Brunswick City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1256
C-N Neighborhood Commercial District
1256.01 PURPOSE.
The C-N Neighborhood Commercial District is established to provide for uses to accommodate the sale of convenience retail goods and personal services purchased frequently for daily or weekly needs. This District is intended to serve families living within a one-half to one mile radius and should be located at the center of such drawing area. The C-N district encourages groupings of establishments located on a unified site and providing adequate off-street parking facilities, as well as an efficient and safe method of handling vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
1256.02 PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED USES.
Principally permitted uses in the C-N Neighborhood Commercial District shall be as follows:
(a) Personal services;
(b) Retail businesses;
(c) Financial institutions;
(d) Professional offices;
(e) Educational institutions;
(f) Medical and dental clinics and offices, veterinary clinics;
(g) Restaurants and taverns;
(h) Religious places of worship; and
(i) Wireless service provider structures.
(Ord. 135-02. Passed 1-13-03; Ord. 9-03. Passed 1-27-03.)
1256.03 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
(b) Any use or structure which is accessory and incidental to any of the C-N district principally or conditionally permitted uses.
1256.04 CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES.
The Planning Commission may issue conditional zoning certificates for the following uses, subject to the listed provisions of Chapter 1274:
(a) Public utility structures, other than communication towers, subject to Section 1274.08(d);
(b) Governmentally-owned and/or operated recreational facilities, subject to Section 1274.08(a) and (h);
(c) Cemeteries, subject to Section 1274.08(a);
(d) Privately-owned, recreational facilities, subject to Section 1274.08(a), (d) and (g);
(e) Governmentally-owned and/or operated buildings and facilities, other than those listed above, subject to Section 1274.08(d) and (g);
(f) Bed and breakfast establishment, subject to Section 1274.12;
(g) Convalescent care facility, subject to Section 1274.08(d) and (g);
(h) Clubs, subject to Section 1274.08(a), (d), and (g);
(Ord. 135-02. Passed 1-13-03.)
(l) Murals as defined in Section 1270.15.
(Ord. 112-07. Passed 1-14-08; Ord. 71-14. Passed 10-6-14.)
(m) Vape and smoke shops shall not be permitted within 3,500 feet of any parcel or unified site within or outside of the City of Brunswick corporate boundaries upon which any of the following are located, which shall be measured from the nearest point of the parcel on which the vape/smoke shop is located to the nearest property line upon which any of the following are located:
(1) A church, synagogue, mosque, temple or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.
(2) A public or private educational facility, including, without limitation, child care facilities, nursery schools, pre-schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, private schools, intermediate schools, junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational schools, secondary schools, junior colleges and universities, trade schools, tutorial services and commercial learning centers.
(3) A playground that is open to the public or City park.
(Ord. 13-2024. Passed 4-8-24.)
(n) Tattoo and body piercing parlors. (Ord. 137-17. Passed 2-12-18.)
1256.05 LOT, YARD AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
The lot, yard and height requirements in the C-N Neighborhood Commercial District are as follows:
(a) Front yard zone:
(1) Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
(2) Maximum front yard.
A. Major arterial streets as designated on the Thoroughfare Plan where right of way is less than 90 feet: 75 feet.
B. Major arterial streets as designated on the Thoroughfare Plan where right of way is 90 feet or more: 60 feet.
C. Other streets: 60 feet.
(3) Corner lots shall comply with the minimum and maximum for each street.
(4) See front yard zone standards in Section 1260.07.
(b) Minimum side yard width: 50 feet when adjacent to a residential district, on the side adjacent to the residential district only.
(c) Minimum rear yard width: 25 feet, except 50 feet when adjacent to a residential district.
(d) Maximum building height:
(1) Principally or conditionally permitted building: 35 feet.
(2) Accessory building: 15 feet.
(Ord. 116-05. Passed 12-12-05.)
1256.06 SITE PLAN REVIEW.
Site plans for all uses principally or conditionally permitted in the C-N district shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission as provided in Chapter 1278. Site plans required by this chapter shall also comply with the provisions of Chapter 1276 Parking and Site Design and Chapter 1282 Landscaping and Screening.
1256.07 FRONT YARD ZONE; MODIFICATIONS.
Sites and buildings in the C-N zone shall also be subject to the front yard zone standards in Section 1260.07.
(Ord. 116-05. Passed 12-12-05.)