§ 138-3256. Retail sales and services.

(a)

Purpose. Retail sales and services should be permitted in various zoning districts based on the gross square footage of individual business establishments in order to achieve a compatible neighborhood character based on scale, intensity, and massing.

(b)

Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to new and expanding retail sales and services uses. These standards shall not apply to other specific uses listed separately in Table 138-355—Table of Uses of Zoning Districts. (Example: banks, offices, motor vehicle sales, restaurants, outdoor sales, and medical offices.)

(c)

Standards.

(1)

Retail sales and services shall include business activity within an enclosed building involving the sale or lease of goods, products, materials, or services directly to the consumer.

(2)

The retail sales and services square-footage categories listed in Table 138-355—Table of Uses for Zoning Districts, refer to the gross sizes of individual business establishments and their ancillary indoor use areas such as hallways, restrooms, and storage. For the purposes of regulating retail sales and services square-footage categories, outdoor sales areas shall not be considered a part of the gross size.

(3)

Where retail sales and services is permitted as an 'accessory' use in a zoning district, the retail sales and service shall primarily sell, lease, and provide goods and services that relate to another approved use on the site. (Example: a manufacturer may have a retail area to sell the products that are manufactured on site.)

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)