In Local Retail Commercial, General Commercial, Office Space Districts, and Corridor Conversion Districts, the following supplemental regulations must also be met.
(A) Conformity to Site Plan. All buildings and grounds shall be designed, constructed and maintained as approved in the site development plan. All landscaping, sidewalks, pedestrian plazas, parking areas and building exteriors shall be maintained free of any unsafe, unsightly or blighting conditions which deteriorate the appearance, character, safety or value of the city or surrounding area.
(B) Outdoor Storage. All outdoor storage, including refuse, shall be screened from view from the street and from all adjacent properties.
(C) Outdoor Sales. Outdoor sales shall not be permitted.
(D) Landscaped Strip. All commercial sites shall maintain a 20-foot landscaped strip adjacent to the street right-of-way lines and a five-foot landscaped strip adjacent to all side and rear lot lines, except as permitted under § 1276.06
(B).
(E) Screening and Buffering Next to Residential Districts. All side and rear yards adjoining residential districts shall be planted with a screen of evergreen and deciduous trees or shrubs to create a year-round visual barrier. Where deemed necessary, the Planning Commission may require other planting and/or earth mounds or fences to supplement the landscaping requirements for commercial sites that adjoin residential districts.
(F) Minimum Landscaped Areas. A minimum of 20% of the total land area shall be landscaped. The area required to be landscaped shall be placed within six months from the date of issuance of a certificate of occupancy, and thereafter such landscaped area shall be reasonably maintained with permanent plants and materials. All landscaping plans shall be reviewed and subject to final approval by the Planning Commissions.
(G) Utilities. All utilities serving the buildings and site, including electric and telephone and all supporting equipment thereto, including meters, transformers, and the like, shall be placed underground or within the main building. Where meters, transformers or other equipment cannot be located within the main building, no such equipment shall be visible from any front, side or rear lot line.
(H) Off-Street Parking. All off-street parking areas, including parking garages, shall be designed and constructed so as to provide safe, efficient and visually appealing parking facilities. Entrances, aisles and spaces shall be clearly controlled, marked, channeled and separated. Ends of aisles and drives shall be controlled with concrete curbs and landscape islands.
(I) Pedestrian Access. Pedestrian access from the parking area to the building entrance shall be provided and accessible per ADA guidelines.
(J) Usage. Buildings and land shall be used, and buildings shall be designed, erected, altered, moved or maintained, in whole or in part, in the C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-6 Districts, only for the main or accessory uses set forth in the schedules and regulations of this chapter for the respective district in which the building and land are located.
(K) Conversion. A building designed and constructed as a residence cannot be occupied, in whole or in part, by another use, unless the entire building is redesigned or reconstructed to express and serve the proposed use in regard to the exterior design, the building plan and the site plan, and must be made to conform to all requirements of the Building Code and this Zoning Code regarding commercial structures. Refer to § 1276.08
(B) for C-6 District.
(L) Corner Lots. On a corner lot or other parcel where a side lot line or rear lot line is along a public street, a side or rear yard of not less than 50 feet shall be provided.
(M) Lighting. Floodlighting or other lighting of buildings, signs and parking areas shall be located and designed so as to shield the light source from adjoining residences and shall be of a constant intensity. In addition, in no event shall any lighting be placed or directed so as to permit the beams and illumination therefrom to be directed or beamed upon a public thoroughfare so as to cause glare or reflection that may constitute a traffic hazard or nuisance.
(N) Location of Entrances and Exits. Entrances and exits shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and avoid undue interference with pedestrian access to street corners. There shall not be more than two access ways from any one property to a public highway for 400 feet of street frontage, nor more than one access way if the frontage is less than 150 feet. There shall be no entrances or exits within 60 feet of any residential district. If the property frontages are on two or more streets, the driveways shall be located as far from the street intersection as practicable, and no driveway shall be located within 75 feet of street intersections as measured from the right-of-way line. Access ways shall be not less than 18 feet nor more than 36 feet in width at the property line. Access lanes shall be provided as deemed necessary for fire and emergency vehicles.
(O) Adult Entertainment Businesses. Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, no person shall cause or permit the establishment of an adult entertainment business within one mile of a public or private school, preschool or day-care center, or within 1,000 feet of any residential zoning district, residential dwelling, church or park, nor within 1,000 feet of the C-6 Corridor Conversion District. For purposes of this division, distances shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building within which the adult entertainment business is located to the nearest residential district boundary lines, or to the nearest property lines of the premises of a public or private school, preschool or day-care center or residential zone, residential dwelling, church or park.
(Ord. 88-137, passed 9-6-1988; Ord. 29-93, passed 6-7-1993; Ord. 125-98, passed 7-27-1998; Ord. 69-00, passed 5-8-2000; Ord. 137-12, passed 9-17-2012; Ord. 195-12, passed 1-22-2013)