Blanding City Zoning Code

This C commercial district is for personal and business services and for general retail and wholesale business of the city. It is intended to accommodate those commercial facilities which serve local residents, nearby residents and the traveling public.

NOTES:

1. See section 10-12-5 of this title for sign regulations in this district.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

Any general business, commercial or wholesale activity, including by way of example, but not limited to, the following:

1. Automobile sales and repair shops.
2. Bakeries.
3. Banks.
4.  Barber and beauty shops.
5. Blacksmith shops.
6. Cabinet making and carpentry shops.
7. Cleaning establishments.
8. Churches.
9. Clothing stores.
10. Dairies.
11. Drug stores.
12. Florists.
13. Gas stations.
14. Grocery stores.
15. Hardware stores.
16. Laundries.
17. Lumber yards.
18. Machine shops.
19. Meat stores.
20. Office, studios, clinics.
21. Personal service shops.
22. Places of amusement or recreation.
23. Places serving food or beverages.
24. Plumbing shops.
25. Printing and publishing establishments.
26. Public facilities or utilities.
27. Sporting goods stores.
28. Theaters.
29.  Used car sales lots.
30. Veterinary establishments.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

Any use which complies with all of the following conditions may be operated as an accessory use:

1. Is clearly incidental and customary to and commonly associated with the operation of the permitted use; and
2. Is operated under the same ownership and on the same zone lot as the permitted use; and
3. Does not include structures or structural features inconsistent with the permitted use; and
4. Does not include residential occupancy; and
5. Does not include a floor area of over fifty percent (50%) of the floor area of the permitted use.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

Based on R-2 requirements ¹ , if a conditional use permit is issued for residential development.

NOTES:

1. See section 10-5B-4 of this title.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

The following may be allowed as conditional uses in the C district:

1. Historic buildings. Historic buildings may be used for offices and accessory commercial uses and/or limited retail businesses, subject to the same restrictions as set forth in section 10-5A-5 of this title, R-1 districts.
2. Residential uses. Any use allowed as a permitted use in an R-1 or R-2 district, for existing residential buildings existing as of 2021 including accessory dwelling units, so long as the applicant and/or owner is willing to sign a commercial residential agreement of understanding, as follows:

Commercial Residential Agreement Of Understanding

Residential development in the commercial zone is allowed as a permitted conditional use. What does this mean? That the primary use of the zone (all allowable commercial uses take precedence) and all impacts from these uses are allowed and must be accepted as a common and natural state of the commercial district(s) by way of example:

•    Traffic.
•    Noise.
•    Smell.

Allowable 24 hour operation of business deliveries and pick up around the clock.

Zero side yard setbacks are possible.

Greater chance of people coming on your property.

Also, as the commercial district develops, it could adversely affect the resale value of residential development in its boundaries.

I/we _____name(s)_____ have read the above information and understand by choosing to develop housing in a commercial zone are subject to any and all of the above conditions with no legal basis for complaint or action.

_____________________________________________________

Signature            Date

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Signature            Date

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 Address

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended; amd. Ord. 2022-1, 1-11-2022)

1. Minimum lot area: None. However, a zone lot must be designated and maintained for each structure containing a permitted use.
2. Minimum lot width: None.
3. Minimum front setback for structures: Fifteen feet (15').
4. Minimum rear setback for structures: Twenty feet (20').
5. Minimum side setback for structures: None. (See landscaping requirements, chapter 14 of this title.)
6. Maximum building height: Fifty feet (50').
7. Maximum lot coverage: Structures containing permitted uses and their accessory uses shall cover no more than sixty percent (60%) of the total lot area. 

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

1. Parking Requirements:

1. The building inspector shall determine the classification of a permitted use in cases where there is a question and apply a reasonable parking requirement.
2. Loading Requirements: One useable off street loading space of not less than two hundred (200) square feet shall be provided for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area. This space shall be provided in addition to off street parking requirements. 

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)

1.  Fences, walls and retaining walls not exceeding one hundred twenty inches (120") in height may be erected on any part of the zone lot.
2.  Barbed wire, sharp pointed metal fences and electrically charged fences shall not be permitted.
3. Fences shall be maintained in a good state of repair.
4. Open mesh fences of any height may be erected on zone lots containing schools, public parks and playgrounds.
5. The height of fences under this section shall include combinations of walls and fences. The height allowances shall be measured from the high side of adjoining properties allowing each property the right to one hundred twenty inches (120") or ten foot (10') privacy wall, fence or combination from finished grade.

HISTORY:

(Ord. 1978-1, 3-8-1978, as amended)