CI Zoning & Uses

CI Zoning & Uses:  Zoned CI Commercial Intensive; Ideal for Retail, office, distribution, Light Assembly & Manufacturing, Wholesale Sales, Storage, Laboratories, Restaurants, Suppliers, Boat, RV & Collector Car Storage, Personal Hobby Shops

Charlotte County Zoning Code:  Sec. 3-9-43. Commercial, intensive (CI).

(a)   Intent.  The purpose and intent of the commercial, intensive (CI) district is to permit the designation of suitable locations for and to facilitate the proper development and use of land for those commercial activities which are like or which have many of the same needs as industrial land uses. Such uses often rely on large ground areas for storage or display of goods, are relatively insensitive to the impacts of adjacent land uses, while generating substantial impacts on their neighbors. Commercial, intensive land uses are generally services, particularly warehousing, distribution and compatible businesses oriented to the sale and service of automobiles and boats. The CI district is and is intended to be intermediate between consumer-oriented commercial and light industrial uses. 

(b)   Permitted principal uses and structures.  The following uses and structures are permitted in this district: 

(1)   All uses and structures permitted in the CG district except adult congregate living facilities.

(2)   Automotive sales and service, provided major mechanical and body overhaul and repair are conducted within a fully enclosed building.

(3)   Boat, trailer and motor sales and services.

(4)   Service stations and truck stops.

(5)   Lumber and building supply establishments, except ready-mixed concrete asphalt plants and concrete product manufacturing plants.

(6)   Sale and storage of mobile homes, travel trailers and campers.

(7)   Heavy machinery and equipment sales and service provided repair is conducted within a fully enclosed building.

(8)   Equipment rental.

(9)   Drive-in theaters, golf driving ranges, par-3 golf courses and outdoor commercial recreational facilities.

(10)   Railroad sidings.

(11)   Auditorium and conventional centers.

(12)   Wholesale sales.

(13)   Mass transit terminals and yards.

(14)   Car wash.

(15)   Mini-warehouses or storage facilities, but not bulk storage of flammable liquids.

(16)   Laboratories, class 3, provided central sewer is available.

(17)   Automobile rental agencies.

(c)   Permitted accessory uses and structures.  Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted uses and structures are also permitted in this district, including a residential dwelling unit within the same structure as the principal use for occupancy by owners or employees of permitted uses. 

(d)   Prohibited uses and structures.  Any use or structure not expressly, or by reasonable implication, permitted herein or permitted by special exception shall be unlawful in this district. 

(e)   Special exceptions.  (For procedure see section 3-9-7, "Special exceptions.") The following are special exceptions in this district: 

(1)   Bars, cocktail lounges, nightclubs and taverns for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages within one thousand (1,000) feet from a church or school, subject to the provisions of section 3-9-66 of this Code.

(2)   Sale and display in other than completely enclosed building of any merchandise otherwise allowed as a permitted use in this district.

(3)   Warehouses or storage facilities for flammable liquids.

(4)   Building trades contractor with storage yard for materials and equipment on premises.

(5)   Television and radio transmitter towers.

(6)   Light manufacturing and assembly in a completely enclosed building.

(7)   Heliports and heli-stops.

(8)   Outdoor markets.

(9)   Carpentry, cabinet and machine shops.

(10)   Laboratories, class 2, provided central sewer is available.

(11)   Such other uses as determined by the zoning official or his/her designee to be:

a.   Appropriate by reasonable implication and intent of the district.

b.   Similar to another use either explicitly permitted in that district or allowed by special exception.

c.   Not specifically prohibited in that district.

The board of zoning appeals shall review a favorable determination of the zoning official under this provision at the time the special exception application is presented to it. An unfavorable determination of the zoning official or his/her designee shall be appeasable pursuant to section 3-9-6 of these regulations.