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The Neighborhood Shopping Center (SC1) zone is established to provide an area in which the primary use of the land is for commercial and service uses to serve the daily convenience needs of the surrounding residential neighborhood. The zone is intended to be located on the fringe of neighborhood areas, along a collector or arterial street and to be integrated into the residential structure of a neighborhood in a manner that will create a minimum of detriment, hazard, or inconvenience to surrounding residential development. Each Neighborhood Shopping Center zone will be small (containing from one (1) to five (5) acres) and will be located within convenient walking distance from the edge of the surrounding residential area it is designed to serve. In general, the SC1 zones will be located from one-half (1/2) to one (1) mile from each other, or from another zone in which the daily commercial needs of a neighborhood or residential area will be served. It is intended that the SC1 zone shall be characterized by a harmonious grouping of commercial stores and shops which will be architecturally designed for, and will function as, an integrated unit. Hours of operation should be regulated to provide compatibility. Clean, well-lighted parking lots and attractive, well-maintained shops with appropriate landscaping will also be characteristic of this zone. Lighting will be of a relatively low intensity and low profile with adequate shielding to protect the surrounding residential areas. The architectural design and character will be compatible with that of the surrounding residential environment. Uses permitted in the SC1 zone will be those which will create no detriment to the surrounding residential areas, and will generally serve only the daily convenience needs of the residential neighborhood. Dwellings, industries, recreational uses, or other heavy commercial uses which tend to thwart and discourage the use of the land within this zone for its primary purpose have been excluded. Typical uses allowed by right in this zone are grocery stores, restaurants, drug stores, miscellaneous retail such as book stores and florists, bakeries, dry cleaning, laundries and garment alterations/repairs, video rental, post offices, and barber or beauty shops. A broader range of uses is permitted pursuant to the issuance of a conditional use permit. SC1 zones shall be located generally in conformance with the provisions of the Provo City General Plan. This zone may, however, be located in areas deemed appropriate for the service of a residential neighborhood, provided the basic requirements for a separation of said zones are followed.

(Am 1999-63)