There shall be three classes of commercial districts,
which shall be designated as RLC Residence - Limited Commercial, C-1
Retail Commercial and C-2 General Commercial Districts, in which the
following regulations shall apply.
Every building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling shall comply with the area requirements prescribed for the R-2 Residence Districts in §
130-52 hereof. For commercial and other buildings no part of which is used as a dwelling, the following area regulations shall apply:
A. Building area. Not more than 60% of the area of each
lot may be occupied by buildings.
B. Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than 20 feet in depth, subject to the provisions of §
130-95. The front yard on the long side of a corner lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than 10 feet.
C. Side yard. Side yards are not required for buildings
used exclusively for commercial or other nondwelling purposes, subject
to the following provisions:
(1) Where side yards are provided, each such side yard
shall be not less than five feet in width.
(2) Where a lot used for business purposes abuts a residence
district, a side yard of not less than five feet shall be provided
on the side of the lot which abuts the residence district.
D. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
which shall be not less than 20 feet in depth.