General Information, Commercial Districts
The Commercial districts established by this ordinance are designed to promote and protect the health, safety, and convenience, order, prosperity, and other aspects of the general welfare. These goals include among others, the following more specific purposes.
A. To provide sufficient space, at appropriate locations and in proximity to established residential areas, for local retail and service trades catering specifically to the recurring shopping needs of the occupants of nearby residences. Areas for retail and service are indicated on the Mayflower Land Use Plan as
General Commercial.
B. To provide sufficient and appropriate space, and in particular, sufficient areas, to meet the city of Mayflower’s anticipated future need for modern, planned commercial developments in neighborhood and community shopping centers. Areas for this purpose have been set aside, as indicated by General commercial on the Mayflower Land Use Plan.
C. To provide sufficient space at appropriate locations for varying types of commercial and miscellaneous service activities that are consistent in their marketing function. These areas can accommodate those commercial and service uses which either generate heavy traffic or depend upon heavy traffic for their
marketing function, and which often require open storage of products for sale, which serve not only the local populous but also the traveling public. Areas for this purpose are indicated as Highway/Open Display Commercial on the Mayflower Land Use Plan.
D. To provide sufficient space at appropriate locations for retail and service activities whose primary function is to cater to the needs of the fishing/boating community associated with Lake Conway. Areas appropriate for this purpose are indicated on the Mayflower Land Use Plan as Resort Commercial.
E. The Planning Commission, based on all required submissions and conditions thereof, may recommend approval to the City Council of the following conditional uses in the Commercial Districts for required submission requirements. Final Conditional Use approval must be granted by the City Council. It is the intent of this section to encourage, through conditional uses, the development of varied density arrangements, to permit affordable housing, to nurture development in appropriate locations, to allow continued use of existing residential housing in a commercial district for residential use, and to distribute
varied density arrangements throughout the city and within various subdivisions.
(Ord. No. 2005-3, Sec. 1.)
The Commercial Districts
The “C” Commercial Districts shall be cited in this regulation and on the official zoning map of Mayflower, Arkansas, as follows:
A. “C-1” District, Retail Commercial
B. “C-2” District, Town Center Commercial
C. “C-3” District, Service Commercial
D. “C-4” District, Highway Commercial
E. ” C-5″ District, Resort Commercial
General Zoning District Restrictions
Unless otherwise specifically exempted in the appropriate district, the following restrictions shall apply to all commercial districts:
A. Any lighting shall be so placed so as to reflect away from adjacent residential districts. No excessive or unusual noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it constitutes a nuisance which substantially exceeds the general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses adjacent to or immediately surrounding the site. Such comparison shall be made at the boundary of the site.
B. All trash receptacles and pickup shall be oriented away from the street side of the property and adequately screened.
C. A landscaped area or fencing shall be provided along any side or rear property line which abuts property zoned for residential purposes. Said landscaped area or fencing shall have Planning Commission approval as to location, height, material, and construction.
D. No mobile home or manufactured home, as defined in Section 14.04.16 of the Mayflower Municipal Code, and built as a residential structure, or portable building, may be used as a commercial building in any area zoned as commercial, except as a residence for caretakers, and/or watchmen and their families. No amount of renovation or modification will suffice to enable such structures to be used as commercial buildings in any area zoned as commercial, except as a residence for caretakers, and/or watchmen and their families.
(Ord. No. 2000-05, Sec. 2.)
District, Retail Commercial
The C-1 District is designed to serve the retail needs of the surrounding residential neighborhood. These minor urban concentrations will provide the basic facilities and services most frequently and regularly utilized and required for home life. Individual districts may include retail shops, consumer services, automobile service stations, and professional offices.
The C-1 district shall generally be located at arterial and collector street intersections and within walking distance of residential areas.
Any use which is found by the city of Mayflower to be a public nuisance by reason of the emission of dust, fumes, gas, smoke, odor, glare, noise, vibration or other disturbance is expressly prohibited.
C-1 District Development Criteria
A. All business establishments shall only deal directly with the customer.
B. All permitted uses and all storage accessory thereto, except sale of horticulture nursery product, off-street parking and off-street loading, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.
C. Parking, loading and service areas shall be physically separated from all streets by a suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress.
D. No single establishment shall have more than 7,500 square feet of gross leasable floor area.
C-1 District Use Regulations
A. Permitted Uses
- Antique shops
- Bakery or confectioner (provided goods that are baked on the premises shall be offered for sale only on the premises and at retail)
- Bank or trust company, savings and loan
- Barber Shop
- Beauty Shop
- Book, newspaper and magazine store
- Business office
- Dairy products store
- Delicatessen
- Drugstore
- Electronics, computers, video tape shops
- Florists
- Fruit store
- Furniture store
- Gift shop
- Grocery store
- Hardware store
- Horticultural nursery products store
- Household appliance store
- Jewelry store
- Laundromat
- Laundry and cleaning pick-up station
- Market, produce
- Medical and dental clinics
- Offices for professional services
- Photographic supply store
- Restaurant, cafe or tea room
- Shoe repair shop
- Tailor, pressing, laundry and cleaning shop (including valet services with not
- more than three pressing machines, and one dry cleaning unit)
- Taxicab stand
- Telegraph or messenger service
- Upholstery shop
- Variety and dry goods store
- Vegetable store
- Wearing apparel store
B. Conditional Uses
- Automobile filling station
- Churches
- Drive in restaurant
- Pet shops
- Public utility buildings and structures
- Day Care Center
- R1-SB Buildings (Ord. No. 2005-3, Sec. 1.)
Bulk and Area Regulations
A. Height Regulations
No building hereinafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of 35 feet or be no more than 2 1/2 stories.
B. Area Regulations
- Front Yard
There shall be a front yard having a set back of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the front property line to the front line of the building. - Side Yard
Side yard setback shall not be required unless required for fire protection, except where side yards abut a street or a residential lot line, thence, the side yard setback shall be no less than twenty-five (25) feet. - Rear Yard
There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet, except when abutting a residential area, where the rear yard shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet. - Lot Area Regulations
The site area for the zoning of the C-1 district shall be not less than one acre. When a request for zoning to C-1 is appended to an existing C-1 district the proposed new zone may be less than one acre provided the aggregate of the new zone and the existing zone is one or more acres. When the lots in a C-1 zone are under separate ownership and are designed to accommodate separated single buildings there shall be a lot area of not less than 7,000 square feet. In addition, there shall be a lot width of not less than seventy (70) feet at the building line and a lot depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. The Planning Commission may consider an exception when the building or the separately owned land is part of and is consistent with the overall design of the adjacent commercial properties. - Lot Coverage
Maximum lot coverage for all principal and accessory buildings shall be fifty (50) percent of the total area of the site
D. Screening Requirements
Where a C-1 District abuts a Residential District whether in a shopping center or free-standing strip development a landscape screen shall be required. Said screens or fences shall have planning commission approval as to location, height, material and construction.
E. Parking Requirements
Any area subject to wheeled traffic and devoted to parking, driveways, and off-street maneuvering space, developed to meet the requirements of this district, shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows: one and- one-half (l 1/2) inch asphalt concrete hot mix with a six (6) inch compacted base, or a four (4) inch concrete slab, sub-base compacted to 95% density and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. See Section 14.04.10.
C-2 District. Town Center Commercial
The C-2 District, Town Center Commercial, is the central focus of the greatest concentration of commercial and office activity. City government offices, fire, police and other emergency services and the library may well be located in or adjacent to the C-2 District, Town Center Commercial. These public functions in combination with the major retail shopping, consumer services offices, and multi-family residential development may create the greatest concentration of people and vehicles within the city.
C-2 District Development Criteria
A. All commercial uses shall be restricted to closed buildings, except parking lots, plant nurseries, promotional events and the normal pump island services of auto service station operations.
B. Parking, loading and service areas shall be physically separated from all streets by a suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress.
C-2 District Use Regulations
A. Permitted Uses
- Multi-family residential uses as permitted in the R-2 District and subject to the bulk and area regulations of that district.
- Retail sales, service and office uses permitted in the C-1 District and the conditional uses.
- Additional Commercial uses:
- Hotels
- Department store
- Furniture store
- Restaurants, restaurants with dancing and live entertainment
- Theater, cinema, stage productions
- Museum, gallery, libraries
- Radio and TV broadcasting studio
- Funeral parlor undertaking
- General office buildings
- Automobile Service Center
B. Conditional Uses
Land areas delineated as Institutional category on the Land Use Plan may be included within the C-2 District. These areas are intended for the establishment of public and quasi-public uses complementary to the C-2 District, Town Center and may include but are not limited to the following uses and those of similar character:
- Churches
- Educational Facilities
- Health Facilities
- Government Offices
- Fire Stations
- Police Stations
- Libraries
- Museums
- Day Care Centers
- R1-SB Buildings (Ord. No. 2005-3)
Bulk and Area Regulations
A. Height Regulation
No building hereinafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height as limited by the Mayflower Fire Chief.
B. Area Regulation
- Front Yard
There shall be a front yard having a setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the front property line to the front line of the building. - Side Yard
Side yard setback shall not be required except where side yards abut a street or a residential lot line, thence, the side yard setback shall be no less than 15 feet. - Rear Yard
There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet except when abutting residential area, the rear yard shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet. In the case of a comer lot (abutting a street), when providing a twenty-five (25) foot exterior side yard, the rear yard may be reduced to not less than fifteen (15) feet. - Lot Coverage
Maximum lot coverage for all principal and accessory buildings shall be fifty (50) percent of the total area of the site.
C. Screening Requirements
When a C-2 District abuts a residential district whether in a shopping center or a freestanding strip development, a landscape screen shall be required. Said screens or fences shall have Planning Commission approval as to location, height, material, and construction.
D. Parking Requirements
Any area subject to wheeled traffic and devoted to parking, driveways and off-street maneuvering space, developed to meet the requirements of this district, shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows: one and one-half (1-1/2) inch asphalt concrete sub-base hot mix with a six (6) inch compacted base; or four (4) inch concrete slab, compacted to 95% density and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. See Section 10.0 for required parking space.
C-3 District. Service Commercial
Commercial service centers are the intended locations for retail sales, service and storage establishments serving the Mayflower population and the firms within the Industrial Park and Town Center. These essential activities, may involve some disturbance to adjacent uses, if in closer proximity to residential areas. No residential uses are intended for location in the C-3 District except only as living quarters for caretakers, and/or watchmen and their families.
C-3 District Development Criteria
A. The open storage of retail and wholesale goods in conjunction with business establishments is permitted.
B. Parking, loading, or service areas shall be physically separated from all streets by a suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress.
C-3 District Use Regulations
A. Permitted Uses
- All retail sales and service uses permitted in the C-1 District, Retail Commercial.
- Additional Commercial Uses:
- Animal boarding place or veterinarian’s clinic
- Automotive uses
- Auto, truck and trailer rental lot
- Parking and storage garages and lots
- Parts and supply stores
- Repair garages and body shops
- New and used sales and services
- Building supply
- Contractor’s office and equipment yard
- Farm implement sales and service
- Household equipment and machine repair and servicing
- Laundry and dry cleaning plant
- Marine supply and equipment
- Printing and publishing
- Upholstering shop
- Vocational and trade schools
- Warehouse – general
- Warehouse – mini and storage
- Wholesale sales and storage
B. Conditional Uses
- Cemeteries
- Office Buildings
- R1-SB Buildings (Ord. No. 2005-3, Sec. 1.)
Bulk and Area Regulations
A. Height Regulation
No building which is not an office building hereinafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of 35 feet or be more than 2-1/2 stories. Office buildings shall not exceed a height of four (4) stories.
B. Area Regulations
- Front Yard
There shall be a front yard having a setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the front property line to the front line of the building. - Side Yard
Side yard setback shall not be required, except where side yards abut a street or a residential lot line, thence, the side yard setback shall be no less than twenty-five (25) feet. - Rear Yard
There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet, except when abutting residential area, the rear yard shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet. In the case of a comer lot (abutting a street), however, when providing a twenty-five (25) foot exterior side yard, the rear yard may be reduced to not less than 8 feet. - Lot Coverage
Maximum lot coverage for all principal and accessory buildings shall be fifty (50) percent of the total area of the site.
C. Screening Requirements
When a C-3 District abuts a residential district whether in a shopping center of a free-standing strip development, a landscape screen shall be required. Said screens or fences shall have Planning commission approval as to location, height, material, and construction.
D. Parking Requirements
Any area subject to wheeled traffic and devoted to parking, driveways, and off-street maneuvering space, developed to meet requirements of this district shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows; one and one-half (1 ½) inch asphalt concrete hot mix with a six (6) inch compacted base, or a four (4) inch concrete slab, sub-base compacted to 95% density and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. See Section 14.04.10 for required parking spaces.
C-4 District, Highway Commercial
The characteristics of the C-4, Highway commercial District, is an area for retail establishments which cater to the traveling public, Lot sizes, highway ingress and egress, setback requirements, and the design of the individual sites are intended to provide for motorists’ needs, yet maintain adequate, safe, attractive facilities with minimal traffic interference. No residential uses are intended for location in the C-4 District except only as living quarters for caretakers, and/or watchmen and their families. This zoning is intended to reference highway travel along Interstate Highway 40 and State Highway 365.
C-4 District Development Criteria
- The open storage of retail and wholesale goods in conjunction with business establishments is permitted.
- Parking, loading, or service areas shall be physically separated from all streets by a suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access or egress
C-4 District Use Regulations
A. Permitted Uses
- All retail sales and service uses permitted in the C-1 District
(Commercial Retail) and C-3 District (Commercial Services). - Additional Commercial Uses:
- Hotels
- Department store
- Furniture store
- Restaurants
- Theater, cinema, stage productions
- Radio and TV broadcasting studio
- General office buildings
- Automobile Service Center
- Automobile filling stations
- Liquor stores
- Truck Stops
- Retail stores that cater primarily to the non-resident traveling public
- Government facilities
B. Conditional Uses
- Cemeteries
- Churches
- Office Buildings
- Education facilities
- R1-SB Buildings (Ord. No. 2005-3, Sec. 1.)
Bulk and Area Regulations
A. Height Regulation
No building which is not an office building, or hotel, hereinafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of 35 feet or be more than 2-1/2 stories. Office buildings and hotels shall not exceed a height of four (4) stories.
B. Area Regulations
- Front Yard
There shall be a front yard having a setback of not less than thirty-five (35) feet from the front property line to the front line of the building. - Side Yard
There shall be a side yard having a setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, except where side yards abut a street or a residential lot line, thence, the side yard setback shall be no less than thirty-five (35) feet. - Rear Yard
There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet, except when abutting residential area, the rear yard shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet. - Lot coverage
Maximum lot coverage for all principal and accessory buildings shall be fifty (50) percent of the total area of the site.
C. Screening Requirements
When a C-4 District abuts a residential district whether in a shopping center of a free-standing strip development, or single building arrangement, a landscape screen shall be required. Said screens or fences shall have Planning Commission approval as to location, height, material, and construction.
D. Parking Requirements
Any area subject to wheeled traffic and devoted to parking, driveways, and off-street maneuvering space, developed to meet requirements of this district, shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows: one and one-half (1 ½) inch asphalt concrete hot mix with a six (6) inch compacted base, or a four (4) inch concrete slab, sub-base compacted to 95% density and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. See Section 14.04.10 for required parking spaces.
All driveways and parking lots shall be ample for the land use. They will be designed to keep highway traffic interference to a minimum.
“C-5” District Resort Commercial
The C-5 District is a designation for commercial activities associated with the recreational use (boating and fishing) of Lake Conway. The marinas or “landings” provide for retail sales, rental service of boats, boat storage, temporary living quarters, and auxiliary outdoor recreational activities associated with the recreational use of Lake Conway.
C-5 District Typical Development Components
A. Marinas may be comprised of: floating docks; piers on pilings and attached to the shoreline; and rental cabins for temporary usage.
B. Typically, marinas have a multi-purpose building entirely on land that: serves as an “office”, may contain a restaurant or “lunch counter”; and is the place for the retail sales of bait, fishing tackle and fuel.
C-5 District Use Regulations
A. Permitted Uses
Retail Sales:
– convenience items as snack foods, aspirin, antacid, ice, ice boxes, etc.
– fuel for motor boats
– fishing tackle and fishing accessories
– live bait
Rental:
– cabins
– boats and motors
– fishing equipment
– recreational vehicle spaces
Restaurant or snack bar
Laundromat
B. Conditional Uses
A retail sale of boats, motors, boat trailers and boat accessory equipment motel, automotive gasoline sales; or use similar to the above which may be disruptive or detrimental to adjacent residential areas if not controlled in scale and screening.
C. Area Regulations
The area for the zoning of a parcel of land for the C-5 district shall be not less than one acre exclusive of any water area. An existing C-5 district may append less than one acre to the existing zone provided the zoning change is approved through the process for zoning changes outlined in this regulation.
D. Lot Area Regulations
When a resort commercial area provides rental property for temporary guests, whether free standing cabins or arranged as a motel, the buildings provided shall:
1. Be spaced sufficiently apart to meet fire safety codes or, if units are joined, must contain fire retardant materials and barriers to meet current fire safety codes.
2. Meet all buildings and other safety codes of the city of Mayflower
E. Maximum building coverage of the dryland area shall be fifty (50) per cent.
F. Screening Requirements
In the interest of creating an improved ambiance for resort commercial development, the owners of the existing marinas are encouraged to use landscaping materials and organized parking spaces to enhance the visual quality of their property. Additionally, the developer of future marinas are required to provide landscaped screening at the sides of property which abut residential areas. Said screens or fences shall have Planning Commission approval as to location, height, material, and construction.
G. Parking Requirements
Any area subject to wheeled traffic and devoted to parking, driveways, and off-street maneuvering space, developed to meet requirements of this district, shall be paved. The minimum pavement requirements shall be as follows: one and one-half (1 ½) inch asphalt concrete hot mix with a six (6) inch compacted base, or a four (4) inch concrete slab, sub-base compacted to 95% density and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed. See Section 14.04.10 for required parking spaces.
All driveways and parking lots shall be ample for the land use. They will be designed to keep highway traffic interference to a minimum.
