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Milford City Zoning Code

13.17 Main

Street Commercial Districts MSC

13.17.010 Intent And Purpose

The MSC designation is intended to provide for single residences, traditional merchandising, home occupation, and retailing establishments that serve the needs of the local residents.

13.17.020 Permitted Uses

The following are permitted uses in any Main Street district:

  1. Medical offices or clinics;
  2. Administrative, business or professional offices;
  3. Single Family Residence
  4. Home Occupations
  5. Personal service establishments including, but not limited to, beauty or barber shops, photography studios, shoe repair, dry cleaners, Laundromats, tailors, dressmaking shops or pet grooming;
  6. Retail stores including, but not limited to, nurseries, grocery stores, convenience markets, appliance or furniture stores, bookshops, drugstores, florist shops, hardware stores, clothing stores, variety stores, or shoe shops;
  7. Delicatessens, bakeries, or walk-in restaurants, high or low turnover;
  8. Banks, financial institutions or savings and loan institutions;
  9. Antique shops;
  10. Day care centers;
  11. Public parks or recreational facilities;
  12. Museums, art galleries or botanical gardens;
  13. Wholesaling, secondary and appurtenant to a retail outlet;
  14. Clubs, lodges or halls;
  15. Household appliance repair including, but not limited to, refrigerators, washers, dryers, televisions or radios;
  16. Outdoor storage, when completely screened from public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, contractors yards, vehicle storage, lumber yards, construction supplies, equipment rental yards;
  17. Bars and nightclubs;
  18. All uses permitted in the RM district; and
  19. Any other uses deemed by the Planning and Zoning Commission to be in harmony with listed permitted uses and the purpose and intent of this district.

13.17.030 Conditional Uses

The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit;

  1. Hospitals, convalescent hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, congregate care facilities;
  2. Hotels or motels;
  3. Mortuary;
  4. Public or private schools or educational institutions;
  5. Public utility structures;
  6. Auto related uses including, but not limited to, repair garages, gasoline/service stations, drive through restaurants or markets or car washes;
  7. New or used vehicle sales with appurtenant auto repair;
  8. Multi-family residential developed to the MR standards;
  9. Pawnbroker shops;
  10. Thrift shops or secondhand dealerships;
  11. Licensed "community care facilities" including: Residential facility; adult day care; day treatment; social rehabilitation facility; community treatment facility;
  12. Churches
  13. Amusement and recreation establishments including, but not limited to, theaters, billiard parlors, bowling alleys, or amusement arcades;
  14. All uses subject to conditional use permit in the RM district; and
  15. Any other uses deemed by the Planning and Zoning Commission to be in harmony with listed conditional uses and the purpose and intent of this district.
  16. One dog shall be allowed per 2,000 sqft-up to a maximum of 4 dogs per county recorded lot.
  17. Short-Term Rental

(Ord. 02-2015, Amended, 06/17/2015)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 04-2023 on 9/19/2023
Amended by Ord. 09-2024 on 7/23/2024

13.17.040 Maximum Development Densities

Main Street Commercial lots may be developed to the maximum extent so long as all other applicable regulations are satisfied.

13.17.050 General Development Standards

  1. Minimum street frontage setback shall be ten feet;
  2. Minimum rear setback shall be ten feet, or twice the height of the building, whichever is greater, where abutting a residentially zoned property, otherwise no setback is required;
  3. Minimum side setback shall be ten feet, or twice the height of the building, whichever is greater, where abutting a residentially zoned property, otherwise no setback is required;
  4. All setbacks shall be landscaped;
  5. Maximum building height, 35 feet or two stories, whichever is less. Buildings over one story, or 18 feet, in height shall not be permitted within 150 feet of an adjacent residentially zoned property unless separated by a public street or easement of no less than 50 feet in total width.
  6. Accessory structures shall not exceed one story in height;
  7. Architectural features such as cornices, chimneys and bell towers may exceed the height limit;
  8. Design review shall be required for all structures;

13.17.060 Applicable Regulations

13.24.010 through 13.27.080 - Public Uses 13.31.010 through 13.31.030 - Fencing and Walls 13.32.010 through 13.32.080 - Vehicular Parking, Loading and Maneuvering Areas 13.33.010 through 13.33.030 - Landscaping 13.34.010 through 13.34.060 - Yards and Setbacks 13.35.010 through 13.35.100 - Design Review and Site Plan Review

04-2023

09-2024