[Amended 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 762]
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. Drive-through facilities are prohibited in this zone except as provided in §
164-64.3B and
D.
(1)
Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental
to any permitted use in this section.
(2)
Alcoholic beverage package stores.
(3)
Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics and accessory
kennels without exterior runways.
(4)
Antique and crafts shops.
(5)
Art shops, art galleries and/or art and craft
supplies.
(6)
Household appliance and equipment and home electronic
sales, lease and service containing 10,000 gross square feet or less.
(7)
Art, trade and business schools.
(8)
Auto accessory stores containing 10,000 gross
square feet or less.
(10)
Banks, savings and loan and financial institutions.
(11)
Beauty parlors, barbershops and tanning, toning
and nail salons.
(12)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments and/or tourist
homes containing 10 rooms or fewer.
(13)
Bicycle sales, lease and services, including
sale of bicycling accessories.
(15)
Cafeterias, lunchrooms, snack bars and automats.
(17)
Card, stationery and related paper products
supply stores.
(18)
Carpet or flooring material retail sales.
(19)
Carpentering shops containing 500 gross square
feet or less.
(20)
Catalog sales center, without showrooms.
(21)
Catering sales and commercial kitchen for off-premises
service.
(22)
China and glassware stores.
(23)
Clock shops, sales and repairs.
(25)
Commercial artist studios.
(27)
Custom printing, reproduction and copy shops
containing 5,000 gross square feet or less.
(29)
Dancing, gymnastics instruction and exercise
studios.
(30)
Data and computer services.
(31)
Day-care facilities for adults or children and
nursery schools.
(32)
Dress or millinery shops.
(33)
Drugstores or pharmacies.
(36)
Florist or garden shops with no exterior storage.
(38)
Furniture stores, including ancillary upholstery
service.
(40)
Gift or jewelry shops, including engraving and
repairs.
(41)
Hardware stores with no exterior storage.
(43)
Hobby or craft shops and supplies.
(44)
Institutes for special education and training.
(45)
Interior design and decorating shops.
(47)
Magazine, comic books and periodicals shops,
which shall not include adult entertainment activities.
(48)
Medical or dental offices and clinics, including
ancillary laboratories.
(50)
Music stores, including sales of records, tapes,
and instruments, instrument repairs and musical and voice instruction.
(52)
Offices, professional and business.
(53)
Office supplies, equipment sales, lease and
service.
(54)
Optical and eye care facilities.
(55)
Package, telecommunications and courier service.
(56)
Paint and wallpaper supply sales.
(57)
Pet grooming service that does not include on-site
boarding.
(59)
Photography studios, retail sales of photographic
equipment and supplies and film processing laboratory service.
(60)
Places of worship.
[Added 5-13-2019 by Ord.
No. 910]
(61)
Public buildings, structures and properties
of the recreational, cultural, institutional, educational, administrative
or public-service type, including fire, ambulance or rescue squad.
(62)
Radio and television sales and repair.
(63)
Restaurants and lunchrooms, which may include
live entertainment and dancing, provided that it is interior to a
building and does not constitute adult entertainment activities.
(64)
Shoe sales and repair shops.
(65)
Social clubs, fraternal organizations and community
meeting halls.
(66)
Sporting goods and related outdoor hobby shops
with the exception of firearms.
(67)
Stamp, coin and other collectibles stores.
(68)
Tack and leather goods stores.
(69)
Tailor and seamstress establishments.
(70)
Theaters for movies and performing arts, containing
three screens or fewer.
(74)
Video rental establishments with the exception
of adult entertainment activities.
[Amended 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 762]
The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions in accordance with the provisions of Article
XXII, and provided that no individual use and/or tenant space in a project shall occupy more than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area. Drive-through facilities are prohibited except as provided in Subsection B.
A. Amusement centers, excluding bowling alleys and the
sale of alcoholic beverages.
B. Banks, savings and loan and financial institutions
with drive-through service.
C. Microbreweries and pub breweries licensed under Article
2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
D. Drugstores or pharmacies with drive-through service.
F. Swimming pools, parks and recreation areas, provided that such uses shall be two times the distance requirements for residential uses as specified in §
164-140.
G. Telecommunications facilities, subject to the requirements of §
164-139.1.
No structure shall exceed the height of three
stories.
For all uses in the N-C Neighborhood Commercial
Zone, the following requirements shall apply:
A. A site eligible for consideration as a N-C Neighborhood
Commercial Zone development shall meet and comply with one of the
two requirements and limitations:
(1)
A tract of land not more than five acres, provided that no individual use and/or tenant space in a project shall occupy more than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area, unless otherwise limited to a lesser amount in §
164-64.2.
(2)
A tract of land more than five acres, and less than 15 acres, provided that no more than one individual use and/or tenant space in a project shall occupy more than 55,000 square feet of gross floor area, and all other uses shall not exceed 15,000 square feet of gross floor area, unless otherwise limited to a lesser amount in §
164-64.2.
B. The following minimum limitations shall be observed:
(2)
Building or use setback:
(c)
For parking use: 10 feet from the right-of-way
or adjacent lots.
(d)
From residential districts: 50 feet, if adjoining.
(3)
Direct access to state roads is not permitted unless the property
has an existing access prior to the adoption of this chapter.
[Amended 12-8-2014 by Ord. No. 851]
All uses permitted and special exceptions shall achieve the purposes set forth in §
164-64.1 and be compatible with the other uses proposed for the planned development and with other uses existing or proposed adjacent to and in the vicinity of the area covered by the proposed planned development.