Legal Documents of Sweetwater

This district is established to provide commercial facilities to interstate travelers. It is not the intent of this district to provide for highway or general commercial activities for local residents. Therefore, only areas in close proximity to the interstate/interchanges will be zoned C-5. Within the C-5 Interstate/interchange 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. Retail sales.
   2. Vehicle, farm implement and machinery, mobile/modular/prefabricated home, recreational vehicle, boat, and equipment rentals, sales, and services.
   3. Eating and drinking establishments.
   4. Hotels, motels, and other overnight lodging establishments.
   5. Business services.
   6. Personal services.
   7. General offices.
   8. Financial institutions.
   9. Medical facilities.
   10. Gasoline service stations, provided the conditions in § 14-408 are met.
   11. Self-service storage facilities (mini-warehouses), provided the conditions in § 14-416 are met.
   12. Nurseries and greenhouses.
   13. Kennels, provided that all animals are kept inside soundproof, heated, and air-conditioned buildings.
   14. Business and vocational schools.
   15. Recreational vehicle parks, provided the conditions in § 14-415 are met.
   16. Indoor recreation.
   17. Outdoor recreation, such as archery and golf driving ranges, miniature golf, batting cages, go-karts, and other similar uses which do not negatively impact adjacent and nearby land uses.
   18. Office warehouses.
   19. Wholesale and distribution centers, provided that with the exception of loading docks, all activities are conducted within a completely enclosed building.
   20. Public utilities, including offices, other buildings, storage areas, and warehousing facilities.
   21. An ancillary dwelling unit primarily meant for security purposes, provided it is incorporated into the principal building and meets all adopted building codes.
   22. 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. The minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre.
   2. Front yard. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be fifty feet (50').
   3. Side yard. The minimum depth of the side yard shall be twenty feet (20').
   4. Rear yard. The minimum depth of the rear yard shall be thirty-five feet (35').
   5. Buffer strips. Buffer strips shall be provided per the landscape ordinance.
   6. General lot restrictions. More than one (1) principal building may be permitted on a single lot provided that all applicable building setbacks and parking requirements are met.
3. Height regulations. No building shall exceed three (3) 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. #585, July 1986, as amended by Ord. #592, Sept. 1986, modified, and replaced by Ord. #949, Jan. 2017, Ord. #957, Feb. 2018, and Ord. #984, Dec. 2020 Ch7_02-07-22)