Zoning Ordinance

City of Roswell
P.O. Drawer 1838
Roswell, NM 88202-1838
(505) 624-6700
Fax: 624-6709

 

ARTICLE 13:
C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Section 1.  Purpose
This district is intended to provide for retail and personal 
service types of uses of a limited nature for the consumer 
population of the neighborhoods in which they are located 
and is not intended for those types of uses that will either 
attract the consumer population of the entire community, 
attract large volumes of traffic, or have an appearance and 
performance that may be detrimental to the neighborhoods in 
which they are located.
Section 2.  Use Regulations
a.	Permitted Uses.  In the C-1 district, permitted uses are 
as follows:
	1.	Any use permitted in the R-3 and R-4 Districts, 
except single family detached and two family 
attached dwellings
	2.	Accessory uses
	3.	Barber shops
	4.	Beauty shops
	5.	Bed & Breakfast - 5 units maximum (includes 
operators unit)
	6.	Boarding or lodging homes
	7.	Day care centers
	8.	Drive-in banks and tellers
	9.	Drugstores
	10. 	Food stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, 
meat markets, bakeries, delicatessens, not exceeding 
5,000 square feet in gross floor area
	11.	Florists and greenhouses, retail
	12.	Launderettes and dry cleaning establishments
	13.	Libraries
	14.	Museums and art galleries
	15.	Nursing and convalescent homes and retirements 
centers
	16.	Professional offices not exceeding 7,500 square feet 
in gross floor area.
	17.	Recreation buildings and community centers
	18.	Schools; music, dance, business, commercial, and 
trade
	19.	Schools; public or private, elementary, secondary, 
and college
	20.	Travel agencies
	21.	Any other use that meets the intent and purpose of 
this Article and is similar and comparable to those 
uses listed above.
b.	Special Uses.  In the C-1 district, special uses are as 
follows:
	1.	Amusement establishments
	2.	Automobile service stations
	3.	Hospitals, sanitariums, and group care residences
	4.	Parking lots, as a principal use
	5.	Professional offices not exceeding 15,000 square 
feet in gross floor area, where an additional 10% 
landscaping shall be provided.
	6.	Public utility and service uses including, but not 
limited to:  electric substations, gas regulator 
stations, telephone exchanges, microwave relay 
towers and stations, antenna towers and other 
outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the 
exchange in the interest of public convenience and 
necessity, commercial radio and television towers, 
sewage treatment plants, well and water pumping 
stations, water filtration plants, water reservoirs, 
and other similar uses
	7.	Stadiums and arenas

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