Commercial Neighborhood districts provide small areas for offices, professional services, service, and shopfront retail uses-all designed in scale with surrounding residential uses. The district regulations are designed to protect and encourage the transitional character of the districts by permitting a limited group of uses of a commercial nature, and to protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards, which are comparable to those called for in the residential districts. These districts are also intended to reduce auto trips by permitting a limited group of commercial uses to be located in close proximity to residential areas.
These districts provide a balance of residential and nonresidential land-use opportunities, reflecting the economic needs of residents and business owners. "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood) districts implement the following policies by:
• Based on a comprehensive land-use plan, encouraging more intensive development in and near neighborhood centers with less intensive development between neighborhood centers, and implementing these changes through zoning; and
• Encouraging resident and employment growth within walking distance of the downtown area and neighborhood centers in order to support an inter- modal transportation system.
• "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood) districts are limit ed to:
• The intersection of arterial/collector, collector/collector, and collector/local street intersections, except where an existing commercial area has been established prior to the adoption of this chapter; or
• The interior of a block along an arterial or collector street that lies parallel to an existing commercial area.
(b) Dimensional Standards. The dimensional standards within the "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood) district are outlined in Table 1103-7 (see Figure 1103-4)
(c) Scale. In addition to the provisions set forth below, the following restrictions shall apply to the scale of buildings in each "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood) district. Individual buildings shall not exceed the following:
(1) 3,000 square feet of gross floor area for a single- use building; or
(2) 3,000-square-foot building footprint for a mixed- use building or a live-work unit, so long as the building does not exceed two stories.
(d) Design.
(1) Parking areas for new buildings or structures shall be located in the rear of the principal use or principal building. This subsection shall not apply to buildings that exist at the time of a rezoning to "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood)
(2) Parking areas for new buildings or structures shall be located in the rear of the principal use or principal building. This subsection shall not apply to buildings that exist at the time of a rezoning to "CN" (Commercial Neighborhood).
(3) Buildings shall be articulated so that façades which face public streets and exceed fifty (50) feet in horizontal length shall include vertical piers or other vertical visual elements to break the plane of the façade. Such vertical piers or any other vertical visual elements shall be between fifteen (15) and forty (40) feet apart along the façade. This provision does not apply to the conversion of a residential building to a commercial use.
(e) Service Entrances/Service Yards. Service entrances and service yards shall be located only in the rear or side yard of the business use. Service yards shall be screened from adjacent residential zones or uses by the installation and maintenance of a solid wall or fence having a height of at least four (4) feet or greater than six (6) feet, or vegetation having a minimum height of four (4) feet. Refuse enclosures shall be located at the rear of the site and screened with a wall and a gate.
(f) Building Design. Building design shall conform to the appropriate building type design standards (Section 1105.27 Building Design).
Zoning District | "CN" |
Lot size (minimum, square feet) | - |
Density (maximum, dwelling units per gross acre) | - |
Frontage (minimum, feet) | 10 |
Lot width (minimum, feet) | - |
Lot width (maximum, feet) | - |
Height (maximum, feet) | 35 |
Stories (maximum) | 2½ |
Front setback (minimum, feet) | 5 |
Maximum front setback (maximum, feet) | 20 |
Zoning District | "CN" |
Side setback (minimum, feet) | 0 |
Rear setback (minimum, feet) | 30 |
Lot coverage (maximum, percent) | 70 |
Maximum building size (individual) | 2,000 |
Maximum building size (aggregate) | 20,000 |
Minimum frontage built-out (percent) | 65 |
A dash ("-") means "not applicable."
(Ord. 32-2020. Passed 1-19-21.)