§ 14-328. Neighborhood commercial establishments.
(a) Minimum lot area requirements.
Because neighborhood commercial establishment uses apply only to certain already-existing buildings, those uses are not subject to the minimum lot area required for non-residential uses in Residential or Office-Residential Zoning Districts.
(b) Non-residential uses allowed.
A neighborhood commercial establishment may contain any one or more of the following non-residential uses in any part or all of the building:
(1) Art galleries – no live entertainment or dancing.
(2) Arts studios.
(3) Day care centers: adult or child.
(4) Offices.
(5) Personal services establishments.
(6) Restaurants – no live entertainment or dancing.
(7) Retail goods establishments – no alcoholic beverage sales.
(c) Pedestrian orientation.
The development and the proposed use must be pedestrian-oriented and not oriented to the automobile.
(d) Principal entrance.
The principal entrance must be a direct entry from the primary adjoining street.
(e) {Vacant}
(f) Drive-through facilities prohibited.
Drive-through facilities are prohibited.
(g) Uses limited to building interior.
(1) In general.
All business, servicing, processing, display, and storage uses must be located within the building, unless the Zoning Board expressly authorizes, as a conditional use, one or more of these uses to be located, in part or in whole, outside the building.
(2) Expansion of building.
The Zoning Board may authorize, as a conditional use, the expansion of a neighborhood commercial establishment into a newly constructed addition to the principal building, on the same original property.
(h) Signs.
Signs must comply with Title 17 {"Signs"} of this Code.
(i) Tobacco products sales prohibited.
The sale of a tobacco product, as defined by State Health-General Article, § 13-1001(u) {"Definitions: Tobacco product"}, is prohibited in neighborhood commercial establishments.
(j) Outdoor dining.
(1) In general.
Where the right-of-way is 10 feet or greater, outdoor dining may:
(i) be on the street side of the property;
(ii) be on the interior of the property;
(iii) be in the rear yard of the property;
(iv) be on the deck above the ground floor; and
(v) be on the roof of the property.
(2) Deck dining - prohibition.
No deck used for outdoor dining shall be constructed in the 10 foot right-of-way described under this section.