§ 2.04.10. NC-1 neighborhood commercial-1.

Neighborhood Commercial-1 provides for limited commercial activities or operations that provide for the daily needs of nearby residents and that generally would cause minor or no adverse impacts when located immediately adjacent to existing or future residential neighborhoods. NC-1 uses may be located on collector or arterial roadways, or in the immediate vicinity of arterial or collector roadways when adjacent to existing neighborhood commercial uses that are located on a collector or arterial roadway. NC-1 uses shall be buffered from adjacent property.

A.

Permitted principal uses and structures.

1.

Clinic/office, medical and dental, chiropractor, optometrists, optician and oculist. (Not hospital or pain management clinic.)

2.

Professional offices serving the daily needs of the neighborhood residents such as accountant, attorney, architect, engineer, surveyor and similar use.

3.

Business offices serving the daily needs of the neighborhood residents such as real estate broker, insurance agent, stock broker and similar uses; bank branch offices.

4.

Beauty shop, barber shop.

5.

Public parks, playgrounds, playfields, city or county buildings in keeping with the character and requirements of the district.

6.

Houses of worship.

7.

Primary and secondary schools, child day care centers.

8.

Boutique, apparel shops, other neighborhood-oriented retail shops and services.

9.

Private clubs and lodges.

10.

Small neighborhood cafes, restaurants, meat markets, grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies.

11.

Photographic Studios.

12.

Veterinarian's office or veterinary hospital where all services and activities occur indoors.

B.

Prohibited uses and structures. Any use or structure not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein. All permitted uses in the NC-1 district are limited by the following conditions:

1.

No vehicles, other than passenger automobiles or trucks of not more than one ton capacity shall be used in the operation of said business. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the delivery of materials or services by larger vehicles owned and operated by third parties.

2.

No manufacture, repair or work of mechanical nature of any kind shall be permitted and no machinery shall be used other than normal office, medical or kitchen equipment.

3.

Within a rural activity center (RAC), the commercial uses, including those existing prior to April 2, 1992, may not exceed five percent of the total area of the rural activity center.

4.

Within the urban residential mixed use (URM), the neighborhood commercial uses may be permitted only on arterial or collector roads and at a distance of no less than one mile from similar land uses (as measured by travel upon the roadways). Multiple neighborhood commercial uses may be clustered; provided that no neighborhood commercial cluster shall exceed five acres, not including intervening streets or alleys, and not including recreational vehicle parks or subdivisions.

C.

Accessory uses and structures. Uses and structures which are:

1.

Customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or permissible uses and structures.

2.

Located on the same lot as the permitted or permissible use or structure, or on a contiguous lot with or without intervening street or alley) in the same ownership.

3.

On the same premises and in connection with permitted or permissible uses and conventional structures, dwelling units only for occupancy by owners or employees.

(Ord. No. 94-8, § 1 (2.04.10), 10-5-94; Ord. No. 2005-12, 1(Exh. A), 7-28-05; Ord. No. 2011-01, § 2(2.1), 7-28-11)