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Columbus City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

52 - HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sections:


17.52.010 - Intent.

The intent of this district is to provide for a broad range of retail and service functions especially those needing orientation to major thoroughfares.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.131), 1997)

17.52.020 - Permitted uses.

1.

Antique shops;

2.

Art and music supply stores;

3.

Automobile repair;

4.

Barber and beauty shops;

5.

Bars, taverns and cocktail lounges;

6.

Bowling alleys;

7.

Building supply;

8.

Cabinet shops, woodworking;

9.

Car washes;

10.

Child care facilities;

11.

Clinics;

12.

Community residential facilities;

13.

Equipment sales and services;

14.

Financial institutions;

15.

Flower shops;

16.

Food and drug stores;

17.

Frozen food storage and locker rental;

18.

Furniture stores;

19.

Gasoline service stations;

20.

Gift shops;

21.

Greenhouses;

22.

Hardware stores;

23.

Hotels, motels and guest cabins;

24.

Insurance agencies;

25.

Landscaping, nurseries;

26.

Laundries and drycleaning establishments;

27.

Liquor stores;

28.

Mortuaries;

29.

Nursing homes;

30.

Open space;

31.

Outside storage if accessory to permitted use and if screened from the street;

32.

Pet stores;

33.

Printing shops;

34.

Professional and business offices;

35.

Public buildings and uses;

36.

Real estate offices;

37.

Research and development institutions;

38.

Restaurants, cafes, and drive-in eating places;

39.

Secondhand stores;

40.

Shopping centers;

41.

Sporting goods stores;

42.

Storage buildings;

43.

Temporary commercial or special uses;

44.

Theaters;

45.

Townhouses and condominiums;

46.

Uses customarily accessory to those listed;

47.

Vehicle sales, showrooms and service areas;

48.

Veterinary clinics, small animal hospitals;

49.

Wholesale outlets;

50.

Other business or commercial uses similar to the permitted uses listed;

51.

Wireless communication facilities.

(Ord. 321 (part), 2004: Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.132), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.52.030 - Lot area and width.

Lot area for this district shall not be less than six thousand five hundred (6,500) square feet and no lot width shall be less than fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.52.040 - Lot coverage.

The entire lot, exclusive of required yards and parking, may be occupied by the principal and accessory buildings.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.134), 1997)

17.52.050 - Yards.

Every lot shall have the following minimum yards:

Front yard 20 feet
Rear yard 10 feet
Side yards 8 feet each side

 

Where an individual owns two adjoining lots or where the owners of two adjoining lots make legal written agreement, a zero lot line may be used for commercial buildings in the HC highway commercial zone, but only so as to create a zero lot line on one side of any lot.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.135), 1997; Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.52.060 - Building height.

Maximum building height in this district shall be thirty-two (32) feet.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.136), 1997)

17.52.070 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.137), 1997)

17.52.080 - Off-street loading.

Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.138), 1997)

17.52.090 - Permitted conditional uses.

The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses in the HC highway commercial district:

1.

Amusement and recreational activities;

2.

Apartment buildings;

3.

Caretaker's residence;

4.

Churches;

5.

Enclosed warehousing;

6.

Laboratories;

7.

Parking lots;

8.

Planned unit developments;

9.

Travel trailer parks and campgrounds;

10.

Relocated buildings;

11.

Truck stop;

12.

Replacement mobile homes that are larger in length, width or floor area than the existing nonconforming mobile home that they are replacing;

13.

Replacement of existing nonconforming uses.

(Ord. 321 (part), 2004: Ord. 307 § 6, 1999; Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.139), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)