- COMMERCIAL, NEIGHBORHOOD: CN
Intent: This district is intended to apply to areas where small groups of selected establishments may be appropriately located to serve within convenient traveling distance from one (1) or several neighborhoods. The Commercial Neighborhood District is not intended for use by major commercial or service establishments. However, professional and business offices and similar uses are encouraged.
(A)
Retail outlets for sale of food and drugs, medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities, wearing apparel, toys, sundries and notions, books and stationery, leather goods and luggage, jewelry (including watch repair but not pawnshop), art supplies, camera repair, sporting goods, hobby shops and pet shops (but not animal kennels), musical instruments, television and radio shops (including repairs), florist or gift shops, delicatessens, bake shops (but not wholesale bakeries), drugs and similar products.
(B)
Service establishments such as barber or beauty shops, shoe repair shops, restaurants (but not drive-in restaurants), interior decorators, photographic studios, dance or music studios, reducing salons or gymnasiums, self-service laundries or dry cleaners, tailors or dressmakers, dry cleaning and laundry package plants in completely enclosed buildings using nonflammable liquids such as perchloroethylene and with no odor, fumes, or steam detectable to normal senses from off the premises, and similar activities.
(C)
Medical and dental offices and clinics; animal hospitals or veterinary clinics, provided that no animals are permitted to be kept except in a completely enclosed and soundproofed structure.
(D)
Churches (except temporary revival establishments).
(E)
Libraries.
(F)
Nursing homes.
(G)
Assisted living facilities.
(H)
Child care facilities.
(I)
Adult day care centers.
(J)
Lawn or landscape maintenance service.
(K)
All uses permitted in the Commercial, Professional and Office (CPO) District.
(Ord. No. 2015-22, § 2A(Exh. A), 12-14-15; Ord. No. 2017-23, 9-28-17; Ord. No. 2019-21, § 2A, 7-22-19)
Unless otherwise noted, the following restrictions apply to all permitted and conditional uses in this zoning district. Supplementary regulations for development of certain uses may be required by article 28 of this Code.
(A)
Sale, display, preparation and storage shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building and no more than twenty (20) percent of floor space to be devoted to storage.
(1)
For a lawn or landscape maintenance service, outdoor storage of light- or medium-duty vehicles and equipment used for the business is permitted subject to the requirements of article 28, section 28.08.
(B)
Products to be sold only at retail.
(C)
No sale, display or storage of secondhand merchandise except as incidental to sale of new merchandise.
(D)
An opaque buffer or visual barrier shall be required as stipulated in article 37, section 37.06.
(E)
In areas designated as Conservation (Wetlands) on the future land use map, only passive recreation and silviculture will be permitted.
(F)
Distance restrictions. Medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities shall not be located within five hundred (500) feet in airline distance of the real property that comprises a public or private elementary school middle school, or secondary school.
(Ord. No. 2015-22, § 2A(Exh. A), 12-14-15; Ord. No. 2017-23, 9-28-17)
(A)
See article 28, section 28.15.
(B)
Parking lots complying with article 28, section 28.17, and landscape provisions.
(C)
On the same premises and in connection with permitted principal uses and structures, a single-family dwelling unit, only for occupancy by an owner or employee thereof. Said single-family dwelling unit must be attached to the principal permitted structure.
(A)
Antique shops.
(B)
Plant nurseries subject to supplementary regulations in section 28.16.
(C)
Sale of alcoholic beverages with alcoholic content not more than fourteen (14) percent for consumption, either on-premises or off-premises, or the sale of alcoholic beverages with alcoholic content above fourteen (14) percent for on-premises consumption.
(D)
Gasoline dispensing facility containing not more than one (1) pump island with not more than four (4) gasoline and/or fuel pumps; provided no repairs or other automobile services are permitted.
(E)
Multifamily dwelling when located above a permitted principal use as listed above.
(F)
Fraternal clubs, lodges, and social and recreational clubs.
(G)
Video game parlor and/or game rooms.
(H)
Private/nonpublic school.
(I)
Small batch printing press.
(Ord. No. 2019-21, § 2A, 7-22-19; Ord. No. 2019-28, § 2A, 11-18-19; Ord. No. 2025-022, § 2, 7-28-25)
The distance restriction applicable from churches and schools for the sale of alcoholic or intoxicating beverages is set forth in section 4-3 of Ordinance No. 2017-37.
(Ord. No. 2017-38, 11-27-17)
(A)
Minimum lot width: One hundred (100) feet.
(B)
Minimum lot area: Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(A)
Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.
(B)
Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.
(C)
Side yard: Fifteen (15) feet except where the Commercial Neighborhood District abuts a residential district, the minimum side yard shall be increased to thirty (30) feet. No side yard shall be required where two (2) or more commercial buildings adjoin side by side, however, in the case of a series of adjoining buildings of lots of single and/or separate ownership abutting and paralleling a public right-of-way, a passage of not less than thirty (30) feet in width shall be provided at grade levels at intervals not more than four hundred (400) feet apart where required for public access.
(A)
Maximum building height: Thirty-five (35) feet.
(B)
Maximum lot coverage:
(1)
Lot coverage by all buildings, including, accessory buildings and structures shall be not more than fifty (50) percent of the lot.
(2)
The minimum landscape area shall not be less than ten (10) percent of the total lot area and shall be in conformance with the standards in article 28, section 28.17.
- COMMERCIAL, NEIGHBORHOOD: CN
Intent: This district is intended to apply to areas where small groups of selected establishments may be appropriately located to serve within convenient traveling distance from one (1) or several neighborhoods. The Commercial Neighborhood District is not intended for use by major commercial or service establishments. However, professional and business offices and similar uses are encouraged.
(A)
Retail outlets for sale of food and drugs, medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities, wearing apparel, toys, sundries and notions, books and stationery, leather goods and luggage, jewelry (including watch repair but not pawnshop), art supplies, camera repair, sporting goods, hobby shops and pet shops (but not animal kennels), musical instruments, television and radio shops (including repairs), florist or gift shops, delicatessens, bake shops (but not wholesale bakeries), drugs and similar products.
(B)
Service establishments such as barber or beauty shops, shoe repair shops, restaurants (but not drive-in restaurants), interior decorators, photographic studios, dance or music studios, reducing salons or gymnasiums, self-service laundries or dry cleaners, tailors or dressmakers, dry cleaning and laundry package plants in completely enclosed buildings using nonflammable liquids such as perchloroethylene and with no odor, fumes, or steam detectable to normal senses from off the premises, and similar activities.
(C)
Medical and dental offices and clinics; animal hospitals or veterinary clinics, provided that no animals are permitted to be kept except in a completely enclosed and soundproofed structure.
(D)
Churches (except temporary revival establishments).
(E)
Libraries.
(F)
Nursing homes.
(G)
Assisted living facilities.
(H)
Child care facilities.
(I)
Adult day care centers.
(J)
Lawn or landscape maintenance service.
(K)
All uses permitted in the Commercial, Professional and Office (CPO) District.
(Ord. No. 2015-22, § 2A(Exh. A), 12-14-15; Ord. No. 2017-23, 9-28-17; Ord. No. 2019-21, § 2A, 7-22-19)
Unless otherwise noted, the following restrictions apply to all permitted and conditional uses in this zoning district. Supplementary regulations for development of certain uses may be required by article 28 of this Code.
(A)
Sale, display, preparation and storage shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building and no more than twenty (20) percent of floor space to be devoted to storage.
(1)
For a lawn or landscape maintenance service, outdoor storage of light- or medium-duty vehicles and equipment used for the business is permitted subject to the requirements of article 28, section 28.08.
(B)
Products to be sold only at retail.
(C)
No sale, display or storage of secondhand merchandise except as incidental to sale of new merchandise.
(D)
An opaque buffer or visual barrier shall be required as stipulated in article 37, section 37.06.
(E)
In areas designated as Conservation (Wetlands) on the future land use map, only passive recreation and silviculture will be permitted.
(F)
Distance restrictions. Medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities shall not be located within five hundred (500) feet in airline distance of the real property that comprises a public or private elementary school middle school, or secondary school.
(Ord. No. 2015-22, § 2A(Exh. A), 12-14-15; Ord. No. 2017-23, 9-28-17)
(A)
See article 28, section 28.15.
(B)
Parking lots complying with article 28, section 28.17, and landscape provisions.
(C)
On the same premises and in connection with permitted principal uses and structures, a single-family dwelling unit, only for occupancy by an owner or employee thereof. Said single-family dwelling unit must be attached to the principal permitted structure.
(A)
Antique shops.
(B)
Plant nurseries subject to supplementary regulations in section 28.16.
(C)
Sale of alcoholic beverages with alcoholic content not more than fourteen (14) percent for consumption, either on-premises or off-premises, or the sale of alcoholic beverages with alcoholic content above fourteen (14) percent for on-premises consumption.
(D)
Gasoline dispensing facility containing not more than one (1) pump island with not more than four (4) gasoline and/or fuel pumps; provided no repairs or other automobile services are permitted.
(E)
Multifamily dwelling when located above a permitted principal use as listed above.
(F)
Fraternal clubs, lodges, and social and recreational clubs.
(G)
Video game parlor and/or game rooms.
(H)
Private/nonpublic school.
(I)
Small batch printing press.
(Ord. No. 2019-21, § 2A, 7-22-19; Ord. No. 2019-28, § 2A, 11-18-19; Ord. No. 2025-022, § 2, 7-28-25)
The distance restriction applicable from churches and schools for the sale of alcoholic or intoxicating beverages is set forth in section 4-3 of Ordinance No. 2017-37.
(Ord. No. 2017-38, 11-27-17)
(A)
Minimum lot width: One hundred (100) feet.
(B)
Minimum lot area: Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(A)
Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.
(B)
Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.
(C)
Side yard: Fifteen (15) feet except where the Commercial Neighborhood District abuts a residential district, the minimum side yard shall be increased to thirty (30) feet. No side yard shall be required where two (2) or more commercial buildings adjoin side by side, however, in the case of a series of adjoining buildings of lots of single and/or separate ownership abutting and paralleling a public right-of-way, a passage of not less than thirty (30) feet in width shall be provided at grade levels at intervals not more than four hundred (400) feet apart where required for public access.
(A)
Maximum building height: Thirty-five (35) feet.
(B)
Maximum lot coverage:
(1)
Lot coverage by all buildings, including, accessory buildings and structures shall be not more than fifty (50) percent of the lot.
(2)
The minimum landscape area shall not be less than ten (10) percent of the total lot area and shall be in conformance with the standards in article 28, section 28.17.