(A) General. The following regulations shall apply in all C4 Districts.
(B) Use regulations. No building or structure or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than 1 or more of the following specified uses in accordance with the limitations hereafter specified:
(1) Apartment building(s).
(2) Automobile washing establishment; automobile, truck and trailer rentals; new and used automobile truck, motorcycle, and trailer sales, repair and service garages.
(3) Automobile seat cover installation.
(4) Ambulance service.
(5) Amusement enterprises including boxing or sports arena, bowling alley, skating rink.
(6) Armory.
(7) Auditorium.
(8) Awning sales.
(9) Bars, saloons, taverns.
(10) Bicycle sales and repairs.
(11) Boat sales, service and rentals (including sale of boat motors and accessories).
(12) Blue printing and photostating, job printing publishing.
(13) Business college, private school and trade school operated as a commercial enterprise.
(14) Department store.
(15) Electrical repair shops, home appliance repairs.
(16) Electrical and plumbing fixtures.
(17) Employment office.
(18) Feed stores.
(19) Hotels, motels and motor hotels.
(20) Laundries and dry cleaning establishments, including coin-operated laundries, provided that:
(a) A laundry shall not exceed for all washing units combined, a total rated capacity of 200 pounds;
(b) A dry cleaning establishment shall not use more than 2 clothes cleaning units which shall have a rated capacity of not more than 40 pounds per unit; nor use cleaning fluid which is explosive or inflammable at temperatures below 38.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
(21) Letter servicing and mimeographing.
(22) Lithographing or engraving establishments.
(23) Music conservatory.
(24) Motor bus terminals.
(25) Night clubs.
(26) Pawn shop.
(27) Pest control agency.
(28) Parking lots and parking garage.
(29) Pool and billiard room.
(30) Photographic development laboratory.
(31) Research and testing laboratory.
(32) Second-hand stores.
(33) Supermarket, discount house.
(34) Sharpening and grinding shop.
(35) Sheet metal-fabricating shop.
(36) Theatrical studios and theaters.
(37) Tire and battery stores.
(38) Taxidermist.
(39) Trade associations and union halls.
(40) Veterinary and veterinary clinics.
(41) Wholesale merchandise broker.
(42) Antique store or mall.
(43) The following uses if approved as a conditional use:
(a) Sale and display of the following:
1. Agricultural implements.
2. Building supplies.
3. Construction equipment.
4. Dairy supplies.
5. Machinery.
6. Industrial equipment.
7. Produce.
8. Restaurant and hotel supplies and equipment.
9. Swimming pool supplies and equipment.
10. Welding supplies and equipment.
11. Flowers, plants and shrubs.
(b) Uses to be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed structure or within an area enclosed on all sides with a solid, opaque barrier (i.e., wall, fence, and the like), with necessary openings, not less than 6 feet in height.
1. Building material and yard sales, including the sale of rock, sand, gravel, and the like as an incidental part of the main business, but excluding concrete batch plants.
2. Power-driven excavating, or road building equipment, commonly used by contractors.
3. Lumber yards.
4. Building contractor’s shop.
5. Freight, or truck yard or terminal.
(c) The following service establishments:
1. Battery charging and repair.
2. Bookbinding.
3. Distribution service.
4. Diaper service.
5. Janitorial services.
6. Linen supply.
7. Milk distributing station but not involving any bottling on the premises.
8. Tinsmith.
(d) The following repair shop uses:
1. Awning and canvas shop.
2. Cabinet and carpenter shop.
3. Electrical contractor shop.
4. Furniture repair shop.
5. Glass shop.
6. Heating contractor shop.
7. Plumbing shop.
8. Restaurant and store fixture shop.
9. Sign shop.
10. Upholstering shop.
11. Welding shop.
(e) Wholesale, warehouse and storage uses.
(44) Accessory uses and structures.
(45) Other uses: Other uses or enterprises similar to the above which in the judgment of the commission are similar to and not more objectionable to the general welfare than the uses listed. Other uses so determined, shall be regarded as “listed uses.” In no instance, however, shall the APC determine, nor the regulations be so interpreted, that a use shall be permitted in the District when such use is specifically listed as first permissible in a less restricted district.
(C) Limitations on uses.
(1) Any use conforming with the standard for an M-1 Industrial District provided that not more than 10% of the rentable floor area of any floor of a building is devoted to such use. In determining the floor area so used, it shall be the entire rentable floor area occupied by concerns engaged in such production activities exclusive of that used for office, display, waiting rooms or clerical work.
(2) Except for open air sales of new or used automobiles, trailers, or trucks; amusement enterprises; parking lots and parking garages; boat sales and rentals, all activities, including sale, display, and preparation, shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building except as may be specified hereafter.
(3) Any of the stores, shops or commercial establishments may be operated as a retail and/or wholesale establishment.
(4) Open storage of materials and equipment shall be permitted only when in conjunction with the use of an office, store or other commercial building, located on the same lot and provided that:
(a) The storage area is completely enclosed by a solid, opaque barrier (i.e., wall, fence, and the like), with necessary openings, not less than 6 feet in height; and
(b) No equipment or material is to be stored having a height greater than that of the wall enclosing the storage area.
(5) Storage of merchandise and/or materials shall be permitted within the rear portion of a building when in conjunction with the operation of an office, store, or other commercial use, located within the front portion of the same building, and provided that the office, store, or commercial use occupies a minimum of 25% of the total floor area of the building or structure.
(6) Open air sales of new or used automobiles, trailers, or trucks, located on land adjacent (either abutting or separated by an alley) to an R (Residential) District, shall be separated from the land in the R District by a solid, opaque barrier (i.e., wall, fence, and the like), with necessary openings, at least 6 feet in height.
(D) The uses permitted in the C-4 District are subject to the following requirements:
(1) A maximum height, minimum lot area, minimum lot width, yard requirements and lot coverage as shown in § 171.08, “Table of Standards for Principal Buildings on Individual Lots.”
(2) Additional area regulations (§ 172.01).
(3) Additional yard requirements (§ 172.02).
(4) Additional height requirements (§ 172.03).
(5) Minimum floor area schedule as shown in § 172.04.
(6) Fence restrictions as provided in § 172.05.
(7) Parking restrictions as provided in § 172.06.
(8) Restrictions on signs as provided in Chapter 174.
(Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-20-2018) Penalty, see § 175.99