The MR - General Business District provides a place for offices, personal services, and the retailing of durable and convenience goods for the community. Districts are located on major thoroughfares and collector
. Because these commercial uses are subject to public view and are important to the economy of the community, they
have ample parking, controlled traffic movement and suitable landscaping.
(A) Uses. Within the MR - General Business District, the uses are permitted:
(1)
and
.
(2) Animal hospitals or kennels.
(3) Automobile parts and suppliers, repair garages, excluding open storage of wrecked or inoperable vehicles.
(4) Automobile sales, new and used.
(5) Automobile washing establishments.
(6) Bakeries and retail.
(7) Banks, loan offices and agencies.
(8) Barbershops and beauty shops.
(9)
supply and equipment sales.
(10) Business, professional, government, religious, charitable offices or agencies.
(11)
.
(12) Churches.
(13) Computer, sales and services.
(14) Convenience stores with gas pumps, provided the pumps are located at least 15 feet from all
lines.
(15) Customary
and
when located on the same zoning lot as the principal
, excluding open storage.
(16) Dairy bars and ice cream manufacturing for retail sales on the premises only.
(17) Dry cleaning or laundry pickup stations.
(18) Drug stores.
(19) Electrical and electronic products, retail.
(20) Electric repair shops.
(21)
and
per § 154.105(G).
(22) Florists.
(23) Funeral homes or mortuaries.
(24) Furniture and household appliance stores.
(25) Gift shops.
(26) Greenhouses or horticultural nurseries.
(27) Grocery, food, fruit and meat stores.
(28) Hardware stores.
(29) Jewelry shops.
(30) Kindergartens and day nurseries, provided that outdoor play area is enclosed by a sturdy fence at least 5 feet in height.
(31) Laundromats and similar automatic laundries.
(32) Libraries, art galleries, museums, music or dancing institutions or schools.
(33) Locksmiths and gunsmiths.
(34) Newspaper offices.
(35)
.
(36) Office supplies and equipment, sales and services.
(37) Opticians.
(38) Photographic studios and camera supply stores.
(39) Physical fitness centers.
(40) Plumbing supply, retail.
(41) Printing, publishing and reproducing establishments.
(42) Public or privately owned medical and dental
, and offices where medical or dental services are rendered.
(43) Radio and television repair shops.
(44) Restaurants.
(45) Retail establishments such as a department, clothing, fabric, variety, floor covering, paint, antique, art goods, gift, music, toy, sporting goods, book and stationery, magazine, candy, tobacco, pet, hobby and craft stores, but not excluding similar retail outlets.
(46) Service stations, provided that all gasoline pumps and other stationary equipment
be located at least 15 feet behind the
line. Furthermore, all sides where the stations abut residential districts, a fence 6 feet in height and suitable landscaping
be provided.
(47) Shoe repair shops.
(48) Sign making and painting shops.
(49) Tailor and dressmaking shops.
(50) Wholesale and warehouse establishments except for the storage of uncured hides, explosives, oil products, gasoline, harmful or dangerous chemicals or materials, and the like.
(54)
as a secondary use by right to the primary use of indoor
in the Mills River General Business (MR-GB) District. A maximum of 2 machines
be allowed per establishment.
(55) be allowed as a secondary use as defined in this chapter. They not be allowed in except by a Minor as approved by the Board of Adjustment. Application for a include justification for why the panels must be placed in the and show that there is no practical alternative. be subject to the setback requirements for in each district. Stand-alone be limited to 10 feet in height. attached to be extend more than 5 feet above the . Stand-alone that are secondary uses to residential uses not be required to buffer. Stand-alone that are secondary uses to commercial uses be required to plant a along side and rear lines as defined in the zoning definitions. Residential panels not produce more than 150% of the power required for the site.
(56) Wind turbines be allowed in all districts under a under § 154.138. Wind turbines be required to have a setback from all lines of 2 times the fall radius of the wind turbine.
(B) Uses requiring a Minor .
(1) Commercial uses not otherwise named herein which come within the spirit and intent of this district; subject to a finding by the Board of Adjustment that both the conditions and the definition of in § 154.007(B) are met.
(2)
.
(3) Hotels, inns, and motels.
(4) Bowling alleys, skating rinks, miniature
, gymnasiums and other private or publicly owned and operated recreational facilities.
(5) Drive-in restaurants.
(6) Assembly halls, auditoriums and similar
.
(7) Mixed uses, where
are erected for both dwelling and business purposes, provided the
be furnished with
on each side of the
measuring not less than 8 feet in width. This regulation
not apply to the
side of a corner lot.
(8) Retail and wholesale sales and storage of propane, provided is obtained from appropriate fire marshal and the conditions and the definition of in § 154.007(B) are met.
(9) Structured Home Environments, subject to the conditions listed under § 154.085.
(C) Dimensional requirements. Within the MR- General Business District, as shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of Mills River, the
dimensional requirements
be met:
(1) There is no minimum lot size, however the
(s) footprint
cover no more than 50% of the total lot area.
(2) Minimum mean lot width: 75 feet.
(3) Minimum
setback from : 50 feet1.
(4) Minimum
setback from all other
: 40 feet.
(5) Minimum
setback: 30 feet.
(6) Minimum
setback for every
: 15 feet.
(7) Maximum height of
: 50 feet.
NOTE:
1 Where the
is more than 2 lanes, including parking lanes, setback requirements
be measured and begin at a point on the pavement 12 feet from the edge of the paved
abutting the subject
.
(D) Accessory .
(1) An
or use
be located in the
provided it is located not less than 10 feet from the
line. In the case of a corner lot with reversed frontage, no
extend beyond the
line of the lots in the rear.
(2) Whenever the location of an
abuts upon a residential use with no intervening
or highway or natural buffer, any
or parking area used for non-residential purposes
be screened with a
along the
line(s) as defined in § 154.007(B).
(E) Off- parking and loading requirement. Off-
parking as required by this section may be permitted in required
, but
not be closer than 10 feet from the front
line or any dedicated
right-of-way.
(F) Buffer/ requirements.
(1) Whenever any non-residential MR-General Business rear and/or side
line abuts upon a residential use with no intervening
or highway or natural buffer, any
or parking area used for non-residential purposes
be screened with a
along the
line(s) as defined in § 154.007(B).
(2) In all other cases, uses in the MR-General Business District
comply with applicable Landscaping and
requirements in the Town of Mills River Landscape Ordinances.
(Ord. passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. 00013, passed 7-29-2004; Am. Ord. passed 10-13-2005; Am. Ord. 00038, passed 11-21-2006; Am. Ord. 00055, passed 4-23-2009; Am. Ord. 00067, passed 7-22-2010; Am. Ord. 00066, passed 4-28-2011; Am. Ord. 00080, passed 5-23-2013; Am. Ord. 2021-06, passed 4-22-2021)