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City of Rexburg Development Code: RBC
SECTION 7.3: REGIONAL BUSINESS CENTER (RBC)
*All Zoning Standards apply. All Commercial Zone Standards apply.
(See 3.01-3.06) *(See 7.0)
7.03.010. Purpose and Objectives 7.03.080. Yard Requirements
7.03.020. Permitted & Conditional Uses 7.03.090. Projections into Yards
7.03.025. Single Ownership and Control 7.03.100. Building Height
7.03.030. Lot Area 7.03.110. Distance Between Buildings
7.03.040. Lot Width 7.03.120. Permissible Lot Coverage
7.03.050. Lot Frontage 7.03.130. Parking, Loading and Access
7.03.060. Prior Created Lots 7.03.140. Project Plan Approval
7.03.070. Area of Zone 7.03.150. Other Requirements
7.03.010. Purpose and Objectives
The RBC zone is established to provide a district in which the primary use of the land is for commercial and service
uses to serve the needs of people living in an entire region and to serve as a place of employment in pleasant
surroundings close to the center of the regional population it is intended to serve. It is intended that this zone shall
be characterized by a variety of stores, shops, and service buildings grouped into an integrated development.
Required yards and areas surrounding buildings shall be attractively landscaped and maintained in harmony with the
characteristics of the surrounding residential areas.
The uses characteristic of this zone will be large chain department stores with satellite shops and facilities
serving an extremely wide range of goods and services with an equally large selection of types and styles. The
typical uses allowed in the zone will include virtually the whole range of retail and service establishments, which
can be attractively accommodated within a unified shopping center complex.
a. Integrated Regional Shopping Center.
The RBC zone shall not be applied to an existing commercial area,
which has not been designed and constructed as an integrated regional shopping center.
b. Streets.
The RBC zone should be located close to freeways and adjacent to major arterials to provide
convenient access for major traffic volumes without hazard and without traversing through a residential
area.
7.03.020. Permitted & Conditional Uses
The following principal uses and structures indicated as “P”, and no others, shall be permitted in the RBC zone.
The following uses and structures indicated as “CUP” may be permitted in the RBC zone only after a Conditional
Use Permit has been approved, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof.
REGIONAL BUSINESS CENTER (RBC)
Resource Production Farming, Fibers, Grains, Fruits, Vegetables -
Group Housing Motels & Motor Hotels P
Hotels CUP
Care Facilities Day Care Centers P
Place of Worship Churches, Synagogues and Temples -
Schools, public or private Barber & Beauty School P
Dancing Schools & Studios P
Nursery Schools P
Indoor Recreation Athletic clubs, body building studios, aerobic centers & gymnasiums P
Spas P
Entertainment Billiards and Pool Halls P
Bowling Alleys P
Coin-operated Amusements CUP
Dance Halls, Ballroom CUP
Ice Skating P
Miniature Golf CUP
Roller Skating & Skate Boarding P
Theatres (Auditoriums, Performing Theatres, Motion Picture) CUP
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Food Bakeries P
Candy, Nut, Confectionery P
Eating Places; restaurants P
Food stores P
Miscellaneous retail food P
Manufacturing Gunsmiths P
Small Generation CUP
Retail Antiques (no outside display) CUP
Apparel and Accessories P
Automobile Accessories (except tire recapping & vulcanizing) P
Automobile Sales (New; Used (See Accessory Uses)) P
Books, stationary, art and hobby supplies P
Department Stores (junior and major chains) P
Discount Department P
Drug & proprietary stores P
Electrical Supplies P
Furniture, Home Furnishings & Equipment (No Combined Warehousing) P
Garden Supplies (Inside Building Only) P
Gas, Bottled CUP
Gas Storage, Distribution Points (Natural or Manufactured) CUP
Gasoline Service Stations P
Hardware P
Ice Dealers (Automated Machines or Pick-Up Stations Only) P
Jewelry P
Liquor, package CUP
Merchandise vending machine operators P
Miscellaneous Retail Stores (florists, photo supplies, pet stores, etc.) P
Motorcycles, Motor Scooters, Parts, Accessories & Supplies CUP
Paint, Glass & Wallpaper P
Retail Trade P
Sporting Goods, Bicycles, And Toys P
Surplus Stores (inside only) CUP
Swimming Pool Supplies P
Truck & Bus Sales (New; Used (See Accessory Uses)) P
Variety Stores P
SERVICES Auction Houses CUP
Auto Rental CUP
Auto Washing & Polishing P
Banks, Insurance and Real Estate (office only) P
Beauty & Barber Shops P
Building Maintenance P
Building
Dwelling & Building office CUP
Engineering, Architectural and Planning P
Data Processing P
Dental Office & Service P
Duplicating, mailing, stenographic and office P
Employment P
Equipment Rental (Indoor Only) CUP
Executive, legislative and judicial P
Government
Libraries P
Police Protections & Related Activities (office only) CUP
Postal P
Laundry & Dry Cleaning CUP
Legal P
Locksmiths and key shops P
Mail and phone order houses P
Miscellaneous Business Services CUP
Photography P
Physicians’ offices P
Professional P
Protective functions & related activities P
Repair, Apparel P
Repair, Electrical Appliance CUP
Repair
Repair, Jewelry, Watch, Clock P
Repair, Furniture CUP
Repair, Miscellaneous Small Item CUP
Saw, knife and tool sharpening CUP
Tourist Court CUP
Travel Agencies P
Video Rental P
Wedding Chapel & Reception Centers CUP
Transportation -
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Funeral parlor (mortuary) CUP
Utilities Communications (TV, Radio, etc.) Stations & Towers CUP
Debris Basin CUP
Electric Substations CUP
Gas, NEC CUP
Gas Pressure Control Stations P
Irrigation Distribution Channels P
Right-of-way (combo, electric transmission, gas pipeline, sewage, water pipeline, P
storm drain)
Sewage Pumping Stations P
Spreading Grounds (For Percolating Water into Underground) CUP
Storm Drain P
Water Pressure Control Stations & Pumping Plants P
Water Storage (covered) CUP
a. Permitted Accessory Uses.
(See 3.02.070.a.) Accessory uses and structures are permitted provided they
are incidental to, and do not substantially alter the character of, the permitted principal use or structure.
Accessory Accessory Building P
Used Cars & Trucks Accessory to New Car, Truck Sales P
7.03.025. Single Ownership and Control
a.
Land within a given RBC zone shall be in single ownership or single control in order to provide for
integrated development unless requested and approved by the Rexburg City Council.
b. Single Ownership.
The term, "single control", shall be construed to allow the recording of a Record of
Survey which is in conformance with the "Final Development Plans," the "Final Approval by Mayor," the
"Standards and Requirements," and the "Guarantees and Covenants" sections of the Planned Unit
Development Sections of Development Code.
Consequence.
1. Failure to maintain single ownership or single control may result in the initiation
of action to return the property to the zone(s) existing prior to the establishment of the RBC zone.
c. Record of Survey before Building Permits.
The Record of Survey must be approved and recorded prior
to the issuance of any building permits and must be in compliance with all applicable sections of the
Rexburg City Code and other Building Codes adopted by the City of Rexburg.
7.03.030. Lot Area
The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall be twenty (20) acres; however, smaller lots or
parcels may be created as part of an approved and recorded Record of Survey, as specified in Rexburg City Code.
7.03.040. Lot Width
Each lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall have an average width of not less than seven hundred (700’) feet;
however, narrower lots or parcels may be created as part of an approved and recorded Record of Survey, as specified
in Rexburg City Code.
7.03.050. Lot Frontage
Each lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall abut on a public street for a minimum distance of five-hundred
(500’) feet on a line parallel to the centerline of said street; however, lots or parcels with lesser frontage or no
frontage on a public street may be created as part of an approved and recorded Record of Survey, which conforms to
provisions specified in Rexburg City Code.
a.Primary Access.
A portion of the lot frontage may be along the circumference of a cul-de-sac improved to
City standards; however, the primary access to a regional shopping center shall not be provided from a cul-
de-sac street.
7.03.060. Prior Created Lots
(See 3.03.070.c.)
7.03.070. Yard Requirements
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The following minimum yard requirements shall apply in the RBC zone:
a. Front Yard.
Each lot or parcel in the RBC zone shall have a front yard of not less than twenty (20’) feet
from the right-of-way. Said front yard shall not be used for vehicular parking and shall be appropriately
landscaped.
b. Side Yard.
Adjacent to Residential.
1. Each lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall have a side yard of at least
ten (10’) feet when located adjacent to a residential zone.
Commercial or Industrial.
2. There shall be no requirements in those instances where the side property
line abuts a commercial or industrial zone.
Accessory Building on Side Property Line.
3. (See 3.02.060.)
c. Rear Yard.
Adjacent to Residential.
1. Each lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall have a rear yard of at least
ten (10’) feet when located adjacent to a residential zone.
Commercial or Industrial.
2. There shall be no requirements in those instances where the rear property
line abuts a commercial or industrial zone.
d. Transitional Development Standards.
(See 3.02.080.)
7.03.080. Projections into Yards
(See 3.02.090.)
Permitted projections shall not project into required driveways; required driveways shall remain unobstructed from
the ground up.
7.03.100. Building Height
No lot or parcel of land in the RBC zone shall have a building or structure which exceeds seventy-five (75’) feet in
height, measured at the top of building’s horizontal wall. (Chimneys, flagpoles or similar structures not used for
human occupancy are excluded in determining height.)
7.03.110. Distance Between Buildings
(See 3.02.060.)
7.03.120. Permissible Lot Coverage
a.
In an RBC zone, all buildings and structures shall not cover an area of more than thirty (30%) percent of
the lot or parcel of land upon which they are placed.
b.Landscaping.
A minimum of ten (10%) percent landscaping is required.
Unpaved Areas.
1. In addition, all unpaved areas shall be landscaped.
7.03.130. Parking, Loading, and Access
(See 3.04.)
a.
Parking spaces and drive aisles, except ingress/egress points, shall not be provided within a required front
yard adjacent to a public street without a minimum ten (10’) buffer or landscaping strip.
b. Loading Spaces.
Loading spaces shall be provided unless applicant provides information to staff
identifying acceptable alternate means.
Change of Use.
1. Loading spaces are also required when the use of a building changes unless applicant
provides information to staff identifying acceptable alternate means.
7.03.140. Project Plan Approval
(See 3.02.130.)
7.03.150. Other Requirements
a. Highway 20 Corridor.
(See 3.02.100.e.)
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b. Uses Within Buildings.
(See 7.00.150.)
c. Trash Storage.
(See 3.02.120, 7.00.070.)
d. Walls and Fences.
(See 3.02.110.)
e. Signs.
(See 3.05 with the following exceptions.)
1. For the purpose of this subsection the phrase “no direct vehicular access to an arterial street” shall
mean a development project that has one of the following:
a) No drive entrances directly from an arterial into the development
b) No frontage on an arterial road
c) Must be accessed from a secondary road.
2. Large scale developments of at least fifty (50) acres or more having no direct vehicular access to an
arterial street shall be entitled to two (2) additional free-standing, development entrance signs subject
to the following standards:
Sign Copy.
a) Sign copy shall be limited to the name, logo, and address of the development.
Sign Location.
b) Sign location sign shall be limited to the immediate area where a secondary road
connects to an arterial road whether on private or public property.
City-Owned Right-of-Way.
c) A sign may be located in a landscaped or concrete median in city-
owned right-of-way subject to:
1) Issuance of an encroachment permit
2) Resolution of all sight safety issues
Size.
d) Sign size shall be limited to one hundred (100) square feet.
Height.
e) Sign height shall be limited to twenty (20’) feet.
Sign Area.
g) Sign area shall be calculated as a part of the overall free-standing sign allowances for
signs over five (5’) feet.
f. Commercial Design Standards
(See 7.0.)
g. Lighting Standards
(See 3.6.)
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