§ 25-2-533. STREET YARD EXCEPTIONS IN CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AREAS.

(A)

The council may, by ordinance, designate a location in a neighborhood commercial (LR), community commercial (GR), general commercial services (CS), commercial services - liquor sales (CS-1), or commercial highway services (CH) district where the minimum street yard requirement does not apply. To make a designation under this section, the council must determine that:

(1)

the location contains at least two nonresidential uses that were developed as a neighborhood shopping or business center under previous regulations;

(2)

the construction of a new building in compliance with current street yard requirements would be incompatible with the existing buildings;

(3)

at least half of the total lot area that is developed is used for nonresidential uses; and

(4)

at least half of the total street frontage that is developed with structures does not comply with the current street yard requirements.

(B)

The director of the Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department shall delineate an area designated under this section on the zoning map.

Source: Section 13-2-611; Ord. 990225-70; Ord. 010329-18; Ord. 031211-11.