Town of Bridgeville, DE Nonresidential Zoning Districts

Purposes.

Encourage a mix of retail, office, and residential uses consistent with the existing scale and character of the area in order to promote the economic stability of the area.

(2)

Provide for a limited number of apartment dwellings in conjunction with retail, office, and service uses, but only on the second and third stories of commercial or office buildings.

(3)

Provide for the continuation and improvement of existing residential uses.

(4)

Encourage redevelopment by permitting residential structures to be used wholly or partially for permitted nonresidential uses.

(5)

Provide a modification procedure, utilizing development plan review, to alleviate difficulties relating to parking and other property development standards.

Permitted uses and structures. Where a "(D)" appears to the right of a use, a definition for that use can be found in Article II.

(1)

Permitted uses.

	Dwelling, single-family (D), including modular.
	Government facilities and services, local (D).
	Public safety facilities (D), including ambulance, fire, homeland security, police, and rescue.
	Public utility service lines (D).

(2)

Permitted with development plan review. See § 234-22.

[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-08]

	Apartment in combination with residential use.
	Bakery, provided that goods produced on the premises are also sold on the premises.
	Bank.
	Convenience store (D).
	Custom shop for making articles or products sold at retail on premises, such as custom clothing, art, needlework, and hand weaving.
	Dry cleaner, laundry, provided that no flammable agents are used.
	Dwelling, garden apartment (D).
	Dwelling, multifamily (D).
	Dwelling, townhouse (D).
	Dwelling, two-family (D).
	Gasoline station (D).
	Gasoline station and convenience center.
	Government facilities and services, nonlocal (D).
	Office (D).
	Professional services, such as accounting, architecture, dental, engineering, insurance, land planning, law, medical, and real estate.
	Repair shop for household and personal goods, such as watches, jewelry, musical instruments, electronic products, and household appliances.
	Restaurants, including take-out and fast-food (D).
	Retail sales establishments (D).
	Retail store, convenience.
	Supermarket (D).

(3)

Permitted as conditional uses. See § 234-24.

[Amended 4-12-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01]

	Art galleries.
	Bed-and-breakfast (D).
	Clubs (D) and other fraternal and social organizations.
	Community center (D).
	Construction trailer for a period not to exceed one year.
	Conversion of single-family dwelling to two-family or multiple-family dwelling.
	Day-care, family (one to six children) (D).
	Day-care, large family (seven to 12 children) (D).
	Day-care, child day-care center (13 or more children) (D).
	Dwelling, manufactured home (D).
	Educational institution (D) private and public, including charter.
	Hospital, veterinary.
	Libraries.
	Museums.
	Nursing and similar care facilities (D).
	Parking facility on residentially zoned property in conjunction with nearby commercial or industrial use.
	Places of worship (D).
	Public utility service facilities (D).

Property development standards.

(1)

Except for building height, the Town Commissioners, with Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation, shall determine the development standards and parking requirements for new, changed, or expanded uses in the TC Zone. In making such determinations, the Town Commissioners shall make the following findings.

(a)

That the placement of buildings and structures is compatible with the neighborhood and with existing development in character and scale.

(b)

That proposed parking spaces, building coverage, and overall design are sufficient to avoid congestion and will not place unreasonable demands on public facilities.

(2)

The property development standards of the R-2 Zone shall be used for permitted residential uses in the TC Zone.

(3)

See additional standards governing structures in flood-prone areas.

§ 234-33 Commercial District (C-1).

Purpose: provide appropriate locations for commercial, office, and service uses serving a wider area than Town Center business uses.

Permitted uses and structures. Where a "(D)" appears to the right of a use, a definition for that use can be found in Article II.

(1)

Permitted uses.

	Circus, carnival grounds, amusement parks, midways for any period not to exceed three days upon written application, nonprofit.
	Dwelling, single-family (D), including modular.
	Government facilities and services, local (D).
	Park, playground, recreation area, or recreational building, noncommercial (open to the public free of charge).
	Public safety facilities (D), including ambulance, fire, homeland security, police, and rescue.
	Public utility service lines (D).

(2)

Permitted with development plan review. See § 234-22.

[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-08]

	Automobile repair services (D).
	Automobile sales (D) on lot of at least two acres.
	Automobile service station (D), provided that:
	(a) All repair work is conducted within an enclosed building.
	(b) Vehicle lifts or pits, dismantled and disabled automobiles and all parts or supplies are stored within an entirely enclosed building.
	(c) The storage of gasoline or flammable oils in bulk shall not be located nearer than 20 feet to any street line.
	(d) No equipment for the service of gasoline or oil shall be located within a distance of 200 feet of any school, church, hospital, or place of public gathering (D).
	Bakery, provided that goods produced on the premises are also sold on the premises.
	Bank.
	Convenience store (D).
	Custom shop for making articles or products sold at retail on premises, such as custom clothing, art, needlework, and hand weaving.
	Dry cleaner, laundry, provided that no flammable agents are used.
	Gasoline station (D).
	Gasoline station and convenience center.
	Government facilities and services, non local (D).
	Hotel or motel.
	Manufactured home sales agency.
	Monument works.
	Mortuary.
	Newspaper publishing, job printing, bookbinding.
	Office (D).
	Outdoor place of amusement, recreation, assembly.
	Professional services, such as accounting, architecture, dental, engineering, insurance, land planning, law, medical, and real estate.
	Repair shop for household and personal goods, such as watches, jewelry, musical instruments, electronic products, and household appliances.
	Restaurants (D), including take-out and fast-food.
	Retail sales establishments (D).
	Retail store, convenience.
	Shopping center (D).
	Supermarket (D).
	Telephone central offices.
	Theater, except open-air.
	Warehouse (D) or storage within a completely enclosed building for retail stores or for products of manufacturing uses permitted in M-1 Zone.
	Wholesale business establishment (D).
	Yard for storage, sale and distribution of coal or building materials, when enclosed within a solid fence not less than six feet high, but not including a junkyard, salvage, automobile or other wrecking yard.

(3)

Permitted as conditional uses. See § 234-24.

[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-08]

	Art galleries.
	Adult entertainment establishments.
	Bed-and-breakfast (D).
	Bus terminal requiring no facilities in addition to the terminal building.
	Cemetery.
	Circus, carnival grounds, amusement parks, midways for any period not to exceed three days.
	Clubs (D) and other fraternal and social organizations (D).
	Community center (D).
	Construction trailer for period not to exceed one year.
	Conversion of single-family dwelling to two-family or multiple-family dwelling.
	Day-care center (D).
	Educational institution (D), public and including charter.
	Exposition centers or fairgrounds, temporary.
	Heliport or helistop, temporary.
	Hospital (D).
	Large-scale retail uses. See Article X.
	Libraries.
	Medical clinic (D).
	Museums.
	Nursing and similar care facilities (D).
	Off-premises signs. See § 234-79.
	Parking facility on residentially zoned property in conjunction with nearby commercial or industrial use.
	Places of amusement, recreation, assembly, other than a theater, when conducted completely within a building.
	Places of worship (D).
	Public utility service facilities (D).
	Recreation facilities, private or commercial (D).
	Sports arenas and stadiums, commercial athletic fields and parks.
	Surgical center (D).
	Swimming and tennis clubs.
	Theater, open-air (drive-in).
	Veterinary hospital (D).

Property development standards.

(1)

Minimum tract area: 2,500 square feet.

(2)

Lot width: 25 feet.

(3)

Setbacks:

(a)

From each abutting street (See Note 2.): 10 feet.

(b)

Side:

[1]

Adjoining residential zone: 10 feet.

[2]

Adjoining nonresidential zone: zero or 10 feet.

(c)

Rear: 20 feet.

(4)

Maximum building height: 45 feet.

(5)

Maximum building coverage (percentage of lot) 70%.

(6)

Notes:

	1.	The front yard setback may be reduced to the average alignment of existing buildings within 150 feet on each side of a proposed building within the same block if the alignment of existing structures is less than the required front yard setback within the zone. However, the front yard on the long side of a corner lot may not be reduced to less than 10 feet.
	2.	See Article XVI, § 234-70 for additional standards governing structures in flood-prone areas.

§ 234-34 Manufacturing District (M-1).

Purposes.

(1)

Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for certain types of manufacturing, warehousing, and business uses.

(2)

Protect surrounding areas from the adverse effects of industrial uses.

(3)

Prohibit heavy industrial activities, such as petroleum refining, asphalt mixing, and fertilizer processing.

Permitted uses and structures. Where a "(D)" appears to the right of a use, a definition for that use can be found in Article II.

(1)

Permitted uses.

	Government facilities and services, municipal (D).
	Park, playground, recreation area, or recreational building, noncommercial (open to the public free of charge).
	Public safety facilities, including ambulance, fire, homeland security, police, and rescue (D).
	Public utility service lines (D).

(2)

Permitted with development plan review. See § 234-22.

[Amended 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-08]

	Assembly of electrical equipment, including heavy machinery.
	Automobile repair services (D), provided that:
	(a) All repair work is conducted within an enclosed building.
	(b) Vehicle lifts or pits, dismantled and disabled automobiles and all parts or supplies are stored within an entirely enclosed building.
	(c) The storage of gasoline or flammable oils in bulk shall not be located nearer than 20 feet to any street line.
	(d) No equipment for the service of gasoline or oil shall be located within a distance of 200 feet of any school, church, hospital, or place of public gathering.
	Automobile sales agencies on a lot of at least two acres.
	Automobile sales (D) on a lot of at least two acres.
	Automobile service station (D).
	Bakery, provided that goods produced on the premises are also sold on the premises.
	Bank.
	Bottling plant.
	Carpet and rug cleaning.
	Chemical processes not involving noxious odors or danger from fire or explosion, such as adhesives, bleaching products, bluing, calcimine, dyestuffs (except aniline dyes), essential oils, salt processing, and vegetable gelatin.
	Contractor or general service shop including plumbing, heating carpentry, welding.
	Convenience store (D).
	Custom shop for making articles or products sold at retail on premises, such as custom clothing, art, needlework, and hand weaving.
	Food processing, pharmaceutical compounding.
	Gasoline station (D).
	Gasoline station and convenience center.
	Government facilities and services, nonmunicipal (D).
	Hospital, veterinary (D).
	Hotel or motel.
	Laboratory, research, experimental testing.
	Light metal processes, including finish, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rust-proofing and heat treatment; fabrication or assembly of small products.
	Manufacture of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods, musical, professional and scientific instruments, luggage.
	Manufacture of products from the following previously prepared materials: bone, canvas, cork, feathers, felt, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, shells, small rubber products and synthetic treated fabrics (excluding all rubber and synthetic processing), wood and textiles, and animal and poultry feeds.
	Manufactured home sales agency.
	Manufacturing of nonalcoholic beverages, ceramic products, clothing, cosmetics, electrical appliances, electrical supplies, silverware, tobacco products, tools, hardware, toys, umbrellas, etc.
	Monument works.
	Mortuary.
	Newspaper publishing, job printing, bookbinding establishment.
	Outdoor place of amusement, recreation, assembly.
	Places of amusement, recreation, assembly, other than theaters, when conducted completely within a building.
	Repair shop for household and personal goods, such as watches, jewelry, musical instruments, electronic products, and household appliances.
	Restaurants (D), including take-out and fast-food.
	Retail sales establishments (D).
	Retail store, convenience.
	Supermarket (D).
	Telephone central offices.
	Textile manufacture or processing, excluding bleaching.
	Theater, except open-air.
	Truck yard or terminal, motor freight station, distributing station, hauling packing, crating.
	Upholstering.
	Warehouse (D) or storage within a completely enclosed building for retail stores or for products of manufacturing uses permitted in the M-1 Zone.
	Wholesale business establishment (D).
	Wood and lumber bulk processing, not including pulp and fiber reduction and processing.
	Yard for storage, sale and distribution of coal or building materials, when enclosed within a solid fence not less than six feet high, but not including a junkyard, salvage, automobile or other wrecking yard.

(3)

Permitted as conditional uses. See § 234-24.

	Adult entertainment establishments.
	Bus terminal requiring no facilities in addition to the terminal building.
	Cemetery.
	Clubs (D) and other fraternal and social organizations.
	Community center (D).
	Construction trailer for period not to exceed one year.
	Conversion of single-family dwelling to two-family or multiple-family dwelling.
	Educational institution (D), private and public, including charter.
	Exposition centers or fairgrounds, temporary.
	Food products, manufacture and refining, except animal slaughter.
	General service shops including plumbing, heating, glazing, painting, paperhanging, roofing, ventilating contractors, blacksmiths, carpentry, soldering, welding, provided that all processing activities shall, if located on the ground floor, be not less than 20 feet from the front of the building and shall be screened from the front portion of the building by a wall or partition.
	Glass manufacture.
	Metal processing and treatment, such as enameling and lacquering; metal or steel products fabrication and assembly; manufacture or light machinery; similar metal processes, provided that coke ovens, blast furnaces, ore reduction, refining, smelting and alloying or other basic process in the manufacture of iron or steel are not permitted.
	Heliport or helistop, temporary.
	Parking facility on residentially zoned property in conjunction with nearby commercial or industrial use.
	Places of worship (D).
	Public utility service facilities (D).
	Recreation facilities, private or commercial (D).
	Sports arenas and stadiums, commercial athletic fields, and parks.
	Stone or clay processing and products.
	Swimming and tennis clubs.
	Textile bleaching.
	Theater, open-air (drive-in).