The C-2 District is intended to provide for major retail shopping areas outside the downtown area. These districts include, as well, much of the strip commercial property existing along the major streets and highways of the City. The uses permitted are intended to accommodate both the general retail consumer and the needs and services of the automobile-traveling consumer.
1. Principal Permitted Uses. Only the following uses of structures or land shall be permitted in the C-2 District:
A. Any use permitted in the C-1 District.
B. Retail, service or recreational uses, such as the following:
(1) Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics or kennels, provided that any exercising runway is at least 200 feet from any R District boundary.
(2) Automobile accessory stores.
(3) Automobile, trailer, motorcycle, boat and farm implement establishments for display, hire, rental and sales (including sales lots); including, as incidental to these major uses, all repair work in connection with their own or customers’ vehicles, but not including uses in which the major source of revenue is from body and fender work. In addition, this paragraph shall not be construed to include automobile, tractor or machinery wrecking and rebuilding, and used parts yards.
(4) Ballrooms and dancehalls.
(5) Billiard parlors and pool halls.
(6) Bookbinding.
(7) Bowling alleys.
(8) Business or secretarial schools or colleges, commercial trade schools, or other commercially operated schools for adults.
(9) Carpenter and cabinet-making shops for retail custom work.
(10) Commercial baseball fields, swimming pools, skating rinks, golf driving ranges, miniature golf courses, trampoline centers and similar recreational uses and facilities.
(11) Department stores.
(12) Drive-in restaurants.
(13) Exterminator sales.
(14) Drive-in theaters.
(15) Printing and publishing houses.
(16) Hotels, with no minimum density requirements.
(17) Transportation passenger terminals, including bus stations, railroad passenger stations or other passenger terminals.
(18) Laundries.
(19) Labor union offices, including assembly halls.
(20) Lawn mower repair shops.
(21) Lumberyards, retail only.
(22) Monument sales yards.
(23) Motels, motor hotels, and tourist courts with no minimum density requirements.
(24) Office buildings.
(25) Packaged-goods stores for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
(26) Pet shops, including aquariums.
(27) Photographic printing or developing establishments.
(28) Plumbing and heating shops.
(29) Printing and lithographing shops.
(30) Parking garages and parking lots.
(31) Health establishments.
(32) Public auction rooms.
(33) Radio or television studios.
(34) Sheet metal shops.
(35) Sign painting shops.
(36) Taverns and nightclubs, including private clubs.
(37) Upholstering shops.
(38) Used car sales lots.
(39) Garage for general motor vehicle repair.
(40) Automobile washing establishments.
(41) Buildings or structures designed and used solely for the purpose of leasing interior storage space for the storage of personal property owned by persons, firms or corporations who are not owners of such buildings or structures, and who do not occupy by lease or otherwise more than 1,000 square feet of the leasable space of such structure. The owner is restricted as the above-mentioned lessee. Outdoor storage, the storage of earth moving equipment, the storage of contractor’s equipment, and the storage of livestock or livestock feed is specifically prohibited.
(42) Any highway-oriented business not otherwise listed in this section which compounds, processes, packages or treats bakery goods, candy, spices, or other food products, and sells the same to the general public at the same location, subject to the following conditions:
a. The owner or owners of any tract of land may petition the Council to authorize such use. The petition shall be accompanied by a preliminary site plan of the proposed development, which shall contain those items set forth in Sections 192.06(4) through (8). The petition and attachment shall be referred to the Plan and Zoning Commission for study and report. The Commission may approve or disapprove the plan or require that the petitioner amend the plan to preserve the intent and purpose of this zoning district. The plan, along with the Commission’s recommendations on such use, shall then be referred to the City Council which may, after notice and public hearing, approve, disapprove, or amend the plan.
b. No building permit shall be issued until the plan has been given final approval by the Council.
(Former #43 Deleted by Ord. 1688 - Jan. 11 Supp.)
(43) Pawnbrokers as defined, permitted and regulated in Chapter 141 of the Municipal Code.
(Ord. 1743 - Jan. 13 Supp.)
2. Permitted Accessory Uses. Permitted accessory uses in the C-2 District are as follows:
A. Accessory uses permitted in the C-1 District.
A. Lot Area: Same as required in the C-1 District.
B. Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit: Same as required in the C-1 District.
C. Lot Width: Same as required in the C-1 District.
D. Front Yard: Same as required in the C-1 District.
E. Side Yard: Same as required in the C-1 District.
F. Rear Yard: Same as required in the C-1 District.
G. Maximum Height: 45 feet.
H. Maximum Number of Stories:
Multiple dwelling uses – 4 stories;
All other permitted uses – 3 stories.
4. Off-Street Parking and Loading. Spaces for off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 194.01 of this Zoning Ordinance.