EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chaper IV - Section 21

PBC    Planned Business Center District

A.   PURPOSE

This district is established for the purpose of establishing regional centers providing ease of pedestrian and vehicular circulation, unity of architectural design, adequate parking, and best serving the convenience of the public and aesthetic enhancement of the com-munity and/or region.

B.   PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

  1.   Amusement Center (Indoor)
  2.   Any Retail or Commercial Use Included as Part of an Overall Shopping Center         Design
  3.   Bakery - Retail
  4.   Bar
  5.   Child Care Center *10
  6.   Community Building
  7.   Emergency Facility
  8.   Financial Institution
  9.   Gasoline Filling Station *9
10.   Home Improvement Center
11.   Laundromat, Self-Service
12.   Laundry Service
13.   Library
14.   Medical Clinic
15.   Nightclub
16.   Office
17.   Public Park and Open Space
18.   Parking Lot/ Garage
19.   Proprietary School
20.   Religious Institution #4
21.   Restaurant
22.   Store
23.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

C.   USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES)

1.   Amusement Center (Outdoor)
2.   Bus Station
3.   Car Wash
4.   Emergency Facility
5.   Hotel and Motel
6.   Mineral Resource Extraction (See §§35.8 and 35.13)
7.   Train Station
8.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #
9.   Tower, Transmission (See §35.11) #

D.   ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND 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. If conducted outside, must be contained within an opaque fenced area. Said fenced area shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the PBC (Planned Business Center) District.

b.   Child Care Center Play Yards.

c.   Outdoor extension of food service establishments.

d.   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.   Minimum zone district area:   Five (5) acres.

4.   Minimum Lot Area:   None.

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

6.   Minimum setback requirements:

a.   Front yard:   Fifty (50) feet.

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

c.   Gasoline pumps and canopies:   Twenty-five (25) feet.

d.   Temporary uses:   Thirty-five (35) feet from all property lines and one hundred (100) feet from all 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 PBC (Planned Business Center) District until and unless the property is platted in accordance with th El Paso County Land Development Code, as amended, unless otherwise exempted by Statute.

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