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Depew City Zoning Code

§ 260-25

C-1 General Commercial District.

Purpose: to provide neighborhood centers within existing and proposed commercial nodes for the location of commercial uses serving the convenient shopping, professional office and personal service needs of a neighborhood area and to ensure the compatibility of such areas with surrounding residential development. These areas are primarily pedestrian-oriented with accommodations for automobiles.
A. 
Principal and special uses.
(1) 
Permitted uses and structures.
C-1
Permitted
Special Use
Standards
RESIDENTIAL USES
Upper-story dwelling units
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PUBLIC AND CIVIC USES
Ambulance service
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Minor utilities
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Place of worship
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Public utility service structure or facility
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Public works construction yard
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Telecommunications facility
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§ 260-38
COMMERCIAL
Advertising agency
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Animal grooming, cat boarding facility, hospital or veterinarian
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Antiques and secondhand merchandise store
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Apparel and accessories store
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Apparel repair and alterations and shoe repair shop
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Bakery or confectionary shop (retail)
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Bank
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Beauty or barber shop
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Beverage container redemption store
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Book and stationery store
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Day-care center, nursery or other private school
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Department store
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Drug store
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Employment agency
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Food store/convenience store
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Funeral home
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Gymnasium or health club
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Hardware store
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Jewelry store
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Job printing or photography store
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Laundromat, cleaning and dyeing outlets and pickup
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Liquor store
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Massage therapy/reflexology (licensed by NYS)
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Office
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Photography studio
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Printing and photocopying store
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Postal store or post office
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Recording studio
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Restaurant without drive-through or outdoor dining
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Sporting goods and bicycle store
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Tattoo parlor/body art studio
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Variety store
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INDUSTRIAL
No industrial uses allowed
(2) 
Dimensional standards.
C-1 Principal and Accessory Use/Structure Dimensional Standards
Vehicle Use Areas
Minimum lot area
6,000 square feet
Minimum lot width
60 feet
Minimum front yard
30 feet
15 feet*
Minimum rear yard
Abutting residential
25 feet or height of building, whichever is greater
20 feet*
Nonresidential
10 feet
10 feet*
Minimum side yard
Abutting residential
50 feet
20 feet*
Nonresidential
0 feet
10 feet
Maximum height/No. stories
30 feet/2
Maximum building coverage
85%
Minimum interior building separation
None required
NOTES:
*
The entire area must be landscaped.
B. 
Accessory uses and structures.
(1) 
Permitted accessory uses and structures. The following accessory uses and structures incidental to any permitted principal use are allowed.
C-1 Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures
Standards
Landscaping
§ 260-35
Off-street parking, loading, and stacking
§ 260-34
Signs
§ 260-37
Other uses and structures customarily incidental to the principal use
C. 
General development standards. Development in the C-1 District shall also comply with the requirements referenced in the table below.
C-1 General Development Standards
Off-street parking, loading and stacking
§ 260-34
Landscaping, buffers and screening
§ 260-35
Site lighting
§ 260-36
Fences and walls
Sign regulations
§ 260-37