C-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 100 ft
Uses
Permitted by right30
- theaters, indoor
- antique stores
- apparel stores
- art and crafts studios and galleries
- auction businesses
- bakeries
- bookstores
- confectionary stores
- consumer electronics and appliances sales and services
- dress-making shops
- drugstores, pharmacies
- food markets
- florist shops
- furniture stores
- garden centers
- hardware stores
- home decor shops and studios
- jewelry stores
- liquor stores
- newsstands
- pet shops
- plumbing supply stores
- retail stores with large showrooms
- retail stores not otherwise listed
- stationery stores
- variety stores
- hotels and motels
- vehicle repair and maintenance
- vehicle sales and leasing
- wireless communications facilities
Conditional / special use2
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum screening fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. along R zone6 ft
Whenever the parking and circulation area abuts property in an R Zone, there shall be erected along the property line abutting the R Zone a solid fence or wall six (6') feet in height, or an evergreen hedge shall be planted and maintained at a height of six (6') feet.
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum planting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in planting strip2.5 ft
Within which plantings shall be maintained at a minimum height of two and one-half (2-1/2') feet.
- Minimum planting strip width along street across from residential1.5 ft
There shall be provided along the C-1 area property lines adjacent to the street ... a planting strip one and one-half (1-1/2') feet wide.
- Street trees required in parkway
Trees, approved as to number and type by the Landscape Supervisor, shall be planted in the parkway area between the curbs and sidewalks.
Other
- Maximum shopping center site area10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Each neighborhood commercial shopping center site shall consist of ... up to a maximum of ten (10) acres.
- Minimum spacing between ingress/egress roads on limited access highway600 ft
Ingress and egress roads leading onto a limited access highway shall be located at intervals not less than six hundred (600') feet apart.
- Minimum spacing between ingress/egress roads on other public roads300 ft
Ingress and egress roads leading onto any other public road, street, or highway shall be located at intervals not less than three hundred (300') feet apart.
- Minimum spacing between ingress/egress roads on service roads100 ft
Except when such road, street, or highway is designed as a service road for any adjacent commercial area, the ingress and egress roads shall be located at intervals not less than one hundred (100') feet apart.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from abutting R property (structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. ≤ 25 ft)10 ft
No structure shall be located less than ... ten (10') feet of any boundary line of abutting R property.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from abutting R property (structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. > 25 ft)20 ft
Except when the structure height exceeds twenty-five (25') feet, it shall be located not less than twenty (20') feet from any such boundary line.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from road centerline100 ft
No structure shall be located less than one hundred (100') feet from the center line of any public road, street, or highway.
- Minimum shopping center site area4 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Each neighborhood commercial shopping center site shall consist of a minimum of four (4) acres.
- Construction sequence required
The applicant shall submit a construction sequence for the land covered by the permit showing the order in which particular structures and facilities will be constructed.
From the ordinance
Buildings shall not occupy more than 25% of the area. Lots created after Sept 5, 1969 shall have minimum frontage of 100 ft and area of 20,000 sq ft. Fence or wall 6 ft high along R zone.