Rogersville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
"C" Commercial Districts
Section 405.170 Commercial Districts.
[Ord. No. 191 §300, 12-2-1986]
Certain classes of districts, designated by the primary symbol "C" and referred to collectively herein as Commercial Districts or "C" Districts, are established to provide space in suitable locations for the various types of commerce and trade necessary in the City and provide a means of regulating the amount of land coverage and the height of buildings. Density and parking requirements for all Commercial Districts uses are listed in Sections 405.210 and 405.490 respectively.
Section 405.180 "C" Commercial District.
[Ord. No. 191 §310, 12-2-1986]
This commercial district is intended for the conduct of personal and business services and the general retail business of the community.
Section 405.190 "C" Districts - Uses Permitted.
[Ord. No. 191 §311, 12-2-1986; Ord. No. 465 §3, 3-21-2005; Ord. No. 729 §3, 8-1-2011; Ord. No. 747 §11, 5-7-2012]
A.
The following uses shall be permitted in the "C" Commercial District:
1.
Antique shops.
2.
Appliance repair shops. This excludes manufacturing of any item, article or product and excludes outdoor storage or placement of any appliance, equipment or parts for appliances on the subject property.
3.
Athletic clubs.
4.
Auction houses.
5.
Auto laundries and car washes.
6.
Auto sales and service, not including salvage or wrecking. Excluding outdoor storage of non-running or salvage vehicles for storage, scrap or replacement parts for longer than fifteen (15) days.
7.
Bakeries and confectioneries.
8.
Banks and savings and loan companies.
9.
Barber shops and beauty parlors.
10.
Book or stationery stores.
11.
Bicycle and motor-driven cycles and repair shops. Excluding outdoor storage of non-running or salvage vehicles for storage, scrap or replacement parts for longer than fifteen (15) days.
12.
Billiard hall or pool hall.
13.
Bowling center.
14.
Children's nursery or kindergarten.
15.
Cleaning, dying or dry cleaning, not wasting steam to the atmosphere.
16.
(Reserved)
17.
Clothing or ready-to-wear stores.
18.
Custom tailoring, dressmaking and millinery.
19.
Drive-in restaurants.
20.
Drive-in retail stores for persons who are served in automobiles.
21.
Drug stores.
22.
Dry goods or notion stores.
23.
Feed stores, not including the milling or grinding of feed products.
24.
Florist shop and gift shop.
25.
Food and cold storage lockers.
26.
Funeral homes.
27.
Fur storage.
28.
Furniture upholstery.
29.
Garages for auto repair.
30.
Gasoline service stations.
31.
Greenhouses.
32.
Hardware stores and building supply stores.
33.
Hotels.
34.
Laboratories, such as dental and optical.
35.
Landscape architectural workshop.
36.
Laundries, self-service or washateria in nature.
37.
Lawn and garden service.
38.
Lodge halls and similar uses.
39.
Messenger, telephone and telegraph offices.
40.
Monument sales, retail dealers (outside display permitted).
41.
Motor hotels.
42.
Nurseries.
43.
Offices and office buildings.
44.
Painting and decorating shops.
45.
(Reserved)
46.
Pet shops, pet grooming, animal hospitals and clinics. Excluding dog breeding facilities.
47.
Photography shops and studio.
48.
Printing shops.
49.
Professional offices including lawyers, dentists, doctors, interior decorators, landscape architects, architects, insurance agents, engineers, real estate agents, abstractors, artists, accountants, adjustors, appraisers and similar types of professional uses.
50.
Public buildings and public uses.
51.
Radio stations.
52.
(Reserved)
53.
Restaurant, including drive-in facilities.
54.
Sale and show rooms.
55.
Schools, business and commercial.
56.
Theaters, not including drive-in.
Section 405.200 "C" Districts - Conditional Uses.
[Ord. No. 191 §312, 12-2-1986; Ord. No. 1122, 8-5-2024]
The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses in the "C" Commercial Districts: any approved "R-1," "R-2," and "R-3" use as mixed use, light industrial uses, which do not constitute a nuisance by reason of noise, vibration, odor, dust, smoke, gas or other offensive conditions (see Section 405.390), warehouses and drive-in theaters, billboards, subject to approval of size and location by the Planning Commission.
Section 405.210 Commercial Districts Density Requirements.
[Ord. No. 191 §320, 12-2-1986; Ord. No. 875 § 1, 4-17-2017; Ord. No. 921, 7-16-2018; Ord. No. 964, 10-7-2019]
The following density requirements shall be adhered to in the "C" Commercial Districts. The developer of all such districts shall be responsible for providing adequate water pressure for the development.
Density Requirements | "C" Commercial District | |
|---|---|---|
Minimum lot area (square feet) per building | none | |
Minimum lot width (feet) per building | none | |
Maximum height of building (feet) | ||
Principal building | 55 | |
Accessory building | 15 | |
Minimum front yard (feet) | ||
Principal building | none | |
Minimum side yard (feet) | ||
Principal building | 15 feet when abutting a residential district | |
Minimum rear yard (feet) | ||
Principal building | 15 | |
Section 405.211 Commercial District Hwy 60 Corridor.
[Ord. No. 1042, 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 1046, 5-2-2022]
A.
General. This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping at appropriate locations of commercial activities of a more general retail and wholesale nature and service facilities serving a larger community trade area within five hundred (500) feet of the ROW of the Highway 60 corridor.
2.
Design Requirements.
a.
A site plan, showing the overall concept of the proposed use shall be submitted and approved by the Rogersville Planning Commission. The site plan should include adherence to Sections 405.210, 405.490, and 405.568 as well as the following:
(1)
A legal description or a survey done by a registered land surveyor;
(2)
All dimensions of proposed building, accessory uses, drives, and parking areas; and
(3)
The surrounding land uses and zoning classification.
(4)
All materials, surface textures, and colors should be compatible if adjacent to a residential district.
3.
A landscaping plan, meeting all requirements in effect in these regulations at the time of application for permits.
4.
Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened in accordance to landscape plans.
5.
Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall be designed, installed, and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding property.
a.
All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
6.
Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from adjacent residential areas.