Commercial Development Standards
Revised September 2001

ZONE

LOT COVERAGE

BUILDING SETBACK (STREET)

BUILDING SETBACK (INTERIOR PROPERTY)

PARKING LOT SETBACK

FLOOR AREA RATIO

LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS

BUILDING HEIGHT

C-2

NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT

50% Max.

Building lines setback are 40’ from the centerline of every secondary highway; 50’ from the centerline of every major highway.  (10’ line-of-sight requirements)

None

3’ min. adjacent to the property line where parking abuts a street.

None

5% of total lot area, plus an additional 2% of parking area (3’ wide min. landscaped planter area shall be provided adjacent to the property line where parking abuts a street)

2-story maximum

C-3 & C-4

UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

90% Max.

Same as above

Zero setback, except adjacent to residential zone, a 5’ minimum setback for the first 10’ of building height, such setback may be increase by 1’ for each additional 2’ of building height, to a maximum setback of 20’

Same as above

None

Same as above

65’ maximum, anything over 65’ requires a Special Use Permit

CM

COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING

None

Same as above

Setback varies depending on the zones adjacent to the property (consult Planning), anything over 65’ requires a Special Use Permit.

Same as above

None

Same as above

Varies depending on the zones adjacent to the property, anything over 65’ requires a Special Use Permit

M-1

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL

None

Same as above

None

Same as above

None

Same as above

65’ maximum, anything over 65’ requires a Special Use Permit

GC

GENERAL COMMERCIAL

50%

3’ min., N/A max.

0

3’ min. from street

0.7

Same as above

50’ or 4 stories

OC

OFFICE COMMERCIAL

90%

3’ min., N/A max.

0

3’ min. from street

0.8

Same as above

75’ or 6 stories

NC

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL

90%

0 min., 10’ max.

0

3’ min. from street

0.7

Same as above

30’ or 2 stories