TITLE 5. COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

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1 Accessory structures Maximum net density foot for each two feet of height in excess of 45 feet 20 feet or the height of the principal structure, whichever is less 22 dwelling units per acre (Bill No. 4-05; Bill No ) Section TITLE 5. OMMERIAL DISTRITS Subtitle 1. In General Scope ermitted, conditional, special exception, and business complex auxiliary uses Bulk regulations Bulk regulations Bulk regulations Bulk regulations Scope. Subtitle 2. 1 Local ommercial Districts Subtitle 3. 2 ommercial Office Districts Subtitle 4. 3 General ommercial Districts Subtitle 5. 4 Highway ommercial Districts SUBTITLE 1. IN GENERAL This title applies to all commercial districts. (Bill No. 4-05) ermitted, conditional, special exception, and business complex auxiliary uses. The permitted, conditional, and special exception uses allowed in each of the commercial districts, and uses auxiliary to a business complex, are listed in the chart in this section using the following key: =permitted use; = conditional use; = special exception use; and A = auxiliary to a business complex use. A blank means that the use is not allowed in the district. OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 62

2 Except as provided otherwise in this article, uses and structures customarily accessory to permitted, conditional, and special exception uses also are allowed. ermitted, onditional, Special Adult bookstores Adult day care centers Adult movie theaters Alcoholic beverage uses as accessory to other uses Amusement parks Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics Appliance sales and service facilities Arcades Arcades located at least 1,000 feet from A an existing dwelling with a maximum floor area of 3,000 square feet Assisted living facilities Auction establishments Automobile and truck detailing shops Automobile and truck dismantling and recycling facilities Automobile and truck repair and painting facilities Automobile and truck rental establishments Automobile and truck towing storage yard, temporary storage not to exceed 90 days Automobile gasoline stations Automobile and truck parts, supply stores, and tire stores Automobile service facilities providing oil change, lubrication, and related services Automobile towing facilities in conjunction with automobile gasoline service stations Automobile, truck, and recreational vehicle sales Bakery or donut shops A Bakeries, wholesale OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 63

3 ermitted, onditional, Special Banks Banquet halls Barbershops A Bicycle, motorscooter, and moped sales and service facilities Bicycle, motorscooter, moped sales and service without outside storage Billiard and pool halls Bingo, commercial Boat showroom or sales facilities BRA Mixed Use Development Brewery, craft Building material storage, including sales and yards Bulk storage for agricultural products Bus terminals Business complexes Business complexes with auxiliary uses arnivals, circuses, and fairs, temporary arpet and vinyl flooring stores arpet cleaning establishments arwashes atering establishments hild care centers hristmas tree sales ivic facilities, community centers, libraries, and museums lubs, private, and service, nonprofit, and charitable organizations ommercial recreational facilities, including miniature golf; driving ranges; tennis, racquet, and handball barns or courts; artificial ski slopes; indoor soccer; bowling alleys; BMX bike, skateboard or roller blade parks; electric go-carting; and skating rinks ommercial telecommunication facilities permanently located on the ground OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 64

4 ermitted, onditional, Special ommercial telecommunication facilities that are antennas attached to a structure if the antenna does not exceed 15 feet in height above the structure, does not project more than two feet beyond the facade, does not support lights or signs unless required for safety reasons, and accessory structures meet the requirements of (7) of this ode ommercial telecommunication facilities for testing purposes or emergency services for a period not exceeding 30 days if the facility is a monopole not exceeding 100 feet in height and is located at least 300 feet from any dwelling omputer goods, sales, and services A onference centers onstruction or sales trailers, temporary, in an approved development actively under construction ontractor and construction shops and yards onvenience stores, gift shops, and A newsstands ultural centers and exhibits Dance halls Delicatessens and snack bars A Department stores Dog grooming and day care facilities Dry cleaning and laundry establishments, A including pick-up stations, package plants, and coin-operated facilities, limited to establishments with less than 4,000 square feet of floor area Dry cleaning operations and laundry establishments, including pick-up stations, package plants, and coin-operated facilities Dwelling units, adult independent OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 65

5 ermitted, onditional, Special Dwelling unit, apartment, as an accessory use provided the entrance is separate from the commercial use Dwelling, caretaker or resident manager, not to exceed 1,500 square feet of floor area Dwellings, multifamily Dwellings, townhouses Equipment sales, repair, and storage, commercial Farming Flea markets, indoor Flea markets, outdoor Funeral establishments on a collector or arterial road Funeral establishments on a local road Furniture, appliance, and carpet stores and showrooms Furniture refinishing establishments Greenhouses and garden centers Grocery stores A Grocery stores with a maximum of 25,000 square feet Grocery stores with a maximum of 35,000 square feet Gunsmiths and ammunition sales facilities Hair and nail salons A Hardware stores A Health clubs, spas, gymnasiums Health clubs, spas, and gymnasiums with a maximum of 2,500 square feet Heliports Home centers and building supply stores Home occupations Hospice facilities Hospitals Hotels and motels OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 66

6 ermitted, onditional, Special Housing for elderly of moderate means Interior decorating establishments A Janitorial supply stores Kennels, commercial Licensed premises of a licensed dispensary of medical cannabis, as defined in OMAR Licensed premises of a licensed grower of medical cannabis, as defined in OMAR , indoor cultivation only Licensed premises of a licensed processor of medical cannabis, as defined in OMAR Linen supply establishments Locksmiths Machine shops, welders, sheet metal shops, and custom woodworking shops, including the assembling of component parts Mailing and shipping services Marine service facilities Marine supply stores Meat, seafood, and poultry markets A Medical or dental stores and laboratories, including assembly of component parts, fabrication, and repair services Motorcycle repair and sales facilities Moving or storage establishments Musical instruments, services, and instruction Nightclubs and comedy clubs A Nursing homes Offices, professional and general Opticians and optometrical establishments Outside storage, accessory to permitted uses, limited to 15% of the allowed lot coverage Outside storage, accessory to permitted OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 67

7 ermitted, onditional, Special uses, located in a side or rear yard, limited to 50% of the allowed lot coverage Outside storage as a principal use ackage goods stores A arking garages or lots arks, private awnshops ersonal fitness studios harmacies A hotography studios iers, commercial rinting and publishing establishments roduce markets A sychic, tarot card, and palm reading and fortune telling establishments ublic utility essential services ublic utility uses Radio, television, or industrial testing towers Religious facilities Rental establishments Restaurants Retail sale of liquefied petroleum gases if accessory to and on the same lot as an allowed use Retail specialty stores or shops for retail sales, including antique stores, art supplies, bookstore, candy, cards, clocks, clothing, consignments, electronics, fabrics, flowers, gifts, hobbies, housewares, ice cream parlors, jewelry, luggage, musical instruments, news publications, office supply, optical goods, pets, photographic supplies, sewing machines, shoes and shoe repair, sporting goods, stamps and coins, stationary, tobacco, toys, video tapes, wallpaper and paint, window coverings, works of art A OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 68

8 ermitted, onditional, Special Rifle, pistol, skeet, or archery ranges, indoor Rifle, pistol, skeet, and archery ranges, indoor or outdoor Roadside vendors Schools, public charter and schools, private: academic, arts, business, technical, or trade Scientific research establishments Self-service storage facilities Showrooms and sales of specialty building products Sign shops, including painting and fabrication Small engine repair if all work is done inside a building and there is no outside storage Small wind energy systems or meteorological towers on a lot of at least three acres One small wind energy system or meteorological tower on a lot less than three acres Solar energy systems accessory Staging areas for ounty capital projects State-licensed medical clinics Storage, multilevel watercraft rack, not exceeding 35 feet in height, provided the rack does not cover more than 60% of the gross area of the property, as an accessory use to boat showroom or sales facilities Swimming pool and spa sales, with outdoor display Swimming pool and spa sales, indoor Tailor shops A Tanning salons A Tattoo parlors and body piercing salons Taverns A OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 69

9 ermitted, onditional, Special Taxicab stands and services Taxidermists Telecommuting centers A Television stations, radio broadcasting stations, and recording studios Theaters, live performances A Theaters, movie A Truck and trailer rental facilities in conjunction with automobile gas stations Travel agencies Truck stops Upholstering shops, including sailmaking shops Vending businesses Veterinary clinics if overnight stays are limited to those necessary for medical treatment, without outside runs or pens Video sales and rental establishments with A less than 1,500 square feet of floor area Video sales and rental establishments Volunteer fire stations Wholesale trade, warehousing, and storage establishments (Bill No. 4-05; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No. 7-07; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No. 8-15; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ; Bill No ) SUBTITLE 2. 1 LOAL OMMERIAL DISTRITS Bulk regulations. Except as provided otherwise in this article, the following bulk regulations are applicable in a 1 District: Minimum lot size 11,000 square feet Maximum coverage by structures and 75% of gross area parking Minimum setbacks for principal structures: OYRIGHT 2005 ANNE ARUNDEL OUNTY, MARYLAND 70