48 State Rte 101a Amherst, NH 03031-2213

Section 4.7 Commercial Zone (C). (3-10-15) GENERAL PURPOSE. To provide commercial areas to serve major commercial and business needs of the general public. (3-14-78) A. PERMITTED USES. Uses which include, but are not limited to the following: (3-13-90) 1. Retail establishments. (3-12-63) 2. Hotel and motels. (3-12-63, 3-14-78) 3. Public utility building, structure or facility. (3-14-78) 4. Home occupation. (11-2-82) 5. (Deleted 3-8-22) 6. Mixed-use development. (3-14-89) (See Art. IX Definitions) 7. Amateur, non-profit sports and recreation uses subject to obtaining Planning Board site approval which may provide at minimum for setbacks, buffers, sanitary facilities, parking, and traffic impact. Uses involving motorized recreation vehicles are prohibited. Night lighting may be allowed by the Planning Board when more than five hundred (500) feet from any residential use but not after 9:00 p.m. (3-12-91) 8. All family day care home facilities are subject to compliance with all current licensing procedures and all applicable health/safety ordinances for the State of New Hampshire and the Town of Amherst. Family day care facilities are regulated by RSA 170-E:1, 170-E:2, 204- C:72, 161-G:4, and all other applicable State Laws. (3-12-91, 3-10-92) 9. Accessory Dwelling Unit (3-8-16, 3-12-24) 10. Multi-family residential development, subject to site plan review (3-10-26) B. USES PERMITTED BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION COMMERCIAL ZONE. Town of Amherst Zoning Ordinance 71 1. Outside recreation establishments exclusive of outdoor theaters. (3-2-76) 2. Outside storage of equipment and materials, but not including junk yards. (3-2-76) 3. Religious uses. (3-2-76) 4. Private schools. (3-2-76) 5. Hospitals, nursing homes and other similar uses. (3-2-76) 6. (Deleted 3-8-16) 7. Kennels. (11-2-82) C. AREA AND FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS. 1. The minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre. (3-14-89, 3-11-97) 2. Each new lot shall have a minimum frontage of two hundred (200) feet on a publicly maintained road, unless frontage has been approved and recorded as reduced frontage lot/s, in which event thirty-five (35) feet shall be sufficient. (3-14-78, 3-9-82) Corner lots shall have the minimum required frontage on each side of the lot that abuts a street or road. (3-8-22) D. YARD AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. 1. Each new structure shall be set back either fifty (50) or one-hundred (100) feet from the public road right-of-way of New Hampshire Route 101A. (3-14-89, 3-10-92) a.