§ 16-18R.005. Permitted principal uses and structures, permitted accessory uses and structures, and special permits.

In all subareas, a building or premises shall be used for the following permitted principal uses, permitted accessory uses and structures, and special permits as follows:

1.

Permitted principal uses:

a.

For each subarea, a building or premises shall be used only for the principal purposes as indicated with a "P" in SPI-18 Mechanicsville: Use Table.

b.

No use or manner of operation shall be permitted which is obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, smoke, noise, glare, fumes, gas, vibration, unusual danger of fire or explosion, emission of particulate matter, or interference with radio or television communication, or is otherwise incompatible with the character of the district and its relation to adjoining districts.

c.

Battery exchange stations shall be permitted where service stations are permitted.

2.

Permitted accessory uses and structures: Accessory uses and structures permitted within this district shall include those customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted principal uses and structures and specifically include clubhouses, pools, and other recreation amenities, parking to serve authorized residential and non-residential uses within the district subject to the restrictions contained in Section 16-18R.021 and elsewhere in this chapter, and electric vehicle charging stations equipped with Level 1, Level 2, and/or DC Fast Charge EVSE.

3.

Special use permits: The following uses are permissible only by additional special permits of the type indicated subject to limitations and requirements set forth in this chapter 18R or elsewhere in this part, and subject to the applicable procedures and requirements set forth in section 16-25.001, et seq.

a.

Special use permits: Special use permits shall be required as indicated with "SUP" in SPI-18 Mechanicsville: Use Table.

b.

Special administrative permits: Special administrative permits shall be required as indicated with "SAP" in SPI-18 Mechanicsville: Use Table.

c.

Special exceptions: None.

SPI-18 MECHANICSVILLE: USE TABLE

P= Permitted Principal Uses & Structures PA= Permitted Accessory Uses & Structures SAP = Special Administrative Permits SUP = Special Use Permit X = Not Permitted * = Not to exceed 2,000 square feet ** = Not to exceed 8,000 square feet † =Farmers' market limited to parcels which meet the minimum lot size requirements and are used as churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other religious worship facilities or schools.	Subarea 1: Mechanicsville Mixed-Use Subarea 2: Fulton Mixed-Use Subarea 3: RDA Neighborhood Commercial Subarea 4: Multi-family Subarea 5: Single-family Subarea 6: Two-family Subarea 7: Light Industrial Subarea 8: Heavy Industrial Subarea 9: Live Work Subarea 10: McDaniel-Glenn
Uses	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Adult businesses	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bakeries and catering establishments including wholesale operations	P	P	P*	X	X	X	P	X	P*	P*
Banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P**
Barbershops, beauty shops and similar personal service establishments	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	X	P*	P**
Bowling alleys	P	P	X	X	X	X	P	X	X	X
Broadcasting towers and line-of-sight relay devices for telephonic, radio or television communications greater than 70 feet in height, except alternative design mounting structures as contemplated by Section 16-25.002(3)(h)(iv)(i), and subject to Transitional height planes (Chapter 1, Section 19-1006)	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Broadcasting towers and line-of-site relay devices for telephonic, radio or television communications 70 feet or less in height, and an alternative design mounting structures as contemplated by Section 16-25.002(3)(h)(iv)(i), and subject to Transitional height planes (Chapter 1, Section 19-1006).	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
Business or commercial schools	P	P	P*	X	X	X	P	P	X	X
Car washes	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	X	X
Child care centers, kindergartens and special schools	P	P	P**	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	P**	P**
Churches, synagogues, temples and other religious worship facilities of any size	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Civil, service, garden, neighborhood or private clubs	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	P*	P*
Clubs and lodges	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Clinics (including veterinary), laboratories, and similar uses, but not blood donor stations except at hospitals. Veterinary clinics shall be located within soundproof buildings when located within 300 feet of any residential use.	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	X
Commercial greenhouses	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	X
Commercial recreation establishments including theaters, convention halls, places of assembly and similar uses	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	X
Community centers	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Devices for the generation of energy, such as solar panels, wind generators and similar devices	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA
Dormitories, fraternity houses and sorority houses, officially affiliated with an accredited college, university or private school and only for the time period that such affiliation is in effect, such that loss of affiliation shall result in the loss of permission for the use	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	X	X	SUP	X
Eating and drinking establishments. Drive-through facilities are not permitted.	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P**
Farmers' market	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP†	SAP†	SAP†	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
Grocery stores	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P**	P
Guest houses, servant quarters or lodging facilities for caretakers or watchmen	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA
Home occupation (in Subareas 4, 5, 6, & 10 subject to limitations set forth in Section 16-29.001(17))	P	P	P	PA	PA	PA	X	X	P	P
Hotels up to 30 rooms	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	X
Institutions of higher learning, including colleges and universities	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	P	P	SUP	X
Junkyards, automobile salvage yards or scrap metal processors where such activity is wholly enclosed within a building	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	P	X	X
Laundry and dry cleaning collection stations limited to no more than 5,000 square feet (in Subareas 7 and 8 no size limitation)	P	P	P*	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P*
Laundry and dry cleaning establishments where customers operate equipment.	P	P	P*	PA	X	X	P	P	P*	P*
Manufacturing, wholesaling, repairing not including automobile or heavy machinery, compounding, assembly, processing, preparation, packaging or treatment of articles, foods, components, products, clothing, machines and appliances and the like where the character of operations, emissions and by-products do not create adverse effects beyond the boundaries of the property. In Subareas 7 and 9, use of heavy drop hammers, punch presses or other machinery; or processing methods creating excessive noise or vibration is prohibited. In Subarea 9, no more than three persons shall be engaged in these uses, one of whom shall be a member of the family residing on the premises; hours of operation shall be between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.	X	X	X	X	X	X	P	P	P	X
Market gardens	P	P	P	PA	PA	PA	P	P	P	P
Multi-family dwellings (in Subarea 7 conversion of existing industrial buildings which are 50 years of age or older to multi-family is permitted)	P	P	P	P	X	X	X	X	P	P
Museums, galleries, auditoriums, libraries and similar cultural facilities	P	P	P**	X	X	X	X	X	P*	P**
New and used car sales and rental	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Nursing homes, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, and rehabilitation centers. Rehabilitation centers are not permitted in Subareas 4, 5 and 6	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	SUP	SUP
Offices, arts and crafts galleries, and studios. In Subarea 4, sales/leasing office for residential units permitted as accessory use. In Subarea 9, no more than three persons shall be engaged in these uses, one of whom shall be a member of the family residing on the premises, and the hours of operation shall be between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P	P**
Outdoor amusement enterprises, exhibits, entertainments, meetings, displays or sales areas (over 90 days)	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	SUP
Outdoor amusement enterprises, exhibits, entertainments, meetings, displays or sales areas (under 90 days)	SAP	SAP	SAP	X	X	X	SAP	SAP	SAP	SAP
Park-for-hire facilities—Independent structures with more than two stories above grade for the temporary storage of vehicles	SUP	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Park-for-hire surface parking lots on non-residential uses in existence on 6/1/2013 and meeting the requirements of Sec. 16-18R.021(6)	X	X	PA	PA	PA	PA	X	X	PA	X
Parking structures and surface lots (accessory)	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA
Parks and playgrounds	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Plumbing, tinsmithing, or cabinet shops, general service and repair establishments	P	P	X	X	X	X	P	P	P*	X
Printing shops	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	X
Private greenhouses & garages	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA
Private schools	P	P	P	SUP	SUP	SUP	P	P	P	SUP
Professional or personal service establishments, but not hiring halls	P	P	P**	x	x	x	P	P	P*	P**
Public schools	X	X	X	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Retail establishments (not including auto sales or rental). Drive-through facilities for package stores are not permitted.	P	P	P**	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P**
Sales and repair establishments for home appliances, bicycles, lawn mowers, shoes, clocks and similar devices	P	P	P*	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P*
Service Stations (automobiles), provided that no service station may be located within 1,500 feet of another service station. One shall be allowed west of Pryor Street in Subarea 1. Prohibited west of Pryor Street in Subareas 2 and 3.	P	P	P **		X	X	P	P	X	X
Single-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	P	P	X	X	P	P
Shelter	SUP	SUP	SUP	X	X	X	SUP	SUP	SUP	X
Structures and uses required for operation of MARTA or a public utility	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Supportive housing	P	P	P	P	X	X	X	X	P	P
Swimming pools, tennis courts	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA	X	X	PA	PA
Tailoring, custom dressmaking, millinery and similar establishments	P	P	P*	X	X	X	P	P	P*	P*
Telecommunication switchboards, power generators and other telecommunications relay equipment and rooms or floors housing them	X	X	X	X	X	X	P	P	X	X
Two-family dwellings	P	P	P	P	X	P	X	X	P	P
Urban gardens	P	P	P	SAP	SAP	SAP	P	P	P	P

 

Note:

Market gardens are limited to parcels which are used as churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other religious worship facilities or schools.

(Ord. No. 2007-67(07-O-1792), § 1(Att. A), 11-13-07; Ord. No. 2008-62(06-O-0038), §§ 3N, 4N(1), 6P, 7-7-08; Ord. No. 2009-24(08-O-1251), §§ 2U, 2U(2), 6-9-09; Ord. No. 2009-61(09-O-1076), § 5(3), 10-13-09; Ord. No. 2011-39(10-O-1773), § 3Z, 9-15-11; Ord. No. 2013-57(13-O-1196), § 1, 11-13-13 ; Ord. No. 2014-53(14-O-1278), § 2(Attach. B), 12-10-14 ; Ord. No. 2015-02(14-O-1516), § 1, 1-29-15 ; Ord. No. 2014-22(14-O-1092), § 2-EE, 6-11-14 ; Ord. No. 2019-20(18-O-1679), § 11, 3-13-19 )