Ranchester City Zoning Code

No residential uses will be allowed. No mobile homes will be allowed. The following uses will be permitted:

1. Any retail business
2. Automotive Garage or filling station
3. Hotel or motel
4. Office space
5. Theater
6. Bank
7. Restaurant
8. Bakery
9. Warehouse
10. Laundry or dry cleaning
11. Museum
    

No separate temporary signs will be allowed, including but not limited to: folding, sandwich, inflatable or staked-in signs. Signs advertising off-premises business will not be allowed. The following advertising uses will be permitted.

1. Advertising signs must be affixed to the business building. Exceptions may be considered when off building signage is required by franchise regulations. Other off building signage will not be allowed outside of a mutually designated area that will be approved in the site review process.
2. Signs will have no square footage requirements.
3. Signs on the building will not be permitted to exceed the height or width of the building.
4. Signs will not exceed 25% of the building front area not including windows and doors.
   

No height regulations of buildings in C-1 zones.

Minimum lot width shall be no less than 100 feet to the Frontage Street.

Minimum lot depth shall be no less than 150 feet.

1. All business within a C-1 zone shall provide an appropriate number of employee parking spaces behind the building not to be seen from the Frontage Street.
2. Shipping and receiving shall be conducted behind the building.
3. Each business shall provide to the front of the building upon the same property the number of off-street parking spaces required by the schedule set forth in Section 15-5-290 of this title.
4. All access or driveways to parking shall be paved or concrete from the street.
   

1. Each parking lot shall be required to maintain a grass area of no less than 10% of the total parking area.
2. Each grass area shall be bordered by concrete curb.
3. Each parking lot shall be required to have and maintain a minimum of at least one tree or shrub.
4. Green spaces may be shared between adjacent parking lots not to reduce the grass area of less than 5% of each parking lot.
   

1. Buildings shall be placed 40 feet from the rear of the lot in consideration of employee parking, shipping and garbage.
2. Buildings shall be placed with aesthetic consideration and consistency of adjacent buildings.
3. No setback of the building to the side of the property will be required provided building code and firewall regulations are followed.
   

1. Prior to any building permit, (including signs, art and parking) a site plan will be submitted to the building inspector.
2. Site plans will be reviewed and approved by a council appointed committee consisting of local business operators.
3. The Ranchester Town Council will approve final site plans. (Ord. 230, 2008)