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Smithfield City Zoning Code

17.72 GC

GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE

17.72.010 PURPOSE

To provide areas, in appropriate locations, where a combination of business, retail commercial, entertainment, and related activities may be established, maintained and protected. Regulations for this district are designed to provide a suitable environment for those commercial and service uses which are vital to economic life.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 15-20 on 11/11/2015

17.72.020 ALLOWED USES

Those uses which are allowed in the GC general commercial zone either as a permitted use or a conditional use shall be as specified in SMC17.120, "Use Matrix Table", of this title.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 15-20 on 11/11/2015

17.72.030 AREA, WIDTH AND YARD REGULATIONS

Area, width and yard regulations in the GC general commercial zone are as follows:'

  1. Area: No minimum.
  2. Width: No minimum.
  3. Front yard: Thirty feet (30').
  4. Side yard: None except ten feet (10') where the side yard abuts a residential zone.
  5. Rear yard: None except thirty feet (30') where the rear yard abuts a residential zone.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 15-20 on 11/11/2015

17.72.040 HEIGHT REGULATIONS

No building or structure shall be erected to a height greater than fifty feet (50'), to be measured from the threshold of the main entrance at street level to the highest point of the roof.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 15-20 on 11/11/2015
Amended by Ord. 21-31 on 11/10/2021

17.72.050 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

  1. Plan Approval: Before any building is constructed, enlarged, expanded, or experiences a change in land use, a site development plan shall be prepared and approved in accordance with SMC 17.100 of this title.
  2. Outside Storage: No outside storage shall be permitted except as expressly approved by the planning commission.
  3. Screening:
    1. Any area outside of a building and visible from a public street which is used for any activity other than landscaping, off street parking and loading shall be completely enclosed within an approved fence or wall or approved landscaping of a height sufficient to completely screen such activity from the street or from adjoining parcels.
    2. Garbage or other refuse shall be screened from public view by a sightproof fence or masonry wall, or may be completely within an enclosed building. Trash dumpsters shall be located a minimum of twenty feet (20') from any common boundary with a noncommercial zone or public right of way.
    3. Where any commercial lot shares a common boundary with a residential zone, a six foot (6') sightproof fence or wall shall be provided along such boundary.
    4. All mechanical equipment, including heating and air conditioning units, shall be completely screened from surrounding properties by use of a sightproof fence or wall or shall be enclosed within a building. Roof mounted equipment shall be screened by parapet walls or other approved means.
  4. Nuisances: All uses shall be free from objectionable odors, noises, hazards or other nuisances.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 15-20 on 11/11/2015

15-20

21-31