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Florence City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

42 - BP DISTRICT—BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT

17.42.010 - Generally.

The BP district—Business professional district, is comprised of areas to provide for a selective range of offices, sales, services, and limited residential uses.

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).

17.42.020 - Permitted uses.

Uses permitted in the BP district—Business professional district are as follows:

Accessory buildings and uses;

Automobile parking garages;

Automobile parking lots;

Business support/sales/rental service shops;

Financial institutions (without drive-through lanes);

Personal services, including but not limited to: barber and beauty shops, dry cleaning outlets, self-service laundries;

Professional offices;

Retail sales, indoor merchandise and stock only, sales and stock area not to exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet floor area;

Trade and repair shops in which all goods are stored indoors and all services and activities are performed indoors. (Does not include vehicle or heavy equipment sales or repair, or automotive body or paint shops or repair or sales of vehicles or equipment with internal combustion engine greater than twenty-five (25) horsepower. Does not include any private or commercial activity producing, or with potential of producing, visible smoke, noxious fumes or odors, or noise exceeding the City's nuisance ordinances);

This district does not permit "adult uses" or "sexually oriented businesses" as defined in Chapter 5.34 of the Florence Municipal Code.

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).

17.42.030 - Special uses.

Uses permitted only through special use review in the BP district—Business professional district are as follows:

Apartments and efficiency dwelling units subordinate to another permitted use in an existing building, and comprising not more than one-half (½) of the floor area of the entire structure;

Bed and breakfast homes;

Boarding houses/rooming houses;

Financial institutions (with drive-through lanes);

Mortuaries and funeral homes (without crematory);

Museums;

Oil and Gas Exploration and Extraction Operations (for additional requirements, see section 17.64.120 and chapter 15.41);

Parks, playfields, and playgrounds;

Plazas;

Public meeting hall;

Public utility uses and facilities (distribution only);

Rest homes, nursing homes, and retirement homes;

Schools (including public, vocational, business, and private), performing arts studios, training centers (same limitations as "trade and repair shops" apply in this category also);

This district does not permit "adult uses" or "sexually oriented businesses" as defined in Chapter 5.34 of the Florence Municipal Code.

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).

(Ord. No. 12-2009, § 1.H, 7-6-2009; Ord. No. 5-2012, § 1, 6-4-2012; Ord. No. 12-2013, § 2, 10-21-2013)

17.42.040 - Yard and bulk requirements.

Yard and bulk requirements in the BP district—Business professional district are as follows:

Minimum lot area 5,280 square feet
Minimum lot width 37.5 feet
Maximum lot coverage 45%
Minimum front yard setback 25 feet
Minimum side yard setback from a street 15 feet
Minimum side yard setback from an interior lot line 6 feet
Minimum rear yard setback all structures 20 feet
Maximum height 25 feet

 

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).

17.42.050 - Off-street parking.

For off-street parking space requirements in the BP district—Business professional district, see Chapter 17.68.

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).

17.42.060 - Screening.

For screening requirements in the BP district—Business professional district, see Section 17.64.150.

(Ord. 14-2006 §1(part), 2006).