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RC Rural Commercial

RC Rural Commercial.
The purpose of the RC district is to provide areas of the County located at strategic intersections of arterial and major collector roads where commercial uses in centers of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area, for the convenience of nearby rural populations, can be located.

(a) Uses permitted by right:
Agricultural service establishment.
Bank and lending institution.
Barber/beauty shop.
Convenience center.
Convenience store.
Dance studio.
Drug store.
Flex office.
Florist.
Gift/antique shop.
Low intensity commercial retail.
Lumber/building/electrical/plumbing supply with covered storage and wholesale mulch sale.
Medical/dental office.
Medium intensity commercial retail.
Place of worship.
Professional office.
Public facilities/utilities. *
Public Works excluding wastewater treatment facilities.
Restaurant without a drive through.
Retail bakery.
Retail food store.
School,Vocational
Tailor shop.
Veterinary clinic.

(b) Conditional use permit:
Adult Business
Automobile service.
Broadcasting station.
Child care center. 
Commercial kennel.
Dry cleaner.
Indoor flea market.
Medical clinic.
Outdoor flea market.
Public Facility/Utility.**
Vehicle fuel sale.

(c) Requirements:
(1) Intensity: Ratio
Maximum floor area ratio..........0.45
Open space ratio.....................0.40
(2) Minimum yards: Feet
Front..........40
Side..........10
Rear.........25
(3) Maximum building height (in feet) ..........35 
 

*- but not including generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities which are permitted as a conditional use permit.

**- for generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities (except for the expansion or modification to wastewater treatment facilities existing prior to October 17, 2006)

(Ord. No. 094-29, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 096-05, 1-2-96; Ord. No. 002-08, 3-19-02; Ord. No. 002-18, 4-2-02)




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