§ 4-9. CP Commercial Planned Center District

A. Purpose. The CP Commercial Planned Center District is to provide for medium-intensity concentrations of shopping and related commercial activities. Large-scale retail buildings ("big box retailers" greater than 70,000 square feet for any single user) are not permitted within this zoning district, for these larger retail facilities refer to the PD Planned Development District requirements.

B. Permitted uses. Uses in the CP District shall be in accordance with section 3-1, Permitted use table.

C. Density, area, yard, height, and lot coverage requirements. The requirements regulating the minimum lot size, minimum yard size (front, side, and rear), maximum building height (stories and feet), and maximum lot coverage, and minimum floor area, as it pertains to this district, shall conform with the provisions provided in the area requirements table for the CP Zoning District (below).

CP Zoning District Area Requirements

CP - Zoning District Area Requirements
Minimum Lot Area	15 Acres
Minimum Lot Width	200 ft.
Minimum Lot Depth	200 ft.
Minimum Street Yard	25 ft. Front Street 15 ft. Side Street
Minimum Side Yard	15 ft. abutting Non-Res 25 ft abutting Res
Minimum Rear Yard	20 ft. abutting Non-Res 25 ft. abutting Res.
Maximum Lot Coverage	40 %
Maximum Building Height	55 ft.

 

D. Off-street parking and loading requirements. Off-street parking and loading requirements shall conform to the provisions of section 6-7, Off-street parking and loading requirements.

E. Landscaping. Landscaping requirements shall comply with the provisions in 6-10, Landscaping requirements.

F. Screening and buffer requirements. Screening and buffer requirements shall comply with the provisions in section 6-8, Screening and buffer requirements.

G. Masonry requirement. Masonry requirements shall comply with the provisions in section 6-9, Construction materials.

H. Site plan requirement.

1. Applicants of a rezoning to CP Commercial Planned Center District shall submit a detailed conceptual site plan depicting all elements required within this zoning district and a traffic impact analysis for the proposed development as an exhibit accompanying the request for a change of zoning.

2. The conceptual site plan shall become an exhibit accompanying the change of zoning amendment if such amendment is passed. Such site plan shall be filed of record in the city offices specified for recording the zoning ordinance.

I. Miscellaneous provisions.

1. The planning and zoning commission and the city council shall take into consideration the ability of nearby streets to handle traffic generated by the proposed development and shall take into consideration the effects upon the value and amenities of nearby residential properties. In the event of conflict between the maintenance of such values and the proposed development, the planning and zoning commission and city council shall weigh the equities between the two using the criterion of community service and maintaining the concept of city's land-use and zoning plan in assessing the position of the proposed development.

2. This district is intended to permit the development of unified shopping centers, whether in single or multiple ownership. It is not intended for extensive parceling-out of tracts or creation of pad sites, especially along the frontage of an arterial street, not extending the full depth of the district. Prior to any subdivision of property or approval of a site plan in a CP Commercial Planned Center District, a preliminary plan for development of the center, shall be submitted and approved.