Fayetteville CS: Community Services Zoning Guide
The Fayetteville Community Services District serves as a medium-intensity mixed-use zone intended to connect denser development nodes through traditional urban forms. Buildings in the Community Services District are permitted to reach a maximum height of five stories, and the Fayetteville municipality requires that the vertical side of the primary structure occupy at least 50% of the lot's street frontage.
Purpose and Scope
The Community Services District is designed to provide convenience goods and personal services for residents in surrounding areas. It supports a mixture of residential and commercial uses where buildings address the street directly, typically located along commercial corridors. For the purposes of noise control regulations, the Fayetteville Community Services District is classified as a commercial zone [Section 161.22].
Allowed Uses by Right
The Fayetteville Unified Development Code (UDC) allows the following use units by right within the Community Services District. Any combination of these uses is permitted on a single lot [Section 161.22]:
- City-Wide Uses (Unit 1): Includes agricultural uses (field crops, forests, orchards), essential services (fire and police stations, sidewalks, streetlights), and public recreation areas (parks, parkways, and wildlife preserves) [Section 162.01].
- Cultural and Recreational Facilities (Unit 4): Auditoriums, museums, cemeteries, child care centers, churches, libraries, playfields, and schools [Section 162.01].
- Government Facilities (Unit 5): Courts of law, fire stations, post offices, and detention homes [Section 162.01].
- Residential Dwellings (Units 8, 9, 10): Includes single-family, two-family (duplexes), and three- or four-family dwellings [Section 162.01].
- General Business (Unit 12b): Establishments under 8,000 square feet including day care, dry cleaning, salons, tailoring, antique sales, bakeries, bookstores, and various professional offices (accountants, architects, doctors) [Section 162.01].
- Eating Places (Unit 13): Restaurants and cafés, excluding drive-ins [Section 162.01].
- Neighborhood Shopping Goods (Unit 15): Retail shops such as apparel, electronics, florists, groceries, hardware, and toy stores, limited to buildings of 25,000 square feet or less [Section 162.01].
- Home Occupations (Unit 24): Businesses conducted within a residential property by the resident [Section 162.01].
- Urban Form Elements: Sidewalk cafés (Unit 40), accessory dwelling units (Unit 41), cluster housing developments (Unit 44), and short-term rentals (Unit 46) [Section 161.22].
- Small Scale Production (Unit 45): Includes microbreweries, microwineries, and boutique specialty manufacturing with a maximum gross floor area of 5,000 square feet for the primary activity [Section 162.01].
Conditional Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the Fayetteville Community Services District only upon approval of a conditional use permit by the Planning Commission [Section 161.22]:
- Large-Scale Public/Private Facilities (Unit 2): Airports, campgrounds, community recycling drop-off centers, and solid waste disposal facilities [Section 162.01].
- Public Protection and Utility Facilities (Unit 3): Electric regulating stations and transmission towers [Section 162.01].
- Hospitality and Amusement (Unit 14): Hotels, motels, and motion picture theaters [Section 162.01].
- Shopping Goods (Unit 16): Larger retail stores and department stores [Section 162.01].
- Transportation Trades and Services (Unit 17): Automotive sales, body shops, car rentals, and truck sales [Section 162.01].
- Gasoline Service Stations (Unit 18): Including drive-in and drive-through restaurants [Section 162.01].
- Small Commercial Recreation (Unit 19): Bowling alleys, skating rinks, and video arcades [Section 162.01].
- Recycling and Storage: Center for collecting recyclable materials (Unit 28) and wireless communication facilities (Unit 36) [Section 161.22].
- Entertainment: Dance halls (Unit 29) and outdoor music establishments (Unit 35) [Section 161.22].
- Clean Technologies (Unit 42): Fabrication and production of alternative energy components (wind, solar, fuel cells) [Section 162.01].
- Specialty Residential: Private dormitories (Unit 48) [Section 161.22].
Prohibited Uses
While not explicitly listed in a single section, the Fayetteville municipality prohibits the following within or related to the Community Services District:
- Automobile Shredding: Explicitly prohibited within the city limits of Fayetteville [Section 163.17].
- Unlisted Uses: Any use not specifically interpreted by the Zoning and Development Administrator as being part of an allowed use unit is prohibited [Section 162.02].
- Specific Signage: Pole signs are prohibited; only monument signs are permitted for freestanding signage within this district's urban form [Section 174.08].
Technical Development Standards
The following table outlines the bulk, area, and height requirements for the Fayetteville Community Services District [Section 161.22]:
| Standard | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Max Density | None |
| Max Building Height | 5 Stories |
| Build-to Zone (Front) | 10 to 25 feet from front property line |
| Side Setback | None |
| Rear Setback | 5 feet |
| Rear Setback (from alley center) | 12 feet |
| Min. Buildable Street Frontage | 50% of lot width |
| Max. Building Area | 40% of total lot area |
Residential Parking Requirements
Fayetteville requires the following off-street parking ratios for residential uses within the Community Services District [Section 172.05]:
| Residential Use Type | Minimum Parking Required | Maximum Parking Allowed |
|---|---|---|
| Single-family | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | None |
| Duplex, Triplex, Quadplex | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | 4 spaces per dwelling unit |
| Townhouse | 2 per unit or 1 per bedroom (whichever is greater) | 1 space per bedroom |
| Multi-family | 1 space per bedroom | 1 space per bedroom |
Sections Cited
- Chapter 161: Zoning Regulations
- 161.22: Community Services
- Chapter 162: Use Units
- 162.01: Establishment/Listing
- 162.02: Interpretation
- Chapter 163: Use Conditions
- 163.17: Wrecking, Demolition And Scrap Metal Processing
- Chapter 172: Parking and Loading
- 172.05: Standards For The Number Of Spaces By Use
- Chapter 174: Signs
- 174.08: Prohibited Signs