(A) Purpose. The C-3 General Commercial zone is intended to accommodate those retail and service facilities that are convenient and attractive for a wide range of retail uses and businesses and which provide a setting conducive to and safe for pedestrian traffic. (Ord. 466, § 2-9-6, passed 5-11-98)
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Any use permitted in the C-2 zone, provided that C-2 uses shall be subject to the same regulations, except those regarding maximum height, as specifically set forth in the C-2 zone.
(2) The following uses or uses of similar type provided that where they are within 150 feet of a more restrictive zone (F, A or R zone) they shall be conducted wholly within a building, except for off-street loading of delivery vehicles which are incidental thereto as required in § 152.092.
(a) Art or antique shop.
(b) Carpenter, cabinet, plumbing or sheet metal fabricating shops, but excluding manufacture.
(c) Pawnshop.
(d) Rescue or temporary revival mission.
(e) Second-hand store.
(f) Trade or business school or private school operated as commercial enterprise.
(g) Home furniture upholstering shop.
(h) Wholesale merchandise storage.
(3) The following uses or uses of a similar type, provided that where they are within 150 feet of a lot in a more restricted zone, they shall be conducted wholly within a building or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid wall, compact evergreen screen or uniformly painted board fence, not less than six feet in height, except that in required setback areas the height shall be four feet.
(a) Building material sales yard, including the sale of lumber, rock, sand and gravel but excluding concrete and asphaltic concrete mixing.
(b) Contractor's equipment storage yard or plant or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors.
(c) Draying, freighting or trucking yard or terminal.
(d) Feed or fuel yard.
(Ord. 466, § 2-9-7, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see § 152.999