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Bridgeville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

Large-Scale Retail Uses

§ 234-43 General requirements.

A. 
Allowed as conditional uses in the C-1 Zone. Large-scale retail uses are permitted as conditional uses in the C-1 Zone.
B. 
Criteria for large-scale retail uses.
(1) 
The uses shall serve a regional area.
(2) 
The uses shall be adjacent to a major arterial road.
(3) 
Each use shall have a gross building area of at least 60,000 square feet.
(4) 
The uses shall be located where adequate infrastructure exists, is planned, or is likely to be extended and funded.
(5) 
The plan for these uses shall not be characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent truck traffic, or open or outdoor storage of materials.
(6) 
A preliminary development plan shall be filed with the conditional use application.
(7) 
The applicant shall meet the general criteria for conditional uses in Article IV, § 234-24F.

§ 234-44 Property development standards.

Tract standards shall be as follows: (NOTE: See Article XVI, § 234-70, for standards governing structures in flood-prone areas.)
A. 
Minimum tract area: five acres.
B. 
Minimum tract width: 250 feet.
C. 
Minimum tract depth: 250 feet.
D. 
Street frontage: 250 feet.
E. 
Landscape buffer: A landscape plan is required. See Articles IV and XX of this chapter.
F. 
Lot width: 50 feet.
G. 
Yards:
(1) 
Front: 60 feet.
(2) 
Side: 20 feet, each side yard.
(3) 
Rear: 30 feet.
H. 
Maximum height: 42 feet.
I. 
Off-street parking.
(1) 
See requirements for each use in Article XIX, § 234-87B.
(2) 
Additional spaces 25% above the requirement in Article XIV. Planning and Zoning Commission may modify when the Commission finds that additional requirement is excessive and unreasonable, the Commission may not reduce the required number of spaces to less that required in § 234-87B.
J. 
Access standards.
(1) 
Intent: minimize the number of access points and left turning movements from the site on to major arterial roads.
(2) 
Access from a major arterial shall be limited generally to one location subject to approval by the Delaware Department of Transportation.
(3) 
Access drives and service roads shall be designed to minimize queuing of entering or exiting vehicles.
(4) 
Shared driveways shall be used where feasible.
(5) 
Pedestrian movement shall be accommodated throughout the site.
(6) 
Cross access easements to and interconnections with adjoining sites shall be provided for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.