Hapeville City Zoning Code

The following are permitted within the RMU zone:

(1)

Business and professional offices/agencies, including:

a.

Architectural.

b.

Dental.

c.

Engineering.

d.

Graphic arts.

e.

Insurance.

f.

Legal.

g.

Manufacturers' representatives.

h.

Medical clinic, medical or dental laboratory, medical or dental office, surgical center.

i.

Real estate.

j.

Banks and other financial institutions (not including pawnshops, check cashing businesses, title pawn, and payday loans).

k.

Art studios.

l.

Dance studios.

(2)

Playgrounds, parks, and buildings open on a noncommercial basis for recreation only. Uses of this nature are exempt from being within a completely enclosed building.

(3)

Retail; sales, with a maximum floor area of 6,000 square feet, including:

a.

Antique shops.

b.

Book stores.

c.

Baking shops.

d.

Florist shops.

e.

Hobby shops (offering new merchandise).

f.

Jewelry stores (offering new or estate merchandise).

g.

Opticians and optical stores.

h.

Photography stores.

(4)

Retail; sales, with a maximum floor area of 15,000 square feet, including:

a.

Retail; drugstores and pharmacies.

(5)

Personal services, with a maximum floor area of 6,000 square feet, including:

a.

Barbershops, beauty shops, and hair salons.

b.

Laundry and dry cleaning establishments, excluding coin operated laundry, with a maximum floor area of 2,000 square feet.

c.

Tailor shops.

d.

Travel agencies.

(6)

Restaurants or carry-out restaurants but not including drive-through/drive-in restaurants with a maximum size of 6,000 square feet. Such restaurants shall be allowed to operate no more than six billiard tables upon the premises. Drive-through or drive-in restaurants may be allowed through special permit. The desired configuration for a drive-through or drive-in restaurant in this district is not a stand-alone building but rather part of a larger development and the site plan specifically addresses pedestrian orientation and safety.

(7)

Coffee shops, cafes, pastry shops, and similar establishments, with a maximum floor area of 4,000 square feet.

(8)

Churches and other places of worship, subject to the requirements of section 93-2-17.

(9)

Single-family detached dwellings, subject to the density restrictions in subsection (16).

(10)

Single-family attached dwellings with at least two units attached, but no more than 12, and subject to the density restrictions in subsection (16).

(11)

Group homes, subject to the restrictions in section 93-2-19.

(12)

Adult daycare facilities.

(13)

Apartments, subject to the density restrictions in subsection (16).

(14)

Condominiums, subject to the density restrictions in subsection (16).

(15)

Combination of residential and business applications within a single structure provided that each use must have a separate entrance directly accessible from the required sidewalk or within a jointly used lobby.

(16)

Residential density limitations shall be as follows:

a.

The maximum permitted residential density of a master planned development zoned RMU shall not exceed:

(i)

Twenty units/acre for single-family detached;

(ii)

Thirty-six units/acre for single-family attached patio/townhomes and live-work units;

(iii)

Fifty units/acre for multifamily.

In no case shall the maximum combined residential density exceed 75 units per acre, calculated based on the total acreage of the project, including multiple parcels or city blocks.

b.

The residential density of individual parcels or blocks within a master planned development may be greater or less than 75 units per acre, provided the project's combined average maximum permitted residential density shall-not exceed a combined total of 75 units per acre as calculated based on the sum of all residential uses and the total acreage of the project, including multiple parcels or city blocks, but not rail lines, public streets, or other areas not owned by the applicant; and

c.

Any changes to an approved site plan shall require approval of the city planning commission and shall be reviewed based on the geographic extent of the original approved site plan, shall not exceed maximum density requirements of the original application, and shall indicate all built or planned improvements.

(17)

SIC Code 5411 and 5412, grocery stores and food stores, with a maximum floor area of 2,000 square feet.

(18)

Day spas. For the purpose of this section, a spa shall be defined as a business location where massages by certified masseurs, makeovers, body wrapping, hair removal, saunas, manicures, pedicures and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures are performed. Any combination of at least three or more of the above listed uses shall occur in the location. All business shall comply with applicable state licensing regulations.

(19)

Extended-stay hotels, subject to the provisions of sections 93-2-22 and 93-2-23.

(20)

Hotels and motels.

(21)

Veterinarians and animal hospitals.

(Ord. No. 2008-13, § 1, 11-4-2008; Ord. No. 2015-11, §§ 3, 4, 7-7-2015; Ord. No. 2015-15, § 17, 8-4-2015; Ord. No. 2016-03, § 7, 3-1-2016; Ord. No. 2016-18, §§ 8, 10, 8-16-2016; Ord. No. 2018-15, § 3, 11-6-2018; Ord. No. 2019-15, § 4, 7-2-2019; Ord. No. 2021-06, § 4, 3-2-2021)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2016-18, § 10, adopted August 16, 2016, enacted provisions intended for use as subsection (17). Inasmuch as there are already provisions so designated, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as subsection (20).