§ 17.4.401. CC-1 central commercial zone.

A.

Intent. The intent in establishing the CC-1 central commercial zone is to provide a place where retail and service uses can be constructed and maintained which will serve the needs of the citizens of American Fork City and surrounding areas. It is the further intent in establishing this zone to maintain the central business district as the "heart of the city" and to these ends, to promote its development in step with the increase in population within the trading area. The uses characteristic of this zone are retail stores, banks, office buildings, theaters, hotels, and a wide variety of specialty shops. Conversely, uses which tend to create business dead spots, cause undue scattering of business and generally tend to thwart the use of the land for its primary purpose, have been excluded from the zone.

B.

Permitted and conditional uses. The following buildings, structures, and uses of land shall be permitted upon compliance with the requirements set forth in this code.

1.

Caretaker dwellings when located above a permitted commercial establishment.

2.

Hotels and motels.

3.

General retail stores and shops providing goods and services for sale at retail in the customary manner, provided that all storage and sales activity shall be contained within a building. Also, manufacturing and processing activities which are an integral part of and incidental to the retail establishment.

4.

Office buildings, medical clinics, hospital.

5.

Restaurants and food drive-ins.

6.

Personal service establishments, such as barber and beauty shops, photographic studios, shoe repair, laundries (commercial and self-service), reception centers, and similar establishments.

7.

Automotive service establishments, including gasoline stations, car washes, parking lots and storage garages, and minor automotive repair establishments.

8.

Public parks and buildings.

9.

Establishments of the sale of hardware, lumber, plumbing and heating equipment and similar building products provided that there shall be no outside storage or display.

10.

Automobile, motorcycle, snow mobile sales structures and lots (for both new and used units). Also the related repair facilities when such facilities are included as an integral part of the sales structure.

11.

Recreational enterprises including bowling alleys, recreation centers, motion picture theaters (indoor only), athletic clubs, private clubs, and fraternal lodges.

12.

Funeral homes.

13.

Hospitals.

14.

Accessory signs in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 17.5.128.

15.

Check Cashing and similar businesses subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.114 of this code and Sectcion 5.30 of the city code.

16.

Permitted accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures shall be permitted in the CC-1 zone provided they are incidental to, and do not substantially alter the character of the permitted principle use or structure. such permitted accessory uses and structures include, but are not limited to buildings such as garages, carports, equipment storage buildings, and supply storage buildings which are customarily used in conjunction with and incidental to a principle use or structure permitted in the CC-1 zone.

17.

Ancillary commercial structures subject to the conditions set forth under Section 17.6.105.

18.

Pre-schools and day care nurseries, subject to approval of a site plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

19.

Other uses similar to the foregoing which are determined by the planning commission to be similar to and in harmony with the intent of the zone, but not including self service storage facilities (mini-warehouse).

20.

Low power radio service antenna facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.112 of this code.

21.

Specialty schools, subject to the approval of a site plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

C.

Area, width, and location requirements. There shall be no area, width, and location requirements for commercial buildings and structures constructed in accordance with the building code except that an area sufficient to accommodate parking, loading, unloading and vehicular access shall be provided and maintained.

D.

Special provisions.

1.

All material, merchandise, and equipment (except vehicles in running order) shall be stored within an enclosed building.

2.

All display, sales and repair activities shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building, except those activities that are customarily and appropriately conducted in the open, including but not limited to automobile sales lots and automobile service stations, temporary sales of Christmas trees, and nursery stock, shall be permitted outside a building unless otherwise prohibited under the terms of this code.

3.

No dust, odor, smoke, vibration, or intermittent light, glare, or noise shall be permitted which is discernible beyond the premises except for normal traffic movement.

4.

All off-street parking shall be hard-surfaced.

5.

All buildings located adjacent to a major street shall have at least one entrance- way facing onto said street.

6.

All buildings and uses within this zone shall comply with all applicable supplementary development standards as set forth in this code.

7.

All gasoline service station pumps shall be set back at least twenty feet from all property lines.

8.

Prior to the issuance of a building permit for any development within the zone, a site plan shall be submitted to and approved by the planning commission. Said site plan shall be prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

9.

As a means of mitigating safety hazards or adverse visual impacts the city may require, as a condition of site plan approval, the installation of landscape features. Where landscaping is required, the site plan shall, in addition to all other plan elements, contain a landscape plan showing the location, type and initial size of all planting materials and other landscape features, and the location of the proposed sprinkler system.

(Ord. No. 08-01-05)