These design standards apply to all nonresidential structures located in the C1-Neighborhood Commercial District, C2-Central Business/Mixed Use District, C3-Commercial District, C4-Commercial District, O-Suburban Office District, and subsequent planned districts along with any civic or institutional structures in the City. These standards do not apply to land or structures within the Old Downtown Pickerington Area as defined in Ordinance 94-46. Standards are established for the following types of uses and buildings:
(a) Large-Scale Retail/Commercial. This type includes large format buildings dedicated to retail or mixed-retail and service uses. These structures include "big boxes" and strip centers with a footprint typically in excess of 15,000 square feet.
(b) Small-Scale Retail/Commercial. This type includes moderate to small format buildings dedicated to retail or mixed-retail and services uses. These structures are more common to the inner corridors away from the highway or to smaller scale retail/commercial uses such as banks, restaurants, stand alone retail buildings or smaller strip centers. These buildings typically have a foot print less than 15,000 square feet.
(c) Hotels & Motels. This type includes any building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation and is not a rooming or boarding house.
(d) Gas Station/Service Station Canopies. This type includes any attached or detached structure designed to provide cover to gas pumps or vehicles that is open on at least three sides and is supported by piers or other structures. This type of building does not include parking structures.
(e) Large-Scale Office. This type includes any structure intended for occupation by professionals or other service related businesses or government offices that do not include the sale of material goods as a primary use. Large-scale offices are any office building with total floor area that exceeds 20,000 square feet.
(f) Small-Scale Office. This type includes any structure intended for occupation by professionals or other service related businesses or government uses that do not include the sale of material goods as a primary use. Small-scale offices are any office building with total floor area under 20,000 square feet.
(g) Industrial. This type includes all industrial and manufacturing buildings and structures.
(h) Civic & Institutional. This type includes all civic or institutional buildings including schools, fire stations, hospitals, churches, sport facilities and other similar uses.
(i) Other Nonresidential. Any other types of nonresidential structures not described above.
(Ord. 2014-27. Passed 8-5-14.)