-24-15.)
(a) Site Plan. All conditional uses shall require a Site Plan, pursuant to Section 1127.02(g) of this Ordinance. The Site Plan shall be approved by the Code Inspector prior to issuance of a zoning permit.
(b) Lot Area. No minimum lot area is required; however, lot area shall be adequate to provide the required parking and yard areas.
(c) Lot Width. No minimum lot width is required; however all lots shall abut an improved public street designated as having not less than secondary collector status. All lots shall have adequate width to provide for required parking and yard area.
(d) Front Yard Setback. The minimum front yard setback shall be the average of the existing adjacent commercial structures on the same side of the street and facing thereon within the same block. Where there are no adjacent commercial structures, the front yard setback shall not be less than thirty (30) feet measured from the street right-of-way.
(e) Side Yards. Fifteen (15) feet, unless adjacent to any district where residences are a permitted use, wherein the side yard shall be no less than thirty (30) feet.
(f) Rear Yards. Twenty (20) feet, unless adjacent to any district where residences are a permitted use, wherein the rear yard shall be no less than forty (40) feet.
(g) Additional Yard and Pedestrian Areas. Where new development in the LC District is located adjacent to a district where residences are a permitted use, the Planning Commission may require that at least five percent (5%) of the lot area, exclusive of parking areas and public rights-of-way, shall be devoted to landscaped yards or pedestrian space.
(h) Maximum Building Size. Individual uses within LC District shall have usable floor area of not more than 5,000 square feet, even if such uses occupy more than one building. Any single building containing multiple uses within the LC District shall have a usable floor area of not more than 15,000 square feet.
(i) Lighting. Lighting fixtures within the LC District shall be so arranged, shielded and directed so as to not shine directly on any adjacent residential property.
(j) Parking and Loading. Parking and loading requirements shall be as specified in Chapter 1179 of this Ordinance. Parking areas shall be arranged so as to minimize the visual and functional impacts of business-related parking on any adjacent districts zoned for single family residences. In addition, parking spaces shall be designed to allow a minimum of five (5) feet between structure(s) and any parked vehicle.
(k) Landscaping/Screening. If side or rear yards are located adjacent to any areas where single-family residences are permitted uses, the screening of such yards shall be required. Such landscaping shall consist of walls, fences, mounding, natural vegetation or a combination of these elements, so as to meet the requirements of Chapter 1177 of this Ordinance.
(l) Trash and Garbage Control. All trash and garbage shall be stored in container systems which are located and enclosed so as to effectively screen them from view. The disposal of trash and maintenance of the area shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property.
(m) Outside Vending Machines. Freestanding vending machines located outside the primary or accessory structures, not including ATM machines, shall not be permitted in the LC District.
(Ord. 2009-85. Passed 12-8-09.)