Leonardtown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
C-O Commercial Office District
§ 155-29 Permitted uses.
No building or premises shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained nor shall any land be used, except for the following purposes:
A.
Offices and office buildings.
B.
Medical and dental office buildings and clinics.
C.
Public utility buildings and installations.
D.
Semipublic and institutional uses, such as but not limited to service clubs, fraternal orders, boys clubs, girls clubs and scout clubs.
E.
Religious institutions.
F.
Schools: business, art, music or others of a commercial nature, except trade schools.
G.
Off-street parking of motor vehicles in connection with any use permitted in this district need not be enclosed.
H.
Retail stores and personal service establishments and uses listed as permitted uses within the C-B District, provided that:
[Added 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 149]
(1)
When such use is located in a structure existing at the effective date of this chapter amendment, no such use shall make exterior alterations to the existing structure to accommodate the use excepting those necessary to satisfy Building Code requirements.
(2)
No such use or personal service establishment may occupy more than 25% of the total floor area of the building in which it is located.
(3)
Such use shall be limited to no more than three employees, including the business owner, at any one time.
(4)
Such use shall be subject to any additional conditions that may be established by the Town Administrator to minimize impacts on surrounding properties occupied by permitted uses in the C-O District.
I.
Funeral homes.
[Added 1-13-2014 by Ord. No. 161]
§ 155-30 Special exception uses.
The following uses of land and buildings within the C-O District shall be allowed only by special exception to this chapter, granted only by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Standards and procedures for special exceptions are contained in Article XVII.
§ 155-31 Height, bulk and area requirements.
[Amended 8-9-2004 by Ord. No. 117]
All standards are summarized in Chart A, Height, Bulk and Area Requirements.[1] The following area, yard and height requirements shall pertain to all buildings in the CO District:
A.
Area requirements. The sum total of the gross floor area of all structures on a lot, excluding the gross floor area of off-street parking garage space, shall not exceed three times the area of the lot on which the structure is located. In no case shall the footprint of individual building or structure exceed 10,000 square feet in floor area.
B.
Yards.
(1)
Yard (setback), front. None required.
(2)
Yard (setback), side: none required, except if interior windows are provided, it shall be not less than 15 feet wide. When the lot adjoins a lot in a residential zone along its side lot line, and provided that such adjacent lot has not been recommended for the C-O Zone or a general or sectional proposed zoning plan duly adopted by the Town, there shall be a side yard having a minimum width equal to the height of the adjoining office building zone structure, but not less than 25 feet. At least 10 feet of this side yard shall be planted as a screen using suitable materials as approved by the Town. On corner lots, the side building line shall be the same as the front building lines of the majority of lots fronting on the same street, except that the side building line shall be no less than 50 feet from the center line of an abutting street or highway. All side yards shall be landscaped.
(3)
Yards (setback), rear. No building shall be located less than five feet from the rear lot line, and all rear yards shall be landscaped.
C.
Height requirements. No building in the C-O District shall exceed a height of 45 feet or three stories, unless otherwise provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chart A is included at the end of this chapter.