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District Section3.4 of the UDO - Purpose Statements <br />for ‘Commercial Districts’ <br />Section 3.4 of the <br />UDO – Minimum Lot <br />Size <br />Allowable Land Use <br />Categories for districts – <br />per Comprehensive Plan <br />(Refer to Attachment 2) <br /> <br />Local <br />Commercial <br />(LC-1) <br />… provide appropriately located and sized sites <br />for limited commercial uses designed to serve a <br />population at the neighborhood and rural level <br />with convenience goods and personal services. <br />Performance standards will be used to insure the <br />absence of adverse impacts beyond the <br />immediate space occupied by the building. <br />** NOTE – residential is allowed in this district as <br />a permitted use per Section 5.2 of the UDO. <br />No specific minimum - <br />lot size shall be <br />appropriate to method <br />of water supply and <br />sewage disposal and <br />applicable ratio <br />standards (i.e. floor <br />area ratio, open space, <br />etc.) <br />Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node <br />Commercial-Industrial <br />Transition Activity Node <br />Rural Neighborhood Activity <br />Node <br />Rural Industrial Activity <br />Node <br />Neighborhood <br />Commercial <br />(NC-2) <br />… provide appropriately located and sized sites <br />for limited commercial uses designed to serve a <br />population at the neighborhood and rural level <br />with convenience goods and personal services. <br />Performance standards will be used to insure the <br />absence of adverse impacts beyond the lot <br />boundaries of the use. <br />** NOTE – residential is allowed in this district as <br />a permitted use per Section 5.2 of the UDO. <br />2,000 square feet - lot <br />size shall be <br />appropriate to method <br />of water supply and <br />sewage disposal and <br />applicable ratio <br />standards (i.e. floor <br />area ratio, open space, <br />etc.) <br />Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node <br />Commercial-Industrial <br />Transition Activity Node <br />Rural Neighborhood Activity <br />Node <br />Rural Industrial Activity <br />Node <br /> <br />Community <br />Commercial <br />(CC-3) <br />… provide suitably located and sized sites for <br />commercial, office and service uses designed to <br />serve a county-level market area. Performance <br />standards will be used to insure the absence of <br />adverse impacts beyond the zoning district <br />boundaries of the use. <br />** NOTE – residential is allowed in this district as <br />a permitted use per Section 5.2 of the UDO. <br /> <br />2,000 square feet - lot <br />size shall be <br />appropriate to method <br />of water supply and <br />sewage disposal and <br />applicable ratio <br />standards (i.e. floor <br />area ratio, open space, <br />etc.) <br />Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node <br />Commercial-Industrial <br />Transition Activity Node <br /> <br />General <br />Commercial <br />(GC-4) <br />… provide suitable situated and sized sites that <br />allow a broad range of commercial, office and <br />service uses. Performance standards will be used <br />to insure the absence of adverse impacts beyond <br />the zoning district boundary. <br /> <br />40,000 square feet - lot <br />size shall be <br />appropriate to method <br />of water supply and <br />sewage disposal and <br />applicable ratio <br />standards (i.e. floor <br />area ratio, open space, <br />etc.) <br />Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node <br />Commercial-Industrial <br />Transition Activity Node <br /> <br />Existing <br />Commercial <br />(EC-5 <br />… provide a district to be used only during the <br />application of zoning to previously unzoned <br />townships to accommodate existing commercial <br />uses or in zoned townships to previously zoned <br />commercial property which is not located in areas <br />designated as Activity Nodes by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />** NOTE – residential is allowed in this district as <br />a permitted use per Section 5.2 of the UDO. <br /> <br />40,000 square feet Not specifically tied to a <br />Land Use Category – <br />allowed wherever existing <br />commercial uses were <br />located during imposition of <br />zoning <br />34