Skiatook City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 6

COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

11-6-1: PURPOSES:

A. General Purposes: The commercial districts are designed to:

1. Achieve the commercial objectives of the comprehensive plan.

2. Meet the needs for commercial services and goods of the trade area.

3. Preserve and promote the development of efficient commercial facilities and encourage a compatible relationship between commercial facilities and other land uses and thoroughfares by:

a. Differentiating the types and purposes of commercial activities.

b. Establishing bulk and area controls.

c. Requiring off street loading and parking facilities.

d. Controlling the number, area, location, and types of signs.

e. Protecting the character of commercial districts and their peculiar suitability for commercial uses.

B. CS Commercial Shopping Center District: The CS district is designed to accommodate convenience, neighborhood, subcommunity, community, and regional shopping centers providing a wide range of retail and personal service uses.

C. CG Commercial General District: The CG district is designed to:

1. Accommodate existing development of mixed commercial uses which are well established, while providing a degree of protection to adjacent residential areas.

2. Accommodate the grouping of certain commercial and light industrial uses which are compatible with one another.

D. CH Commercial High Intensity District: The CH district is designed to accommodate high intensity commercial and related uses. (1991 Code § 16-16-600)

11-6-2: PRINCIPAL USES PERMITTED:

The principal uses permitted in the commercial districts are designated by use units. The use units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their respective off street parking, loading, and screening requirements and other use conditions in chapter 13 of this title. The use units permitted in commercial districts are set forth in table 1 of this section. (1991 Code § 16-16-610)

TABLE 1
USE UNITS PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

(Chapter 11 Of This Title)

X - Use By Right E - Special Exception

No.	Use Unit	Districts
No.	Use Unit	CS	CG	CH
1	Areawide uses	X	X	X
2	Areawide special exception uses	E	E	E
4	Public protection and utility facilities	X1	X1	X
5	Community services, cultural and recreational facilities	X	X	X
10	Off street parking areas	X	X	X
11	Offices and studios	X	X	X
12	Eating places other than drive-ins	X	X	X
13	Convenience goods and services	X	X	X
14	Shopping goods and services	X	X	X
15	Other trades and services		X	X
16	Ministorage	E	X	X
17	Automotive and allied activities	E	X	X
18	Drive-in restaurants	X	X
19	Hotel, motel, and recreation facilities	X	X	X
20	Commercial recreation, intensive	E	E
21	Business signs and outdoor advertising	X	X	X
22	Warehousing and wholesaling		E	X
24	Light manufacturing and industrial research and development		E	E

Note:

1. Transmitting towers including, but not limited to, wireless telecommunications, and excluding amateur radio towers, require board of adjustment approval.

(Ord. 2007-04, 10-30-2007; amd. 2011 Code; Ord. 2023-16, 11-14-2023)

11-6-3: ACCESSORY USES:

A. Accessory Uses Permitted: Accessory uses customarily incidental to a principal use permitted in a commercial district are permitted in such districts.

B. Accessory Use Conditions:

1. Accessory buildings shall meet the minimum building setback lines of the applicable district.

2. An accessory building erected as an integral part of the principal building shall be made structurally a part thereof, shall have a common wall therewith, and shall comply with the requirements applicable to the principal building.

3. Signs in the commercial district, whether accessory or principal uses, are subject to the use conditions of use unit 21, chapter 13 of this title. (1991 Code § 16-16-620)

11-6-4: BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS:

TABLE 2
BULK AND AREA REQUIREMENTS IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

		Districts
		CS	CG	CH
Frontage (minimum feet):
	Arterial	150	100	n/a
	Not an arterial	50	50	n/a
Floor area ratio (maximum)		0.50	0.75	n/a
Setback from centerline of abutting street (minimum feet): Measured from centerline of abutting street; add 1/2 of the right of way width designated on the major street plan, or 25 feet if the street is not designated on the major street plan
	Arterial	50	50	n/a
	Not an arterial	25	25	n/a
Setback from abutting R district boundary lines (minimum feet)		101	101	n/a
Building height (maximum feet)		n/a	n/a	n/a

Note:

1. Plus 2 feet setback for each 1 foot of building height exceeding 15 feet if the abutting property is within an RE, RS, or RD district.

(1991 Code § 16-16-630)

11-6-5: SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES:

The special exception uses permitted in commercial districts, as designated in section 11-6-2, table 1 of this chapter, are subject to the minimum requirements set out below and such additional safeguards and conditions as may be imposed by the board of adjustment.

A. Multi-family use, where permitted by special exception, shall comply with the bulk and area requirements of the RM-2 district.

B. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, all special exception uses shall comply with the bulk and area requirements of the use district in which located. (1991 Code § 16-16-640)