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Huntsville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 25.

COMMERCIAL RECREATION C-5 DISTRICT REGULATIONS

Purpose. The commercial recreation C-5 district is established to provide areas under unified control in which the principal use of land is devoted to recreation and resort complexes catering to the local or tourist population. The intent is to reserve lands which because of particular location and natural features are adapted for such recreational uses and to encourage the development of these locations in such a manner as to minimize traffic hazards and to foster compatibility with other uses in the vicinity.


25.1.- Uses permitted.

No building, structure, or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained except for one or more of the uses herein cited and subject to the conditions stated herein:

Amusement parks and entertainment centers.

Cafes, delicatessens, coffee shops and restaurants without alcohol.

Camping facilities and grounds and tourist oriented trailer parks not for permanent residence.

Convenience foodstores of no more than 4,000 square feet in floor area operated as an accessory use to other principal uses.

Country clubs and golf courses.

Educational institutions, including dormitories, faculty domiciles and related uses.

Farmers markets.

Hotels and motels.

Marinas and related waterfront uses.

Mobile food vending sites.

Mobile food vending units.

Municipal, county, state or federal use, including publicly owned or operated libraries, museums, art galleries and exhibit centers.

Other uses similar in character to those enumerated herein.

Residential uses only in connection with other principal permitted uses.

Souvenir and curio shops, only when operated in conjunction with another principal use enumerated herein.

Buildings, structures, and uses accessory and customarily incidental to any of the above uses.

Permitted uses as special exceptions as defined and regulated by subsection 92.5.3 hereof.

(Ord. No. 97-707, § 1, 11-13-1997; Ord. No. 03-593, § 4, 8-14-2003; Ord. No. 09-1053, § 1, 12-17-2009; Ord. No. 11-11, § 9, 2-24-2011; Ord. No. 13-882, § 2, 12-19-2013; Ord. No. 15-406, § 2, 7-23-2015)

25.2. - Density controls and setbacks.

25.2.1. Minimum lot area shall not be less than five acres for each use or group of uses as originally proposed. Additions of less than five acres to existing uses shall be allowed.

25.2.2. Yards facing an existing or proposed public street other than a controlled access highway shall be considered front yards. Such yards shall have a minimum depth of 50 feet, provided that no building shall project through an imaginary height plane as described in section 25.6.

25.2.3. All other yards shall have a minimum depth of 25 feet, provided that no building shall project through an imaginary height plane as described in section 25.6.

25.2.4. All required yards shall be kept clear of parking, loading areas, accessory uses and buildings; provided, however, a gate or security station may be located in a required yard.

25.3. - Street access and frontage.

25.3.1. Each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 100 feet on a public road.

25.3.2. Access to building sites shall be via collector or arterial streets wherever possible. No access roads serving sites shall be permitted which may place heavy traffic on residential streets that are not classified as major collector or arterial streets.

25.4. - Off-street parking and loading requirements.

Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be provided for as set forth in article 70 hereof.

Required bicycle parking spaces and facilities shall be provided as set forth in article 76 hereof.

(Ord. No. 09-430, § 9, 7-9-2009; Ord. No. 10-507, § 2, 8-26-2010)

25.5. - Off-street parking and vehicular use area (PVA) landscaping and lighting requirements.

Landscaping and lighting of off-street parking and vehicular use areas are required in accordance with article 71, off-street parking and vehicular Use area (PVA) landscaping requirements.

(Ord. No. 09-430, § 10, 7-9-2009)

25.6. - Signs permitted.

Signs shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of article 72—Sign control regulations.

(Ord. No. 09-430, § 11, 7-9-2009; Ord. No. 21-46, § 1(Exh. A, § B.2.), 2-25-2021)

25.7. - Height.

No portion of any building shall project through imaginary height planes leaning inward from yards as defined in section 25.2.2 or 25.2.3 at a slope of 1.0 foot of height for each foot of horizontal distance measured perpendicularly to the property boundary.

(Ord. No. 09-430, § 11, 7-9-2009)

25.8. - Development procedure.

25.8.1. Anyone desiring to receive a building permit for the use of land lying in a commercial recreation C-5 district must submit to the manager of planning the following information for the approval of plans:

(1)

A site plan showing property boundaries, easements, locations and design of buildings, driveways, driveway intersections with streets, parking and loading areas, grading and landscaping plans, and sidewalks.

(2)

Plans for all signs to be erected, including location, design, color and lighting of each sign.

25.8.2. The manager of planning shall review and approve by signature the proposed site plan upon finding that the same complies with these regulations. If the proposed site plan is not approved, the manager of planning shall state in writing on the proposed site plan the cause for such disapproval.

(Ord. No. 09-430, § 11, 7-9-2009)

25.9. - Alcoholic beverage establishment regulations.

Alcoholic beverage establishments shall be permitted in accordance with section 75.3 - permitted establishments by districts, subsection 75.3.4, and shall be regulated by article 75 - alcoholic beverage establishment regulations.

(Ord. No. 11-11, § 9, 2-24-2011)