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Minimum Setback From Street:: General Setback and Green Area Requirements

The C-1 Zone establishes neighborhood shopping areas intended to be conveniently located for nearby residents. Properties zoned C-1 are typically standalone buildings oriented towards automobiles and distributed throughout residential neighborhoods. The zone requires a minimum 10% green area and sets maximum building heights at 30 feet, allowing for up to 2.5 floors. Setbacks from streets and between buildings are also specified.

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Minimum Setback From Street:: General Setback and Green Area Requirements

The C-1 Zone establishes neighborhood shopping areas intended to be conveniently located for nearby residents. Properties zoned C-1 are typically standalone buildings oriented towards automobiles and distributed throughout residential neighborhoods. The zone requires a minimum 10% green area and sets maximum building heights at 30 feet, allowing for up to 2.5 floors. Setbacks from streets and between buildings are also specified.

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Images C-1 Zone: Standard Method of Development

C-1 General Setback and Green Area Requirements

The C-1 Zone establishes neighborhood


shopping convenient to nearby residents.
Typically, properties zoned C-1 are distributed
intermittently throughout residential
Main Building
neighborhoods and result in stand-alone
buildings oriented to automobiles.
Requirements
Maximum lot size (1) No requirement
Minimum setback from street:
r.ow. established by
10 feet
master plan
Equal to majority of lots
10 feet or less
fronting street
60 feet from 10% minimum green area
No r.o.w. in master plan
centerline Min. 10’
“Main Street” development none C-1 Typical Build-Out Plan Pattern and Form
Woodfield Road in Gaithersburg
Minimum sideyard setbacks:
Front Street
Generally None
Adjoins residential zone Equal to adjoin-
ing res. zone or Max. Building Height 30 ft Yields 2.5 Floors
not less than 10’
Parking (example) Side Section of Structures
Minimum per 1,000 sf of gross Maximum height of 30 ft. to highest point of flat roof or to
leasable floor area for retail 5 spaces deck line of mansard roof or to mid-point of gabled, hip, or
uses gambrel roof

Open Space/Green Area


Minimum green area 10% of lot
Notes ----------------------------------------------
1. Maximum contiguous land may not exceed
15 acres unless recommended in a master 30’
plan
2. Refer to complete regulations in
Montgomery County Zoning Code
Maximum Building Height and Floors
Existing development in a C-1 zone

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