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EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter IV - Obsolete Zones
(No Property will be Rezoned to the R-4. C-1. C-2 or M Districts)

C-2   Commercial District

A.   PURPOSE

This district is established for the purpose of providing for large commercial activities.

B.   PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

      1.   All principal uses permitted in the C-1 Commercial District
      2.   Auction *2
      3.   Bottling Works *2
      4.   Canvas Products (fabrication)
      5.   Coal Business *3
      6.   Drive-in Business & Theater
      7.   Feed and Seed Store
      8.   Food Processing  (retail and wholesale)
      9.   Fur Farm *2
    10.   Garage *9
    11.   Heavy Equipment (sales, supplies & storage)
    12.   Lumber Yard
    13.   Warehouse (except flammable material)
    14.   Wholesale Business

C.   USES REQUIRING SPECIAL APPROVAL (SPECIAL USES)

    1.   All Special Uses permitted in the C-1 (Commercial) District
    2.   Fuel Sales (wholesale) & Storage
    3.   Light Industry
    4.   Light Manufacturing
    5.   Livestock Sales Yard
    6.   Mineral Resource Extraction  (See §§35.8 and 35.13)

D.   DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS*

    *1.   For those uses containing a footnote, please refer to 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.   Minimum lot area:   None.

    4.   Maximum structural height:   Fifty (50) feet.

    5.   Minimum width:   None.

    6.   Setback requirements:

      a.   Front yard:    Fifteen (15) feet.

      b.   Side yards:    See requirements for walls. Where adjacent to a residential district, the standards of that district shall apply.

      c.   Rear yard:    Twenty (20) feet except where adjacent to a residential zone. The standards of the more restrictive district shall apply.

      d.   Corrals & stables:    Fifty (50) feet from all property lines.

      e.   Gasoline pumps:    Fifteen (15) feet from any street.

      f.    Stands:    Thirty-five (35) feet.

    7.   Walls

      a.   If there is no side yard, the side wall of the building shall be constructed of four (4) hour fire resistant material. If there is a side yard, it shall be at least three (3) feet.

      b.   If the side wall material is less than four (4) hour fire resistant material, the side yard shall not be less than five (5) feet where this district adjoins any district other than a residential district.

E.   ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES

Please refer to Section 35.1.

F.   ACCESS PLAN

G.   MAINTENANCE PLAN

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

H.   GENERAL REGULATIONS

    Off-street Parking - Refer to Section 35.3
    Advertising Devices - Refer to Section 35.4
    Landscaping Requirements - Refer to Section 35.12
    Temporary Uses - Refer to Section 32

I.   PLATTING

No building permits shall be applied for or granted on any portion of property which is currently zoned C-2 (Commercial) 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.

If a property, at the time of its creation, was established in accordance with all applicable El Paso County subdivision regulations, platting of said property is not required for the authorization by the Development Services Department for the issuance of a building permit. It shall be the responsibility of the person(s) seeking such authorization to submit the necessary documentation to the Development Services Department to substantiate the legal creation of the property.

J.   DISCONTINUANCE OF ZONING OR REZONING

    1.   No land in the unincorporated portion of El Paso County shall be zoned or rezoned to C-2 (Commercial) District on or subsequent to May 1, 1991.

    2.   All land in the unincorporated portion of El Paso County zoned C-2 (Commercial) District on or before May 1, 1991, shall remain so zoned and subject to all the provisions of said zone district until such time as said land is either rezoned to another valid zone district or annexed to a municipality.

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