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<h2>6.1.6. Commercial Uses</h2> <h3>A. All Commercial Uses</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: A commercial use is the sale of goods or services.</li> </ul> <h3>B. Office</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Office use is a professional service or other activity customarily provided in an office environment where appointments are scheduled.</li> <li>Includes: legal, accounting, investment, financial services, medical, dental, health services, engineering, architectural, design services, counseling, social services, insurance, real estate, broadcast studios for television and radio, administrative and sales offices for business, industry, and government (only administrative, bookkeeping, and clerical activities are conducted on site).</li> </ul> <h3>C. Retail</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Retail is the sale of goods.</li> <li>Includes: retail sale of antiques, souvenirs, apparel, accessories, art, books, cameras, sporting goods, hardware, liquor, home furnishings, general specialty merchandise, food stores, delis, health food, drug stores, bakeries, candy and ice cream/yogurt shops, video rental shops, incidental seating for consumption of goods.</li> <li>Does Not Include: Restaurant/Bar</li> </ul> <h3>D. Service</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Service is the provision of a service outside of an office environment, in a typically non-scheduled environment.</li> <li>Includes: banks, savings and loans, credit unions, laundry and dry cleaners, beauty and barber shops, tanning and massage, repair and maintenance of small appliances, TV and electronics, furniture, garments, shoes, leather goods, gunsmithing, taxidermy, photographic studios, mortuary/funeral home, pet grooming, kennels and veterinary service (with indoor runs only).</li> </ul> <h3>E. Restaurant/Bar</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: A restaurant or bar is an establishment that serves food and/or beverages for seated consumption onsite.</li> <li>Includes: Micro-brewery, micro-distillery or micro-winery.</li> <li>Standards: Breweries, distilleries and wineries are generally considered light industrial uses. To be considered a restaurant/bar, a micro-brewery, micro-distillery or micro-winery must include a tasting room for product sampling, and the facility must produce no more than 15,000 barrels of fermented malt beverages, 15,000 barrels of spirituous beverages, or 100,000 gallons of vinous beverages per year.</li> </ul> <h3>F. Heavy Retail/Service</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Heavy retail/service uses are retail or service uses that are of a greater intensity and impact than other retail or service uses.</li> <li>Includes: retail sales of lumber, building supplies, fuels (including gasoline service stations), feed and seed outlets, rental and servicing of light motorized and non-motorized tools and equipment, motorized vehicle rental, sales, service, repair, farm implement supplies, sales and repair, outdoor storage, veterinary and other pet and livestock services, landscaping services, boarding of horses.</li> </ul> <h3>G. Mini-Storage Warehouses</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Mini-warehouse means a building or group of buildings in a compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of a customer’s goods or wares.</li> <li>Standards: No sales, service, repair, or other activities shall be conducted from a storage area; storage of junk, explosives, flammable materials, or other noxious or dangerous materials is prohibited; maximum leasable space per stall shall be 1,000 square feet; pick-up or delivery by semi-tractor trailers shall be prohibited; outdoor storage shall be screened.</li> </ul> <h3>H. Nursery</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Definition</strong>: Nursery means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale sale of horticultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs and trees, intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes.</li> </ul>
## 6.1.6. Commercial Uses ### A. All Commercial Uses - **Definition**: A commercial use is the sale of goods or services. ### B. Office - **Definition**: Office use is a professional service or other activity customarily provided in an office environment where appointments are scheduled. - Includes: legal, accounting, investment, financial services, medical, dental, health services, engineering, architectural, design services, counseling, social services, insurance, real estate, broadcast studios for television and radio, administrative and sales offices for business, industry, and government (only administrative, bookkeeping, and clerical activities are conducted on site). ### C. Retail - **Definition**: Retail is the sale of goods. - Includes: retail sale of antiques, souvenirs, apparel, accessories, art, books, cameras, sporting goods, hardware, liquor, home furnishings, general specialty merchandise, food stores, delis, health food, drug stores, bakeries, candy and ice cream/yogurt shops, video rental shops, incidental seating for consumption of goods. - Does Not Include: Restaurant/Bar ### D. Service - **Definition**: Service is the provision of a service outside of an office environment, in a typically non-scheduled environment. - Includes: banks, savings and loans, credit unions, laundry and dry cleaners, beauty and barber shops, tanning and massage, repair and maintenance of small appliances, TV and electronics, furniture, garments, shoes, leather goods, gunsmithing, taxidermy, photographic studios, mortuary/funeral home, pet grooming, kennels and veterinary service (with indoor runs only). ### E. Restaurant/Bar - **Definition**: A restaurant or bar is an establishment that serves food and/or beverages for seated consumption onsite. - Includes: Micro-brewery, micro-distillery or micro-winery. - Standards: Breweries, distilleries and wineries are generally considered light industrial uses. To be considered a restaurant/bar, a micro-brewery, micro-distillery or micro-winery must include a tasting room for product sampling, and the facility must produce no more than 15,000 barrels of fermented malt beverages, 15,000 barrels of spirituous beverages, or 100,000 gallons of vinous beverages per year. ### F. Heavy Retail/Service - **Definition**: Heavy retail/service uses are retail or service uses that are of a greater intensity and impact than other retail or service uses. - Includes: retail sales of lumber, building supplies, fuels (including gasoline service stations), feed and seed outlets, rental and servicing of light motorized and non-motorized tools and equipment, motorized vehicle rental, sales, service, repair, farm implement supplies, sales and repair, outdoor storage, veterinary and other pet and livestock services, landscaping services, boarding of horses. ### G. Mini-Storage Warehouses - **Definition**: Mini-warehouse means a building or group of buildings in a compound that contains varying sizes of individual, compartmentalized, and controlled access stalls or lockers for the dead storage of a customer’s goods or wares. - Standards: No sales, service, repair, or other activities shall be conducted from a storage area; storage of junk, explosives, flammable materials, or other noxious or dangerous materials is prohibited; maximum leasable space per stall shall be 1,000 square feet; pick-up or delivery by semi-tractor trailers shall be prohibited; outdoor storage shall be screened. ### H. Nursery - **Definition**: Nursery means an establishment primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale sale of horticultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs and trees, intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes.