No building or premises shall be erected, structurally
altered, enlarged or maintained nor shall any land be used, except
for the following purposes:
A. Offices and office buildings.
B. Medical and dental office buildings and clinics.
C. Public utility buildings and installations.
D. Semipublic and institutional uses, such as but not
limited to service clubs, fraternal orders, boys clubs, girls clubs
and scout clubs.
F. Schools: business, art, music or others of a commercial
nature, except trade schools.
G. Off-street parking of motor vehicles in connection
with any use permitted in this district need not be enclosed.
H. Retail
stores and personal service establishments and uses listed as permitted
uses within the C-B District, provided that:
[Added 5-9-2011 by Ord. No. 149]
(1) When
such use is located in a structure existing at the effective date
of this chapter amendment, no such use shall make exterior alterations
to the existing structure to accommodate the use excepting those necessary
to satisfy Building Code requirements.
(2) No
such use or personal service establishment may occupy more than 25%
of the total floor area of the building in which it is located.
(3) Such
use shall be limited to no more than three employees, including the
business owner, at any one time.
(4) Such
use shall be subject to any additional conditions that may be established
by the Town Administrator to minimize impacts on surrounding properties
occupied by permitted uses in the C-O District.
I. Funeral homes.
[Added 1-13-2014 by Ord.
No. 161]
The following uses of land and buildings within the C-O District shall be allowed only by special exception to this chapter, granted only by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Standards and procedures for special exceptions are contained in Article
XVII.
A. Commercial parking lots, which shall conform to the regulations and standards for off-street parking as contained in Article
XI.
[Amended 8-9-2004 by Ord. No. 117]
All standards are summarized in Chart A, Height,
Bulk and Area Requirements. The following area, yard and height requirements shall
pertain to all buildings in the CO District:
A. Area requirements. The sum total of the gross floor
area of all structures on a lot, excluding the gross floor area of
off-street parking garage space, shall not exceed three times the
area of the lot on which the structure is located. In no case shall
the footprint of individual building or structure exceed 10,000 square
feet in floor area.
B. Yards.
(1) Yard (setback), front. None required.
(2) Yard (setback), side: none required, except if interior
windows are provided, it shall be not less than 15 feet wide. When
the lot adjoins a lot in a residential zone along its side lot line,
and provided that such adjacent lot has not been recommended for the
C-O Zone or a general or sectional proposed zoning plan duly adopted
by the Town, there shall be a side yard having a minimum width equal
to the height of the adjoining office building zone structure, but
not less than 25 feet. At least 10 feet of this side yard shall be
planted as a screen using suitable materials as approved by the Town.
On corner lots, the side building line shall be the same as the front
building lines of the majority of lots fronting on the same street,
except that the side building line shall be no less than 50 feet from
the center line of an abutting street or highway. All side yards shall
be landscaped.
(3) Yards (setback), rear. No building shall be located
less than five feet from the rear lot line, and all rear yards shall
be landscaped.
C. Height requirements. No building in the C-O District
shall exceed a height of 45 feet or three stories, unless otherwise
provided.