Nephi City Zoning Code

Central Commercial Zone (CC) is identified as that specific location that remains as the historic central business district. The district regulations are established in order to allow the continuation of the scale, character and style of the original structures, and to allow a restoration of the commercial viability of the district. 

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

A. Permitted Uses: In the Central Commercial Zone (CC), no building, land, or use shall be constructed, changed, or expanded, which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used for anything other than one or more of the following uses, which may be required to be reasonably dispersed throughout the community:

Advertising services

Antique store

Apparel and accessory clothing or shoe store

Art gallery or artist studio

Assembly buildings (public and private)

Bakery (retail)

Banking or financial service

Book store, stationery and hobby supplies, or similar use

Bar, tavern, lounge, club

Catering, food services

Church, except temporary revival tent or building

Civic or cultural club or services

Counseling services (such as therapy, nutrition, or life coaching)

Craft store, or craft production (on-site, customer produced) including, but not limited to: pottery, painting, woodcrafts, sewing; no outdoor odors or outside storage

Daycare, group

Dry cleaning establishment

Dwelling, apartments in single building ownership, up to two (2) units per building structure located vertically, and stacked above a ground-level business

Furniture, home furnishings, appliances, and equipment retail sales (all supplies and equipment need to be stored within a storage building that meets all applicable safety, fire, and hazard codes)

General merchandise sales and service (retail)

Government or quasi-government services

Gym, health club, or spa

Hardware store (retail)

Hotel (Not Motel)

Instructional academy

Jewelry store including, but not limited to: watch, clock, or jewelry repair, and engraving

Laundromat

Liquor store

Medical treatment offices including, but not limited to: physician clinic, dentist, optometrist, physical therapy, chiropractic, ultrasound, massage therapy, LASIK eye center, or hearing treatment center

Miscellaneous personal services

Miscellaneous small item repair services (no odors, or outside storage)

Miscellaneous retail trade (no odors, or outside storage)

Music store (retail)

Offices, including, but not limited to: business, government or professional

Office Services (retail) including, but not limited to: shipping, delivery, mail, printing and other temporary office services

Parking lot, public or private

Pharmacy

Photography, photographic processing or supply, and picture framing

Printing and publishing

Public park and recreation facilities

Public services

Public utility stations

Repair or alteration services including, but not limited to, clothing, or shoes

Restaurant, traditional service (not drive-in)

School, private, quasi-public, public

Service salon, including, but not limited to: tanning, hair, barber, esthetic, or nail

Senior citizen center

Signs if in compliance with Chapter 10.18 of this title

Sporting goods store (retail) including, but not limited to, bicycles, bow shop, kayaks, and like recreation items

Theater, cinema, or concert hall

Thrift store, second-hand store (retail)

Transportation terminal

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

1. Lot Size (Area) and Density: The minimum lot size (area) and density shall apply in the CC zone:
2. The minimum lot size (area) for single-family, dwelling units shall be not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet, or approximately .1837 net acres per dwelling unit.
3. The minimum lot size (area) for multiple-family dwelling units shall not be less than seven-thousand, six-hundred, and twenty (7,260) square feet, or approximately .1667 net acres per dwelling unit.
4. The minimum lot size (area) for commercial units shall be not less than eight-thousand (8,000) square feet, or approximately .1837 net acres per commercial unit.
5. The minimum density is five and .445 (5.445) units per net acre (gross acres less dedicated rights-of-way) for single-family dwelling units; and
6. The minimum density is six (6) units per net acre (gross acres less dedicated roads) for a multiple-unit development.
7. Maximum Units Multiple-Family Dwellings: The maximum number of dwelling units allowed in any multi-family dwelling structure shall be six (6) per bank of units.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

The minimum width of any lot or parcel for central commercial in the CC zone shall be seventy (70) feet at the required front yard setback line.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

1. Side Yard Setbacks for Main or Accessory Buildings in the CC Zone:
2. Side yard setbacks for a main or accessory building that abuts a residential zone, shall be not less than ten (10) feet, and shall be twenty (20) feet if on a corner lot for the side yard that abuts the city street. No setback if abuts a commercial zone.
3. Front Yard Setbacks for Main or Accessory Buildings:
4. New buildings and structures will be allowed to stand at the property line to align with the original buildings of the district.
5. Rear Yard Setbacks for Main or Accessory Buildings:
6. The minimum rear yard for a main or accessory building, shall be not less than twenty-six (26) feet as measured from the outside wall on the main floor of the structure to the property line.
7. Separation for Accessory Buildings: There shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet of separation between the closest point of any accessory building and any other building, including main or accessory buildings on site, or neighboring buildings, as measured from the outside wall of the main floor of both structures.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

No building in the CC zone shall be erected to a height greater than six (6) stories or seventy-five (75) feet, whichever is lower.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 09-05-2023, 09-05-2023

The development of all sites shall follow the appropriate performance standards contained in chapter 14 of this title. Consideration shall be given to the special characteristics of this zone, including zero front and side yard requirements. Site development shall be approved by the planning commission at site plan review. 

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021

Outside storage shall be completely screened, by landscaping or opaque fencing, from view from any public street or abutting properties. This does not apply to representative displays of materials for sale but does apply to general inventories, miscellaneous merchandise, stockpiles, etc.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021