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Ranchester City Zoning Code

15-35 B-1

Business District

15-35-100 Use Regulations

The following uses will be permitted:

  1. Any use permitted in the R-3 Residence District and the R-4 Residence District, except no trailers or mobile homes will be allowed in the B-1 district without an RV park permit as outlined in Title 15, Chapter 47 of the Town of Ranchester’s code book. In the B-1 zone that border Highway 14, ground floor frontage space will be reserved for business only. Where lot size allows enough space for separate buildings, proper yard space, parking and setbacks, residential buildings will be allowed and restricted to the rear of the property so that business use will be conducted on frontage areas. In the areas with no space for separate residential buildings, up to 50% residential use in a business building will be allowed to the rear or above ground floor frontage. No residential use will be allowed in the part of a building that faces U. S. Historic Highway 14 or business frontage. In any B-1 zoned lot along Highway 14, no residential buildings will be permitted prior to the construction of a business building on the same lot.
  2. Any Retail Business.
  3. Public garage or filling station.
  4. Tourist Court.
  5. Offices, theater, bank, restaurant.
  6. Shoe shop, tailor shop, barbershop or beauty parlor.
  7. Business or commercial school; studio
  8. Bakery not employing more than five persons in preparing and baking its products.
  9. Laundry or dry-cleaning establishment employing not more than five persons engaged in laundry or dry-cleaning work.
  10. Recreational vehicle parks (according to Title 15, Chapter 47 of this Code)
  11. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses. (Ord. 231, 2008; Ord. 206, 2000; Ord. 73 § 7, 1975)

15-35-110 Sign Regulations

  1. Permanent and temporary, advertising one business on that of another will be allowed in a B-1 zoned district within the Town of Ranchester. A drawing will be submitted to the building inspector and a permit issued in the amount of $25.00. The sign advertising another business should be no more than 50 square feet in total area. The sign advertising the business within has no square foot area limit. The square footage of the combined area of advertising signs for other businesses shall not exceed lineal highway street frontage.
  2. Any advertising signs, permanent or temporary, in areas bordering Highway 14 (Dayton Street) in Ranchester located in a B-1 zoned district and is required to comply with WYDOT (Wyoming Department of Transportation) rules and regulations. Enforcement of such rules and regulations will be done by the Building Inspector for the Town of Ranchester. Rules and regulations are on file at the Ranchester Town Hall. (Ord. 191, 1997; Ord. 73 § 7-11, 1975)

15-35-120 Height Regulations

The regulations shall be the same as in the R-3 Residence District.

15-35-130 Area Regulations

  1. Front Yard. In those portions of the B-1 Business District which occupy part of the frontage on one side of the street between two intersection streets and the remainder of the frontage is in a residence district, the front yard requirements shall be the same as those of the residence district in the remainder of the frontage. In all other locations in the B-1 Business District no front yard shall be required.
  2. Rear yard. The minimum rear yard shall be 10 feet.
  3. Side Yard. For buildings used wholly or in part for R-1 purposes, the minimum width of the side yard on each side of the building shall be five feet. Buildings used for nonresidential purposes need not provide a side yard except that any such building located at the boundary line between the B-1 Business District and any residence district shall provide a side yard of not less than five feet on the one side adjoining the residence district. (Ord. 231, 2008; Ord. 73 § 7, 1975)

15-35-140 Depth Regulations

Lots adjoining a highway in a B-1 zoning district shall have a maximum depth of 300 feet. (Ord. 73 § 7, 1975)

15-35-150 Parking Regulations

All newly erected or constructed structures within the B-1 Business District shall provide upon the same lot, or within 300 feet thereof, the number of accessible off-street parking spaces required by the use and area parking schedule set forth in Section 15-55-290 of this Title. (Ord. 135 § 4, 1980)

15-35-160 Setbacks

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses will have a setback of 5 feet minimum from any property line, and 5 feet from any building if constructed of non-combustible material and 10 feet if constructed of combustible material. (Ord. 177, 1995)