In expansion of the community development objectives contained in §
145-3 of this Code and in support of the goals and implementation techniques of Chapter IX of the 1987 Comprehensive Plan update, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the VC Village Commercial District to establish reasonable standards to permit and regulate limited commercial, office and residential uses within the Village Commercial District. Furthermore, it is the intent of this article:
A. To encourage retention of the village atmosphere of
Elroy by preserving the existing buildings to the greatest extent
possible.
B. To encourage retention of existing buildings by permitting
a variety of commercial, office and residential uses which are compatible
with the existing structural types, lot sizes and other physical characteristics
of the Village Commercial District.
C. To permit uses which allow conversion of existing
buildings in a manner which maintains the visual character and architectural
scale of existing development within the district.
D. To encourage those types of commercial and office
uses which do not attract large volumes of traffic and continuous
customer turnover.
E. To discourage development of strip-type, highway-oriented
commercial uses with incongruous architectural styles, excessive paved
areas and numerous curb cuts.
F. To encourage consolidation of driveways, parking and
curb cuts to provide more efficient and economical access and parking.
G. To encourage a coordinated pedestrian path system
to provide efficient, pleasant and convenient pedestrian access from
parking areas to and among the various permitted uses.
H. To minimize visual and functional conflicts between
residential and nonresidential uses within and abutting the district.
I. To discourage overdevelopment of lots by limiting
the maximum permitted development and the maximum impervious coverage.
In a VC Village Conservation District, the following
regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered and used,
and a lot may be used and occupied, for any one of the following purposes
and no other.
D. One single-family detached dwelling.
E. One two-family detached dwelling, being either a two-family
duplex or a single-family semidetached dwelling.
F. Apartments within an existing structure.
I. Retail shop of a maximum of 5,000 square feet.
(1) Specialty shops selling gifts, antiques, flowers,
plants, books, jewelry, clothing, tobacco and coffee.
(2) Craft shop making articles exclusively for sale on
the premises.
(3) Sales and repair shops dealing in jewelry, clocks,
optical products and cameras.
K. Studio dealing in art, music, dance and photography.
M. Restaurant without drive-through facilities.
N. Confectionery and/or bakery making product for retail
sale on the premises.
A building may be erected, altered or used,
and a lot may be used and occupied, as a conditional use, for any
one of the following purposes and no other.
A. Commercial/residential mixed use development.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 367]
The dimensional regulations cited herein above in §
145-195 shall apply as minimums for conditional uses; however, the Board of Supervisors shall have the option of increasing the restriction by up to 100% as a part of the conditional use process.