5.01.01.

MX-1: Limited Mixed Use District. The purpose of this District is to encourage the development of appropriate areas for a mixture of residential and office uses. Such uses would include high-density residential uses plus professional, administrative, and general sales offices.

5.01.02.

C-1: Core Commercial District. This District consists of the traditional downtown area of Phenix City. As such it contains retail, office, financial, government, food service and personal service facilities. The use of upper floors for residential use is encouraged. Pedestrian access is also desirable; and development is in part characterized by lot line to lot line construction, and combined uses within buildings and on property.

5.01.03.

C-2: General Commercial District. This District allows a variety of both small and large-scale retail and service facilities, and small to medium wholesale uses. These facilities are generally clustered into groups of similar and related activities; and are often designed to accommodate an integrated complex of retail and service facilities on a single site and sharing common parking.

5.01.04.

C-3: Neighborhood Commercial District. The purpose of this District is to encourage and allow relatively small-scale convenience retail, service, office, and similar activities that serve people and businesses at the neighborhood and community level.

5.01.05.

C-4: Highway Commercial District. The purpose of this District is to provide land to accommodate those uses, which tend to require a high degree of visibility and vehicular access, and/or serve the traveling public. The location and design of developments in these Districts shall minimize traffic hazards and adverse impacts on adjoining areas.

5.01.06.

M-1: General Manufacturing District. This District is intended to accommodate manufacturing, processing, and assembly operations that are relatively small in terms of employment and space requirements and which do not adversely affect surrounding property by generating noise, dust, odor or glare.

5.01.07.

M-2: Heavy Manufacturing District. This District includes land that is considered appropriate for larger scale manufacturing and assembly operations, which tend to rely on substantial inputs of raw materials and components and the subsequent shipment of finished goods.

5.01.08.

MED: Medical District. The purpose of this District is to encourage the concentration of medical facilities and services in a location that is accessible to residents and business in the City.

5.02.01.

Any new freestanding C-2 or C-4 District created by rezoning must be at least four acres in area.

5.02.02.

Any new freestanding C-3 District created by rezoning must be at least three acres in area.

5.02.03.

Dimensional Requirements. Refer to Table 5-1.

5.02.04.

Use Regulations. Refer to Table 5-2.

5.02.05.

For new construction in the C-2, C-3 and C-4 Districts, refer to §3.09 Building Materials Standards.

5.03.01.

Off-street parking and other vehicular areas must be located to the side or rear of buildings and may not extend forward of the front building line.

5.03.02.

Building Material Standards. The following standards apply to new construction, additions to existing buildings and any street façade improvement involving a change in exterior materials (refer also to Downtown Design Guidelines for applicability, approval process and design guidelines):

a.

At least 70 percent of each street façade of all principal buildings, other than doors, windows and glass curtain wall, must be clad in masonry. At least 25 percent of the ground floor portion of each street façade, measured to 12 feet above grade level, must be door, window, glass curtain wall or a combination of these.

b.

At least 50 percent of all other exterior elevations, other than doors, windows and glass curtain wall, must be clad in masonry.

c.

The balance of exterior treatments on each elevation must consist of wood, glass, or a permitted type of metal siding, which includes corrugated, standing seam and flat panel. Rib and R-panel metal siding are not permitted.

d.

Only architectural grade concrete block (split face, textured and colored aggregate) may be used on building elevations above the finished floor elevation of the first floor.

e.

At an outside corner, any exterior building material used on one elevation must continue for at least two feet horizontally on the adjoining elevation. This is not required for inside corners. See Figure 3-1.

Table 5-1: Dimensional Regulations for Nonresidential Districts

Table 5-2: Use Regulations—Nonresidential Districts