Hampstead City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXV
Planned Business Centers
§ 135-223 Types and authorization thereof.
[Amended 1-19-1993 by Ord. No. 230]
In any B-L or B-G District, the Commission may approve a neighborhood or community-type shopping center of not less than two acres or more than 20 acres, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth under this section.
§ 135-224 Approval by Planning Commission.
[Amended 1-19-1993 by Ord. No. 230]
A.
The developer of any such shopping center, prior to any construction, shall present to the Commission for its review a development plan for such proposed center. The development plan shall show such items as the size of the project, the location and approximate shapes of buildings, road ingress patterns, parking areas, storm drainage and water and sewerage facilities and such other information as is necessary for the Commission to give the necessary consideration.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Commission to ascertain whether the location, size and other characteristics of the site, and the proposed plan, comply with the following conditions:
(1)
That the plans provide for a shopping center consisting of one or more groups of establishments in buildings of integrated and harmonious design, together with adequate and properly arranged traffic and parking facilities and landscaping, so as to result in an efficient shopping center.
C.
The Commission shall, within a reasonable time after consideration of a development plan for a shopping center project, issue to the office of the Zoning Administrator a written report of its findings.
D.
The Commission shall approve such shopping center project, provided that the requirements of this section are complied with.
E.
Upon receipt of written approval from the Commission, the Zoning Administrator shall issue the necessary zoning certificate.
§ 135-225 Permitted uses.
The uses permitted in a planned business center shall be those retail business, commercial and service uses and accessory uses permitted in the B district in which the planned business center is located. No residential use, heavy commercial or industrial uses shall be permitted or any use other than such as is necessary or desirable to supply goods and services to the surrounding area.
§ 135-226 Prohibited uses.
Prohibited uses shall be as follows:
Amusement parks, commercial |
Automobile, trailer or implement repair establishments |
Bottling of soft drinks or milk or bulk distribution stations |
Building material, sales or storage yards |
Carpenter or woodworking shop |
Circus |
Drive-in theaters |
Feed and grain sales and storage, including milling |
Funeral establishments |
Golf driving ranges |
Hotels and apartment hotels |
Kennels |
Livery stables |
Newspaper publishing establishments and printing shops |
Riding academies |
Sheet metal shops |
Sign painting shops |
Swimming pools |
Target ranges |
Truck or motor freight terminals or warehouses |
Wholesale business, warehousing and service establishments |
§ 135-227 General regulations.
The following regulations shall apply to a planned business center:
A.
Building height. No building shall exceed the permitted height of the B district in which the planned business center is located, except as provided in § 135-258.
[Amended 2-13-2018 by Ord. No. 523]
B.
Yards.
(1)
No building shall be erected within 50 feet of a public street right-of-way line, and no parking lot or other facility or accessory use, except permitted signs and plantings, shall be located within 10 feet of any public street right-of-way line.
(2)
No building shall be located within 50 feet of any other boundary line, and any such line which adjoins an R district, if deemed necessary by the Commission, shall be screened by a solid wall or compact evergreen hedge, at least six feet in height, or by such other screening device as may be deemed appropriate and adequate.
C.
Tract coverage. Buildings shall not be permitted to cover more than 25% of the total project area.
D.
Customer parking space. Off-street parking shall be provided as required in Article XXI of this chapter.
[Amended 3-20-1989 by Ord. No. 218]
E.
Off-street loading shall be provided as required in Article XXI of this chapter. Such facilities shall be in the rear of any building, unless the Commission for good reason approves a location at the sides of any such building, and shall not be included as part of any customer parking space required herein.
[Amended 3-20-1989 by Ord. No. 218]
F.
Signs. In addition to signs permitted and as regulated in the B district in which the shopping center project is located, one additional sign not exceeding 200 square feet in area, containing the names of the shopping center and/or the establishments located therein, may be placed at any location within the boundaries of the project, but it shall not exceed 30 feet in height. Any shopping center fronting on more than one street may be permitted such a sign within the required yard area along each street.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XIX, Industrial Parks, as amended, which previously followed this section, was repealed 8-11-1998 by Ord. No. 316.