This District provides for neighborhood shopping facilities serving the needs of residents of a surrounding residential area. Allowed commercial and office uses are generally compatible with nearby residential areas in scale and intensity. Site development regulations are intended to ensure compatibility in size, scale, and site characteristics with these residential environments. C-1 Districts are generally most appropriate at intersections of collector and/or arterial streets, at the edge of residential areas, in planned commercial areas in newly developing residential districts, or at other locations where local commercial services are required. The special C-1 Neighborhood Center District includes special standards that ensure a pedestrian orientation.

Note 1: Flexible Yard Setbacks in Planned Districts

The Planning Commission and City Council may vary required minimum setbacks in planned districts. However, the setback from the front facade of a garage to any public or private street right-of-way, including the boundary of sidewalks, must be at least twenty (20) feet.

Note 2: Flexible Floor Area Ratios in Planned Districts

The Planning Commission and City Council may increase the maximum Floor Area Ratio for a development in a planned district.

(Ord. No. 6964, 6-10-2003; Ord. No. 7253, 4-11-2006; Ord. No. 8089, 7-12-2016)

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No building facade facing a street shall have the appearance of a rear facade. Architectural details, including materials, textures, patterns, colors, and design features used on the front facade shall be incorporated into all facades facing public streets and easily visible to the public.

B.

All service and loading areas shall be entirely screened from view.

C.

All buildings and developments shall include a direct, clear, and safe pedestrian connection from adjacent public sidewalks to the entrances of buildings within the development.

The C-1(N) Neighborhood Center District provides special regulations which adapt to or encourage the development of small-scale, neighborhood-oriented mixed use districts. C-1(N) Districts are pedestrian-oriented, and encourage pedestrian linkages between residential and nonresidential uses. C-1(N) Districts should be integrated into surrounding residential or civic areas, and counter the separation of land uses common to most contemporary development. The C-1(N) District is appropriately applied to small-scale business districts near the University of Nebraska at Kearney, within neighborhoods, or in new developments following Traditional Neighborhood Design principles. It is not appropriately used for conventional commercial strip development, although it can be used along commercial corridors to encourage innovative, mixed use projects that must integrate commercial, office, and TND residential components as required in Chapter 39.

(Ord. No. 6964, 6-10-2003)

Note 1: Front Yard setbacks

Front yard setback indicated is a range between minimum and maximum setbacks. Actual setback will be determined by project design as part of the Planned Development approval. In existing C-1(N) areas, setback will be consistent with existing buildings in the district.

(Ord. No. 6964, 6-10-2003)

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Buildings shall be designed to create the appearance of multiple-tenants, storefronts, and entrances.

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Buildings shall be oriented to the surrounding street. Street orientation includes a consistent building setback, entrances and windows facing the street, and parking areas located to the rear or side of buildings.

C.

No building facade facing a street shall have the appearance of a rear facade. Architectural details, including materials, textures, patterns, colors, and design features used on the front facade shall be incorporated into all facades facing public streets and easily visible to the public.

D.

All service and loading areas shall be entirely screened from view.

E.

All buildings and developments shall include a direct, clear, and safe pedestrian connection from adjacent public sidewalks to the entrances of buildings within the development.

(Ord. No. 6964, 6-10-2003)

In order to maintain the character of neighborhood commercial development, the following design standards shall apply to any office or commercial use developed within the C-1 District:

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No single building shall have a building coverage area that exceeds ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

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No street-facing facade may have a continuous length of fifty (50) feet or over without an offset in the building elevation equal to a dimension of at least five (5) feet.

C.

Window area on each street-facing facade shall be equal to at least twenty percent (20%) of the area of that facade.

D.

Exterior materials shall be brick, stone, wood clapboard, or other exterior materials typical of exterior building materials in common use in Kearney's residential districts or town center business district.

E.

The dominant roof form shall be a pitched or gabled roof with a minimum roof slope equal to one (1) foot of vertical height to every three (3) feet of horizontal distance. Permitted roof materials may include asphalt shingles, slate or simulated slate shingles, standing seam metal, or other similar roof materials.

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Each site design shall provide a clear and safe method of pedestrian circulation along the street right-of-way and between the street right-of-way and a principal customer entrance of the business.

(Ord. No. 8089, 7-12-2016)