EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter IV. - Section 20

PBD   Planned Business District

This District is established for the purpose of providing for retail, wholesale or service commercial uses for the benefit of the general public.

B.   PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

  1.   Amusement Center (Indoor)
  2.   Auction *2
  3.   Automobile & Trailer Sales
  4.   Bakery - Retail
  5.   Bakery - Wholesale
  6.   Bar
  7.   Community Building
  8.   Emergency Facility
  9.   Financial Institution
10.   Food Processing
11.   Funeral Parlor
12.   Garage, Auto Repair *9
13.   Gasoline Filling Station *9
14.   Home Improvement Center
15.   Hotel & Motel
16.   Laundromat, Self-Service
17.   Laundry Service
18.   Library
19.   Medical Clinic
20.   Mini-Warehouse
21.   Museum
22.   Office
23.   Parking Lot/ Garage
24.   Printing or Publishing Establishment
25.   Proprietary School
26.   Public Park and Open Space
27.   Religious Institution
28.   Repair Shop
29.   Restaurant
30.   Store
31.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #
32.   Vehicle/ Boat Storage
33.   Warehouse (except flammable material)
34.   Wholesale Business

C.   USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES)

  1.   Adult Use *16
  2.   Amusement Center (Outdoor)
  3.   Bus Station
  4.   Car Wash
  5.   Child Care Center *10
  6.   Contractor's Equipment Yard
  7.   Educational Institution (K - 12, Private, Parochial)
  8.   Equipment Rental
  9.   Firewood Sales
10.   Heavy Equipment (Sales, Supplies and Storage)
11.   Hospital
12.   Hospital, Convalescent
13.   Hospital, Veterinary *2
14.   Kennels *2
15.   Laboratories
16.   Light Industry
17.   Lumber Yard
18.   Mineral Resource Extraction   (See §§35.8 and 35.13)
19.   Nightclub
20.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) # Supplies and Storage)
21.   Tower, Commercial (See §35.11)

D.   ACCESSORY USES

1.   Refer to Section 35.1.

2.   The following accessory uses may be conducted outside of, but adjacent to, the enclosed building:

a.   Sale of garden supplies and packaged nursery stock, when conducted outside, must be contained within an opaque fenced area. Said fenced area shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the PBD (Planned Business) District.

b.   Outdoor extension of food service establishment.

c.   Outside storage operated in conjunction with and accessory to a permitted principal use and/or use subject to special review shall be subject to additional development requirements contained in Sections 35.5, 18 and 35.12, L.

3.   Any light manufacturing or wholesaling use, when conducted in conjunction with and accessory to a retail outlet and not exceeding a maximum of six hundred (600) square feet of gross leasable area.

E.   DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

1.   Those uses containing an asterisk (*), refer to the corresponding number in Section 35.5 for additional development requirements.

2.   Those uses identified with a pound sign (#) are secondary uses to be conducted in conjunction with Principal (Primary) Uses.

3.   Vehicle/boat storage shall be subject to additional development requirements con-tained in Sections 35.5, 18. a. 3) and 4), and b. 1) and 2); and 35.12, L.

4.   Minimum zone district area: Two (2) acres.

5.   Minimum/Maximum lot area: None.

6.   Maximum structural height: Forty-five (45) feet.

7.   Minimum setback requirements:

a.   Front yard:     Twenty-five (25) feet.

b.   Side and rear yard:     Twenty-five (25) feet from the perimeter boundary of the district. Such twenty-five (25) foot setback is not required from any internal lot line within the PBD (Planned Business) District.

c.   Gasoline pumps and canopies:     Fifteen (15) feet from the front property line, except where a greater requirement exists within the landscaping regulations (Section 35.12).

d.   Temporary uses:     Twenty-five (25) feet from all property lines and one hundred (100) feet from residentially zoned property.

F.   PLOT PLAN

A plot plan conforming to the requirements of Section 37 shall be approved by the Development Services Director prior to the Development Services Department's authorization for the issuance of any building permit.

G.   MAINTENANCE PLAN

A maintenance plan conforming to the requirements of Section 38 shall be approved by the Development Services Director prior to the Development Services Department's authorization for the issuance of any building permit, if applicable.

H.   GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

1.   Off-street Parking - Refer to Section 35.3
2.   Advertising Devices - Refer to Section 35.4
3.   Landscaping Requirements - Refer to Section 35.12
4.   Temporary Uses - Refer to Section 32

I.   PLATTING REQUIREMENT

No building permits shall be applied for or granted on any portion of property which is currently zoned PBD (Planned Business) District until and unless the property is platted in accordance with the El Paso County Land Development Code, as amended, unless otherwise exempted by Statute.

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