There shall be two classes of commercial districts: neighborhood
commercial districts, which shall be designated as "NC Neighborhood
Commercial Districts" and general commercial districts, which shall
be designated as "C Commercial Districts."
Every building in the NC Neighborhood Commercial or C Commercial Districts hereafter erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling shall comply with the area requirements prescribed in §
166-14B(2) for R-2 Residence Districts. For commercial and other buildings, no part of which is used as a dwelling, the following regulations shall apply:
A. Lot area. A certificate of adequacy by the appropriate health agency shall be required for all uses where neither sewer nor water facilities are available or utilized, and may be required where one but not both, facilities are available and utilized. In Neighborhood Commercial Districts, lot areas and width shall comply with the requirements of §
166-14B(2). A minimum lot area shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part in accordance with the following:
(1) Where neither a public water supply system nor sanitary sewer facilities
are available or utilized: 20,000 square feet.
(2) Where either public water or sanitary sewer facilities, but not both,
are available and utilized: 15,000 square feet.
(3) Where both public water and sanitary sewer facilities are available
and utilized: 10,000 square feet.
B. Building and lot coverage. Not more than 50% of the lot area shall
be occupied by buildings, and a total of not more than 75% of the
lot area shall be occupied by buildings, parking areas, driveways,
sidewalks and other paved or impervious surfaces.
[Amended 12-2-1982 by Ord. No. 82-13; 4-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-08]
C. Yards. Front, side and rear yards shall be provided on each lot as follows, subject to §
166-36D:
(1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which a
lot abuts which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.
(2) Side yards. For each use, building or group of attached buildings
on a lot, there shall be two side yards, neither less than 10 feet
in width, subject to the following:
(a)
Where a lot used for business purposes abuts a residence or
a residential district boundary line, a side yard of not less than
15 feet shall be provided on the side of the lot which abuts the residence
or residential district boundary line.
(b)
Where there is more than one building on a lot, the distance
between any two separate buildings shall be not less than 20 feet.
(c)
A side yard is not required for a commercial building which
is attached to a commercial building on an adjoining lot, provided
that the building with which it has a common wall is existing or is
erected at the same time.
(3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be
not less than 20 feet in depth, except that none shall be provided
on corner lots where two front yards and two side yards are provided.
No building shall exceed 50 feet in height.