The purpose of this zoning district is to provide for a variety of unique commercial uses of sufficient scale and intensity as to encourage a pedestrian oriented environment. A mixture of uses, where practical, will be encouraged. Manufactured housing and/or structures are prohibited. Any structure associated with a use four thousand (4,000) square feet or greater in area shall require a conditional use permit. Drivethrough uses shall only be allowed through approval of a conditional use permit in the specialty commercial zoning district. Because no list of uses can be complete, decisions on specific uses not included as examples on the following lists of permitted and conditional uses will be made by the planning and zoning director.

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A.

Sale of Retail Merchandise. Retail merchandise must be sold on site. Uses permitted under this category shall include, but are not limited to the following:

1.

Art galleries; arts and crafts supply, retail sales; baby shops; bakers and baked goods, retail sales; barber shops; beauty shops; book sales, retail; camera shops; candy shops, retail sales; clothing, retail sales; coffee shops; coin dealers; computer sales; cosmetics, retail sales; costume rental; curio shops, retail sales; delicatessens; drapery, retail sales; dressmakers, custom; drug stores, retail sales; engravers; financial institutions; florists, retail sales; gas companies, offices only; gift shops; handicraft; hardware, retail sales; hats, retail sales and repair; health food stores; historical museums; hobby shops; home decor and furnishing, retail sales; home electronics, retail sales; ice cream shops; interior decorators, retail sales/display; jewelry store; leather goods, custom; magazines, retail sales; musical instruments, repairing, service, retail sales; news services (no publishing); newspapers (advertising) sales office; notions, retail sales;

2.

Office: administrative and professional, including, but not limited to, architect, accountant, attorney, dentist, doctor, engineer, finance and other similar professions;

3.

Optical goods, retail sales; pet shops, retail sales; philatelists (stamp dealers); photographer (commercial studios); picture framing, custom; pottery and ceramics, retail sales; produce, retail sales; public parking, surface; realty sales and management; restaurants, no alcoholic beverages; shoe repair; shoe sales and service, retail only; soaps, retail sales; sporting goods, retail; stationery, retail sales; tea rooms; theatrical agency; toys, retail sales;

4.

Customary accessory buildings, structures, and uses provided they are incidental to a permitted use;

5.

Temporary buildings or uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work;

6.

Any such other uses which are determined by minute order of the planning and zoning commission to be similar to those uses listed above and not detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare.

B.

Storage. Storage of items incidental to allowed sales or service is permitted, subject to the following conditions:

1.

All products incidental to a permitted use stored on the premises shall be sold at retail only and on the premises only;

2.

All such storage shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, and there shall be no external evidence of the activity such as noise, vibration, smoke, odor, dust, gas, glare, etc.

C.

Public and civic uses (no alcoholic beverages); government offices; publicly owned and operated parks and recreation areas and centers.

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A.

Antique dealers; assembly halls and auditoriums; bars, taverns, cocktail lounges; bicycle repair and retail sales; bowling alleys; caterers; dance halls; department stores; employment agencies; family game centers; furniture, retail sales, repair and refinish; guns, retail sales and repairs; hotels and motels; microbrewery; miniature golf; music studios; office furniture, equipment and supplies, retail sales and showroom; places of worship, fraternal, social facilities, meeting halls and similar uses; pool and billiard halls; public and civic uses serving alcoholic beverages; public parking, garage; public/private utility structures and appurtenances thereto for public service; recreation and health club centers; restaurants serving alcoholic beverages; skating rinks; theaters, motion picture and live performance; tobacco sales.

B.

Any such other uses which are determined by minute order of the planning and zoning commission to be similar to those uses listed above and not detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare.

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1.

Minimum lot area: seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

2.

Minimum lot width: seventy (70) feet.

3.

Minimum front yard: none. Requirements for separation as outlined in the International Building Code and Arizona Department of Transportation rights-of-way shall be met.

4.

Minimum side yard: none, except where a side lot line joins residentially zoned property, in which case the minimum side yard setback shall be at least twenty (20) feet or equal to the height of the building, whichever is greater. Requirements for separation as outlined in the International Building Code shall be met.

5.

Minimum rear yard: none, except where a rear lot line joins residentially zoned property, in which case the minimum rear yard setback shall be at least twenty (20) feet or equal to the height of the building, whichever is greater. Requirements for separation as outlined in the International Building Code shall be met.

6.

Building design: all building elevations shall be designed to continue the "small town" character of Springerville's specialty commercial area. Maximum building height shall be twenty-five (25) feet, except by conditional use permit. The siting of metal or steel buildings in the specialty commercial zone shall be prohibited.

7.

Landscaping: all open areas not designated for parking shall be landscaped and maintained with trees, shrubs, pedestrian walkways, and plazas in a manner acceptable to the planning and zoning director.

8.

Screening:

a.

All commercial uses shall be screened from any adjacent noncommercial or nonindustrial zone by a solid masonry or solid wood fence six feet in height, or of a height or material as allowed or required by the planning and zoning commission, subject also to the fence height regulations established in Chapter 17.28 of this title.

b.

All outdoor storage must be screened from the public view and from the view of the adjoining property owners. A sight obscuring fence or wall of consistent materials and nature to the primary structure(s) on the property shall be installed or a mature landscape wall that obscures view shall be planted and maintained around the perimeter of the outdoor storage area. A conditional use permit shall be required for the use of chain link fencing for site obscuring purposes.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.28 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.100 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.104 shall apply.

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The provisions of Chapter 17.88 shall apply.

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