The purpose of the B-1 Retail Business Zone is to encourage
small-scale commercial activity where retail and office space is provided
for businesses consistent with the character of Newtown.
The intent of the B-1 Retail Business Zone is to limit the maximum
size and configuration of the commercial building relative to the
lot size and to permit opportunities for small scale commercial activities.
4.02.210
One or more of the following principal uses are permitted within a single building upon a lot subject to the criteria set forth herein and provided that site development plan approval has been granted in accordance with Article X hereof, if so required. Uses, buildings or structures that are not listed shall not be permitted by variance.
4.02.211
Store or shop for the conduct
of retail business, including, without limitation, a liquor package
store.
4.02.212
Personal service establishment.
4.02.213
Financial Institution.
4.02.214
Offices.
4.02.215
Restaurant.
4.02.216
Telephone exchange, electric substation or other public utility use, except for towers and antennas and other structures exceeding height limitations of Article VII.
4.02.217
Residential dwellings within a commercial
building and above any permitted commercial use. Density of the dwellings
shall not exceed 50% of the gross floor area excluding the basement
as defined in the Newtown Zoning Regulations. The individual dwellings
units shall be a minimum of 800 square feet and a maximum of 1,200
square feet.
[Amended effective 6-16-2014]
4.02.218
Bed and breakfast.
4.02.220
Building size and permitted
use criteria.
4.02.221
Building having less than
4,500 square feet. More than one permitted use may occupy a single
building provided the maximum number of permitted uses does not exceed
the building floor area divided by 1,000.
4.02.222
Building having more than 4,500 square feet
and less than 10,000 square feet. Any lot having at least 43,560 square
feet and a minimum of 150 feet of frontage at the street line may
have a building larger than 4,500 square feet and less than 10,000
square feet. More than one permitted use may occupy a single building
provided the maximum number of uses does not exceed the building floor
area divided by 1,000.
4.02.310
The following principal uses and larger building size are permitted subject to obtaining a special exception approval from the Commission in accordance with the standards, criteria, conditions and procedures set forth in Article XI hereof, and the additional standards and criteria set forth herein:
4.02.311
Adult day care or child day-care
centers (includes B-2 zone).
[Amended effective 5-14-2012]
4.02.312
Veterinary hospital.
4.02.313
Medical or dental laboratory.
4.02.314
Any building larger than 10,000 square feet,
provided the following criteria are satisfied:
(a)
The minimum lot area shall be computed proportionally
as follows: for each 9,000 square feet of gross floor area, the lot
shall contain 43,560 square feet;
(b)
Lot frontage shall be equal to at least 1/2 the
average depth of the lot, but not less than 150 feet;
(c)
Sufficient parking spaces shall be provided to
accommodate all persons reasonably expected to patronize said business
building at any one time;
(d)
The requirements of Article VII hereof shall otherwise be met except that the Commission may require wider buffers, wider side or rear yards and a deeper building setback than are otherwise required where needed to screen adequately adjacent residential zones, or to meet the standards set forth in Article XI, provided that structural coverage, including parking and loading areas, is not required to be reduced to less than 60% of lot area;
(e)
The wall of the business building facing the street
shall not be longer than 200 feet or twice the distance which it is
set back from the street line, whichever is greater;
(f)
The lot area shall not exceed 10 acres unless all
portions of the lot in excess of 10 acres are excluded in determining
maximum structural coverage permitted;
(g)
The maximum gross floor area allowed for any single
retail store or shop shall be limited to 40,000 square feet.
4.02.315
Brew pubs and distilleries.
[Added effective 10-12-2017]
Article IV, Section 4, Accessory Uses in Business Zones, shall apply.
Article IV, Section 5, Site and Building Design Standards in Business Zones, shall apply.
Article VII, Area, Height and Yard Requirements, and all other applicable sections of these regulations apply.
Article VIII, Supplemental Regulations, including, but not limited to, signs, access management, parking, landscaping, lighting and all other applicable sections of these regulations apply.
