The purpose of this district is to provide relatively quiet attractive, and spacious areas for the development of non-retail restricted commercial uses that do not generate substantial volumes of vehicular traffic (i.e., generally, not more than approximately 70 average daily trips per 1,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area according to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report #187 or the latest edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers manual entitled Trip Generation.) This district is intended to encourage high quality office park development and to serve as a transition zone between residential uses and higher intensity commercial uses. These district are appropriate for the fringes of retain districts.

SECTION 1301 - LAND USES PERMITTED

The following uses are permitted outright in C-1 districts subject to the regulations prescribed herein:

(a) Offices of professional services such as physicians, dentists, engineers, architects, attorneys and similar professions.

(b) Offices of insurance or real estate agents or brokers and travel agencies.

(c) Personal services such as hair styling shops and photographic portrait studios.

(d) Business services such as advertising firms and private employment agencies.

(e) Instructional services such as studios for the teaching of fine arts, photography, music drama and dance; business and stenographic schools; barber and beauty schools.

(f) General offices.

(g) Public streets and highways.

(h) Other similar or related uses specifically approved by the Board of Supervisors.

SECTION 1302 - CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 2406

Public or quasi-public facilities and utilities in compliance with Section 414 and other regulations of this ordinance.

SECTION 1303 - DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

1303.01 Maximum Building Height: 35 feet or 2 stories.

1303.02 Minimum Lot Area: 7,500 square feet.

1303.03 Minimum Lot Width: 75 feet.

1303.04 Maximum Buildable Area: The aggregate square footage of all buildings shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the gross lot area.

1303.05 Minimum Yards:

(a) Front yard: 25 feet from the existing or proposed right-of-way line as shown on the adopted Hinds County Thoroughfares Plan.

This yard shall be a landscaped open area with no encroachments permitted including parking lots, patios or swimming pools or other paved areas except for entrance/exit driveways.

(b) Side yards: 10 feet from each side lot line to any building, except where a side lot line abuts an existing single family residential use or R-1, R-2, or R-2-M district in which case the side yard shall be 20 feet from any building to the lot line.

(c) Rear yard: 15 feet from the rear lot line to any building, except where the rear lot line abuts and existing single-family detached residential uses of R-1, R-2, R-2-M district in which case the rear yard shall be 20 feet from any building to the lot line abutting the residential use or district.

This yard shall be landscaped open area with no encroachments permitted including driveways, parking lots, patios or swimming pools or other-paved areas.

1303.06 Internal Building Space: No principal building or accessory building shall be constructed nearer than twenty (20) feet to any other principal building or accessory building.

SECTION 1304 - SITE PLAN REQUIRED

The developer of any use in a C-1 Restricted Commercial District shall submit a site plan to the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 2408 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 1305 - REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING AND ACCESS CONTROL

Developers of any proposed commercial use or permitted special exception shall comply with parking and loading requirements included under Article XXI.

SECTION 1306 - SIGNS

See Article XXII for regulations regarding signs.

SECTION 1307 - REQUIREMENTS REGARDING EXISTING NARROW STREETS, UNPAVED STREETS AND PROPOSED NEW STREETS

The developer of any commercial use in a C-1 district shall comply with the provisions of Sections 425, 426 and 427 of this Ordinance.