It is the purpose of this district to provide
areas for coordinated commercial centers which adhere to unified architectural,
building and land use standards. Overall appearance and control mechanisms
are important to assure compatibility with surrounding areas. Such
a development shall be a contiguous land area of not less than five
acres designed to contain multifacility structures used for cultural,
commercial, entertainment and/or recreational purposes.
[Amended 10-27-2010 by Ord. No. 23-2010]
In any SC Shopping Center District, land, buildings
or premises shall be used by right only for only one of the following:
A. A planned community shopping center.
B. All of the permitted uses in §
285-100A(1) through
(12) for the HC Highway Commercial District.
C. Automobile service centers, excluding gas stations
and auto body works.
Only accessory uses on the same lot with, and
customarily incidental to, any of the above permitted uses shall be
permitted.
Area and bulk regulations shall be as follows:
A. Any application for development under the terms of
this article shall provide initially at least for the construction
of either a minimum of 10,000 square feet of ground floor area or
a minimum of three of the permitted main uses.
B. The minimum lot size shall be five acres.
C. The minimum lot width shall be 200 feet. The minimum
lot depth shall be 100 feet.
D. No more than 30% of the gross land area shall be covered
by buildings.
E. No structure shall be closer than 50 feet to any perimeter
property line. Buffers, if required, shall be in addition to the 50
feet.
F. No building, parking access or service area may be
located within 50 feet of a side or rear property line. Buffers, if
required, shall be in addition to the 50 feet.
G. No building shall be more than 65 feet in height.
[Amended 7-26-2007 by Ord. No. 19-2007]
Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter,
the following off-street parking standards shall apply in the SC Shopping
Center District, except that these standards may be reduced to the
extent that combined use of parking lots makes such reduction feasible
in the judgment of the approving authority.
A. For shopping centers, retail sales, trade, personal
and business services the minimum number of off-street automobile
parking spaces required is five spaces for each 1,000 square feet
of gross leasable area. Gross leasable area is the total floor area
designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements,
mezzanines and upper floors, if any, expressed in square feet measured
from center lines of joint partitions and exteriors of outside walls.
B. For all other freestanding uses the minimum number
of off-street automobile parking spaces required is as required by
the parking regulations of this chapter.
At the time of the submission of the concept
plat, the applicant shall submit a traffic impact study performed
and certified by a licensed engineer. The study shall include, among
other factors, the current vehicular volume and the width and capacity
of streets and highways in the nearby area of the proposed development.
Additional vehicular volumes to be generated by the development shall
be estimated and related to the current capacity of the roadway network
to determine the future adequacy or deficiency of the circulation
system. Additional information shall be provided to demonstrate that
satisfactory arrangements will be made to facilitate traffic movement
on the highways adjoining the development and to assure proper circulation
within the development. These arrangements shall include provisions
for necessary signalization, channelization, standby turn lanes, right
turn lanes, added highway width, adequate warning signs and adequate
storage area and distribution facilities within the development to
prevent the backup of vehicles on public streets.
For developments to be constructed over a period
of years, a phasing plan shall be submitted as part of the preliminary
plan.