Jackson Township Monroe County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
PART 7
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
§ 27-701 C Commercial District.
[Ord. No. 2014-101, 5/1/2014; Ord. No. 2023-100, 1/23/2023; Ord. No. 2024-102, 10/17/2024]
1.
Intended Purpose. The Commercial District is intended to provide areas for the erection of buildings and the use or occupancy of lots for retail, commercial and transient residential uses for the convenience, regular needs, major business and shopping functions of the Township and the transient public.
2.
Principal Permitted Uses.
After-hours clubs |
Amusement arcades |
Antennas mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, communications equipment buildings, existing building or other existing structure subject to § 27-1210 |
Art and craft studios |
Auction houses |
Automobile rental operations |
Banks |
Bed-and-breakfast inns (§ 27-1204) |
Billiard halls |
Bus shelters |
Business offices |
Business services |
Car washes |
Clubs/lodges, private (§ 27-1208) |
Colleges |
Conference centers |
Conservation subdivision design, as permitted by Subpart 13A* |
Convalescent or nursing homes |
Country clubs |
Crop production |
Cultural centers |
Day-care centers (child or adult) or nursery schools (§ 27-1212) |
Day care homes, group (§ 27-1213) |
Domestic violence shelters |
Domiciliary care homes (§ 27-1216) |
Exercise clubs |
Farmer's markets |
Forestry and forest reserves, fish and game refuges, and similar conservation uses |
Funeral homes |
Greenhouses, commercial |
Health facilities |
Hotels |
Lumberyards |
Massage facilities, therapeutic |
Meeting, assembly, or banquet halls |
Motels |
Multifamily or two-family conversions (§ 27-1226) |
Multifamily or single-family attached dwellings (§ 27-1227) |
Nightclubs |
Nurseries, commercial |
Nurseries, wholesale |
Office buildings |
Park and ride facilities |
Personal care boarding homes |
Professional offices |
Religious quarters |
Retail establishments (§ 27-1211) |
Rooming houses and boardinghouses (§ 27-1241) |
School, public or private primary or secondary schools |
Self-storage facilities |
Service establishments |
Short-term rental (§ 27-1014) |
Single-family dwelling on a lot existing on or before the effective date of this chapter |
Subdivision of two residential lots meeting R-1 District requirements from any tract existing on or before the effective date of this chapter |
Tattoo, body piercing, scarifying or branding parlors |
Taverns (§ 27-1238) |
Temporary construction buildings, which must be removed 30 days after the use ends |
Theaters |
Township buildings and uses |
Trade schools |
Veterinary clinics |
Warehouses |
Wholesale businesses |
* | Conservation subdivision allows single-family, two-family, single-family attached/townhouse, quadraplex and multifamily dwellings in accord with § 27-1305. |
3.
Accessory Uses. Customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to any of the uses allowed in the C District, including:
B.
Decks and porches.
D.
Garages and carports.
H.
Raising of garden crops for domestic purposes, and the occasional or casual sale of products therefrom.
K.
Storage buildings, greenhouses, swimming pools accessory to the principal use.
M.
Other customary uses and buildings, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use.
5.
Conditional Uses.
Agritourism |
Bus, limousine or taxi terminals |
Bus stations |
Cemeteries (§ 27-1207) |
Contractor yards |
Convenience stores |
Crematoriums |
Development sales offices (§ 27-1214) |
Dormitories |
Drive-in businesses otherwise allowed in the C District |
Fraternity or sorority houses |
Gaming establishments (§ 27-1217) |
Group quarters |
Halfway houses |
Home occupations (§ 27-1004) |
Homeless shelters |
Large-scale retail/commercial development (§ 27-1222) |
Microbreweries |
Model houses (§ 27-1214) |
Outdoor entertainment |
Places of worship (§ 27-1229) |
Public and semipublic buildings and uses |
Public utility buildings or service structures |
Recreation facilities, commercial |
Restaurants, outdoor |
Solar commercial facility (§ 27-1236) |
Storage yards for forest products and minerals |
Theaters, drive-in |
Travel plazas |
Truck washes |
Vehicle and equipment rental, repair or sales operations |
Veterinary clinics, outdoor facilities |
6.
Lot and Setback Requirements.
Lot Area and Lot Width for Newly Created Lots | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use | Community Water and Community Sewage | Community Water or Community Sewage | No Community Water and No Community Sewage | |||
Minimum Required | Minimum Required | Minimum Required | ||||
Lot Area* (square feet) | Lot Width (feet) | Lot Area* (square feet) | Lot Width (feet) | Lot Area* (square feet) | Lot Width (feet) | |
All uses | 8,000 | 75 | 30,000 | 125 | 43,560 | 150 |
* | Additional lot area may be required if well testing, soil limitations for on-site sewage disposal, or other factors require the need for a larger lot. |
Lot Depth to Width Ratio for Newly Created Lots | |
|---|---|
All uses | 4 to 1 (no lot need exceed a width of 300 feet) |
Setbacks for All Lots (except as modified by § 27-301) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Front* (feet) | Side (feet) | Rear (feet) | |
All uses | 35 | 15 | 35 |
* |
Maximum Lot Coverage of Impervious Surfaces for All Lots | |
|---|---|
All uses | 75% of gross lot area |
7.
Height Requirements.
Maximum Building Height (measured from the average finished grade of the ground immediately adjoining the building to the highest point of the roof except as modified by § 27-301) | |
|---|---|
All uses | Principal structures: 3 stories, but no more than 38 feet; the maximum height limit may be increased to 5 stories, but no more than 50 feet, provided that each minimum building setback is increased in size 1 foot for each additional 1 foot of building height over 38 feet Accessory structures: 1.5 stories, but no more than 25 feet (not applicable to agricultural structures) |