(A) Intent. The Class “C-4” District is intended primarily to provide for those business and commercial establishments serving the general retail shopping needs of those persons living in the unincorporated areas of the county.
(B) Principal uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in a Class “C-4” District:
(1) Retail, office, recreational and service establishments. These uses shall be wholly contained within a building; and
(2) Minimum side yard and rear yard setbacks of 50 feet shall be required when the following permitted principal uses abut a Class “R” District or platted residential subdivision:
(a) Bars, cocktail lounges, nightclubs and taverns;
(b) Entertainment and recreational uses, including billiard and pool halls, bowling alleys, ballrooms and dance halls, gymnasiums and other indoor recreational uses and buildings; and
(c) Restaurants, tearooms, cafeterias, cafés and soda fountains, including outdoor cafés and drive-in eating and dining places.
(1) Auction halls, barns and yards;
(2) Body and fender repair shops, including overall painting and upholstering, but not including motor vehicle wrecking or used parts yards or outside storage of component parts;
(3) Drive-in theaters;
(4) Exterminator sales when located within a completely enclosed building;
(5) Grading and excavating when development exceeds 5,000 square feet on a site containing 14 to 30% slopes and/or when development exceeds 1,000 square feet on a site containing 30 to 50% slopes, when not associated with a major or minor subdivision plat, subject to the provisions of § 154.066 of this chapter;
(6) Tire shops, including vulcanizing, retreading and recapping;
(7) Transmitting stations and towers;
(8) Outdoor entertainment and recreational uses, but only in conjunction with a principal use of entertainment and recreation as listed herein; and
(9) Sexually-oriented businesses, subject to the terms of County Ord. 8.101.
(D) Accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in a Class “C-4” District:
(1) Accessory uses and structures normally incidental and subordinate to one of the permitted principal or conditional uses, unless otherwise excluded;
(3) Storage of material or merchandise incidental to a permitted use, but not to exceed 40% of the floor area used for such use;
(4) Temporary roadside stands and Christmas tree lots, when approved by the Zoning Administrator for a specified time period, after which they shall be disassembled and removed at the end of the authorized period each year; and
(5) Storage warehouses in conjunction with the permitted principal uses or structures of this district.
(F) Height requirement. The maximum height of buildings and structures in a Class “C-4” District shall be three stories, or a special exception may be required.
(G) Setback requirements. The setback requirements for buildings and structures in a Class “C-4” District shall be as follows or a special exception may be required.
(1) The front yard setback shall be a minimum of 40 feet.
(2) The side yard setback shall be a minimum of 25 feet, except when such yard abuts a Class “A” or “R” District or platted residential subdivision, as provided herein.
(3) The rear yard setback shall be a minimum of 30 feet, except when such yard abuts a Class “A” or “R” District or platted residential subdivision, as provided herein.
(4) The minimum setback between buildings situated on the same site shall be ten feet.
(H) Lot size and coverage requirements. The minimum lot size and maximum lot coverage for uses in a Class “C-4” District shall be as follows, except as provided in § 154.047 of this chapter for lots not having common water and/or sewer facilities:
Use | Minimum Lot | Maximum Lot Coverage | ||
Area | Width | Depth
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Any permitted use | None | None | None | None |
(I) Special requirements; procedures. The owner or owners of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than five acres may submit to the Board of Supervisors a plan for the commercial use and development of such tract for the purpose of meeting the requirements of this section. Said plan shall be accompanied by evidence concerning the feasibility of the project and its effects on the surrounding property and shall include:
(1) A site plan defining the areas to be developed for buildings, the areas to be developed for parking, the location of sidewalks and driveways and the points of ingress and egress, including access streets where required, the location and height of walls, the location and type of landscaping and the location, size and number of signs;
(2) Where the tract is not served by a public or community sanitary sewer system, provisions shall be made for the disposal of sanitary sewage in such a manner as approved by the county’s Environmental Health Department and by the state’s Department of Public Health; and
(3) Said development plan shall be referred to the Zoning Commission for study and for report. The Commission shall review the conformity of the proposed development with the standards of the Comprehensive Plan, and with recognized principles of civic design, land use planning and landscape architecture. The Commission may approve the plan as submitted or, before approval, may require that the applicant modify, alter, adjust, or amend the plan as the Commission deems necessary to the end that it preserves the intent and purpose of this chapter to promote public health, safety, morals and general welfare. The development plan as approved by the Commission shall then be reported or may require such changes thereto as it deems necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this chapter. Upon approval of this plan, the Board shall then initiate a change in zoning of the subject tract of land in accordance with the provisions of §§ 154.220 through 154.229 of this chapter to the “C-4” District designation.
(Ord. passed - -2010)