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Beaver City Zoning Code

PART 7

RC-1 RETAIL CORE DISTRICT

§ 27-701 Purpose.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
The RC-1 Retail Core District is established to maintain a dominant commercial presence in an area which is centrally located and with access to an arterial roadway.

§ 27-702 Permitted Uses.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
Principal permitted uses.
A. 
Retail business, general or specialty.
B. 
Restaurants, non-drive in.
C. 
Personal services.
D. 
Professional services (upper floors only).
E. 
Business services (upper floors only).
F. 
Financial institution (upper floors only).
G. 
Forestry.
2. 
Accessory uses.
A. 
Uses and buildings customarily incidental and appurtenant to principal permitted uses (see § 27-1421).
B. 
Home-based business (see § 27-1418).
C. 
Home occupations (see § 27-1514).

§ 27-703 Conditional Uses.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
The following conditional uses may be authorized pursuant to the standards and criteria set forth in Part 15:
A. 
Dwelling units (upper floors only) in a mixed-use building (see § 27-1513).
B. 
Cultural and recreation services (see § 27-1519).
C. 
Light manufacturing (see § 27-1515).

§ 27-704 Uses by Special Exception.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
There are no uses by special exception in the RC-1 Retail Core District.

§ 27-705 Dimensional Standards.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
Minimum lot area: 2,000 square feet (all permitted and conditional uses).
2. 
Minimum lot width: 20 feet.
3. 
Lot coverage. There is no maximum lot coverage established in the RC-1 District.
4. 
Yards. Applicable to all principal permitted and conditional uses.
A. 
Front yard: zero feet. Construction shall extend to the property line.
B. 
Side yard: zero feet. Construction may extend to the property line.
C. 
Rear yard: 25 feet.
5. 
Building height. Applicable to all principal permitted and conditional uses: 35 feet maximum.
6. 
Maximum height of an accessory structure shall be 24 feet.
7. 
The footprint area of an accessory structure is not to exceed 15% of the lot area. The total aggregate side yard dimensions from an accessory structure are 10 feet with a minimum two-foot side yard distance on one side or a minimum five feet from an adjoining building. The area of the exterior footprint of an accessory structure cannot exceed 80% the area of the exterior footprint of the principle structure.

§ 27-706 Parking and Sign Requirements.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
Parking and signage design and construction shall comply with standards specified in Part 16 of this chapter.

§ 27-707 Development Standards.

[Ord. 778, 5/8/2012, § 1]
1. 
The following standards shall apply to all principal permitted uses and conditional uses:
A. 
No use at street level shall exceed 4,050 square feet in gross floor area, which is hereby established as the "scale of development" in the RC-1 and RC-2 Districts.
(1) 
Such "scale of development" is derived from an analysis of the square footage of existing businesses in the RC-1 and RC-2 Districts.
(2) 
Such "scale of development" is established as 200% of the statistical average of the occupied gross first floor areas of all individual businesses in the RC-1 and RC-2 Districts.
B. 
All uses shall comply with the provisions of this section at such time that a change of use, expansion of an existing use, consolidation of existing uses or the introduction of a new use is proposed.
C. 
Existing uses, whether conforming or nonconforming, which exceed the dimensional standard herein established shall be exempt, except, that no such use shall be expanded or consolidated with another use to increase the degree of nonconformity.
D. 
Future conforming uses (of individual buildings existing at the time of the passage of this chapter) which occupy space in excess of the herein established dimensional standards shall be exempt, except that no such use shall be expanded or consolidated with another use or in more than one building to increase the degree of nonconformity.