[Ord. No. 2020, 4-5-2022]
The "C" Commercial District is intended to provide for the development of general retail, service, office, and repair businesses which serve the entire City and surrounding area, and to provide district regulations and development requirements.
[CC 1970 §33-28; Ord. No. 465 Art. 5 §2, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 794 §1, 2-20-1973; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002; Ord. No. 1981, 5-21-2019; Ord. No. 2031, 1-17-2023; Ord. No. 2034, 3-21-2023; Ord. No. 2092, 11-18-2025; Ord. No. 2093, 11-18-2025]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, a building or premises in a "C" District shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. 
Any use permitted in the "B" Residence District or permitted in "C-1" Commercial Districts.
2. 
Bakery, whose products are sold only at retail on the premises.
3. 
Bicycle sales and repair shop.
4. 
Clinics (and animal hospitals with no exterior animal housing).
5. 
Dancing and music schools.
6. 
Dyeing and dry cleaning works (employing not more than five (5) persons).
7. 
Radio, television and small appliance shops.
8. 
Gasoline filling and service station and convenience stores.
9. 
Frozen food locker, excluding wholesale storage.
10. 
Hotel and motel.
11. 
Laundry (employing not more than five (5) persons) and including self-service laundries.
12. 
Office.
13. 
Painting and decorating shop.
14. 
Plumbing shop employing no more than five (5) persons on the premises.
15. 
Public garage; provided that any portion of the garage which is used for storage or repair purposes shall not be nearer than twenty (20) feet to the front line of the building; and provided further, that no lot shall be used for the storage or sale of used cars except in conformity with this Chapter.
16. 
Recreation building.
17. 
Restaurant or catering business.
18. 
Retail store or shop for the conduct of a retail business.
19. 
Shoe repair shop.
20. 
Tailor or dressmaking shop.
21. 
Theater (except drive-in theater).
22. 
Tire sales and repair shop, if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.
23. 
Mortuary.
24. 
Upholstering shop, not employing more than five (5) persons on the premises, and not involving any furniture manufacturing.
25. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses, including signs constructed in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code.
26. 
Printers and lithographers.
27. 
Other uses similar to the above in the judgment of the Zoning Administrator.
28. 
Marijuana dispensary facility, subject to the following specific standards:
a. 
No such use shall be sited within five hundred (500) feet of any then-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center, or church. The five hundred (500) foot distance shall be measured as follows:
(1) 
Freestanding facility — measured from the external wall of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, child day care center, or church to the closest point of the property line of the school, child day care center, or church, if the school, child day care center, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to the entrance or exit of the school, child day care center, or church closest in proximity to the facility.
(2) 
Non -freestanding facility — measured from the property line of the school, child day care center, or church to the facility's entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, child day care center, or church. If the school, child day care center, or church is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured from the nearest entrance or exit of the facility to the entrance or exit of the school, child day care center, or church closest in proximity to the facility.
(3) 
Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the demarcation points that can be traveled by foot.
b. 
Marijuana dispensing activities shall occur only within an enclosed building.
c. 
All structures used for dispensing activities shall be equipped with odor control filtration and ventilation systems to prevent odors of marijuana from leaving the premises. No odor shall be detectable by a person with a normal sense of smell at any point outside the property boundary of the facility. An odor mitigation plan shall be submitted to the City during either the site plan review process or the occupancy permit process, whichever occurs first.
d. 
Lighting shall utilize best management practices and technologies for reducing glare, light pollution, and light trespass onto adjacent properties and shall be fully shielded, including adequate coverings on windows, to confine light and glare to the interior of the structure.
e. 
Any person or entity licensed by the State of Missouri for a marijuana dispensary facility shall be in compliance with the requirements of the license at all times, and any failure of compliance shall be a violation of this Section, punishable upon conviction as provided in Section 100.080 of this Code. In addition, such non- compliance may be evidence of the existence of a public nuisance, which may be acted upon as provided in Chapter 220 of this Code.
29. 
Brewpub, subject to the following specific standards:
a. 
Production capacity shall be limited to not more than five thousand (5,000) barrels per year.
b. 
The area used for brewing, including bottling and kegging, shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total floor area of the commercial space.
c. 
There shall be no exterior storage of brewing supplies, refuse, or materials.
d. 
Products of a brewpub may not be sold to a wholesaler for distribution off the premises.
30. 
Restaurant, microwinery/microdistillery, subject to the following specific standards:
a. 
Production capacity shall be limited to not more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) gallons per year.
b. 
The area used for production and packaging shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total floor area of the commercial space.
c. 
There shall be no exterior storage of fermenting or distilling supplies, refuse, or materials.
d. 
Beverages produced on-site may not be sold to a wholesaler for distribution off the premises.
31. 
Massage parlor.
32. 
Tattoo, body piercing or branding establishment.
B. 
No single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling, or multiple dwelling located on any lot, tract of land, or parcel of ground herein designated under this zoning district classification shall offer or provide a guest room within it for short-term rental purposes that accommodate a transient guest or guests. Nothing herein shall preclude an allowable home occupation, as set forth in the City of Rock Hill Zoning Ordinance.
C. 
Whenever the number of employees is restricted in connection with any use in the "C" Commercial District, such maximum number applies only to employees engaged in processing or treating materials or products on the premises and not to employees engaged in selling, clerical, delivery or similar activities.
[CC 1970 §33-29; Ord. No. 465 Art. 5 §3, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
A. 
The parking regulations in a "C" or "C-1" District are the same as the parking regulations in the "A" and "B" Residence Districts with the additional restrictions.
1. 
Hotels and motels. One (1) off-street parking space shall be provided on the lot or within three hundred (300) feet thereof for each four (4) guest rooms.
2. 
Theater (except drive-in theater). One (1) off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot or within three hundred (300) feet thereof for each ten (10) seats in the theater.
B. 
Where any structure is erected, reconstructed or converted for any of the commercial uses permitted in this Article, off-street parking spaces shall be provided in the ratio of not less than one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor space in the building which is used for commercial purposes. Such parking space may be located on the same lot as the building or on an area within three hundred (300) feet of the building. Two (2) or more owners or occupants of buildings may join together in providing this parking space.
[CC 1970 §33-30; Ord. No. 465 Art. 5 §4, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
No building in "C" or "C-1" District shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
[CC 1970 §33-31; Ord. No. 465 Art. 5 §5, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
A. 
The following area regulations shall apply in a "C" or "C-1" District:
1. 
Front yard.
a. 
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet except as provided elsewhere in this Chapter.
b. 
Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
c. 
Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) streets, the front yard on the side street side of the lot shall be not less than ten (10) feet.
2. 
Side yard. The side yard regulations for dwellings are the same as those in the "B" Residence District. Where a lot is used for any of the other purposes permitted in this district, a side yard is not required except on the side of a lot abutting on a dwelling district, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than five (5) feet. If a side yard is provided where not required, it shall be not less than five (5) feet in width.
3. 
Rear yard. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter:
a. 
For lots having a depth of two hundred (200) feet or less, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
b. 
For lots having a depth of more than two hundred (200) feet, there shall be a rear yard having a depth equivalent to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the average depth of the lot but need not exceed fifty (50) feet and at no point shall the rear yard be less than twenty-five (25) feet.
4. 
Lot area. When a lot is improved with a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling, multiple dwelling, or when living facilities are erected above other uses, the lot area per family regulations are the same as those in the "B" Residence District.