Town of Killingworth, CT Commercial Districts

Professional and other business offices and financial institutions.

Retail service establishments and retail stores not requiring a site plan review or special exception pursuant to Subsection A2 or B of this section.

Bakeries and confectionery stores.

(4)

Post office and postal services.

A2.

Principal uses requiring site plan approval. Principal uses within an existing building subject to approval of a site plan by the Commission. An application for site plan review for the following principal uses within an existing building shall be prepared and submitted in the same manner as provided in Article XXVI for special exception applications.

[Added 5-21-2013; amended 11-1-2016]

Bed-and-breakfast in a family dwelling unit in which the resident owner grants or offers to grant for hire no more than four individual sleeping accommodations, with or without meals, intended primarily for the accommodation of transients for a period of less than 14 days, to persons who are not members of the family of the resident owner.

Barbershops, beauty parlors, laundromats, and cleaning or laundry agencies.

Dance studios and establishments for musical or theatrical instruction and physical culture.

Special principal uses requiring a special exception. The following special principal uses and buildings and new buildings, alteration of existing buildings, and all new construction for the general principal uses described in Subsections A and A2 only when specifically authorized in the particular instance by a special exception granted by the Commission under Article XXVI.

[Amended 2-1-2009; 2-21-2012; 5-21-2013; 7-15-2014; 11-1-2016]

Subject to the provisions of Article XVIII, retail stores for the sale of packaged alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

Hotels, provided that the lot area is equivalent to not less than 4,000 square feet for each guest sleeping room.

Automobile service stations and car wash enterprises, provided that no part of the lot so used is within 2,500 feet of any part of another lot so used; public garages; automobile, trailer, mobile home, boat and farm equipment sales rooms or outdoors sales areas; public parking areas; and garages for commercial vehicles.

(4)

Theaters for indoor motion-picture projection or dramatic or musical productions.

(5)

Billiard parlors, bowling alleys, indoor skating rinks and similar commercial places of recreation.

(6)

Restaurants, bars, and food service shops.

(7)

Medical clinic or veterinary clinic.

(8)

Churches, parish houses, convents and similar religious buildings.

(9)

Child day-care center, whether or not operated for profit, but not including a camp operated for profit.

(10)

Mixed uses in Large Commercial District. A mixture of permitted commercial uses and residential dwelling units may be permitted in the Large Commercial District, provided that:

(a)

No more than 50% of the gross square footage of existing buildings shall be used as residential dwelling units and no more than 25% of the gross square footage of new construction shall be residential dwelling units.

(b)

The number of residential units is limited to 10.

(c)

No residential units shall be allowed on the basement or first floors.

(d)

Dwelling units shall have a minimum floor area of 500 square feet.

(e)

No residential dwelling unit shall have more than two bedrooms.

(f)

There shall be no public access to individual dwelling units from the exterior of the building. Individual residential units shall enter and exit to an interior common space rather than directly to the outside, except for exits as required by the building or fire codes.

(g)

A common area for residential occupants such as a lobby or mailbox station may be permitted on the ground floor, provided the gross square footage does not exceed 500 square feet.

(h)

Studio and one-bedroom apartments shall be assigned one parking space, two-bedroom apartments shall be assigned two parking spaces.

(11)

Undertaker's establishment.

(12)

Medical marijuana dispensaries subject to the conditions prescribed in or pursuant to Article XXXVII.

(13)

Microbrewery, microwinery. An establishment, distinct from restaurants and brew pubs, that manufactures no more than 1,000 barrels of beer or wine per year with approval from the State of Connecticut Liquor Control Commission and may include such activities as both wholesale and retail sales of sealed products brewed on site, tasting rooms, tours, events and educational classes, provided said activities are specifically authorized by special exception.

Accessory uses. Accessory uses are clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal use and are located on the same lot with an approved principal use or building. The following accessory uses are allowed provided:

[Amended 7-15-2014]

Signs. Any sign in conformance with the requirements prescribed therefor in Article XVII, Signs, of these regulations.

Vehicles. The parking or storage of up to five commercial vehicles accessory to a use described in Subsection A, A2 or B provided:

(a)

No such vehicle is used as a storage building and that the parking or storage of such vehicles shall conform to all of the setback requirements for buildings and other structures;

(b)

Such vehicles are regularly used for transportation; and

(c)

Such vehicles are usually parked indoors, or parking or storage of such vehicles are specifically authorized in the particular instance by a special exception granted by the Commission for a use described in Subsection B.