Westminster City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIIIA
C-C Central Commerce Zone
§ 164-45.1 General provisions.
The following regulations shall apply in all C-C Central Commerce Zones.
§ 164-45.2 Uses permitted.
[Amended 2-12-2007 by Ord. No. 758; 9-25-2017 by Ord. No. 869; 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 886; 11-26-2018 by Ord. No. 899; 9-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07; 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-02; 10-13-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-01]
A.
No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, enlarged or maintained, except for one or more of the following uses:
(1)
Antique/collectible shops and arts and crafts shops.
(2)
Bakery shops.
(3)
Banks and savings and loan institutions without drive-through service.
(4)
Beauty parlors or barbershops.
(5)
Candy stores.
(6)
Clothing stores.
(7)
Commercial parking lots.
(8)
Custom printing and reproduction shops.
(9)
Dairy product stores.
(10)
Dress or millinery shops.
(11)
Drugstores.
(12)
Dry goods or variety shops.
(13)
Florist or garden shops.
(14)
Food and grocery stores containing 5,000 square feet or less.
(15)
Fruit or vegetable stores.
(16)
Furniture stores.
(17)
Gift or jewelry shops.
(18)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments without drive-through service.
(19)
Meat markets.
(20)
Offices, professional and business.
(21)
Photographic studios and photographic supply stores..
(22)
Public buildings.
(23)
Radio and television studios.
(24)
Radio and television repair shops.
(25)
Restaurants and lunchrooms, without drive-through service.
(26)
Shoe repair shops.
(27)
Signs, with the exception of outdoor advertising signs, subject to the provisions of Article XVII.
(28)
Sporting goods or hobby shops.
(29)
Stationery stores.
(30)
Tailor establishments.
(31)
Tattoo parlors.
(32)
Taverns and nightclubs.
(33)
Telecommunications installations, subject to the facility limitations in § 139-28.2A(3)(a) through (f) and the screening requirements for modern appurtenances in § 164-131.3.
(34)
Telephone central offices or service centers.
(35)
Art galleries/studios.
(36)
Appliance stores.
(37)
Automobile accessory stores.
(38)
Bookstores.
(39)
Coffee houses.
(40)
Dance or music studios.
(41)
Hardware stores.
(42)
Schools: business, dance, music, trade or others of a commercial nature.
(43)
Sign-painting shops.
(44)
Specialty shops.
(45)
Upholstery shop.
B.
The buying, selling or trading of firearms shall not be allowed under any of the uses permitted under this section.
§ 164-45.3 Special exceptions.
§ 164-45.4 Building height.
No structure shall exceed an elevation of 800 feet in height based on United States Geological Survey datum as shown on Carroll County photogrammatic maps, but in no event shall any structure exceed eight stories in height. No structure shall be less than two stories in height.
§ 164-45.5 Dimensional requirements.
The following requirements shall be observed. Special fire-resistance-rated construction practices may be required for setbacks of less than five feet.
A.
Building or use setback:
(1)
Front: no front yard setback is required. The maximum front yard setback permitted is five feet.
(2)
Side: where the side line is along an alley or public right-of-way, 10 feet or equal to the setbacks of the immediately adjacent buildings or as provided in § 164-145, whichever is less, but in no instance shall adequate site distances be encroached upon. Where neither side line is located along an alley or public right-of-way, at least one side yard setback must be equal to zero feet. No setback is required for the second side yard; however, if a side yard is provided, the setback must be no less than three feet and no greater than 10 feet.
(3)
Rear: a minimum setback of five feet.
(4)
For parking lots: a minimum setback of five feet from the right-of-way or adjacent lots. Private parking lots are permitted only in rear yards.
(5)
From residential districts: a minimum setback of 20 feet.
§ 164-45.6 Conditions.
A.
Goods shall consist primarily of new or reconditioned merchandise or bona fide antiques.
B.
Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor, dust, smoke, cinders, gas, fumes, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried waste or otherwise create a nuisance under the provisions of Chapter 100, Nuisances, of the Code of Westminster.
C.
The front facades of new and remodeled buildings shall be designed with windows on all stories. The size and placement of the windows shall be compatible with the size, scale and character of the facade.