Georgetown City Zoning Code

The following regulations shall apply in all C-1 Districts:

1. USE REGULATIONS

In commercial District C-1, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:

A. All uses permitted in any R-1 or R-2 District.

B. Retail stores and shops, limited to uses needed to serve a residential district, such as a grocery store, meat shop, retail baker, drug store, personal service stores, or parlors, and uses similar to the above, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to permit the establishment of beer parlors or any other establishment for the purposes of drinking beer, wine, or alcoholic liquors on the premises.

C. Automobile courts and service stations for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only.

D. Signs and posters advertising only products made or sold on the premises or services offered on the premises provided that the same front and side yard provisions as required for buildings are complied with.

E. Accessory buildings and accessory uses.

2. BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITS

Two stories but not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in height.

3. YARD REGULATIONS

A. Side yards-For dwellings, same as for Residential District R-2; otherwise, wherever a building is constructed upon a lot adjacent to a Residential District boundary, there shall be provided a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet on the side of the building adjacent to the district boundary line, and on corner lots, the side yard which faces on a street shall be not less than twenty (20) feet. The minimum width of lots shall be not less than sixty (60) feet.

4. OTHER REGULATIONS

A. For every commercial, service or institutional use there shall be provided space, either inside or outside a building, for the unloading of goods and materials, which space shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet in width, nor less than twenty-five (25) feet in length, nor less than fifteen (15) feet in height, and which space shall be provided with access to an alley or street.