702.04

The purpose of this district is to provide attractive areas for the medium density development of office buildings and neighborhood type stores, services, and commercial centers that address the daily needs of the surrounding residential community. 702.04.1 Uses Permitted: 1. Any and all uses, except residential, permitted in C-1 and C-1A Restricted Commercial Districts. 2. Adult and child care centers. 3. Coin laundry and dry cleaning establishments 4. Commercial Banks, Savings Institutions and Credit Unions 5. Convalescent homes, assisted living facilities, personal care facilities and transitional housing all of which exceed thirteen (13) residents 6. Electric Vehicle Charging Station 7. Neighborhood shopping centers, retail convenience stores, and personal services. No single tenant shall occupy more than 40,000 square feet. 8. Restaurant, Fast-food & Neighborhood 9. Retail Stand 10. Transient Vendors in Neighborhood Shopping Centers – when located completely indoors. Outdoor display of merchandise is prohibited. 702.04.1(a) Uses Which May Be Permitted as Use Permits: The following Use Permits are permitted provided they are established in accordance with the procedures and provisions of this Ordinance: 1. Any and all Use Permits provided in the C-1 and C-1A Restricted Commercial Districts. 2. Restaurant, Drive Thru. A. When the restaurant adjoins residentially zoned property, all exterior lighting shall be directed away from adjacent residential properties; B. The location for the point of taking food orders shall be buffered from and so located so as to minimize the intrusion upon adjacent properties. 3. Veterinarian clinic when no storage pens or runs are located outdoors. 4. Multi-family dwellings of up to twenty (20) units 5. Automotive service and repair establishments, but excluding major repair work such as motor overhaul, body and fender repairs, spray painting, tire retreading, or other activities which may generate excessive noise or odors which may be incompatible with the character of the district when: a) Conducted within a completely enclosed building; and b) There is no outdoor storage of automobiles, discarded parts, tires or similar materials. 6. Re-cycling collection point when: a. The collection point occupies no more than five hundred (500) square feet; b. Has no processing equipment; c. Recycling containers are made of durable material and are covered and secured from unauthorized entry; and d. Located two-hundred fifty (250) feet from any residentially zoned property. 7. Nightclubs and bars. 8. Service stations. 9. Car wash. 10. Restaurant, General. 11. Liquor Store where part of a neighborhood shopping center and not in combination with a convenience type grocery store or service station. 12. Community Recreational Center, where part of a neighborhood shopping center 13. Tobacco Paraphernalia Retail Business when located in a neighborhood shopping center and not in combination with a convenience type grocery store or service station. 14. Hospitals 15. Vendor Park 16. Tattoo Parlors subject to the following regulations: a. Submission of Proof of approval from the MS State Department of Health in accordance with the regulations governing the registration of individuals performing body piercings and tattooing; b. Annual renewal of Use Permit: c. Non- operation shall be between the 11:00 pm – 9:00 am; d. Cannot be located within five hundred (500) feet of a kindergarten -12th grade school, church; and e. Cannot be located within one thousand (1000) feet of another tattoo parlor 702.04.2 Regulations: 1. Minimum lot area - not regulated. 2. Minimum lot width - not regulated. 3. Minimum front yard depth - twenty-five (25) feet from street right-of-way line. 4. Minimum side yard width - None, except where it adjoins residentially or mixed use zoned property; the side yard requirement shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet, provided further, that the side yard shall be increased by one (1) foot for each five (5) feet of building height over forty-five (45) feet. On a corner lot, the minimum side yard depth on the street side shall be twenty-five (25) feet. 5. Minimum rear yard depth - fifteen (15) feet except where it adjoins residentially or mixed use zoned property, the rear yard requirement shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet; provided further, that the rear yard shall be increased by one (1) foot for each five (5) feet of building height over forty-five (45) feet. 6. Maximum height - seventy-five (75) feet. 7. Maximum lot coverage - not regulated. 8. No exterior storage shall be permitted. 9. The leading edge of canopies shall be a minimum of five (5) feet from any street right- of-way line. 10. Petroleum dispensing facilities shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from any street right-of-way line. 11. Use Permits for liquor stores are issued to the owner of the liquor store rather than to the owner of the land; do not run with the land but will allow the store to remain at a specific location until such time as the ownership of the liquor store changes. Subsequent owners of a liquor store at this location must apply for and receive a new Use Permit. 12. No pawnshop, secondhand store or tobacco paraphernalia retail business shall be constructed or altered to permit business to be transacted via a drive-through or a walk- up window 13. Use Permits for a tobacco paraphernalia retail business shall be issued to the owner of the store. The Use Permit will not run with the land and the subsequent owners of a tobacco paraphernalia retail business at this location must apply for and receive a new Use Permit. The Use Permit shall be renewed annually. A tobacco paraphernalia business cannot be located within five hundred (500) feet of a kindergarten -12th grade school, church or located within one thousand (1000) feet of another tobacco paraphernalia business 14. All outdoor food preparation shall be conducted at the side or rear of the building. All outdoor cooking apparatuses must be located at the side or rear of the building and in completely enclosed structures when not in use. 15. Use Permits for a vendor park shall be issued to the owner of the vendor park and renewed annually. The Use Permit will not run with the land and the subsequent owners of a vendor park at the location must apply for and receive a new Use Permit.