Sec. 59-G-2.46. Retail and service establishments.

Small-scale retail sales and personal service establishments may be permitted, provided the following requirements are met:

   (a)   The convenience goods and services provided are those usually requiring frequent purchase and a minimum of travel by occupants of the nearby commercial area and adjacent residential neighborhood; they include only the following types of establishments:

      (1)   Barbershop;

      (2)   Beauty shop;

      (3)   Delicatessen;

      (4)   Drugstore;

      (5)   Dry cleaning and laundry pick-up station;

      (6)   Eating and drinking establishment, excluding a drive-in;

      (7)   Florist, provided, that a florist in existence in the C-T zone on April 1, 1986, is not required to obtain a special exception and is not a nonconforming use, subject to the special regulations of section 59-C-4.307(a);

      (8)   Newsstand;

   (b)   Each of the uses stated in paragraph (a), above, must be the subject of a separate special exception;

   (c)   Parking in accord with the requirements of article 59-E, title "Off-Street Parking and Loading," must be provided for these uses on site, notwithstanding the exceptions to on-site parking stated in section 59-C-4.307 of the C-T zone; and

   (d)   If located in an office building also occupied by unrelated office uses, the establishment must:

      (1)   Be located on the street level story and occupy a maximum of 50 percent of the floor area of that story; and

      (2)   Be located and constructed so as to protect other occupants of the building from noise, traffic, odors and interference with privacy.

(Legislative History: Ord. No. 10-70, § 4; Ord. No. 15-01, § 6.)

   Editor's note-Prior to its complete revision by Ord. No. 10-70, § 4, § 59-G-2.46 dealt with noncommercial research institutions.