Riverton City Zoning Code
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
C-1 AND C-2
§ 157.065 PREAMBLE; PURPOSE.
(A) The purpose of the C-1 General Retail District is to provide for a wide range of retail facilities and services of such a nature as to be fully compatible in the proximity they must enjoy in the central business district.
(B) The purpose of the C-2 Service Retail District is to provide for those retail businesses and services which require a location other than in the central business district being either highway oriented, requiring larger tracts of land not normally available in the central business district, or to provide local neighborhood retail shopping facilities to that residential area immediately adjacent.
(Prior Code, § 151.035) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)
§ 157.066 USES PERMITTED IN C-1 DISTRICT.
(A) Any use permitted in a residential district;
(B) Major retail outlets: furniture, department, clothing, shoe and variety stores; hardware, appliance, paint and wallpaper stores;
(C) Food, drug and beverage: grocery stores, supermarkets, meat markets, drug stores, bakery in conjunction with retail sales, restaurants, tea rooms, taverns and liquor stores;
(D) Specialty shops: gift shops, magazine, book and stationery outlets, florist shops, camera and photography shops, sporting goods;
(E) Service and recreation: laundromat, dry cleaning and laundry pick-up stations, barber and beauty shops, shoe repair and tailor shops, mortuaries, printing shop with not more than ten full-time regular employees, places of amusement and assembly;
(F) Business and professional offices: medical and dental offices and clinics, law offices, insurance and real estate offices, banks, finance and utility companies;
(G) Automotive and related uses: new and used car sales, service and repair, gasoline filling stations, motorcycle and bicycle shops, cab and bus stands and depots;
(H) Accessory uses or buildings; and
(I) Business and advertising signs pertaining to the business on the property on which the sign is located; providing that:
(1) Illumination of all signs shall be diffused or indirect and shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into adjacent residential districts or into the public way; and
(2) That any sign located in the direct line of vision of any traffic-control signal shall not have flashing intermittent red, green or amber illumination.
(Prior Code, § 151.036) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)
§ 157.067 USES PERMITTED IN C-2 DISTRICT.
(A) Any use permitted in the residential districts;
(B) Any use permitted in the C-1 General Retail District;
(C) Building trades or equipment: building, concrete, electrical, masonry, sheet metal, plumbing and heating shops, building material establishments (providing, no assembly, construction, millwork or concrete block manufacture is done on premises);
(D) Vehicle drive-in and heavy vehicle service: drive-in theaters, drive-in restaurants and refreshment stands; express, cartage and trucking facilities; large item machinery or bulk sales and storage not including outdoor unfenced storage;
(E) Heavy service and processing facilities: laundry and dry cleaning plants; linens, towel, diaper and similar supply services; animal pounds, kennels and veterinary establishments; frozen food lockers; seed and food processing plants; dairies;
(F) Accessory uses or buildings; and
(G) Business and advertising signs pertaining to the business on the property on which the sign is located; providing that:
(1) Illumination of all signs shall be diffused or indirect and shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into adjacent residential districts or into the public way; and
(2) That any sign located in the direct line of vision of any traffic-control signal shall not have flashing intermittent red, green or amber illumination.
(Prior Code, § 151.037) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)
§ 157.068 SPECIAL USES IN C-2 DISTRICT.
The following use is permitted in the C-2 District as a special use, after compliance with the special use procedures in § 157.125 of this chapter: mini warehouses.
(Prior Code, § 151.037A) (Ord. 2003-029, passed 10-6-2003)
§ 157.069 REQUIRED LOT AREA AND LOT WIDTH.
(A) Each residential use to be accommodated in the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts shall meet the minimum lot area and minimum lot width requirements of the R-2 Residential District.
(B) Each business use to be accommodated in the C-1 and C-2 Commercial Districts shall provide a minimum lot area of 2,500 square feet; no minimum lot width is required for business uses.
(Prior Code, § 151.038) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)
§ 157.070 BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATION.
(A) In the C-1 General Retail District, no building shall exceed three stories or 45 feet.
(B) In the C-2 Service Retail District, no building shall exceed two stories or 30 feet.
(Prior Code, § 151.039) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)
§ 157.071 YARDS REQUIRED.
All buildings to be constructed, altered or moved in the commercial districts shall meet the following minimum requirements.
(A) Yards required in the C-1 General Retail District:
Front yard | No minimum yard required |
Rear yard | 20 feet. Where a rear lot line abuts an alley, 1/2 of the width of such alley may be considered in meeting the rear yard requirements |
Side yard | No minimum yard required, except lots adjoining a residential district shall provide a side yard on that adjoining side equal to that required in the adjoining residential district |
(B) Yards required in the C-2 Service Retail District:
Front yard | 15 feet |
Rear yard | 20 feet. Where a rear lot line abuts an alley, 1/2 of the width of such alley may be considered in meeting the rear yard requirements |
Side yard | 10 feet |
(Prior Code, § 151.040) (Ord. 176A, passed 2-6-1968)