Sec. 59-C-8.3. Land uses.

No use is allowed except as indicated in the following table:

-   Permitted Uses. Uses designated by the letter "P" are permitted on any lot in the zones indicated, subject to all applicable regulations.

-   Special Exception Uses. Uses designated by the letters "SE" may be authorized as special exceptions in accordance with the provisions of Article 59-G.

	TS-R	TS-M
(a) Residential.
Dwellings.	P	P
Embassy.7	P	P
Group home, small.	P	P
Group home, large.	P	P
Guest rooms, for not more than 2 roomers in any dwelling unit.	P	P
Hotels and motels.	P13/SE	P13/SE
Housing and related facilities for senior adults or persons with disabilities.4	P	P
Life care facility.5	SE	SE
Personal living quarters.12	P/SE	P/SE
(b) Transportation, communication and utilities.
Amateur radio facility.	P15/ SE	P15/ SE
Cable communications system.	SE1	SE1
Helistop		SE
Public utility buildings and structures.		P
Radio and television broadcasting studios.		SE
Rooftop mounted antennas and related unmanned equipment building, equipment cabinets, or equipment room.11	P	P
Taxicab stands.2	P	P
(c) Commercial.
Antique shops, handicrafts, or art sales.	P3	P
Automobile sales, retail showroom		P
Book stores.	P3	P
Department stores.		P
Drug stores.	P3	P
Eating and drinking establishments, excluding drive-ins.	P3	P
Florists.	P3	P
Food and beverage stores.	P3	P
Gift shops.	P3	P
Grocery store.	P3, 14	P
Jewelry stores.	P3	P
Newsstands.	P3
Office supply stores.		P
Photographic and art supply stores.	P3	P
Pet shops.	SE3	SE
Retail sales and personal services.3	P
Specialty shops.	P3	P
Transitory use.10	P/SE	P/SE
Variety and dry goods stores.	P3	P
Wearing apparel stores.	P3	P
(d) Services.
Adult foster care home.	P	P
Ambulance or rescue squads.	P	P
Animal boarding places.	SE	SE
Appliance repair shops.	P3	P
Automobile filling stations.		SE
Automobile rental.		SE
Automobile repair and services, indoor.		SE
Barber and beauty shops.	P3	P
Chancery.	SE8	P
Charitable or philanthropic institutions.	SE3	SE
Child day care facility in a residential building:
-Family day care home.	P	P
-Group day care home.	SE	SE
-Child day care center.	SE	SE
Child day care facility in a commercial or mixed use building:
-Family day care home.		P
-Group day care home.		P
-Child day care center.		P
Clinics.		P
Domiciliary care home for more than 16 residents.	P	P
Dry cleaning and laundry pick-up stations.	P3	P
Duplicating services.		P
Educational institutions, private.		P
Health clubs.	P	P
Hospice care facilities.	SE	SE
Hospitals, veterinary	SE	SE
International Organization, public.7		P
Laboratories, medical and dental.		SE
Laundromats, self-service.	P3	P
Nursing home.	P	P
Offices, general	P3,9	P
Offices, medical or dental	P3	P
Offices, professional.		P
Offices, professional nonresidential.	P6	P
Publicly owned or publicly operated uses.	P	P
Radio and television repair shops.		P
Religious institutions.	P	P
Respite care home.	P	P
Shoe and hat repair shops.	P3	P
Tailor or dressmaking shops.	P3	P
Telegraph or messenger services.	P3	P
(e) Cultural, entertainment and recreational.
Bowling alleys.		P
Libraries and museums and similar institutions of a noncommercial nature.	P	P
Parks and playgrounds.	P	P
Private clubs and service organizations.	SE	P
Recreational or entertainment establishments, commercial.		P
Theatres, indoor.		P
(f) Miscellaneous uses.
Accessory buildings and uses.	P	P
Signs, in accordance with the provisions of article 59-F.	P	P

 

1   Except as provided in sections 59-A-6.9 and 59-G-2.10.1.

2   Not including storage while not in use.

3   In accordance with section 59-C-8.54.

4   Subject to the provisions of section 59-G-2.35 concerning occupancy and ancillary facilities and services.

5   Subject to the provisions of section 59-G-2.35.1 concerning occupancy, facilities and services.

6   Not subject to the requirement of section 59-C-8.54.

7   Must comply with all County building and related codes.  Application for a building permit must be accompanied by a letter or other communication indicating that the State Department has been notified of the proposed location.

8   When located on the same site as an embassy.

9   All office activities must occur within the structure. No parking of trucks or service vehicles associated with the use is permitted on the site. Commercial and residential areas must have separate entrances.

10   In accordance with Section 59-A-6.13.

11   Refer to Sec. 59-A-6.14.

12   In accordance with the provisions of Section 59-A-6.15. A special exception is required for a PLQ development with 50 or more individual living units.

13   Permitted when operated in conjunction with a publicly-owned or publicly operated conference center.

14   A grocery store is permitted only in a development of 500 or more dwelling units.  A grocery store must not exceed 35,000 square feet of gross floor area in a development with between 500 and 1,000 dwelling units or 50,000 square feet of gross floor area in a development with more than 1,000 dwelling units.  All parking credits and reductions must be utilized.

15   Must not exceed 65 feet in height; however, a special exception for additional height may be granted, by the Board of Appeals if it can be demonstrated that the additional height is the minimum needed to engage in amateur radio communications under a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.  Any amateur radio facility existing before December 26, 2005 that exceeds 65 feet in height is a conforming structure.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 8-53, §§ 10, 11; Ord. No. 9-74, § 7; Ord. No. 9-86, § 1; Ord. No. 10-6, §3; Ord. No. 10-31, § 5; Ord. No. 10-39, § 8; Ord. No. 10-54, § 1; Ord. No. 11-14, § 6; Ord. No. 11-41, § 9; Ord. No. 11-72, § 8; Ord. No. 11-73, § 9; Ord. No. 12-32, § 2; Ord. No. 12-51, § 8; Ord. No. 12-65, § 2; Ord. No. 12-72, § 1; Ord. No. 12-75, § 8; Ord. No. 13-21, § 8; Ord. No. 13-46, § 6; Ord. No. 13-47, § 7; Ord. No. 13-55, § 1; Ord. No. 13-88, § 2; Ord. No. 14-47, § 1; Ord. No. 15-15, § 1; Ord. No. 15-54, § 8.)

   Editor’s note—Section 59-C-8.3 is cited  in Manian v. County Council for Montgomery County, 171 Md. App. 38, 908 A.2d 665 (2006).