Approved Uses by Zoning — General Commercial (GC - General Commercial)
Uses permitted by right under the municipality’s zoning for this district. The property may carry additional restrictions (deed, association or lease), so tenants are responsible for confirming their intended use with the municipality and landlord before committing.
Allowed by right
General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: antiques, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: arts and crafts, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: automotive parts, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: baked goods, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: books, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: carpet and floor covering, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: cheeses, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: beer, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: wine, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: liquor, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: confectioneries, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: cosmetics, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: meats, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: draperies and slipcovers, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: pharmacies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: electrical fixtures and supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: fabrics, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: fish, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: flowers and plants, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: fruits and vegetables, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: food, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: garden supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: gifts, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: glassware, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: hardware and paints, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: home furnishings, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: ice cream, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: lawn care equipment, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: leather goods, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: luggage, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: medical and surgical equipment, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: music and musical instruments, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: nautical supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: office furniture equipment and supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: pets and pet supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: photographic equipment and supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: sewing supplies, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: sporting goods, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: toys, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: wearing apparel and accessories, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: appliances, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: bicycles, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: business machines, General retail uses and/or facilities, including but not limited to: jewelry, Business, professional and medical uses: interior decorating, Business, professional and medical uses: medical and dental clinics, Business, professional and medical uses: medical and dental laboratories, Business, professional and medical uses: photographic studios, Business, professional and medical uses: printing and publishing, Business, professional and medical uses: business offices, Business, professional and medical uses: professional offices, Business, professional and medical uses: medical offices, Contractor's offices (air conditioning, general contractor, electrical, painting, plumbing; no outside storage of materials), Services and facilities: auctions, Services and facilities: barber and beauty shops and salons, Services and facilities: caterers, Services and facilities: dry cleaning (on-site processing for customer pickup only), Services and facilities: dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations, Services and facilities: financing, e.g. banks and similar institutions, including drive-through facilities, Services and facilities: laundromats (self-service facilities only), Services and facilities: restaurants, including drive-in and drive-through, Services and facilities: tailoring, Services and facilities: tobacconist, Services and facilities: vocational schools (limited to arts and crafts, business, beauty, dancing, driving, gymnastics, photography, modeling, karate-judo), Services and facilities: small item repair, Services and facilities: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) sales, lease or rental transactions only (no inventory on-site for any purpose), Services and facilities: rental of sporting goods and equipment, e.g. bicycles, skates, boogie boards (rented sporting goods must be non-motorized, except bicycles with an electric-helper motor), Abused spouse residence with 40 or fewer residents, Galleries, Broadcast studios, Butcher shops, Cocktail lounges, Exercise facilities, e.g. gyms and clubs, Indoor shooting ranges, Museums, Libraries, Newsstands, Commercial or public parking lots and parking garages, Theaters (excluding drive-ins), Dwelling units in the same structure as commercial uses (commercial on ground floor occupying at least 25% of structure excluding vehicular areas; residential not on ground level; separate accessways; density max 12 units/acre; Four Corners Overlay up to 30 du/ac), Astrologists, clairvoyants, fortune tellers, palmists, phrenologists, psychic readers, spiritualists, numerologists and mental healers (subject to locational restrictions of Sec. 4.4.9(H)(3)), Community Residence housing four to ten individuals (at least 660 linear feet from another community residence housing four or more; operator licensed/certified/accredited/recognized as stated in code), Tattoo Establishments (per Sec. 4.3.3(ZB)), Urban Agriculture (per Sec. 4.3.3(D)), CBD oil establishments (per Sec. 4.3.3(CC)), Veterinary clinics (subject to Sec. 4.3.3(W))
With special approval
Amusement game facilities, Wash establishments or facilities for vehicles, Child Care and Adult Day Care, Clubs and Lodges; social, fraternal and recreational (not exceeding 3,500 sq ft gross floor area), Drive-in Theaters, Flea Markets, bazaars, merchandise marts, and similar retail uses, Funeral Homes, Gasoline Stations or the dispensing of gasoline directly into vehicles, Hotels and Motels, Free-standing multiple-family housing (subject to RM District requirements except setback and height), Recreational establishments such as bowling alleys, gymnasiums, health spas, miniature golf courses, skating rinks, Sales and service of All Terrain Vehicles and personal watercraft (waverunners, jet skis), with no outside display, outside storage or outside service, Vehicle care limited to changing of oil and filters and lubrication (no mechanical work or outside storage of vehicles except as part of a gasoline station), Pet services and pet hotels (subject to Sec. 4.3.3(W)), Group Home, Type 2 and Community Residential Homes (per Sec. 4.3.3(I)), Adult Gaming Centers, Churches or places of worship and attendant Sunday school, recreational and columbarium facilities (not exceeding 3,500 sq ft gross floor area; no elementary school or general day care), Assisted Living Facilities not meeting definition of community residence, Nursing Homes, and Continuing Care Facilities (subject to RM District requirements except setback and height), Large Family Child Care Home (subject to Sec. 4.3.3(TT)), Community Residence housing four to ten individuals that is less than 660 linear feet from another community residence or whose operator does not meet the licensing/certification/recognition criteria, Fabrication and/or assembly of manufactured materials or parts for distribution or sale, such as sheet metal, sign shops, glass shops, electronics, cabinet and furniture making (only in North Federal Highway Overlay District; must operate with a permitted service or retail use on premises), Wholesaling, storage and distribution of products and materials (only in North Federal Highway Overlay District; must operate with a permitted service or retail use on premises), Self-service storage facilities (only in North Federal Highway Overlay District; lot 1.5 to 3 acres, max 48 ft, 1,000 ft from another facility, 2,500 sq ft of ground-floor retail/service required)
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