Sec. 59-G-2.15. Combination Retail Store.

A special exception for a combination retail store may be granted, subject to the following requirements:

   (a)   The building must be designed in a way that reduces the buildings massive scale and contributes to its visual interest.  Long building walls should be broken-up with projections or recessions or other effective treatments that improve building design.

   (b)   Parking areas must provide safe, convenient, and efficient access, and landscaped to define vehicular drives and pedestrian areas.

   (c)   The site must have direct vehicular access to an existing arterial or major highway and the streets and roads adjoining the site must be adequate to accommodate the increased traffic generated.  The applicant must provide a traffic impact study to demonstrate that acceptable peak hour levels of service will result after taking into account existing and programmed roads, and any improvements to be provided by the applicant.

   (d)   The site must be screened from any abutting residentially zoned property by the natural terrain or by a solid wall or fence, not less than five feet in height, together with a three-foot wide planting strip on the outside of the wall or fence, planted in shrubs and evergreens three feet high at the time of the original planting.

   (e)   Product displays, parked vehicles and other obstructions that reduce visibility at intersections or at entrances and exits to and from the site are not permitted.

   (f)   Lighting must not reflect, or cause glare, on any property located in a residential zone.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 15-33, § 2.)

   Editor's note—Former Section 59-G-2.15, granting a special exception for community redevelopment areas, was repealed by Ord. No. 12-4, § 5.