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Homer City Zoning Code

CS COMMUNITY

SERVICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

§ 152.190 PURPOSE.

   It is the purpose of this District to provide for convenient retail and personal service establishments which cater to the day to day needs of families residing within immediately accessible neighborhoods. To this end, certain uses are excluded which would function more effectively in other districts and which would interfere with the uses permitted in this District. It is the basic intent of this District to encourage future commercial development within the planned centers rather than in scattered locations throughout the residential areas, but also to provide for those necessary services which are most appropriately and conveniently located in close proximity to residential neighborhoods.
(Prior Code, § 757.01)

§ 152.191 PERMITTED USE.

   The following buildings and structures, and uses of parcels, lots, buildings, and structures, are permitted in this District:
   (A)   Clothing and apparel services, including laundry pickup, automatic laundry, dressmaking, millinery, tailor shops, and shoe repair shops;
   (B)   Food services, including grocery, meat markets, bakeries, restaurants, delicatessens and fruit markets, ice-o-mats, and similar self serve units, but not including any businesses of a drive-in nature;
   (C)   Personal services, including barber shops and beauty salons, medical and dental clinics, music studios, banks, and savings and loan associations;
   (D)   Retail services, including drug stores, hardware, gift shops, and dry goods and notions stores;
   (E)   A sign in accordance with the regulations specified in § 152.343;
   (F)   An accessory use, building, or structure; and
   (G)   Essential service structures, except as provided in § 152.283.
(Prior Code, § 757.02) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 152.192 CONDITIONAL USE.

   The following buildings and structures, and uses of parcels, lots, buildings, and structures, are permitted subject to obtaining a conditional use permit as provided in §§ 152.270 through 152.303:
   (A)   Animal hospitals or clinics;
   (B)   Drive-in, retail, and service establishments, excluding drive-in amusement establishments;
   (C)   Gasoline service stations;
   (D)   Planned neighborhood shopping centers;
   (E)   Temporary buildings or trailer offices;
   (F)   An accessory use, building, or structure; and
   (G)   Essential service structures, except as provided in § 152.283.
(Prior Code, § 757.03) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 152.193 REGULATIONS.

   The following regulations shall apply in a CS Community Service Commercial District.
   (A)   Lot area. No building or structure shall be established on any lot less than one acre in area except where a lot is served with a public water supply system and a public sanitary sewerage system, in which case there shall be provided a minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet except where included in a neighborhood planned shopping center of three or more stores.
   (B)   Lot width. The minimum lot width for lots served with a central water supply system and a central sanitary sewerage system shall be 80 feet. Where a lot is not so served, the minimum lot width shall be 150 feet.
   (C)   Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall not exceed 25%.
   (D)   Yard and setback requirements.
      (1)   Front yard. Not less than 35 feet;
      (2)   Side yard. Least width of either side yard shall not be less than 20 feet, except in the case of a corner lot or parcel, where the side yard on the road or street side shall not be less than 35 feet;
      (3)   Rear yard. Not less than 35 feet; and
      (4)   Application. The above yard requirements shall apply to every lot, building, or structure.
   (E)   Height. No building or structure shall exceed a height of 45 feet.
   (F)   Transition strip.
      (1)   On every lot in this District which abuts a lot in a residential district there shall be provided a transition strip. The transition strip shall not be less than 15 feet in width, shall be proved along every lot line, except at front lot lines which abut a lot in a residential district, shall not be included as part of the yard required around a building or structure, and shall be improved, when the lot in this District is improved, with an opaque fence, wall, or hedge not less than five feet in height maintained in good condition.
      (2)   A use or structure on any lot in this District fronting a public road, street, or way shall provide in addition to and as an integral part of any site development, on the front yard, a landscaped strip of land 20 feet or more in depth; the landscaped strip to be defined and designed to provide access to the lot and separate off-street parking areas from the public right-of-way.
   (G)   Off-street parking. Off-street is as required in § 152.086.
(Prior Code, § 757.04) Penalty, see § 10.99