CG District (Commercial General)

Principal Uses Permitted (P)

• Agricultural Stands*
• Amusement or Theme Park
• Areas for Display of Agricultural Product Excludes Equipment
• Auto Leasing (Passenger Vehicles Only)
• Big Box Retail Stores*
• Building Supply and Lumber Sales
• Bus or Train Station*
• Cocktail Lounge or Bar
• Commercial Kennels or Stables or Similar Boarding Facilities Including Breeding*
• ***Communication Towers*
• Convenience Retail with Gas Pumps*
• Dance, Karate, Art or Similar Afterschool Care Studio
• Daycare/Adult Daycare*
• Educational Facilities (Private)*
• Entertainment Complexes
• Flea Market (Open Air)*
• Food and Beverage Sales
• Food Truck/Lunch Truck*
• Golf Driving Range*
• Government Buildings and Facilities
• Greenhouse or Nursery (Commercial)*
• Gun Range (Indoor)
• Gym or Fitness Training
• Hospital/Health Institute
• Hotel/Motel
• Houses of Worship *
• Manufactured Mobile Home Sales
• Marina (Commercial)*
• Marina (Public)*
• Marina (Recreational)*
• Materials Recovery, Recycling and Composting
• Membership Organizations
• Nursing Home/Assisted Living*
• Offices and Professional Services/Vet Clinic
• Parks, Playgrounds
• Pet Rescue*
• Recreational Facilities (Commercial)
• Residential Over Commercial
• Restaurant
• Restaurant with a Drive Thru*
• Retail Sales and Services
• Self Service Ice House*
• Self-Storage/Warehouse*
• Service Station*
• Special Event*
• Utility Support Substations*
• Vehicle Repair in Commercial Districts*
• Vehicle Sales/Lease and Service*
• Wholesaling, Warehousing, Storage,
• Wind Farms*
• Zoo

Accessory Uses Permitted (A)

• Construction Trailers/Temporary Office*
• Helicopter Landing Pad*
• Outdoor Display*
• Parking of Trucks, Recreational Vehicles and Trailers*
• Vehicle Self Storage

P - Permitted Use or Permitted Provided that Siting Standards are Incorporated into Development.

A - Accessory or Ancillary Use, Incidental to the Primary Structure or Use and Subject to Siting Standards.

* - Specific Use that has Siting Standards

Maximum density ⁵: 18 du/acre

Maximum intensity: 1.0 FAR

Minimum density: 8 du/1 ac

Minimum intensity: N/A

Lot area, minimum: N/A

Maximum building height: N/A

Front setback: N/A

Rear setback: 25 ft

Interior side setback: 10 ft

Street side setback: N/A

¹ For Commercial uses only.

² For Residential uses only.

³ When a Commercial Neighborhood property is adjacent to another Commercial district, the properties may choose to aggregate and develop under the higher intensity development standards of the adjacent property.

⁴ Single-family detached is a Permitted Use as indicated in Use Table 3.4. For areas within one-half (0.5) mile of West U.S. 192 (West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway),residential development shall have a minimum density of eight (8) dwelling units per acre and a maximum density of eighty (80) dwelling units per acre.

⁵ Hotels have no maximum density.

⁶ EC parcels with Employment Center Future Land Use designations shall comply with the Urban Infill Center standards contained herein.

⁷ The lower intensity shall apply to properties within the MDI Future Land Use designation. The higher intensity shall apply to properties within the Commercial Future Land Use.

Building Orientation

All Commercial building's primary entrance shall be located on the façade facing the public right-of-way or civic space. Primary entrance is the principal pedestrian access to a building, even if customers or residents may more frequently use a secondary entrance associated with a garage, parking area, driveway, or other vehicle use area. The entrance shall have the architectural detailing that sets it apart from other entrances and allows it to be recognized as the building's primary access point.

COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)/INTENSITY STANDARDS

Calculating intensity/FAR

FAR shall be calculated by dividing the proposed non-residential square footage by the developable non-residential acreage. The developable acreage consists of the non-residential acreage, less road right-of-way (ROW) for Boulevards, Avenues and Multi-Modal Corridors (framework ROW), land dedicated to public use and activities including parks and recreation; stormwater systems designated by a water management district as "works of the district"; natural water bodies; wetlands except as noted in the Osceola County Comprehensive Plan; and any residential use acreage that does not include vertically mixed residential use. The residential portion of mixed use buildings shall meet all density requirements, and be counted toward meeting minimum FAR requirements. Where there is a maximum FAR, the residential portion of a mixed use building shall not be calculated.