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Rio Rancho City Zoning Code

154.25 C-2

WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

(A) Purpose. This district permits heavier commercial activities.

(B) Permissive uses.

(1) Amateur radio antenna, up to 65 feet in height from grade;

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

(3) 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;

(4) Auto repair, minor;

(5) Automotive dealers, motorcycle dealers;

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

(7) Banks and other financial institutions;

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

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

(10) Day spa;

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

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

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

(14) Hotel/motel;

(15) Lumberyards;

(16) Machinery, farm sales, repairing and overhauling; provided, that concealed storage and repair area are utilized;

(17) Manager/caretaker residential uses within the structure;

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

(19) Medical supplies and services, drug prescription, prosthetic supplies and dental/medical lab;

(20) Nursery schools and daycare facilities;

(21) Nursing homes, senior transitional living and care facilities and similar institutions;

(22) Offices and office buildings;

(23) Offset press printing;

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

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

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

(27) Permanent outdoor sales displays, provided they meet regulations defined in Article III, Section 154.72;

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

(29) Public facilities;

(30) Public utilities, electric facilities;

(31) Radio or television studios;

(32) Recycling collection centers; provided, that they are an accessory use, and as defined in Article III, Section 154.74;

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

(34) Residential uses as secondary use or above the first floor; provided, that:

(a) The density shall not exceed 50 dwelling units per acre; and

(b) The exterior of any residential building shall be constructed of materials similar in color and appearance to those used in the primary business structure; and

(c) The residence shall be located either as part of the primary business structure or behind the primary business structure; and

(d) The residence can be used as a residence but cannot be used in a business capacity;

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

(36) Sales of sheet metal products;

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

(38) Schools, public, K-12;

(39) Self-storage facilities;

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

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

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

(43) 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);

(44) Undertaking establishments;

(45) Warehouse and indoor storage;

(46) Wholesale commercial.

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

(1) Auto wrecking, salvage, and contractor’s yards, provided:

(a) All activities are conducted in an enclosed building or are enclosed by a solid wall or solid fence at least eight feet high; and

(b) Inoperative automobile bodies or other material may be stacked to a height that does not exceed the height of the required fence or wall;

(2) Boarding kennels or pet shelters;

(3) Light industrial;

(4) Light manufacturing;

(5) Office uses that exceed the height limits of this district;

(6) Research and development office;

(7) Truck and trailer rentals.

(Ord. 18-20; Am. Ord. 19-17; Am. Ord. 22-20)