1562 Four Mile Post Rd, Huntsville, AL 35802

Neighborhood Business District

The neighborhood business C-1 district is primarily intended to serve the day-to-day needs of surrounding residential neighborhoods for retail goods and personal services. It is to be a restricted commercial district offering a limited range of convenience goods and services combined with low-intensity business and professional offices and upper story apartments.; The goal is to encourage the location of small scale businesses and to provide districts conducive to the establishment and growth of locally owned businesses. It is further the intent of these regulations that neighborhood business C-1 district zones [shall] be limited in size in order to best serve their intended purpose; to minimize the impact of noise, light, traffic, trash and other pollutants on nearby residents; and to encourage pedestrian use.; Landscaped buffer yards are required along the perimeters of the district to create a transitional area between residential and commercial uses, to shield nearby residents from the disruptions associated with commercial operations, and to upgrade the appearance of neighborhood shopping areas.