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Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.24 C-1

RETAIL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

(A) Purpose. This district permits limited commercial uses such as those pertaining to the day-to-day needs of the residential populace.

(B) Permissive uses.

(1) Auditoriums, bowling alleys, billiards, dance hall, theaters, skating rinks, indoor entertainment;

(2) Auto repair, minor;

(3) Bakeries, pastry and confectioneries for retail sales;

(4) Banks and other financial institutions;

(5) Churches, Sunday school and parish house, incidental facilities;

(6) Clubhouses, buildings for fraternal organizations, nonprofit public service;

(7) Day spa;

(8) Drive-in, drive-through window restaurants, convenience stores;

(9) Gasoline service stations, convenience stores, and car washes;

(10) Hospitals and private institutions of an educational nature and similar institutions;

(11) Hotel/motel;

(12) Manager/caretaker residential uses within structures;

(13) Medical complexes, professional offices (medical and dental), veterinarians, offices/clinics;

(14) Nursery schools and daycare facilities;

(15) Nursing homes, senior transitional living and care facilities;

(16) Offices and office buildings;

(17) Offset press printing;

(18) Outside storage, as an accessory use, as defined in Article III, Section 154.71;

(19) Park and ride facilities, parking lots, garages;

(20) Parks, recreational parks and open spaces, public facilities;

(21) Permanent outdoor sales display, as defined in Article III, Section 154.72;

(22) Photocopying and blueprinting, shipping and messenger service;

(23) Public facilities;

(24) Public utilities, electric facilities;

(25) Repair shops – electrical, radio, and television appliances, keys, and similar articles;

(26) Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor; provided, that density does not exceed 50 dwelling units per acre;

(27) Restaurants, bars, lounges, coffee/tea rooms, delicatessens, patio/al fresco dining facilities;

(28) Schools, private, K-12, college, trade schools;

(29) Schools, public, K-12;

(30) Shops – dressmaking, tailoring, laundry, dry cleaning, photo, pet, and similar trades;

(31) Stores for the sale of retail goods, products, and services;

(32) Temporary structures and enclosures used in construction of a building and used for storage of equipment and material as defined in Article III, Section 154.75(D)(1);

(33) Undertaking establishments.

(C) Conditional uses (requiring use permit and site plan).

(1) Auto repair, major; provided, that:

(a) Repairs and associated activities are conducted within a completely enclosed building; and

(b) A solid masonry wall at least six feet high is erected between the activity and any abutting or contiguous residential zone.

(2) Automotive dealers, motorcycle dealers;

(3) Boarding kennels or pet shelters;

(4) Recycling collection centers as defined in Article III, Section 154.74;

(5) Self-storage facilities;

(6) Temporary model home/sales office as defined in Article III, Section 154.75(B).

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 22-20)