Alma City Zoning Code
§ 13 C-1
Commercial-district-office, light retail and neighborhood services.
A.
Purpose.
The C-1 Commercial District is intended for office facilities, neighborhood shopping facilities, and retain and commercial facilities of a service character. The C-1 District is established to accommodate the daily and frequent needs of the community.
B.
Uses permitted.
(1)
Permitted uses.
No building, structure, or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered except for one (1) or more of the uses identified below, subject to all applicable provisions of these zoning regulations.
(a)
Neighborhood retail sales and service, discount, variety, or department store of not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet floor space.
(b)
Food store with floor space not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
(c)
Gasoline service station (no garage or automobile repair facilities).
(d)
Business offices.
(2)
Permitted specific uses.
(a)
Broadcasting facilities, radios, television, or microwave tower.
(b)
Gasoline service station with associated minor automobile repair facility with floor space not greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
(c)
New and existing refuse facility shall be screened from view on three (3) sides from persons standing at ground level on the site or immediately adjoining property, by an opaque fence or wall of wood or masonry not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height or by an enclosure within a building. Refuse containers shall be provided and maintained in a manner to satisfy city public health and sanitary regulations. Each refuse facility shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pickup by refuse collection agencies.
(3)
Additional regulations.
(a)
The business shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
(b)
Required yards shall not be used for overnight display, sale, or storage or merchandise or for the storage of vehicles, equipment, containers, or waste material unless fenced with non-transparent screening not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height.
(c)
All merchandise shall be sold at retail on the premises; and
(d)
Such use shall not be objectionable because of odor, excessive light, smoke, dust, noise, vibration, or similar nuisance.
(e)
In the C-1 District, whenever a C-1 use abuts a R-1, or TF district, a wall or fence of not less than six (6) feet nor more than (8) feet in height is required. Natural screening may be substituted for a wall or fence upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
C.
Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses may be allowed in the C-1 District subject to the provisions of Section 6.
(1)
Hotels and motels, provided that the zoning lot shall be not less than two (2) acres;
(2)
Dwelling units, restricted to a total gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet above the ground floor of a commercial building.
(3)
Single Family residential dwelling units, including modular homes.
D.
Area; yard; height; and lot coverage requirement.
(1)
Height.
Structures shall not exceed 45 feet in height.
(2)
Lot size.
No minimum lot width and depth are required except when a non-residential use abuts a residential lot in which case the requirements shall be the same as the adjoining residential zone and shall comply with visibility and parking requirements.
(3)
Location on lot.
None required except when a non-residential use abuts a residential lot in which case the requirements shall be the same as the adjoining residential zone and shall comply with visibility and parking requirements.
(4)
Minimum building size.
None required except when a non-residential use abuts a residential lot in which case the requirements shall be the same as the adjoining residential zone and shall comply with visibility and parking requirements.
(5)
The requirements regulating the minimum lot size, minimum yard sizes (front, side, and rear), and maximum building height (stories and feet), and maximum percent of lot coverage by buildings, as pertains to this district, shall conform with the provisions of Section 19, "Schedule of District Regulations," and other applicable provisions of Section 20, "Supplementary District Regulations".
(Ordinance 2021-5-1 adopted 5/25/21)