Flat Rock City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 13
00.- C-1, NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING DISTRICT
Sec. 13.01 - Statement of intent.
The intent of the neighborhood shopping district is to provide solely for the convenience shopping of persons residing in adjacent neighborhoods, and to permit only those uses which are necessary to satisfy the basic day-to-day retail and service needs to residents. Regulations are intended to minimize the impact of such development on nearly residential uses. Accordingly, neighborhood commercial facilities should be:
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Compatible in design with surrounding residential uses, and
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Designed as part of a planned shopping center or planned neighborhood business district.
In order to protect nearby residential areas and avoid traffic congestion, more intensive commercial uses which generate large volumes of traffic, or which have characteristics that are likely to have adverse effect on residential areas, are not permitted in this district.
Sec. 13.02 - Permitted uses and structures.
A.
Principal uses and structures. In an area zoned C-1, neighborhood shopping district, no building or part of a building shall be erected, used, or structurally altered, nor shall the land or premises be used in whole or in part, except for one or more of the following principal permitted uses:
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Retail businesses, including convenience stores, which supply commodities on the premises for persons residing in adjacent residential areas, such as: groceries, meat, dairy products, alcoholic beverages, baked goods or other foods, drugs, dry goods, notions, hardware, books, stationery and school supplies, records, and video cassette sales and rental, bicycles, flowers, hobby equipment, paints, periodicals, shoes, sporting goods, sundry small household articles, and tobacco products.
2.
Establishments which perform services on the premises for persons residing in adjacent residential areas, such as: beauty and barber shops, watch, radio, television, clothing and shoe repair; locksmiths; photo processing outlets; and similar establishments.
3.
Office buildings and uses, provided that goods are not manufactured, exchanged or sold on the premises.
4.
Medical and dental clinics or offices.
5.
Financial institutions, including banks, credit unions, and savings and loan associations.
6.
Laundry and dry cleaning customer outlets, coin operated laundromats, self-serve dry cleaning establishments, and similar operations.
7.
Nursery schools and child care centers, subject to the provisions in section 6.02, subsection D.
8.
Personal fitness centers.
9.
Ice cream parlors.
10.
Other uses similar to the above.
11.
Uses and structures accessory to the above, subject to the provisions in section 2.03, including, but not necessarily limited to the following:
a.
Parking for the use of patrons of the businesses in the C-1 district, subject to the provisions in article 4.00.
b.
Signs, subject to the provisions in article 27.00, sign ordinance.
B.
Special land uses. The following uses may be permitted by the planning commission, subject to the conditions specified for each use; review and approval of the site plan and application by the planning commission; the imposition of special conditions which, in the opinion of the planning commission, are necessary to fulfill the purposes of this ordinance; and, the provisions set forth in section 24.03.
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Restaurants and tea rooms, including restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages with meals, but not including drive-in, drive-through, or fast-food restaurants, or bars or lounges.
2.
Municipal buildings and uses not requiring outside storage of materials or vehicles.
3.
Essential services, subject to the provisions in section 2.16, subsection A.
Sec. 13.03 - Development standards.
A.
Required conditions. All buildings and uses in the neighborhood shopping district shall comply with the following required conditions:
1.
All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with customers. All goods produced and services performed on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
2.
All business, servicing, or processing, except off-street parking and loading and outdoor sales of Christmas trees, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
3.
All public entrances to businesses in the C-1 district shall face onto the principal street on which the property abuts, or shall be within 50 feet of such street, except that a public entrance to a parking area at the rear or side of a building shall be permitted.
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Exterior walls facing adjoining property that is zoned or used for residential purposes shall have a finished appearance, using the same materials as used on the front of the buildings. Wherever possible, meter boxes, dumpsters, and mechanical equipment should not be located on a side of the building that faces residentially zoned or used property.
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There shall be no outside storage of any goods, inventory, or equipment.
B.
Site plan review. Site plan review and approval is required for all uses in the neighborhood shopping district in accordance with section 24.02.
C.
Area, height, bulk, and placement requirements. Buildings and uses in the neighborhood shopping district are subject to the area, height, bulk, and placement requirements in article 23.00, schedule of regulations.
D.
General development standards. Buildings and uses in the neighborhood shopping district shall be subject to all applicable standards and requirements set forth in this ordinance, as specified below.