Legal Documents of Sweetwater

This district is established to provide for certain small-scale commercial oriented uses that serve the surrounding neighborhoods. Within the C-4 Local general commercial 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.
   2. Indoor eating and drinking establishments.
   3. Gasoline service stations, provided the condition in § 14-408 are met.
   4. General offices.
   5. Personal services.
   6. Financial institutions.
   7. Self-service storage facilities (mini-warehouses), provided there is no outdoor storage and the conditions in § 14-416 are met.
   8. An ancillary dwelling unit primarily meant for security purposes, provided it is incorporated into the principal building and meets all adopted building codes.
   9. Public utilities and associated offices, but not other buildings, storage areas, or warehousing.
   10. Accessory uses, provided the conditions in § 14-402 are met.
2. Area regulations. Buildings and other structures, except fences and signs, shall be located so as to comply with the following requirements.
   
   1. Land area. Minimum lot area: eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet.
   2. Front yard. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be thirty feet (30').
   3. Side yard. The minimum depth of the side yard shall be fifteen feet (15').
   4. Rear yard. The minimum depth of the rear yard shall be twenty-five feet (25').
   5. Buffer strips. Buffer strips shall be provided per the landscape ordinance.
   6. Common lot line. Buildings may be built on a common lot line provided that there is a mutual written consent of the property owners of the buildings directly involved and that the adjacent walls of the buildings meet the minimum fire separation as required per the adopted building codes.
3. Height regulations. No building shall exceed two (2) stories and/or thirty-five feet (35') in height, except as provided for in § 14-505.
4. Off-street parking. As regulated in §§ 14-404, 14-405, and the landscape ordinance. (Ord. #741, Nov. 2001, modified, as amended by Ord. #820, Feb. 2008, and Ord. #932, Nov. 2015, and replaced by Ord. #984, Dec. 2020 Ch7_02-07-22)