[Ord. No. 191 §300, 12-2-1986]
Certain classes of districts, designated by the primary symbol "C" and referred to collectively herein as Commercial Districts or "C" Districts, are established to provide space in suitable locations for the various types of commerce and trade necessary in the City and provide a means of regulating the amount of land coverage and the height of buildings. Density and parking requirements for all Commercial Districts uses are listed in Sections
405.210 and
405.490 respectively.
[Ord. No. 191 §310, 12-2-1986]
This commercial district is intended for the conduct of personal
and business services and the general retail business of the community.
[Ord. No. 191 §311, 12-2-1986; Ord. No. 465 §3, 3-21-2005; Ord. No. 729 §3, 8-1-2011; Ord. No. 747 §11, 5-7-2012]
A. The
following uses shall be permitted in the "C" Commercial District:
2. Appliance repair shops. This excludes manufacturing of any item,
article or product and excludes outdoor storage or placement of any
appliance, equipment or parts for appliances on the subject property.
5. Auto laundries and car washes.
6. Auto sales and service, not including salvage or wrecking. Excluding
outdoor storage of non-running or salvage vehicles for storage, scrap
or replacement parts for longer than fifteen (15) days.
7. Bakeries and confectioneries.
8. Banks and savings and loan companies.
9. Barber shops and beauty parlors.
10. Book or stationery stores.
11. Bicycle and motor-driven cycles and repair shops. Excluding outdoor
storage of non-running or salvage vehicles for storage, scrap or replacement
parts for longer than fifteen (15) days.
12. Billiard hall or pool hall.
14. Children's nursery or kindergarten.
15. Cleaning, dying or dry cleaning, not wasting steam to the atmosphere.
17. Clothing or ready-to-wear stores.
18. Custom tailoring, dressmaking and millinery.
20. Drive-in retail stores for persons who are served in automobiles.
22. Dry goods or notion stores.
23. Feed stores, not including the milling or grinding of feed products.
24. Florist shop and gift shop.
25. Food and cold storage lockers.
30. Gasoline service stations.
32. Hardware stores and building supply stores.
34. Laboratories, such as dental and optical.
35. Landscape architectural workshop.
36. Laundries, self-service or washateria in nature.
38. Lodge halls and similar uses.
39. Messenger, telephone and telegraph offices.
40. Monument sales, retail dealers (outside display permitted).
43. Offices and office buildings.
44. Painting and decorating shops.
46. Pet shops, pet grooming, animal hospitals and clinics. Excluding
dog breeding facilities.
47. Photography shops and studio.
49. Professional offices including lawyers, dentists, doctors, interior
decorators, landscape architects, architects, insurance agents, engineers,
real estate agents, abstractors, artists, accountants, adjustors,
appraisers and similar types of professional uses.
50. Public buildings and public uses.
53. Restaurant, including drive-in facilities.
55. Schools, business and commercial.
56. Theaters, not including drive-in.
57. Subject to all regulations otherwise provided in this and other ordinances, advertising signs as defined herein are permissible as regulated in Section
405.360. Billboards as defined herein are prohibited.
58. Other uses which, in the judgment of the Planning Commission, are of the same general character as those listed in this Section, and which have been approved by the Planning Commission according to provisions of Section
405.530.
[Ord. No. 191 §312, 12-2-1986]
The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses in the "C" Commercial Districts: Light industrial uses, which do not constitute a nuisance by reason of noise, vibration, odor, dust, smoke, gas or other offensive conditions (see Section
405.390), warehouses and drive-in theaters, billboards, subject to approval of size and location by Planning Commission.
[Ord. No. 191 §320, 12-2-1986; Ord. No. 875 § 1, 4-17-2017; Ord. No. 921, 7-16-2018; Ord. No. 964, 10-7-2019]
The following density requirements shall be adhered to in the
"C" Commercial Districts. The developer of all such districts shall
be responsible for providing adequate water pressure for the development.
Density Requirements
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"C" Commercial District
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Minimum lot area (square feet) per building
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none
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Minimum lot width (feet) per building
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none
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Maximum height of building (feet)
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Principal building
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55
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Accessory building
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15
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Minimum front yard (feet)
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Principal building
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none
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Minimum side yard (feet)
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Principal building
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15 feet when abutting a residential district
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Minimum rear yard (feet)
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Principal building
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15
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[Ord. No. 1042, 5-2-2022; Ord.
No. 1046, 5-2-2022]
A. General.
This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive
grouping at appropriate locations of commercial activities of a more
general retail and wholesale nature and service facilities serving
a larger community trade area within five hundred (500) feet of the
ROW of the Highway 60 corridor.
1. Open Space Requirements.
a. Minimum Open Space.
(1)
Not less than ten percent (10%) of the total lot area shall
be devoted to open space; Including required yards and bufferyards.
(2)
Open space shall not include areas covered by, structures, parking
areas, driveways, and internal streets.
b. Maximum Impervious Surface.
(1)
Shall adhere to Section
405.390, Parking Requirements.
2. Design Requirements.
a. A site plan, showing the overall concept of the proposed use shall be submitted and approved by the Rogersville Planning Commission. The site plan should include adherence to Sections
405.210,
405.490, and
405.568 as well as the following:
(1)
A legal description or a survey done by a registered land surveyor;
(2)
All dimensions of proposed building, accessory uses, drives,
and parking areas; and
(3)
The surrounding land uses and zoning classification.
(4)
All materials, surface textures, and colors should be compatible
if adjacent to a residential district.
3. A landscaping plan, meeting all requirements in effect in these regulations
at the time of application for permits.
4. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened in accordance
to landscape plans.
5. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units,
shall be designed, installed, and operated to minimize noise impact
on surrounding property.
a. All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
6. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from adjacent residential
areas.