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(C80 - C1) Restricted Commercial Subdistrict

Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 706.05-B
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The purpose of this subdistrict is to provide relatively quiet, attractive and spacious areas for the development of restricted commercial uses that do not generate substantial volumes of vehicular traffic (i.e., generally, not more than approximately 426 average daily trips per gross acre of land according to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report #187 or the latest edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers manual entitled Trip Generation.) This subdistrict are intended to encourage high quality office park development in protected environments and to serve as a transition zones between low density residential uses (single-family detached dwellings) and higher intensity uses (such as those first permitted under the C80-C-2 Limited Commercial subdistrict). This subdistrict is appropriate for the fringes of retail zones. 706.05.1 - B Uses Permitted: 1. Business and professional offices of all types. 2. Personal services such as hair styling shops and photographic portrait studios. 3. Business-related retail and service establishments not to exceed 25% of the leasable area of any office building or not to exceed 10,000 square feet if freestanding. Permitted uses include, but are not limited to: office supply stores, office equipment dealers, telecommunication equipment sales and service companies, computer stores and services, copy services, graphics supply and equipment dealers, private employment agencies, travel agencies, emergency health care clinics, child care facilities, and totally enclosed health club facilities. 4. Instructional services such as studios for the teaching of fine arts, photography, music, drama and dance, business and stenographic schools, barber and beauty schools, and similar facilities. 5. Restaurants, cafeterias, delicatessens, coffee shops and carryout food establishments if located within an office building, provided that no drive-through service be offered by such facilities. 6. Educational and technical training facilities of all types except for those which require outdoor space and/ or industrial type structures or those that involve trucking or similarly sized equipment; included are conference center facilities. 7. Privately-owned and operated museums, libraries, galleries, and similar facilities. 8. Hospitals, research institutes, convalescent homes, and assisted living facilities on sites of not less than three (3) acres. 9. Auxiliary and related retail uses located entirely within buildings where the predominant use is office, hospital, research institute and/or convalescent home. 10. Personal care facilities and transitional housing which exceed thirteen (13) residents on sites of not less than three (3) acres. 706.05.2-B 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. Commercial banks, saving institutions, and credit unions. 2. Restaurants, Neighborhood 706.05.3 -B Dimensional Regulations: 1. Maximum Building Height – The height limitations for this district shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of the International Building Code adopted by the City. 2. Minimum Lot Area – No minimum lot area is required. 3. Minimum Lot Width – No minimum lot width is required. 4. Minimum Front Yard Depth – 40 feet. The first ten (10) feet inside this front yard setback (adjacent to the street right-of-way line) shall remain open except for entrance/ exit driveways and shall be landscaped in accordance with the landscape standards adopted by the City of Jackson parking shall be permitted in driveways. 5. Minimum Side Yard Depth A. Side yards and rear yards where not abutting an existing single-family detached residence or a single-family residential district: 10 feet. No landscaping shall be required in this 10-foot open area, and driveways may be constructed inside this setback. B. Side yards and rear yards where abutting an existing single-family detached residence or a single-family residential district: 20 feet, which shall remain open and be landscaped in accordance with the City of Jackson landscape standards and a six (6)-foot high fence constructed of brick or solid wood (board-to-board); said fence shall be maintained by the property owner and failure to maintain the fence in a reasonably satisfactory condition shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. 6. Minimum Space between Buildings on the Same Lot – 15 feet. No more than two- thirds (66 2/3%) of the space between such buildings shall be paved; the remaining area shall be landscaped in accordance with landscape standards adopted by the City of Jackson.

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