Ruritan Rd Harriman, TN 37748

11-605 - C-2 General Commercial District. It is the purpose and intent of this district to provide for general commercial areas at convenient locations within the city. The regulations are designed to encourage concentrations of commercial activities to preserve the traffic carrying capacity of the major collect and arterials upon which such uses are located. The regulations are also designed to encourage groupings of compatible commercial activities in which parking and traffic congestion can be reduced to a minimum. Therefore, prior to issuance of building permits for all new construction, site plans, as required by Section 11-310, shall be reviewed and approved by the planning commission to determine if the projects meet all requirements and are in keeping with the comprehensive planning program of the City of Harriman, Tennessee. When proposed uses are adjacent to a residential district, a ten (10) foot buffer strip shall be planted and maintained. In order to achieve the purpose and intent of the C-2 General Commercial District, as shown on the zoning map of the City of Harriman, Tennessee, the following regulations apply and uses are permitted. 1. Personal, business, and professional services and offices, excluding junkyards and other similar uses. 2. Storage yards provided a buffer strip is planted. 3. Retail business, including automobile and mobile home sales. 4. Lodges, clubs, hotels, motels, restaurants, and other similar services. 5. Funeral homes. 6. Churches and places of worship. 7. Gasoline service stations as regulated in Section 11-313. 8. Wholesale business and warehousing. 9. Places of amusements, recreation, entertainment, or assembly. 10. Shopping centers developed as planned unit developments as regulated in Section 11-308. 11. Commercial and travel trailer parks developed as planned unit developments as regulated in Section 11-308. 12. Publicly owned buildings and uses, following approval by the planning commission as required in Tennessee Code Annotated, 13-4-104; and schools and colleges offering general education. 13. Signs as regulated in Section 11-309. 14. Access and parking as regulated in Sections 11-302 through 11-307. 15. Customary accessory uses and structures as regulated in Section 11-408. 32 16. Setback and height requirements as regulated in Chapter 7. 11-606 - C-3 Neighborhood Commercial District. It is the purpose and intent of this district to establish areas to serve surrounding residential districts.