The HR-C District is established to provide suitable locations in Danville's heavily traveled collector streets and arterial highways for those commercial and business uses which are oriented to the automobile and which require regional access characteristics independent of the marketplace attributable to adjoining neighborhoods or pedestrian trade. The application of the HR-C District should be to those areas of the City where individual uses can be grouped into planned concentrations which limit the "strip" development effect on newly developing areas as well as on redevelopment areas where retail and business uses currently exist. In addition, the Corridor Overlay District may impact the regulation of uses in this district.

Adequate transportation and site planning of uses within the HR-C District should have the goal of minimizing conflicts with through-traffic movements along the entrance City's corridors and major arterial streets. The HR-C District is not intended to be applied to shopping centers. Given the implications of traffic, pedestrian access, landscaping, and inter-parcel connections, large-scale individual retailers in excess of 60,000 per establishment (typically referred to as "big boxes" or "superstores") shall require a special use permit.

Minimum site improvements for uses within the HR-C District shall include adequate on-site parking, public water and sewer service, public street frontage and safe access, pedestrian improvements, storm drainage, stormwater management facilities, and outdoor lighting for parking areas.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § A, 2-17-04)

An individual use or structure intended for a single use with 60,000 square feet gross floor area or less, incorporating the following uses:

1.

Automobile and light vehicle dealerships and retail sales establishments (with service and repair facilities as an ancillary use, with completely enclosed service facilities and screened outdoor storage of repair vehicles).

2.

Automobile and light vehicle repair establishments (within completely enclosed structures with screened outdoor storage).

3.

Banks and financial institutions.

4.

Business services and office supply establishments.

5.

Car washes.

6.

Churches and places of worship.

7.

Convenience stores (with or without gasoline sales).

8.

Fast-food restaurants.

9.

Funeral homes.

10.

Gasoline sales establishments.

11.

Health club, spa or fitness center.

12.

Hospitals and health care facilities with inpatient services.

13.

Hotels and motels.

14.

Laundromats/dry cleaners.

15.

Light intensity wholesale trade establishments (with no outdoor sales or display of products).

16.

Medical offices and outpatient care facilities.

17.

Mini-storage warehouses, with no exterior storage.

18.

Movie theaters.

19.

Offices (general and professional).

20.

Parking lots (private and public with off-street parking as the principal use).

21.

Personal service establishments.

22.

Private post office and delivery service.

23.

Public uses.

24.

Repair service establishments (exclusive of automobile and light vehicle service and repair, with no outdoor storage).

25.

Restaurants.

26.

Retail sales and leasing establishments, with screened outdoor sales or display of products limited to no greater than 15% of the net developable lot area. (See Additional Regulations.)

27.

Schools, colleges and universities (public and private).

28.

Seasonal retail uses.

29.

Temporary retail sales.

30.

Exterminator.

31.

Bicycle shop.

32.

Adult day support services.

33.

Child therapeutic day support services.

34.

Contractor's offices and shops.

35.

Cannabis dispensing facility.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § B, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2005-04.04, 4-5-05; Ord. No. 2009-12.08, 12-15-09; Ord. No. 2013-06.01, 6-4-13; Ord. No. 2014-08.09, 8-19-14; Ord. No. 2021-07.06, 7-6-21; Ord. No. 2022-02.03, Exh. A, 2-1-22)

An individual use otherwise permitted hereinabove by-right in the HR-C District, but having greater than 60,000 square feet gross floor area, or any of the following uses:

1.

Auction establishments.

2.

Bed and breakfast, inn or tourist home (as defined).

3.

Bus stations.

4.

Commercial recreation facilities (indoor and outdoor).

5.

Conference centers.

6.

Day care centers (adult and child).

7.

Kennels, commercial.

8.

Light warehousing uses related to an adjunct retail use permitted either by-right or special permit, provided that warehousing space does not exceed 50% of the gross floor area.

9.

Drive-in movie theaters.

10.

Parking garages and structures.

11.

Pet clinics.

12.

Plant nurseries.

13.

Public utilities.

14.

Research and development activities which do not cause any more smoke, dust, odor, noise, vibration or danger of explosion than other uses permitted in this district and which involve no more than 15% of the gross floor area in the assembling or processing of products. All assembling or processing shall only involve products developed on the premises. All services and storage shall be conducted within the principal structure which is to be completely enclosed.

15.

Schools, colleges and universities (public or private).

16.

Taxidermists.

17.

Uses with lot frontage on the Dan River.

18.

Vehicle sale, rental and ancillary service establishments, including mobile homes.

19.

Veterinary clinics.

20.

Waiver for increase in building heights to over 50 feet.

21.

Waiver of yard requirements, subject to the prohibition of parking in front yards.

22.

Caretaker's residence.

23.

Homeless shelter.

24.

Microbrewery or micro-winery.

25.

Wholesale sales.

26.

Indoor shooting facilities.

27.

Distillery.

28.

Urban agriculture.

29.

Contractor's offices and shops with storage yards.

30.

Heavy equipment sales, rental, and servicing (with screened service and storage areas).

31.

Automobile salvage and other salvage yards.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § C, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2008-07.04, Art. 3.M, § C, 7-15-08; Ord. No. 2009-11.07, 11-5-09; Ord. No. 2012-09.09, 9-18-12; Ord. No. 2015-01.04, 1-20-15; Ord. No. 2016-04.03, 4-5-16; Ord. No. 2017-08.01, 8-3-17; Ord. No. 2018-09.08, 9-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-07.06, 7-6-21; Ord. No. 2023-04.02, 4-4-23;Ord. No. 2023-11.06, 11-9-23)

1.

Minimum district size: Not regulated, provided that districts should be located, sized and spaced to limit potential "strip" development impacts.

2.

Minimum lot areas:

(1)

Interior lot: 13,500 square feet.

(2)

Corner lot: 15,000 square feet.

3.

Minimum lot width:

(1)

Interior lot: 90 feet.

(2)

Corner lot: 150 feet.

4.

No HR-C District lot shall be designed or employed for use in which an area more than 25% of the prescribed minimum lot area is comprised of either of the following physical land units: (a) wetlands or (b) water features.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § D, 2-17-04)

1.

Maximum building height: 50 feet.

2.

Minimum yard requirements:

a.

Front yard: 30 feet, provided that a 20 foot setback is required for the outdoor display of items within the front yard. For a corner lot, the front yard shall be 20 feet if access is not provided onto a non-arterial or collector street.

b.

Interior and street side yards: 20 feet. Unless the property's interior side yard abuts a residential zoning district, then the required setback is 30 feet.

c.

Rear yard: 20 feet, provided, where rear yard abuts a residential district, the rear yard shall be 30 feet.

d.

In addition to the above regulations, buffer yard provisions shall apply in accordance with landscape and screening regulations.

3.

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.50.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § E, 2-17-04; Ord. No. 2022-02.01, Exh. A, 2-1-22)

1.

Stormwater management basins and structures and BMP facilities may be counted towards the minimum open space requirement provided that these basins, structures, and facilities include the appropriate landscaping and maintenance in accordance with the Landscape and Screening Regulations.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § F, 2-17-04)

1.

Notwithstanding governing lot size and yard regulations, the maximum number of lots for any conventional or cluster subdivision shall be calculated based on existing land conditions. The yield of a subdivision shall be based on its net developable area, with adjustment factors for physical land units as specified in the chart in the following section.

2.

The subdivision plat and/or site plan for a project shall graphically depict the location and area for the physical land units as outlined herein below. A calculation of the net developable area shall be required for all subdivision and site plan submissions.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § G, 2-17-04)

1.

All uses shall be subject to site plan approval.

2.

All refuse shall be contained in completely enclosed facilities. Refuse containers and refuse storage shall be located in a paved area and screened from public view by means of fences, wall or landscaping.

3.

On a corner lot, no curb cut shall be located closer than 75 feet to the right-of-way line extended from the intersecting street.

4.

No curb cut shall be located closer than 20 feet to a side or rear lot line, unless a common curb cut serves adjacent uses, and in no instance shall the distance between separate curb cuts serving adjacent uses be less than 60 feet.

5.

A freestanding use shall have no more than two curb cuts on any single right-of-way, and such curb cuts shall have a minimum distance of 100 feet between them.

6.

In addition to landscaping and screening requirements, there shall be a minimum landscaped buffer strip of 5 feet in depth along all HR-C District property frontage. No parking is permitted within the buffer strip.

7.

The outdoor area devoted to storage, loading and display of retail goods shall be limited to a maximum 15% of the net developable lot area and shall provide screening as indicated on an approved site plan. Subject to special use permit approval, outdoor storage, loading and display areas of retail goods in excess of 15% of net developable lot area may be approved under special circumstances when the applicant can provide expanded and enhanced screening, buffers and landscaping. Screening of outdoor display and product sales areas only may be waived by administrative action of the Director of Planning/Zoning Administrator, provided that loading and storage areas not related to displays shall be screened.

8.

Where a lot is contiguous to property located in a residential district, all buildings shall have a minimum setback of 30 feet from common property lines. A landscaped buffer strip shall be provided in accord with the transitional buffer yard requirements for commercial/residential properties (see Appendix), with landscape materials and placement subject to site plan approval.

9.

Gasoline pump islands, canopies and structural elements shall be governed by the same regulations as applied to a principal structure.

10.

Refer to the Floodplain Zoning Overlay District, where applicable.

11.

Refer to Landscaping and Screening Regulations for parking lot landscaping, rear lot screening, buffer yards, and related landscape architecture provisions.

12.

Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans. Such report shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer and shall address the feasibility of development on the subject soils. No subdivision plat or site plan shall be approved for final recordation until a foundation engineering report has been reviewed by the City. All recorded plats for lots containing shrink/swell soils shall bear the following note: "This lot contains shrink/swell soils which require special engineering design for foundations and structural elements. No structure will be approved for issuance of a building permit until a foundation engineering design prepared by a certified professional engineer has been approved for the proposed structure."

13.

Refer to Sign Regulations for signage regulations.

(Ord. No. 2004-02.04, Art. 3.M, § H, 2-17-04)