Claremont City Zoning Code
ARTICLE D
Use Requirements by District
Sec. 9-3-51 Neighborhood Residential District (R-1).
Intent: The district shall provide for urban residential development within walking distance (generally one-fourth (1/4) mile) of services. Streets shall be interconnected and a range of lot sizes is encouraged. The Neighborhood Residential District permits the completion and conformity of residential subdivisions.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Single-family dwellings excluding manufactured homes.
(2) Family care homes.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (see Article F):
(1) Cemeteries.
(2) Churches.
(3) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(4) Government buildings up to five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.
(5) Neighborhood and outdoor recreation.
(6) Parks.
(7) Temporary health care structures.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Multi-family dwellings.
(2) Planned Unit Development - Residential.
(3) Elementary and secondary schools.
(4) Essential Services 3.
(5) Neighborhood business.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Civic building.
(2) Detached house.
(3) Attached house.
(4) Apartment building.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Home occupations.
(4) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
(Ord. of 12-7-04; No. 37-02; Ord. of 10-2-06; No. 21-06; Ord. of 10-5-15; No. 07-15; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)
Sec. 9-3-52 Residential Agriculture District (R-2).
Intent: The district shall provide for non-urban single-family development as well as agricultural uses. The purpose of the R-2 District is to provide an adequate amount of land for agricultural uses while also making provisions for single-family residential development that is rural in character. Multi-family and commercial uses are not appropriate in this district. Manufactured homes are allowed in the R-2 District only where the Manufactured Home Overlay (MHO) District is present.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Single-family dwellings built in accordance with the N.C. Building Code (Manufactured homes are only allowed where the MHO District is present).
(2) Bona fide farms.
(3) Family care homes.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (see Article F):
(1) Cemeteries.
(2) Churches.
(3) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(4) Government buildings up to five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.
(5) Neighborhood and outdoor recreation.
(6) Parks.
(7) Utility scale solar energy systems.
(8) Temporary health care structures.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Essential Services 3.
(3) Neighborhood business.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Civic building.
(2) Detached house.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Home occupations.
(4) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
(Ord. of 12-7-04; No. 37-02; Ord. of 10-2-06; No. 21-06; Ord. of 9-4-12; No. 03-12; Ord. of 10-5-15; No. 07-15; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)
Sec. 9-3-53 Central Business District (B-1).
Intent: The Central Business District (B-1) is intended to be the central commercial area of city. A broad array of uses is expected in a pattern which integrates shops, restaurants, services, work places, civic, educational, and religious facilities, and higher density housing in a compact, pedestrian-oriented environment. The Central Business District anchors the surrounding residential neighborhoods while also serving the broader community.
1. Permitted uses.
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Bed and breakfast inns.
(2) Boarding or rooming houses for up to six (6) boarders.
(3) Churches.
(4) Civic, fraternal, cultural, community, or club facilities.
(5) Commercial uses.
(6) Financial services.
(7) Government buildings.
(8) Indoor recreation.
(9) Offices.
(10) Professional services.
(11) Single-family dwellings.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F):
(1) Cemeteries.
(2) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(3) Parking lot as a principal use.
(4) Parks.
(5) Temporary sales of seasonal agricultural products and customary accessory products (example: farmers’ markets, Christmas tree/pumpkin sales).
(6) Automotive repair, small-scale.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Multi-family dwellings.
(2) Mixed use development.
(3) Elementary and secondary schools.
(4) Planned Unit Development - Business.
(5) Planned Unit Development - Residential.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Apartment building.
(2) Attached house.
(3) Civic building.
(4) Detached house.
(5) Mixed use up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
(6) The mixed-use building duplicates the shopfront building type and has at least two (2) occupiable stories; at least fifty percent (50%) of the habitable area of the building shall be in residential use, the remainder shall be in commercial use.
(7) Shopfront up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
(8) Workplace up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Drive through windows, excluding those associated with restaurants.
(4) Home occupations.
(5) Stalls or merchandise stands for outdoor sale of goods at street front (encroachment onto sidewalk may be permitted by agreement with city); outdoor storage is expressly prohibited.
(6) Items for outdoor sales are sold outside and returned to inside the building at the end of each business day; goods not brought in at the close of business each day are considered outdoor storage.
(7) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings, which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings, may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) New construction should favor retail on first floor, office and/or residential on upper floors.
(5) Every building lot shall have frontage upon a public street or square.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
(Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02; Ord. of 5-1-17, No. 5-17; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)
Sec. 9-3-54 Community Business District (B-2).
Intent: The Community Business District (B-2) is intended for general business uses and other uses which are properly and necessarily located near residential areas and which cater to the everyday needs of surrounding residential neighborhoods.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Bed and breakfast inns.
(2) Boarding or rooming houses for up to six (6) boarders.
(3) Churches.
(4) Civic, fraternal, cultural, community, or club facilities.
(5) Small-scale retail services (five thousand (5,000) square feet or less), excluding automobile, boat, camper, or any other retail service requiring outdoor storage of goods.
(6) Financial services.
(7) Government and other institutional uses.
(8) Offices.
(9) Professional services.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F):
(1) Cemeteries.
(2) Day care center.
(3) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(4) Neighborhood gasoline stations, excluding major service and repair of motor vehicles.
(5) Parking lot as a principal use.
(6) Parks.
(7) Temporary sales of seasonal agricultural products and customary accessory products (example: farmers’ markets, Christmas tree/pumpkin sales).
(8) Automotive repair, small-scale.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Single-family homes.
(2) Multi-family homes.
(3) Elementary and secondary schools.
(4) Planned Unit Development - Business.
(5) Essential Services 3.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Apartment building.
(2) Attached house.
(3) Civic building.
(4) Detached house.
(5) Mixed use up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
(6) The mixed-use building duplicates the shopfront building type and has at least two (2) occupiable stories; at least fifty percent (50%) of the habitable area of the building shall be in residential use, the remainder shall be in commercial use.
(7) Shopfront up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
(8) Workplace up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Drive through windows, excluding those associated with restaurants.
(4) Home occupations.
(5) Stalls or merchandise stands for outdoor sale of goods at street front (encroachment onto sidewalk may be permitted by agreement with city); outdoor storage is expressly prohibited.
(6) Items for outdoor sales are returned to inside the building at the end of each business day; goods not brought in at the close of business each day are considered outdoor storage.
(7) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings, which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings, may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) New construction should favor retail on first floor, office and/or residential on upper floors.
(5) Every building lot shall have frontage upon a public street or square.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
(Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02; Ord. of 5-1-17, No. 5-17; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)
Sec. 9-3-55 Highway Business District (B-3).
Intent. The Highway Business District (B-3) is appropriate and reserved primarily for high intensity/density auto-dependent commercial development and contemplates commercial development that utilizes the limited prime property with I-40 access and thoroughfares of N. Oxford and Centennial as well as the necessary utility infrastructure including water and sewer. While not easily developed for a comfortable pedestrian environment, connectivity via sidewalks is necessary. The Highway Business District (B-3) will serve not only the local community, but interstate and highway travelers as well. Because of the scale and access requirements of uses for this category, they often cannot be compatibly integrated with the Central Business and Community Business Districts. Development at district boundaries must provide a compatible transition to uses outside the district and frontages on major or minor arterials will require formal street tree planting.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Business, convenience. See Definition Sec. 9-3-9.
(2) Business, general. See Definition Sec. 9-3-9.
(3) Indoor recreation, commercial.
(4) Motels and hotels.
(5) Wholesale sales with related offices, storage and warehousing entirely within an enclosed building; truck terminals not permitted.
(6) Automotive service station (gas, filling station). See Definition Sec. 9-3-9.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F):
(1) Adult business.
(2) Electronic gaming operations.
(3) Essential Services Class 1.
(4) Existing and applied for as of April 5, 2021 Vehicle and boat sales, service, rental, cleaning, mechanical repair and body repair with conditions of Article F – Sec. 9-3-98 Outdoor display of vehicles and boats for sale or rental.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Planned Unit Development - Business.
(2) Essential Services 3.
(3) Existing Mini-warehouse as of March 1, 2021.
(4) Wireless telecommunications facilities.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) Highway business up to sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet of first floor area on major thoroughfare; up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area on minor thoroughfare.
(2) The maximum first floor area for highway business buildings may be exceeded only where massing of building is varied to reduce perceived scale and volume.
(3) Shopfront, up to sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet of first floor area on major thoroughfare; up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area on minor thoroughfare; second floor apartments or offices encouraged for most uses.
(4) Workplace up to sixty-five thousand (65,000) square feet of first floor area on major thoroughfare; up to fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of first floor area on minor thoroughfare; second floor apartments or offices encouraged for most uses.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(2) Drive through windows associated with any use with conditions in Article F – Sec. 9-3-91 Drive-through windows as an accessory use.
(3) Single bay car wash with conditions in Article F – Sec. 9-3-86.
(4) Stalls or merchandise stands for outdoor sale of goods at street front (encroachment onto sidewalk may be permitted by agreement with city); outdoor storage is expressly prohibited. Items for outdoor sales are returned to inside the building at the end of each business day; goods not brought in at the close of business each day are considered outdoor storage.
(5) Bars as accessory to a restaurant as allowed by NC ABC permitting laws.
(6) Warehousing accessory to merchandise showroom, within an enclosed building.
(7) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings, which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings, may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) Where screening is required by Article F for activities involving any sale, use, repair, storage, or cleaning operation, the specified standard of Article K shall apply.
(5) Any Highway Business District shall be bordered on at least one (1) side by a major or minor thoroughfare.
(6) The arrangement of multiple buildings on a single lot shall establish facades generally parallel to the frontage property lines along existing streets and proposed interior streets.
(7) Every building lot shall have frontage upon a public street or square.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
Sec. 9-3-56 Light Manufacturing District (M-1).
Intent: The Light Manufacturing (M-1) District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for industrial manufacturing uses which normally seek locations on large tracts where the operation involved does not detract from the development potential of nearby undeveloped properties. This district is reserved for high intensity development that supports the community tax base and welfare and best utilizes the investment in infrastructure including water, sewer, roads, rail, electric and gas. Development at district boundaries must provide a compatible transition to uses outside the district. Frontages on major or minor arterials will require formal street tree planting.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Appliances/appliance components manufacturing.
(2) Assembly or fabrication of previously manufactured parts.
(3) Automobiles and automobile components manufacturing.
(4) Bedding/Carpet manufacturing.
(5) Boat works.
(6) Bottling plants.
(7) Breweries manufacturing.
(8) Cabinet shops.
(9) Canvas goods manufacturing.
(10) Clothing/textile manufacturing.
(11) Communication equipment manufacturing.
(12) Component parts for aircraft manufacturing.
(13) Cosmetics, drugs and pharmaceutical products manufacturing.
(14) Data storage.
(15) Drafting, optical and musical instruments manufacturing.
(16) Electric devices/components manufacturing.
(17) Electrical equipment manufacturing and repair.
(18) Electronic equipment/components manufacturing.
(19) Environmental services and consulting.
(20) Farm machinery manufacturing.
(21) Firearms manufacturing.
(22) Food manufacturing.
(23) Food processing manufacturing (but not slaughtering of poultry or animals).
(24) Furniture manufacturing and repair.
(25) Leather product manufacturing.
(26) Machines and parts manufacturing.
(27) Mechanical devices manufacturing.
(28) Medical and dental equipment manufacturing.
(29) Meter manufacturing.
(30) Photographic and metering equipment manufacturing.
(31) Plastic products manufacturing.
(32) Publishing and printing.
(33) Printing, finishing, and textiles and fibers manufacturing.
(34) Product testing.
(35) Pumps manufacturing.
(36) Rubber product manufacturing.
(37) Sheet metal shops.
(38) Springs manufacturing.
(39) Stone and clay product manufacturing.
(40) Telecommunications manufacturing.
(41) Tools, dies, machinery and hardware products manufacturing.
(42) Tobacco products manufacturing.
(43) Wholesale distribution facilities.
(44) Wire products manufacturing.
(45) Woodworking shops.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F):
(1) Essential Services Class 1.
(2) Existing as of March 1, 2021 Parking lot as a principal use.
(3) Existing as of September 15, 2023 Contractor storage yard associated with an existing primary office building (Reference Article F, Sec. 9-3-110c.)
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Deviations from the architectural standards set forth in 9-3-77. Any deviations must have a proven need, that the building would not be able to serve its purpose adhering to the architectural standards.
(2) Essential Services Class 3.
(3) Planned Unit Development - Business.
(4) Wireless telecommunications facilities.
d. Permitted building and lot types:
(1) Industrial.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Outdoor storage limited to 25% of square footage of principal manufacturing building(s).
(2) Warehouses as accessory to manufacturing.
(3) Accessory uses permitted in all districts, Sec. 9-3-36, limited to 25% of square footage of principal manufacturing building(s).
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings, which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings, may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) Where screening is required by Article F for activities involving any sale, use, repair, storage, or cleaning operation, the specified standard of Article K shall apply.
(5) The arrangement of multiple buildings on a single lot shall establish facades generally parallel to the frontage property lines along existing streets and proposed interior streets.
(6) Every building lot shall have frontage upon a public street or square.
g. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
h. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
i. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.
Sec. 9-3-57 Manufactured Home Overlay District (MH).
Intent: The Manufactured Home Overlay District (MH) is established to provide for existing and proposed neighborhoods, which include or are proposed to include manufactured homes. The requirements herein are intended to ensure compatibility with existing housing stock by imposing supplemental appearance standards for manufactured housing. The Manufactured Home Overlay district may only be applied to tracts zoned Residential Agriculture (R-2), supplementing the range of residential types permitted in the underlying district. For existing neighborhoods, the MH District may be established by map adoption; for proposed neighborhoods, the MH District requires zoning approval accompanied by a detailed development plan and supporting materials.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) All uses permitted by right in the underlying district, according to the standards of the underlying district.
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F):
(1) All uses permitted with conditions in the underlying district, according to the standards and conditions associated with the underlying district.
(2) Manufactured homes on individual lots in accordance with the standards of Article J.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) All special uses permitted in the underlying district, according to the standards and conditions associated with the underlying district.
d. Permitted building and lot types (See Article E):
(1) All building and lot types permitted in the underlying zoning district.
(2) Manufactured homes will be placed according to the standards for a detached house.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Accessory dwellings.
(2) Day care home (small).
(3) Home occupations.
(4) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) All subdivision standards shall be met.
(5) For proposed neighborhoods, an application to classify property to the MH District shall require a master plan that shows the location and hierarchy of streets and public spaces, location of residential, non-residential, and civic building lots, street sections and/or plans, phasing, and any other information which may be required to evaluate the subdivision’s adherence to the standards of this chapter and Chapter 4 of this title.
(6) Minimum size for new developments shall be five (5) acres.
(7) Maximum size for new developments shall be twenty (20) acres.
2. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
3. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
4. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter. (Ord. of 12-7-04, No. 37-02; Ord. of 6-21-21, No. 41-21)
Sec. 9-3-58 High Rise Sign Overlay District (HRS).
Intent: The High Rise Sign Overlay District (HRS) regulates signage and advertising apparatus for businesses that rely on motorists utilizing U.S. Interstate 40 (I-40). The boundaries of the HRS are shown on the City of Claremont’s Official Zoning Map.
1. Sign Development Standards:
a. The maximum height of sign shall not exceed eighty (80) feet;
b. The maximum sign area shall not exceed one hundred and fifty (150) square feet;
c. All high rise signs must be set back ten (10) feet from any lot line;
d. Any high rise sign shall be located a minimum of one hundred and fifty (150) feet from any other high rise sign;
e. No high rise sign shall be located more than 350 feet from the Interstate 40 right-of-way f. There shall be only one high rise sign per business
f. Where a high rise sign is installed, one other ground mounted sign may be installed, not exceeding eight (8) feet in height or thirty-two (32) square feet in area and shall meet all the requirements of Article I. The area of the high rise sign shall be excluded from calculations permitted sign area as outlined in Article I.
2. All other development standards of the underlying zoning district shall be met.
(Ord. of 8-1-11, No. 02-11)
Sec. 9-3-59 Heavy Manufacturing District (M-2).
Intent: The Heavy Manufacturing District (M-2) is established for sites that are far enough removed from dense residential neighborhoods and high-value commercial neighborhoods so as to accommodate high-intensity or heavy manufacturing uses without detriment to adjacent properties nor land values in the vicinity.
1. Permitted uses:
a. Uses permitted by right:
(1) Brick, tile & pottery yard.
(2) Building/cleaning/maintenance service.
(3) Concrete Production.
(4) Contractor storage yards.
(5) Exterminators.
(6) Greenhouse, Commercial.
(7) Ice manufacturing.
(8) Landscaping and lawn services.
(9) Linen/Uniform service.
(10) Monument works/sales.
(11) Nurseries, Agriculture (Commercial).
b. Uses permitted with conditions (See Article F);
(1) Amusement facilities, outdoor.
(2) Commercial outdoor kennel.
(3) Essential Services 1 and 2.
(4) Parks.
(5) Utility scale solar energy systems.
(6) Temporary sales of seasonal agricultural products and customary accessory products (example: farmers' markets, Christmas tree/pumpkin sales).
(7) Truck terminals.
(8) Parking lot as a principal use.
c. Uses permitted with a special use permit:
(1) Agricultural industry.
(2) Airports.
(3) Auto Salvage
(4) Deviations from the architectural standards set forth in 9-3-77. Any deviations must have a proven need, that the building would not be able to serve its purpose adhering to the architectural standards.
(5) Essential Services Class 3.
(6) Mini-warehouse.
(7) Petroleum storage facilities.
(8) Planned Unit Development - Business.
(9) Sawmills.
(10) Wireless telecommunications facilities.
(11) Reserved.
d. Permitted building and lot types:
(1) Industrial.
e. Permitted accessory structures and uses:
(1) Outdoor storage.
(2) Accessory uses permitted in all districts.
f. General requirements:
(1) Along existing streets, new buildings shall respect the general spacing of structures, building mass and scale, and street frontage relationships of existing buildings.
(2) New buildings, which exceed the scale and volume of existing buildings, may demonstrate compatibility by varying the massing of buildings to reduce perceived scale and volume. Building massing illustrates the application of design techniques to reduce the visual perception of size and integrate larger buildings with pre-existing smaller buildings.
(3) On new streets, allowable building and lot types will establish the development pattern.
(4) Where screening is required by Article F for activities involving any sale, use, repair, storage, or cleaning operation, the specified standard of Article K shall apply.
(5) The arrangement of multiple buildings on a single lot shall establish facades generally parallel to the frontage property lines along existing streets and proposed interior streets.
(6) Every building lot shall have frontage upon a public street or square.
g. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for all uses as required by Article H of this chapter.
h. Sign requirements. See Article I of this chapter.
i. Dimensional requirements. See Article E (Lot and Building Types) and M (Watershed) of this chapter.