C-2 General Commercial Zoning in Moore, OK
C-2 General Commercial District is Moore's primary commercial zoning — retail, restaurants, offices, mixed services. C-2 lines the major Moore arterials: 19th Street, 27th Street (W and E), and Telephone Road. Most of Moore's major commercial development is C-2 zoned.
C-2 standards balance commercial intensity with neighborhood compatibility. Maximum building height 45 feet (taller via PUD), 70% maximum lot coverage, 25-foot front setback (15 feet with sidewalk easement). Adjacent to residential the side and rear setbacks expand to 10 feet and 25 feet respectively, with a 6-foot opaque buffer.
Sign allowance is 200 sq ft per business via wall and monument signs, with pole signs up to 25 feet tall and 100 sq ft per face. Parking: retail at 1 space per 250 sq ft GFA; restaurant at 1 per 100 sq ft + 1 per employee; office at 1 per 300 sq ft.
What C-2 allows
Permitted uses in C-2
Retail of all sizes; restaurants (with or without drive-thru); offices (medical, professional, general); banks; auto-related (sales, repair under conditions); hotels; entertainment venues; child care center.
Setback rules
C-2 setback requirements in Moore
Front setback
25 feet (15 feet with sidewalk easement)
Side setback
0 feet (10 feet adjacent to residential)
Rear setback
10 feet (25 feet adjacent to residential)
Height limit
Maximum structure height
45 feet (taller via PUD)
Max density
Allowed density
Not measured in dwelling units; intensity capped by lot coverage and parking
Common uses in C-2 in Moore
- Retail strip centers
- Free-standing restaurants (with or without drive-thru)
- Medical and professional offices
- Banks
- Auto sales and service
- Hotels
- Big-box retail (under conditions)
Drive-thru queuing requires minimum 6 vehicle stack lanes for QSR / coffee, 4 for bank. Front yard requires minimum 8-foot landscape strip with shade trees. Parking lot interior 10% landscaped with 1 tree per 10 stalls. Site plan review required: administrative for under 5,000 sq ft, Planning Commission for larger.
Verify zoning before you design
Permitly's zoning lookup cross-references Moore Code of Ordinances — Chapter 30 (Zoning), Chapter 6 (Buildings) against your project so you know what you can build before spending on design.
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