76-375. Planned shopping center district, C-2., Article X. Office and Commercial Districts, Chapter 76. Zoning, Code of Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, Chesterfield

(a)

Intent. This district is intended to provide a combination of convenience and comparison retail goods and services serving the needs of a broader market area than several neighborhood areas, as is the case with the C-1 district. These commercial centers may include an anchor tenant, such as a supermarket or an intermediate department store. Uses within this district are intended to be developed as a planned or integrated cluster of common wall establishments served by consolidated driveways and parking areas as well as unified architecture and landscaping features.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted, provided that all business, servicing, or processing (except for off-street parking or loading) shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building; that all businesses shall be of a retail and service nature dealing directly with consumers; and that all goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the same premises. The number enclosed in parentheses listed after each use is taken from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, as amended, published by the U.S. office of Management and Budget and is intended to provide a general guide of uses intended under each heading. If the planning commission determines that effects of a listed use may tend to extend beyond the site, special land use approval shall be required.

(1)

Any one or more of the permitted uses in section 76-374 of the C-1 district, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. Permitted uses in the O-2 district shall be permitted, as regulated in section 76-373.

(2)

Paint, glass and wallpaper stores (523).

(3)

Retail nursery, lawn and garden supply stores (526, except sod and topsoil).

(4)

Department stores (531).

(5)

General merchandise stores (539).

(6)

Supermarkets and grocery stores (541).

(7)

Candy, nut and confectionery stores (544).

(8)

Pet shops, retail (5999).

(9)

Food stores (549, except poultry stores as described in 5499).

(10)

Apparel and accessory stores (56).

(11)

Home furniture and furnishings and equipment stores (57).

(12)

Eating and drinking places (58, excluding fast-food restaurants, dinner theaters and caterers).

(13)

Retail store (59, excluding used building materials, tires, gravestones, hot tubs, ice dealers and 5963 and 598).

(14)

Photographic studios (722).

(15)

Beauty shops (723).

(16)

Miscellaneous personal services (7299), limited to:

Clothing rental, except industrial launderers and linen supply.

Coin-operated service machine operations: scales, shoe-shine, lockers and blood pressure.

Costume rental.

Tanning salons.

Tuxedo rentals.

(17)

Motion picture theaters (7832, except itinerant and adult exhibitors).

(18)

Museum and art galleries (841).

(19)

Membership organizations (86).

(20)

Public utility buildings and telephone exchange buildings and gas regulator stations, transformer stations and substations, all enclosed within a building.

(21)

Accessory buildings.

(22)

Accessory uses.

(23)

Temporary buildings pursuant to the establishment of a permanent building and permitted use. All such temporary buildings shall be immediately removed upon expiration of the time limit established as a condition of their construction.

Outdoor display of merchandise and storage is prohibited, except as may be permitted by the planning commission as part of an approved special land use.

(c)

Special approval land uses. The following uses and others similar to those cited in this article may be permitted by the planning commission, subject to the standards of section 76-371 and the general and specific standards for each cited in article XIII of this chapter.

(1)

Amusement device centers located in a shopping center (see section 76-486).

(2)

Automobile service center, when developed as part of a larger planned shopping center designed to integrate the automobile service center within the site plan and architecture of the total shopping center. A building permit shall not be issued separately for the construction of such automobile service center or gas and service station within the C-2 district.

(3)

C-3 district permitted uses developed in harmony with a center plan. No more than 20% of the floor area for all uses may be from the C-3 category.

(4)

Nonfreestanding fast-food and/or carryout restaurants located in an enclosed mall area of a shopping center.

(5)

Outdoor retail sales of plant material not grown on the site, lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies, when the outdoor sales operation is clearly secondary to retail sales taking place within a building.

(6)

Planned unit development (see section 76-518).

(7)

Recreational space providing children's amusement park and other similar recreation, when part of and clearly secondary to a planned shopping center. Such recreation space shall be fenced on all sides with not less than a four-foot chain-link type fence.

(8)

Residential one-family dwelling in nonresidential districts (see section 76-525).

(9)

Drive-in or drive-through establishments, except fast-food restaurants and car washes, may be permitted in outlots of a planned shopping center after special land use review and approval. Such uses shall be designed to integrate the drive-in or drive-through facility with the site plan design and architecture of the shopping center. The drive-through or drive-in portion of a facility shall not be located in a front yard or street-side yard and landscaping and/or architectural features shall be utilized to diminish the view of the drive-through from the road.

(d)

Site area and placement requirements. Site area and placement requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

The minimum size of each lot per building:

Area. The minimum area shall be five acres. A site may consist of one or more contiguous parcels of C-2 zoned property, the total of which shall equal five or more acres. In order to ensure compliance with the intent of the C-2 district, a development on a parcel of less than five acres contained within a contiguous five-acre site may occur only if reviewed and approved in conjunction with an overall development plan. The planning commission shall consider placement of buildings, parking areas, landscaping and points of ingress and egress to ensure that the proposed development is harmonious with existing or future adjacent developments on or off such site.

Width. The minimum width shall be 300 feet.

(2)

The minimum yard setback per lot:

Front and street-side building and parking setback. Front and street-side building and parking setbacks shall be measured from the centerline of each road right-of-way in accordance with the township's master plan, as follows:

	Distance From Centerline
	Buildings (feet)	Parking (feet)
Regional (204-foot right-of-way)	182	122
Regional (150-foot right-of-way)	155	95
Major	140	80
Secondary	140	80
Collector	123	63
Local	110	50
Cul-de-sac	140	80
Freeway	20*	20*
Private roads	20**	20**

	*	Freeways shall be measured from the established right-of-way lines.
	**	In the case of private roads, the front yard setback shall be measured from the road easement or common usage line abutting the subject lot.

The required front and street-side yard shall be landscaped and maintained in a neat and orderly condition. Driveway approaches, but not driveways, shall be permitted in the required front and street-side yard.

Side. Side yard setback shall be 40 feet. Corner lots shall observe front yard setbacks for both lot lines abutting the street.

Rear. Rear yard setback shall be 60 feet.

(e)

Building requirements. The building requirements shall be as follows:

(1)

Maximum height (stories/feet): 2/40.

(2)

Maximum lot coverage is equal to the remainder of the site after all right-of-way, parking and yard space requirements are deducted from the gross site area.

(3)

All buildings shall be arranged in a group or groups.

(4)

The distance at the closest point between any two buildings or groups of units of attached buildings shall not be less than 30 feet.

(f)

Additional site requirements. See section 76-371.

(1)

The proposed development shall:

Be constructed in accordance with an overall plan;

Be designed as a single architectural unit with appropriate landscaping; and

Provide initially for the construction of a minimum of 20,000 square feet of floor area and not less than three of the permitted or special approval uses listed in this section.

Large single building users may qualify under this provision if three or more internal departments so qualify, as determined by the planning commission.

(2)

No part of any parking access and/or service area may be located closer than 100 feet from any property line adjacent to a residential district.

(3)

Required side and rear yards may be used for off-street parking, provided adequate access to the rear of the building for firefighting and emergency equipment is available. Design of rear yard parking shall be done to encourage designated areas for employee parking.

(g)

Environmental and off-street parking improvements. Environmental (landscaping, lighting, screening and signs) and off-street parking improvements shall be provided in accordance with articles V and VI of this chapter.