Legal Documents of Sweetwater

This district is established to protect and improve the downtown shopping area of Sweetwater and to discourage uses which do not require a central location and which are not compatible with the function of the area as a central business district. Within the C-2 Central business district, as shown on the "Zoning Map Sweetwater, Tennessee," the following regulations and other applicable provisions of this zoning code shall apply.

1. Uses permitted.
   
   1. Small-scale retail sales, provided there is no outdoor sales or storage. Sidewalk sales permitted.
   2. General offices.
   3. Boutique hotels.
   4. Financial institutions.
   5. Indoor eating and drinking establishments, outdoor seating permitted.
   6. Personal services.
   7. Dwelling units, provided such dwellings are located on the upper floors of an existing or proposed commercial establishment or if located on the ground floor not in spaces fronting on Main Street, Monroe Street, W. Walnut Street, W. Morris Street, Miller Street, and W. North Street (two hundred seventy feet (270') from Main Street). All units shall meet minimum building and fire codes.
   8. Customary home occupations, provided the conditions in § 14-403 are met.
   9. Indoor recreation establishments.
   10. Parking lots and parking garages.
   11. Churches and other places of worship.
   12. Cultural facilities.
   13. Civic clubs.
   14. Public utilities and associated offices, but not other buildings, storage areas, or warehousing.
   15. Accessory uses, provided the conditions in § 14-402 are met.
2. Area regulations.
   
   1. There are no specific building setback requirements except as needed to provide off-street loading and unloading as specified in § 14-405.
   2. General lot restrictions. More than one (1) principal building may be permitted on a single lot.
3. Height regulations. No building shall exceed three (3) stories and/or forty feet (40') in height, except as provided for in § 14-505.
4. Off-street parking. Off-street parking is not required, however, if provided such parking shall meet the minimum requirements § 14-404 and the landscape ordinance. (1982 Code, § 11-310, as amended by Ord. #548, June 1983, Ord. #658, Dec. 1993, Ord. #677, Nov. 1995, modified, and Ord. #881, July 2012, and as replaced by Ord. #984, Dec. 2020 Ch7_02-07-22)