[Added 10-5-2011 by Ord. No. 09-07-11A]
A.
The purpose of the General Commercial District is to provide for
logical locations where retail businesses and services are available
to serve the Town and surrounding areas. These uses are expected to
be near population concentrations, generally served by public facilities,
and have good access to public roads. They are intended to provide
integrated commercial and shopping facilities while at the same time
maintaining reasonable limitations on their design, size and operation,
creating a development which is consistent with the current Town appearance.
B.
The General Commercial District also is intended:
(1)
To encourage developers to use a creative approach in the development
of land, resulting in a single, unified plan;
(2)
To provide flexibility in the development process, by allowing
property to be developed as one large or multiple smaller projects;
(3)
To encourage small or local businesses to locate in the district;
(4)
To encourage pedestrian and bicycle access.
A.
Professional offices;
B.
Banks, savings and loan institutions;
C.
Retail stores;
D.
Food and grocery stores, including bakeries, produce and meat markets;
E.
Convenience stores that sell groceries and household goods and may
sell gasoline; with pumps arranged to serve no more than eight vehicles
simultaneously. "Convenience stores" does not include automotive service
stations or vehicle repair shops;
F.
Service establishments, such as but not limited to laundry and dry
cleaning establishments, tailors, florists, beauty and barber shops,
photography studios, pharmacies;
G.
Restaurants;
H.
Medical offices and clinics;
I.
Animal hospitals and veterinary offices and clinics, without runways;
J.
Art, dance, trade or business schools;
K.
Day-care centers, children or adult;
L.
Planned business centers subject to the provisions of this chapter;
M.
Such other uses as may be determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals
to be substantially similar in nature. Prior to submitting a request
for such determination, an applicant shall present the proposed use
to the Commission for review.
A.
Permanent display or storage of merchandise or goods, other than
seasonal items outside the confines of buildings or enclosures. Display
of seasonal merchandise is authorized for a period of no more than
20 days in every calendar year;
B.
The performance of any commercial service on parking lots, parking
areas, sidewalks, walkways or otherwise outside the confines of buildings
or enclosures;
C.
Vending machines of any kind installed out-of-doors or upon the exterior
of any part of the premises, except as provided in the master development
agreement. Examples are soft drink vending machines, ice bag freezers,
movie rentals, propane tank exchanges, and similar units;
D.
Billboards or any other sign that directs attention to any enterprise
or business not conducted on the premises where the sign is located;
E.
Any use greater than 20,000 square feet.
A.
Any development within the General Commercial District is subject
to full review by the Commission;
B.
Except as provided herein for planned business centers, there is
no minimum lot size or width;
C.
No parking spaces or other facility or accessory use, except signage
and landscaping, shall be located within 15 feet of any public right-of-way
line. Whenever possible, parking spaces shall be located to the side
or rear of the use, determined by facing the use from the public street;
D.
No building shall exceed two stories;
E.
Any business which provides drive-through facilities for serving
customers in their vehicles shall provide off-street stacking spaces
which meet the following requirements:
(1)
Each stacking space shall be computed on the basis of nine feet
in width and 20 feet in length. Each stacking lane shall be a minimum
of 12 feet in width;
(2)
Clear identification and delineation between the drive-through
facility and the parking lot shall be required;
(3)
All drive-through facilities shall provide an escape lane which
allows other vehicles to pass those waiting to be served.
A.
"Planned business center" ("PBC") means three or more uses designed
and primarily served by common infrastructure and amenities, such
as parking lots, walkways, and signs;
B.
No PBC shall encompass an area less than five acres. However, further
subdivision of that site into lots of no less than one acre may be
possible to accommodate individual users, subject to Commission approval;
C.
A site plan for a PBC shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 175, Article VI, of this Code except as otherwise noted herein, and shall contain the following additional items:
(1)
A written description of the overall concept for the PBC;
(2)
Architectural, engineering, or construction information sufficient
to give a clear understanding of the proposal and including front,
side, and rearview renderings shall be included with the submission
of the site plans. Where such information is not provided, the Commission
may approve "white box" site plans; however, no building permit shall
be issued for any such "white box" development plans until the Commission
has received, reviewed and approved the architectural, engineering,
or construction information;
(3)
A written description of the general method of development,
the proposed construction phasing and the operation of the PBC;
(4)
A copy of any proposed deed restrictions and covenants for the
PBC;
(5)
A master development agreement in the form prescribed by the
Town Attorney;
(6)
The metes, bounds and form of any easements to be granted to
the Town;
(7)
Any additional elements deemed necessary by the Commission.
A PBC shall comply with the zoning standards and other provisions
in the Town Code related to the subdivision and development of land
with the following exceptions:
A.
A PBC may utilize private streets, or a combination of public and
private streets, to provide access to building lots. Lot frontage
to a public road is not required for individual lots within the PBC;
B.
All streets in a PBC shall be constructed so as to provide access
to all building sites within the PBC for public safety and emergency
service providers;
C.
Roadway connections and/or right-of-way easements allowing vehicular
access to adjacent developed or undeveloped properties shall be provided
when appropriate as determined by the Commission;
D.
When possible, sidewalks shall be designed to connect with any planned
Town and county walkways and bicycle paths;
E.
Stormwater facilities shall be designed to manage the entire PBC
and shall utilize best management practices for water quality;
F.
Additional site specific development requirements pertaining to the
PBC site plan or individual lots within the PBC subdivision may be
established at the time the PBC site plan is being reviewed by the
Commission;
G.
If the development is to be implemented in phases, each phase shall
have adequate provision for access, parking, stormwater management
and other public improvements to serve the development in accordance
with the applicable criteria set forth. Each phase shall be provided
with temporary or permanent transitional features, buffers, or protective
areas in order to prevent damage to completed phases, to future phases
and to adjoining property;
H.
The Commission shall have the discretionary authority to determine
setbacks, building heights, lot widths, off-street parking requirements
or other similar requirements. The Commission shall not have the authority
to grant any exceptions or variances related to uses.
I.
An approved PBC site plan shall become a binding commitment for the
development of the specific elements approved for development. The
approved site plan may be transferred to another person, corporation,
or group of individuals or corporations upon approval by the Commission.
Upon approval of a PBC site plan and the ratification of an approved master development plan, the owner shall have the jright to apply for "fast track" approval of the subdivision of the PBC into lots no smaller than one acre in size. The application for any such subdivision shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 175 except as noted herein or as determined by the Commission. Such requirements may be codified in the master development plan and/or the master development agreement.
