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Home My WebLink AboutORD 6390 AMEND COMP ZONING SEC 21 B-1 Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: 0 ;" ;-06 \ ;" 0;30,0 DOCUMENT TYPE: () (d I () 0...11 C6 YEAR: 9-Db \ BOX NUMBER: \ IJ- FILE NUMBER: I s 3~;f NUMBER OF PAGES: S --' I3S , ORDINANCE 6390 An Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta effective November 15, 1983, entitled "An Ordinance to Readopt I and Reconfirm the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted March 25, 1963, by the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta, by amending Section 21, B-1 (Neighborhood Business) Zone of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is:amended by deleting Section 21, B-1 (Neighborhood Business) in its entirety: SECTION II. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amending by adding the following as the new Section 21, B-1 (Neighborhood Business) Zone: 21-1 Permitted Uses: (a) Any use permitted in the P-l (professionaVOffice) Zone or the R-3C Zone subject to the restrictions and regulations of tbe respective Zone. (b) The following uses are authorized in a B-1 Zone: (1) Apparel store (2) Bakery (3) DELETED (4) DELETED (5) Dry cleaning and laundry establishment, excluding steam and power laundries, operated in conjunction with customer service counters and limited to the dry cleaning and laundering of articles delivered to the premises by individual customers provided, however, that no materials may be used in any laundering or cleaning process which are explosive, inflammable, combustible, or toxic in greater degree than Perchlorethlylene or equivalent, and provided further that no odor, fumes, or other nuisance producing agents are expelled in such a way as to be detectable beyond the property line of the property used for such business. (6) Medical equipment and medical supp~y store (17) (18) (19) (20) (21 ) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (7) Drive-in type retail business where a customer is waited upon in an , off-street parking area, or where a customer conducts business directly from a vehicle with an agent in the building. Drug store Dry goods or notions store Florist or gift shop Grocery, fruit or vegetable market Hardware or electric appliance store Jewelry store , Health spa, tanning booth, massage th~rapy establishment Meat market or delicatessen Motel (a) (b) (8) (9) (10) (11 ) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (c) DELETED. . , There shall be staff or manag~ment on duty 24 hours per day 7 days per week; Each guest room shall have a minimum area of 280 square fuct. , , I No business license shall b;e issued for any business I operated from any guest room;1 and No more than half of the total :number of guest rooms shall have kitchenettes or any kitch~n facilities. (d) (e) Music store Newsstand Video rental store DELETED Photographer (including sale of suppl~es and equipment) Restaurant, tea room, or cafe (excludi~lg dancing or entertainment) Retail filling station (no abovegrQund tanks for storage of petroleum products) Shoe store and shoe repair shop Supermarket Tailor Variety store Churches, parochial and private schools, transitional housing, family day care homes, adult day care facilities, private hospitals, clubs (public and private), and nursing homes. These used are also permitted by Special Exception in other zones discussed in Section 26-1 of this Ordinance. Uses which would in any way involve detained persons, or persons who would be or have been released from correctional facilities such as halfway homes, or similar uses that in any way relate to corrections or incarceration may not be permitted by right in the B-1 zone. Veterinarian Clinic (no outside kennels allowed) Group day care homes and day care centers. . , (31) Establishments having less than three video electronic games or amusements on site in conjunction wi~th a permitted use other than a use specializing in or characterized, as a video electronic game room, arcade, or similarly defined i establishment. Where the property line of the permitted use is lo~ated within 1500 feet of any property line of any private or public educational institution having all or some combination of grades kinpergarten through twelfth, no electronic games or amusements are allowed. (c) The above specified businesses, stores, or shops shall be retail or service establishments only. . (d) Any business which is similar in character or nature to the above mentioned uses upon approval and resolutioh of the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission may be permitted in a B-1 Zone. (e) Shopping Centers: The petitioner shall: submit to the Planning Commission a Preliminary Development P~an for the shopping center showing the arrangement of the buildings" off-street parking, internal traffic movement and service facilities whichi are feasible for the property on which the center is to be located. The peti~ioner shall plan the center to minimize any adverse effects on the property surrounding the proposed development. The Preliminary Develop~ent Plan shall show the following: (1) Topographic features of the proposed development and the area within two hundred (200) feet of the center. (2) Proposed 0 ff-street parking layout. (3) Loading zones. (4) Planting areas. (5) Driveways, entrances, and exits. (6) General drainage system. (7) Sign locations. (8) Walkways. (9) Water and gas mains. (10) Power source. 21-2 Special Exceptions: The following may be permitted in a B-1 Zone by Special Exception: Application for such a Special Exception shall include a Conceptual Plan showing the size and elevation of all buildings to be built on the site, proposed ingress and egress, buffering if any beyond the minimum requirements of the Tree Ordinance, and all proposed sign locations. The proposed use of the property shall also be disclosed. (a) Individual buildings, whether freestanding or attached as part of a shopping center or similar group of builders, which would exceed 15,000 gross square feet of area. (b) Convenience stores. " 21-3 DELETED. 21-4 DELETED. 21-5 Maximum height of buildings in a B-1 Zone shall not exceed three (3) stories nor exceed fifty-five (55) feet in height. 21-6 Setbacks: (a) Front Setback: The front setback requirements in Section 8 shall apply to the B-1 (Neighborhood Business) Zone. (b) Side Setback: (1) Where the side yard of a lot in a B-Zone abuts the side of a lot in an R-Zone, there shall be a side yard of not less than five (5) feet for each story of twelve (12) feet in height, but such side yard shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width. In all other cases, a side yard for a commercial building shall not be required, but if provided, it shall not be less than three (3) feet in width. (2) On a comer lot in a B-Zone which abuts an R-Zone, there shall be provided a side yard on the side street equal in depth to the required front yard on said side street. (c) Rear Setback: (1) Where the B-Zone abuts an R-Zone, there shall be a rear yard the greater of twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot or twenty (20) feet, but such rear yard shall not exceed fifty (50) feet. In all other cases no rear yard shall be required, but if provided, it shall not be less than three (3) feet in depth. 21-7 Maximum Individual Building Area: No individual building, whether freestanding or attached as part of a shopping center or similar group ofbuildings, may be constructed in excess of 15,000 gross square feet in area after the effective date of the Ordinance amendment, except as provided for at 21-2(a). SECTION III. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Done in Open Meeting under the Common Seal thereof this 1 !'it day of May ,2001. APPROVED THIS 1st day of May ,2001. 1st Reading 4-17-01 A~~ {{Jt tt SSION Published in the Augusta Chronicle May 10, 2001