Editor's Note — Ordinance no. 3001 §1, adopted December
23, 2008, repealed title IV in its entirety. See editor's note at
beginning of title IV.
[Ord. No. 3001 §1, 12-23-2008; Ord. No. 3123 §§1 — 2, 4-22-2010; Ord. No. 3154 §1, 9-30-2010]
A.
Purpose. The regulations contained in this Section are the
district regulations in the "C-1" Commercial Zone District. The "C-1"
Commercial Zone District is characterized by large-scale retail stores
and commercial establishments. The retail component of the district
serves a wide market area and typifies a design synonymous with regional
suburban shopping. These regulations supplement, qualify and supersede
the general regulations contained elsewhere in this Title and which
to the extent are consistent with this Section and made a part of
this Section by reference.
B.
Permitted Land Uses. Except as otherwise provided, a building
or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
General retail uses, i.e., supermarkets, pharmacies, etc.
2.
Professional offices and services., i.e., financial, insurance, real
estate and legal.
3.
Financial institutions.
4.
Personal services, i.e., barber, beauty shop, tanning, tailoring/dry
cleaning, photo studio.
5.
Post office, fire stations, Police stations, civic centers and other
government office buildings.
6.
Public parks.
7.
Fitness/recreation, family entertainment, i.e., theatres, bowling
alley and amusement centers.
8.
Hospitals, clinics, pet care and grooming for animals. (No open kennels.)
9.
Day care facilities (State certified).
10.
Service station and gasoline filling stations with convenience/food
stores, gasoline or petroleum products and services and ancillary
car wash.
11.
Motels and hotels.
12.
Restaurants not serving alcoholic beverages or where less than fifty
percent (50%) of gross sales is from alcoholic beverages consumed
on the premises, including fast-food.
13.
Accessory building and uses customarily incidental to the permitted
uses.
15.
Art galleries/museums.
16.
Bed and breakfast inns.
17.
Carriage rides.
18.
Cemeteries.
19.
Crafts and handiwork shops.
20.
Horticulture centers/nurseries.
21.
Not-for-profit, non-retail centers.
C.
Uses Allowed By Special Use Permit. The following uses are
permissible in the "C-1" Commercial Zone District after consideration
by the Planning and Zoning Commission and granted a special use permit
by the Board of Aldermen:
1.
Eating/drinking establishments where over fifty percent (50%) of the gross income of the business is derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages consumed on the premises. See Section 600.030(B) of the Fenton Municipal Code.
2.
Sales, leasing and display rooms of new motor-driven vehicles and
boats by a factory-franchised dealer, including the outdoor display
thereof.
3.
Sales, leasing and display rooms of used motor-driven vehicles and
boats, including the outdoor display thereof, which is in conjunction
and on site with the sale of new motor-driven vehicles by a factory-franchised
dealer.
4.
Sales and display rooms for new machinery and heavy equipment, including
the outdoor display thereof.
5.
Sales of used motor-driven vehicles and boats, including the outdoor
display thereof.
6.
Buildings over three (3) stories in height.
7.
Medical, clinic and treatment facilities requiring State certification.
8.
Circus/fairgrounds.
9.
Education facilities.
10.
Vehicle watercraft motor repair and maintenance service and rentals.
11.
Churches.
12.
Small loan businesses, when located a minimum of one thousand eight
hundred (1,800) feet from any other small loan business within the
City and not less than five hundred (500) feet from any residentially
zoned property. The separation distances shall be measured in a straight
line from or to the closest exterior wall of the small loan business
and from or to the closest point on any property line of any residentially
zoned property.
13.
Storage area for new unlicensed vehicles offered for sale by a new
car franchised dealer when located within three hundred (300) feet
of the parcel occupied by the new car dealership. Such storage shall
include a landscape buffer not less than fifteen (15) feet in width
along all abutting streets and not less than ten (10) feet in width
along all other property lines. A minimum of fifteen percent (15%)
of the lot area assigned to storage shall be landscaped.
14.
Sales, leasing, consignment, indoor service, and outdoor display
of recreational vehicles, such as motorhomes, towable recreational
vehicles, and boats.
[Ord. No. 3713 § 1, 7-27-2017]
D.
District Regulations. The area of "C-1" Commercial Zone
District shall be a minimum of twenty (20) acres.
E.
Maximum Building Height. Up to three (3) stories or forty-five
(45) feet. (Additional height considered by special use permit.)
F.
Lot Regulations.
1.
Front building setback. There shall be a thirty
(30) foot front building setback from the established property line.
Where there is a corner lot or double fronted lot, the front building
setback requirement shall apply to each side of the lot fronting on
a street.
2.
Side or rear building setback. Except when a lot
line abuts a residential use located within the same or within a different
use district, no side or rear building setback is required. In the
case where a lot line abuts a residential use located within the same
or within a different use district, then the side or rear building
setback shall be landscaped by a berm, fence, vegetation buffer or
combination thereof at least twenty (20) feet in width along such
lot line.
3.
Intensity of use. Maximum lot coverage of building
shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of a lot excluding parking area.
4.
Minimum lot requirements. Any newly created lot
shall contain a minimum area of three-quarters (¾) of an acre
or thirty-two thousand six hundred seventy (32,670) square feet.
5.
Number of buildings per lot. More than one (1) building
may be built provided all setbacks and parking requirements are met.
G.
Exterior Building Materials. Brick and other brick-like
masonry, glass panels or architectural pre-cast concrete. The exterior
materials listed may not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of
the wall excluding windows and doors on the front and side walls as
well as any rear side facing the street. The following exterior finishes
may be allowed on the remaining fifteen percent (15%) of the front
and side and as well as any rear wall that does not face a street:
1.
Architectural metal panels (fifteen percent (15%) of the front and
side walls as well as any rear walls not facing a street);
2.
Concrete block (rear wall only not facing a street); and
3.
This material shall be a color that is compatible with the primary
exterior building material.
4.
Exterior finishes or logos deemed "prototypical" in building design
that must be maintained uniformly for corporate and market identity
shall be considered by the Director. Such materials must be of high
quality and durability and shall be sufficient to meet other requirements
set forth in this Section.
H.
Landscaping. There shall be at least fifteen percent (15%)
of the total site or lot devoted to landscaping and green space. Of
this landscape area, a landscape buffer of twenty (20) feet shall
be established and maintained along MoDOT roads. On local roads, there
shall be maintained at least a ten (10) foot wide landscape or green
space buffer between a public right-of-way and private development.
Landscaping areas in front of buildings and parking islands may substitute
for up to one-half (½) of the required landscape buffer.
I.
Overhead Electric Service. Primary electric service will
be placed underground unless the Director determines that doing so
creates an unreasonable risk to health and safety or can be routed
in such a way to be mostly undetected by the traveling public.
[Ord. No. 3001 §1, 12-23-2008; Ord. No. 3124 §1, 4-22-2010]
A.
Purpose. The regulations contained in this Section are the
district regulations in the "C-2" Neighborhood Commercial District.
The "C-2" Commercial District is characterized by convenient retail
shopping, food and service facilities and commercial establishments
in close proximity to residential neighborhoods. The retail component
of the district serves a local market area and typifies a design synonymous
with local neighborhood convenience and shopping. These regulations
supplement, qualify and supersede the general regulations contained
elsewhere in this Title and which to the extent are consistent with
this Section and made a part of this Section by reference.
B.
Permitted Land Uses. Except as otherwise provided, a building
or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
General retail uses, i.e., supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience
stores, etc.
2.
Professional offices and services, i.e., administrative, financial,
insurance, real estate and legal.
3.
Financial institutions.
4.
Personal services, i.e., barber, beauty shop, tanning, tailoring/dry
cleaning, photo studio.
5.
Post office, fire stations, Police stations, civic centers and other
government office buildings.
6.
Public parks.
7.
Fitness/recreation, family entertainment, i.e., theatres, bowling
alley and amusement centers.
8.
Hospitals, clinics, pet care and grooming for animals. (No open kennels.)
9.
Day care facilities (State certified).
10.
Service station and gasoline filling stations with convenience/food
stores, gasoline or petroleum products and services and ancillary
car wash.
11.
Restaurants not serving alcoholic beverages or where less than fifty
percent (50%) of gross sales is from alcoholic beverages consumed
on the premises, including fast-food.
13.
Accessory building and uses customarily incidental to the permitted
uses.
14.
Medical/dental facilities, including consulting offices, laboratories,
diagnostic centers and treatment facilities.
C.
Uses Allowed By Special Use Permit. The following uses are
permissible in the "C-2" Neighborhood Commercial District after consideration
by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the grant of a special use
permit by the Board of Aldermen:
1.
Eating/drinking establishments where over fifty percent (50%) of the gross income of the business is derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages consumed on the premises. See Section 600.030(B) of the Fenton Municipal Code.
2.
Buildings over two and one-half (2½) stories in height.
3.
Reserved.
4.
Educational facilities.
D.
District Regulations. Each area of "C-2" Neighborhood Commercial
District shall be a minimum of ten (10) acres.
E.
Maximum Building Height. Up to two and one-half (2½)
stories or thirty-five (35) feet. (Additional height considered by
special use permit.)
F.
Lot Regulations.
1.
Front building setback. There shall be a twenty
(20) foot front building setback from the established property line.
Where there is a corner lot, the front building setback requirement
shall apply to each side of the lot fronting on a street.
2.
Side or rear building setback. Except when a lot
line directly abuts a residential lot located within the same or within
a different use district, ten (10) foot side and rear building setbacks
shall be required. In the case where a lot line directly abuts a residential
lot located within the same or within a different use district, then
the side or rear building setback shall be landscaped by a berm, fence,
vegetation buffer or combination thereof at least twenty (20) feet
in width along such lot line.
3.
Intensity of use. Maximum lot coverage of building
shall not exceed sixty percent (60%) of a lot excluding parking area.
4.
Minimum lot requirements. There shall be a minimum
lot size of three-quarters (¾) of an acre.
5.
Number of buildings per lot. More than one (1) building
may be built provided all setbacks and parking requirements are met.
G.
Exterior Building Materials. Brick and other brick-like
masonry, glass panels or architectural pre-case concrete. The exterior
materials listed may not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of
the wall excluding windows and doors on the front and side walls as
well as any rear side facing the street. The following exterior finishes
may be allowed on the remaining fifteen percent (15%) of the front
and side and as well as any rear wall that does not face a street:
[Ord. No. 3470 §1, 10-23-2014]
1.
Architectural metal panels (fifteen percent (15%) of the front and
side walls as well as any rear walls not facing a street);
2.
Concrete block (rear wall only not facing a street).
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Exterior finishes or logos deemed prototypical in building design that must be maintained for corporate or market identity may be authorized during Site Plan Review under the site plan requirements and review procedure of Section 470.070 of the Fenton Municipal Code.
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H.
Landscaping. There shall be at least fifteen percent (15%)
of the total site or lot devoted to landscaping and green space. Of
this landscape area, a landscape buffer of twenty (20) feet shall
be established and maintained along MoDOT roads. On local roads, there
shall be maintained at least a ten (10) foot wide landscape or green
space buffer between a public right-of-way and private development.
Landscaping areas in front of buildings and parking islands may substitute
for up to one-half (½) of the required landscape buffer.
I.
Overhead Electric Service. Primary electric service will
be placed underground unless the Director determines that doing so
creates an unreasonable risk to health and safety or can be routed
in such a way to be mostly undetected by the traveling public.
J.
Miscellaneous Requirements.
1.
All exterior solid waste containers and container racks or stands
shall be screened from public view.
2.
All yards unoccupied with buildings or used as traffic ways shall
be landscaped with grass and shrubs and maintained in good condition
the year around.
3.
All of the lot used for parking of vehicles and all driveways used
for vehicle ingress and egress shall be paved with a sealed surface
pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced
by continued use.
4.
No permanent open outdoor storage shall be allowed in any "C-2" Neighborhood
Commercial District.
