A.
Purpose. This section is intended to provide a systematic framework for identifying, describing, categorizing, and consolidating or distinguishing land uses in a way that makes it easier to determine how a particular land use activity, or combination of activities, is to be considered in applying the Use Table and other provisions in this chapter.
B.
Structure of this section.
(1)
General. This section identifies each of the four use classifications in Table 72-40.2, Use Table, and includes a section under each use classification identifying each use category. There are characteristics and examples subsections under each use category.
(2)
Principal use characteristics and accessory uses. The characteristics subsection describes common characteristics of each use category. Principal uses are assigned to the use category that most closely describes the nature of the principal use. Also listed are examples of common accessory uses that, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, are allowed in conjunction with a principal use.
(3)
Examples. The examples subsection lists common examples of use types included in the respective use category. The names of these sample uses are generic. They are based on common meanings and not on what a specific use may call itself. For example, a use that calls itself wholesale sales, but sells mostly to consumers, is included in the Retail Sales and Service Use Category rather than the Wholesale Sales Use Category. This is because the activity on the site matches the characteristics of the Retail Sales and Service Use Category.
C.
Developments with multiple principal uses. When all principal uses of a development fall within one use category, the entire development is assigned to that use category. A development that contains a coffee shop, bookstore, and bakery, for example, would be classified in the Retail Sales and Service Use Category because all of the development's principal uses are in that use category. When the principal uses of a development fall within different use categories, each principal use is classified in the applicable use category and each use is subject to applicable regulations for that use category. Developments with multiple principal uses, such as mixed-use developments, shall incorporate only those use types allowed in the applicable zoning district.
