1270.01 Purpose.
1270.02 Use regulations.
1270.03 Schedule of permitted uses.
1270.04 Lot requirements.
1270.05 Building setback, spacing, size and height requirements.
1270.06 Off-street parking, loading and access drives.
1270.07 Outdoor display.
1270.08 Supplemental regulations for gasoline stations and auto service stations.
1270.081 Supplemental regulations for sales of used automobiles.
1270.09 Required design elements.
1270.10 Accessory use regulations.
1270.11 Performance standards.
1270.12 Landscaping and screening requirements.
1270.13 Development plan review
The Business Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4) and their regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide, in appropriate and convenient locations, sufficient areas for business activities and the exchange of goods and services.
(b) To protect residential neighborhoods adjacent to business uses by restricting the types of establishments, particularly at the common boundaries, that would create congestion, noise or other objectionable influences.
(c) To protect and stabilize both residential and nonresidential developments from congestion by requiring off-street parking facilities.
(d) To encourage the logical and timely development of land for commercial purposes in accordance with the objectives, policies and proposals of the City Master Plan.
(e) To carry out the following specific purposes:
(1) To provide Neighborhood Business Districts (C-1) to serve as limited shopping districts for the convenience needs of a neighborhood area and to provide locations for retail and service uses that do not have a detrimental impact on the adjacent residences.
(2) To provide a Central Business District/French Creek District (C-2) which:
A. Makes land available for a pedestrian-oriented environment with retail activities, which are located within the central business district along the Detroit Road commercial corridor.
B. Ensures that the design of buildings is compatible with the character of the area.
C. Grants the Planning Commission adequate flexibility in reviewing development plans to ensure that the objectives of the district are met.
(3) To provide Planned Commercial Development Districts (C-3) which:
A. Minimize any adverse affects of a shopping center on nearby property values and provide for the safe and efficient use of the shopping center itself.
B. Provides for a functional and aesthetically pleasing area in which to shop.
C. Ensures that the area is designed and located to minimize traffic congestion on public highways and streets in its vicinity, and to best fit the general land use pattern of the area to be served.
(4) To provide General Business Districts (C-4) on major roads in the vicinity of freeway interchanges to serve the needs of the general public in a manner which:
A. Protects and stabilizes development from traffic congestion and hazards by regulating the intensity of use, by requiring off-street parking, loading and on-site circulation facilities, and by regulating the access to streets.
B. Provides the maximum protection to existing and proposed residential areas.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 128-12. Passed 12-27-12.)
(a) Uses Permitted by Right. A use listed in Schedule 1270.03 shall be permitted by right as a principal use in a district when denoted by the letter "P," provided that all requirements of other City ordinances and this Planning and Zoning Code have been met.
(b) Special Uses. A use listed in Schedule 1270.03 shall be permitted as a special use in a district when denoted by the letters “SU,” provided the Planning Commission first makes the determination that the requirements of Chapter 1280 have been met according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 1230;
(c) Accessory Uses. A use listed in Schedule 1270.03 shall be permitted as an accessory use in a district when denoted by the letter "A". Such use shall be permitted as a subordinate use when it is clearly incidental to and located on the same lot as the principal building or use. Accessory uses are further regulated in subsequent sections of this Planning and Zoning Code.
(d) Compliance with Development Standards and Other Applicable Regulations. Although a use may be indicated as a permitted principal, special or accessory use in a particular business district, it shall not be approved on a parcel unless it can be located thereon in full compliance with all of the standards and other regulations of this Planning and Zoning Code applicable to the specific use and parcel in question.
(e) Uses Not Listed in Schedule. Any use not specifically listed as either a permitted principal or special use shall be a prohibited use in these zoning districts, and shall only be permitted upon amendment of this Planning and Zoning Code and/or the Zoning Map as provided in Chapter 1236, or upon a finding by the Planning Commission that a use is substantially similar to a principally permitted or special use in the district according to the procedures set forth in Section 1230.11.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 128-12. Passed 12-27-12.)
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