(A) Purpose. This district is intended to accommodate general business uses while preserving the traffic capacity of the street system and the desirability of adjacent residential development. The area should be developed as an attractive, functional and convenient commercial development.
(B) Permitted principal uses. The following uses are permitted within this district:
(1) All uses permitted in the Central Business District;
(2) Agricultural products processing, storage, loading and grain elevators;
(3) Cement, concrete and paving products, including mixing plants;
(4) Amusement centers and recreational facilities;
(5) All uses pertaining to automobile and truck sales, service and repair including service stations and car washes;
(6) Beverage bottling and distributing;
(7) Building equipment and materials - wholesale and retail, including storage yards;
(8) Electronic equipment - assembly, repair and sales;
(9) Fabrication or assembly of products from pre-structured material or compounds;
(10) Fraternal lodges, clubs;
(11) Freight terminals - truck or rail;
(12) Laboratories, including industrial;
(13) Laundry and dry cleaning establishments;
(14) Manufacturing or processing:
(a) Products from organic material, chemical, glass, metal, minerals, stones or earth; and
(b) Foodstuffs, textiles, electrical components, wood, leather, paper or plastic.
(15) Meeting halls, auditoriums, arenas, indoor theaters;
(16) Motels, hotels, convention centers;
(17) Outdoor advertising;
(18) Police and fire stations;
(19) Retail and wholesale sales, service and repair - agricultural products, products serving agriculture, farm implements, heavy machinery, mobile homes, travel trailers, recreational vehicles.
(20) Restaurants and drive-in eating establishments;
(21) Bars, taverns, lounges, night clubs - in accordance with § 153.34(J);
(22) Storage yards and buildings;
(23) Utilities, public and private;
(24) Veterinary office, clinic, hospital;
(25) Warehouses;
(26) Welding of sheet metal shops;
(27) Wholesale storage or sales; and
(28) Other uses commensurate with the above uses and compatible with the purpose of this district.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses must comply with the additional conditions specified below. Approval of these conditional uses must be obtained from the Zoning Commission under the provisions of § 153.11.
Uses | Conditions |
Shopping center | Conditions as specified by the Zoning Commission pursuant to § 153.11(B)(3) |
(D) Accessory and temporary uses.
(1) Accessory buildings and uses incidental to the principal uses;
(2) Temporary buildings or structures used for and during construction or grading;
(3) Temporary signs;
(4) Temporary use of open land for meetings, circuses, carnivals; and
(5) Sale of Christmas trees baked goods, clothing or like products where no permanent structure is erected.
(E) Lot area.
(1) Where public water and sewer service is available, no minimum lot size is required.
(2) Where State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences approval is required, that agency shall determine the lot size.
(3) Where neither of the above conditions apply, the minimum lot size shall be one acre.
(F) Height requirements. No building or structure may exceed 45 feet in height.
(G) Yard requirements.
(1) Front yard: a front yard of at least 20 feet shall be on all road frontages.
(2) Side yard: side yards abutting interior lot lines shall be at least ten feet.
(J) Access onto public roads.
(1) Approaches onto public roads and highways shall be at least 24 feet wide.
(2) Approaches onto public roads and highways shall have a grade of 6% or less.
(3) Approaches onto public roads or highways shall be at least 125 feet apart. The centerline of approaches from properties on opposite sides of a public road shall be aligned at the same point on the public road.
(K) Grading and drainage.
(1) The site shall be graded and appropriate drainage facilities installed to remove surface run-off waters in a manner that will not affect adjacent or nearby properties, rivers or public roads.
(2) Culverts, curbs, gutters, ditches, swales and other drainage facilities shall be installed to assure that approaches, parking areas and other traffic facilities do not obstruct drainage facilities or adversely affect public road and traffic facilities.
(3) Culverts and bridges shall be large enough to accommodate potential run-off from upstream drainage areas.
(4) Curbs and gutters or swales shall be required according to the character of the area, density of development, and nature of adjoining properties and public streets.
(L) Screening and buffering. Where a non-residential use in this district abuts a residential use or district, the screening and buffering provisions of § 153.37 must be met.
(M) Fencing. The following uses must be protected by a fence not less than six feet in height:
(1) Outdoor storage of materials or equipment;
(2) Above-ground storage of flammable liquids, gases or other material; and
(3) Electrical substations, gas regulator stations and microwave reflectors.
(N) Lighting. Lighting must be shielded to avoid casting direct light on adjacent residential uses or institutional uses providing human care.
(Ord. 2007-03, passed 1-14-2008)