Camden City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
C-3 Commercial Zone
§ 870-72 Permitted uses.
In the C-3 Commercial Zone, no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered, except for the following uses:
A.
Banks, financial and insurance offices.
B.
Business services.
C.
Club, social or fraternal.
D.
Commercial recreation facility.
E.
Convenience stores.
F.
Farm market.
G.
Funeral home.
H.
Furniture and home furnishings.
I.
Garden center.
J.
Home center.
K.
Medical offices and facilities, including but not limited to doctor, dentist and veterinary offices, chiropractors and psychiatrists.
L.
Offices, office building and office complex.
M.
Personal services, including but not limited to barbershops, hairdressers, dry-cleaning establishments, photographers, funeral homes, shoe repairs, tailors, laundromats, and travel agencies.
N.
Professional and private offices, including but not limited to real estate, accounting, insurance, architects, psychologists and lawyers.
O.
Restaurants, including sit-down, carry-out, and drive-through.
P.
Retail food establishments.
Q.
Retail sales, outdoor.
R.
Retail stores, including but not limited to the sale of antiques, art, dry goods, variety and general merchandise, clothing, fabrics, floor covering, furniture and home furnishings, food, books, hardware, hobby and art supplies, garden supplies, flowers, drugs, handicraft art, household supplies or furnishings, pets, sale or repair of jewelry, sporting goods, watches and clocks, optical goods, musical, professional and office supplies and packed goods when sold only on the premises.
S.
Shopping centers.
T.
Tavern or bar.
U.
Buildings, structures, and other uses owned and operated by the City of Camden for municipal purposes.
V.
Parks, playgrounds or recreation areas, community center building, and libraries.
W.
Public, private or parochial educational institutions.
§ 870-73 Accessory uses.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted in this zone:
§ 870-74 Prohibited uses.
Any use not listed above shall be prohibited in the C-3 Commercial Zone, and specifically the following:
A.
Signs in any form except as permitted in this chapter.
B.
Lodging houses, boardinghouses, rooming houses, group homes, multifamily dwellings or any combination thereof.
C.
Lumber and building supply sales and storage.
D.
Junkyards and automobile graveyards.
E.
Wholesale, storage, and warehouse facilities.
§ 870-75 Conditional uses.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted in this zone:
E.
Residential health care facilities for the elderly.
F.
Age-restricted housing.
G.
Long-term care facility.
H.
Nursing home.
I.
Congregate care facility.
J.
Assisted living facility.
K.
Continuing care retirement community.
L.
Auto body shop.
M.
Automobile service station, gasoline station, or motor vehicle service station.
N.
Car wash.
§ 870-76 Area regulations.
Table 6 Area Regulations for the C-3 Commercial Zone | |
|---|---|
Bulk Standards | |
Type of Development | |
Requirements | Nonresidential |
Minimum lot area (square feet) | 20,000 |
Minimum lot width (feet) | 100 |
Minimum height | 2 stories or 30 feet |
Maximum height | 3 stories or 45 feet |
Minimum depth of front yard (feet) | 25 |
Minimum aggregate width of side yards (feet) | 50 |
Minimum width of each side yard (feet) | 20 |
Minimum depth of rear yard (feet) | 30 |
Maximum lot building coverage | 70% |
Maximum lot impervious coverage | 90% |