5.01.01. Area and dimensional regulations. Except as provided in article III General Regulations, the area and dimensional regulations set forth in the table 5-1 must be observed.

5.01.02. Uses.

A.

In each district, only the uses specifically listed in table 5-2 as "permitted by right," "conditional use" or "special exception" are allowed. For conditional uses, refer to section 13.07, Conditional uses. For special exceptions, refer to section 12.05, Special exceptions.

B.

Special events may be permitted in nonresidential districts in accordance with section 7.34, Special events.

Table 5-1. Area and Dimensional Regulations; Nonresidential Districts.

5.01.03. Parking regulations. Off-street parking and loading spaces must be provided in accordance with article IX, Parking and Loading.

5.01.04. Landscaping, buffers and screening. Landscaping, buffers and screening must be provided in accordance with article X, Landscaping and Buffers.

5.01.05. Sign regulations. Any signage must be in accordance with article VIII, Signs.

5.01.06. Other regulations.

A.

No vehicles of any kind and no merchandise or materials of any kind associated with a business may be parked or stored within city, county, or state rights-of-way.

B.

Each structure must have a service yard, or yards, adequate for the handling of wastes and garbage and the loading and unloading of vehicles. Such service yard must be paved, have access to a public street or alley, be located to the side or rear of the structure and be screened in accordance with section 10.02, Screening.

C.

Required parking spaces, parking aisles, and pedestrian areas may not be used in ways other than the intended designed uses for those areas.

D.

Outdoor storage, including within movable containers and accessory structures, is not permitted forward of the front building line. However, for previously developed properties in the M-1 and M-2 districts, outdoor storage forward of the front building may be considered by the board in accordance with section 12.05, Special exceptions.

E.

In O-I, B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-4 districts:

1.

All garbage and refuse service areas must be to the rear or side of the principal building or complex it serves, screened in accordance with section 10.02, Screening, and covered if a sewer drain is present.

2.

No storage trailers or temporary storage containers are allowed for storage.

3.

All utilities must be underground in.

4.

No outside storage of any kind is allowed, with the exception of sales and rental of automobiles, trucks, utility trailers, recreational vehicles, and light equipment and farm implements normally stored outside, where such uses are permitted.

5.02.01. Intent. The O-I office and institutional district is provided for the orderly arrangement of institutional, clerical, and administrative space.

5.02.02. Additional regulations.

A.

Buildings in excess of 5,000 square feet of floor space and used exclusively for office purposes, may allocate up to 15 percent of such space for commercial and service establishments such as snack bars, gift or specialty shops, quick copy services, and similar uses. Any type of restaurant must be appropriate to an office building environment and primarily intended for service to the office building tenants, visitors, or patients.

B.

Prohibited uses.

1.

Business offices for retail or wholesale trade.

2.

Manufacturing, storage, handling, conveying, sales or disposal of merchandise or products.

3.

Repair garages or storage yards for materials, vehicles or equipment, warehouses, buildings and other facilities having commercial or industrial characteristics.

4.

Buildings used or intended to be used as detention, correctional, or penal institutions.

5.03.01. Intent. To establish and preserve areas for those commercial facilities which are especially useful in close proximity to residential areas, while minimizing the undesirable impact of such uses on the neighborhoods which they serve.

5.03.02. Additional regulations.

A.

No drive-up or walk-up window service or service to customers in their vehicles.

B.

Repair garages for materials, vehicles or equipment, warehouses, buildings and other facilities having industrial characteristics are not permitted.

5.04.01. Intent. To establish and preserve a retail business district convenient to the public and attractive for a wide range of retail uses.

5.05.01. Intent. To establish and preserve a warehouse business district which provides retail activity in support thereof.

5.05.02. Additional regulations.

A.

Warehouses are permitted in connection with or accessory to permitted uses. No building may be used for a warehouse unless at least ten percent of the total floor area is occupied by a permitted use. All warehouse buildings must be enclosed structures.

B.

Uses may not create any objectionable noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odor, heat, glare, or pollutants.

5.06.01. Intent. To establish and preserve a mini-warehouse district convenient to the citizens of Pelham, but not in close proximity to impact residential areas.

5.07.01. Intent. To establish and preserve areas for industrial and selected commercial uses that are compatible with light industry.

5.07.02. Additional regulations (when applicable).

A.

Each business must be located in permanent building.

B.

Uses may not be detrimental to property or to the health and safety beyond the district by reason or the emission of odor, dust, gas, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration or waste material.

C.

Industrial parks must be in accordance with section 7.20, Industrial parks.

D.

The repair or servicing of major vehicle, farm implement, and trailers, with damaged or inoperative items must be screened in a separate paved lot with a bituminous or concrete surface, all in accordance with section 7.36, Vehicle repair, major.

E.

Access by way of a major thoroughfare adequate and suitable for the accommodations of truck traffic is required.

F.

All parking areas and all maneuvering areas must be properly prepared using bituminous or concrete paving.

5.08.01. Intent. To establish and preserve areas for industrial uses that are compatible with heavy industry.

5.08.02. Additional regulations (when applicable).

A.

Uses may not be detrimental to property or to the health and safety beyond the district by reason or the emission of odor, dust, gas, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration or waste material.

B.

Industrial parks must be in accordance with section 7.20, Industrial parks.

C.

Access by way of a major thoroughfare adequate and suitable for the accommodations of truck traffic is required.

Table 5-2. Use Regulations; Nonresidential Districts.

P: The use is permitted by right.

C: The use requires conditional use approval, see section 13.07.

SE: The use requires special exception approval, see section 12.05.

A blank cell indicates the use is prohibited.