City-County Planning Department

General Districts

4D.1 Neighborhood Commercial District (NC)
4D.1.1 Purpose

The Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) is established to provide for commercial centers in close proximity to residential areas and to offer limited commercial uses to satisfy the needs of the surrounding neighborhood.

4D.1.2 Permitted Uses

  1. Accessory buildings
  2. Accessory uses
  3. Amateur Wireless Facility
  4. Artists galleries
  5. Artists studios
  6. Banks and financial institutions with or with out drive up windows
  7. Bed and breakfast inns
  8. Boarding Houses
  9. Business services
  10. Cemeteries, mausoleums, columbariums, and memorial gardens
  11. Clubs, lodges and recreational facilities, for use by non-profit organizations
  12. Convenience stores without gasoline sales
  13. Day care facilities
  14. Detached single family, subject to the standards of Section 4D.1.8 or 4D.1.9
  15. Diet houses
  16. Duplex and triplex dwellings, subject to the standards of Section 4D.1.8 or 4D.1.9
  17. Funeral homes
  18. Garden centers
  19. Government facilities, not to include correctional facilities and jails
  20. Health clubs and athletic facilities
  21. Medical clinics
  22. Multifamily dwellings, subject to the standards of Section 4D.1.8 or 4D.1.9
  23. Offices
  24. Personal service establishments
  25. Photographic studios and photographic processing for retail
  26. Places of worship
  27. Public parks and playgrounds
  28. Public utility facilities, without outdoor storage
  29. Recreation facilities, commercial indoor
  30. Repair shops, without outdoor storage or operations (Separate listing for vehicle repair)
  31. Restaurants and catering services, without drive-up windows
    (drive-up windows require Minor Use Permit)
  32. Retail stores and shops
  33. Satellite Dish Antennae
  34. Shopping centers
  35. Temporary outdoor events subject to Section 14
  36. Veterinary clinics
  37. Wireless Communication Facilities, concealed, concealed attached, co-located or combining on an existing, non-concealed attached, mitigating an existing
4D.1.3 Minor Special Uses Subject to Approval by the Board of Adjustment

1. Car washes, automatic and self-service (See definition) with the limitations found in 4D.1.10
2. Convenience stores with gasoline sales
3. Hotels and motels
4. Parking as an independent use
5. Private schools
6. Restaurants and catering services with drive-up windows
7. Service stations
4D.1.4 Major Special Uses Subject to Approval by the Governing Body

1. Helistops
2. Public schools
4D.1.5 Dimensional Requirements

1. Minimum lot area: none specified; however the maximum allowable project floor area is 20,000 square feet.
2. Minimum lot width: none specified
3. An NC site may exceed the 20,000 square footage limitation by up to 50% when other neighborhood oriented non-retail uses are included on the site. For example, medical offices, health clubs, fitness centers, or banks.
4. The NC project shall provide sidewalk or greenway access between the site and the neighborhhod.
4D.1.6 Setback Requirements

1. Front Setback: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way or the standard setback of the block face of the majority of the buildings if the setbacks
2. Side setback: 15 feet from street side
3. Rear setback: none specified
4D.1.7 Height Requirements

Height shall not exceed 35 feet.

4D.1.8 Maximum Density for Residential Projects

Projects which are exclusively residential shall meet the following requirements:

1. The maximum density shall be 10 units per acre.
2. Residential development shall conform to the standards of the RM District.
4D.1.9 Mixed Residential and Commercial Projects

In order to stimulate pedestrian activity at street level, dwellings shall be permitted with commercial activities, subject to the following:

1. The entrance to the residential units shall be from the street or a lobby.
2. The dwelling units shall be constructed and located so that tenants are not exposed to undue noise, odors or other detrimental effects of nonresidential activities.
3. Each dwelling unit shall have its own bathroom facilities and kitchen facilities.
4. All signs on the property shall be arranged so as not to cause glare into the residential units.
5. Parking requirements may be reduced by the approving authority if adequate public transportation is available or additional off-site spaces or shared spaces are available.
4D.1.10 Additional Requirements

1. A site plan shall be required for all uses.
2. All commercial business, service, and storage activities shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building except when granted a Use Permit by the Board of Adjustment.
3. All development shall comply with the buffer and planting standards found in Section 10 this ordinance.
4. All development shall access a public street or a private street which meets ordinance requirements.
5. Supplementary requirements of Section 7 may apply depending on the type of development.
6. Car Washes in NC shall meet the following requirements:
a. Car washes associated with a convenience store or service station shall be limited to one bay car washes [car washes having space for only 1 vehicle within the bay at any one time] and may be automatic or self-service car washes.
b. Car washes as a primary use shall be limited to a maximum of 4 bays. Each bay shall have space for only 1 vehicle within the bay at any one time. The use may be combination of automatic and self-service car washes, however only 1 of the bays may be devoted to an automatic car wash.
c. Automatic car washes which are able to wash a series of cars in tandem shall not be allowed in the NC district.
d. The requirements of Section 7 regarding car washes shall apply.

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