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Pelican Bay City Zoning Code

SECTION 15

C-1 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICT - OFFICE, LIGHT RETAIL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES

§ 15.1 General Purpose and Description.

The Commercial District - 1 is intended for office facilities, neighborhood shopping facilities, and retail and commercial facilities of a service character. The C-1 District is established to accommodate the daily and frequent needs of the community. The following regulations shall be applicable to all uses in the district:
15.1.1 
The business shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building;
15.1.2 
Required yards shall not be used for display, sale, or storage of merchandise or for the storage of vehicles, equipment, containers, or waste material;
15.1.3 
All merchandise shall be sold at retail on the premises; and
15.1.4 
Such use shall not be objectionable because of odor, excessive light, smoke, dust, noise, vibration, or similar nuisance.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)

§ 15.2 Permitted Uses.

A building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes:
15.2.1 
Discount, variety, or department store of not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet floor space.
15.2.2 
Food store with floor space not greater than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
15.2.3 
Gasoline service station (no garage or automobile repair facilities).
15.2.4 
Other uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)

§ 15.3 Permitted Specific Uses.

The following specific uses shall be permitted in the C-1 District, when granted in accordance with Section 25:
15.3.1 
Broadcasting facilities, radios, television, or microwave tower.
15.3.2 
Gasoline service station with associated minor automobile repair facility with floor space not greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
15.3.3 
Other uses as listed in Section 22 of this ordinance.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)

§ 15.4 Height and Area Regulations.

See Appendix 1, Area, Setback, Height, and Coverage Regulations.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)

§ 15.5 Parking Regulations.

Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as set forth in Section 26.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)

§ 15.6 Special Masonry Requirements.

All structures, excluding accessory buildings, located in commercial/business zones (C-1 and C-2) and which have frontage on U.S. Highway 67 or Interstate Highway 35W shall have not less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the exterior wall facing U.S. Highway 67 and/or Interstate Highway 35W constructed of masonry materials. Variances from this provision may be granted by the City Council if petitioner demonstrates that the intent of the masonry requirement is being satisfied by use of other materials or that the conditions of the particular location make the masonry requirement unnecessary or unreasonable. Cost of satisfying the masonry requirement shall not be a consideration in determining whether a variance should be granted.
(Ordinance 180 adopted 5/10/05)