5415 Chicken Rd, Lebanon, TN 37090

Commercial Overlay District

This district is established to provide regulations for those substantial commercial uses existing at the time of adoption of this resolution, located on relatively dispersed parcels, on collector and arterial streets. The nature and scale of the uses include both neighborhood commercial and highway commercial activity involving retail, service and convenience goods. A base zoning district will be identified for appropriate properties, which is consistent and compatible with surrounding land use and zoning. The CO zoning district will be placed as an overlay district on those properties which already exist as viable commercial uses. The overlay will remain in place for the duration of the present use, and/or for similar permitted uses which may be proposed to replace the present uses. Such replacement uses must be established within twelve months of the cessation of the original commercial use. If no replacement use is established by request to the Board of Zoning Appeals within the twelve month period, the CO zoning district shall be considered for elimination, following hearings by the Planning Commission and the County Commission. The Commercial Overlay is not intended to be used to expand the number or extent of these isolated commercial uses into larger strips of commercial use along the major highways.