(A) Description of district. The C-3 General Business District is intended to provide areas to be used for all types of retailing and service uses that are normally associated with commercial uses. The uses allowed are often large space uses and cater to customers who do not make frequent purchases. The market area for the permitted uses extends to an area much larger than the local community. Automotive service type uses and automobile associated uses are normally located in this district to serve passerby traffic. The district is normally located along major thoroughfares, where adequately sized parcels of land allow for large setbacks, clear vision and safe ingress and egress.
(B) Uses permitted. No land shall be used or occupied and no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered, enlarged, occupied or used, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:
(1) Retail businesses, such as but not limited to:
(a) Retail businesses permitted in the C-2 district.
(b) Antique shop.
(c) Automobile service station.
(d) Building services and supplies.
(e) Direct selling establishment, where products are stored and distributed.
(f) Drive-in and drive-through establishments.
(g) Farm and garden supply store.
(h) Hay, grain and feed store.
(i) Ice cream refreshment stand.
(j) Lumber yard.
(k) Motor vehicle dealer.
(l) Motorcycle sales.
(m) Nursery stock.
(n) Tire, battery and accessory dealer.
(o) Tombstone and monument sales.
(2) Personal service establishments, such as but not limited to:
(a) Personal service establishments permitted in the C-2 district.
(b) Child care nursery.
(c) Furniture cleaning.
(d) Laundry, dry cleaning, and dyeing plant.
(3) Business service establishments, such as but not limited to:
(a) Business service establishments permitted in the C-2 district.
(b) Advertising signs.
(c) Automobile diagnostic center.
(d) Automobile driving instruction.
(e) Automobile rental.
(f) Automobile repair shop.
(g) Commercial greenhouse.
(h) Commercial swimming pool.
(i) Disinfecting and exterminating service.
(j) Retail electrical shop.
(k) Equipment rental and leasing service.
(l) Furnace supply and service.
(m) Furniture repair and re-upholstery.
(n) Golf course and/or country club.
(o) Lawn mower repair shop.
(p) Motorcycle service and repair.
(q) Packing and crating establishment similar to Mail Boxes Etc.
(r) Retail paint shop.
(s) Retail plumbing and heating shop.
(t) Radio and television repair shop.
(u) Refrigerator shop.
(v) Repair service, large-major items.
(w) Retail graphics and printing service.
(x) Swimming pool sales and service.
(y) Taxidermist.
(z) Tennis club.
(aa) Tire retreading and repair shop, only in conjunction with a service station, repair shop or automobile dealership.
(bb) Towing service, only in conjunction with a service station, repair shop or automobile dealership.
(cc) Veterinary clinic, animal hospital, and kennels.
(dd) Water softener service.
(ee) Window cleaning firm.
(4) Professional office establishments permitted in the C-2 district.
(5) Public, quasi-public and governmental buildings and facilities, such as but not limited to:
(a) Public, quasi-public, and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the C-2 District.
(b) Public service or municipal garages.
(c) Ambulance service.
(6) Residential uses, such as but not limited to:
(a) Convalescent, nursing home, rest home or sanatorium.
(b) Hotel and/or motel.
(1) Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as permitted uses in this district.
(2) Amusement park.
(3) Automobile laundry.
(4) Drive-in and drive-through establishments of a non-restaurant use.
(5) Go-kart raceway.
(6) Planned unit development.
(7) Septic tank cleaning service.
(8) Used furniture and second-hand store.
(D) Temporary permit uses permitted. The following uses may be operated as temporary uses, provided compliance with § 156.201: C-2 temporary permit uses.
(E) Accessory uses permitted. Accessory uses, buildings or other structures and devices customarily incidental to and commonly associated with a permitted use or special use may be permitted, provided that they are operated and maintained under the same ownership, on the same parcel, and do not include structures or features inconsistent with the permitted use or special use.
(F) Prohibited uses. All uses not expressly authorized in divisions (B), (C), (D) and (E) of this section, including but not limited to:
(1) Bottled gas dealers, except that the sale of liquid propane for gas grills and similar uses is allowed.
(2) Concrete mixing or asphalt plant.
(3) Contractor's yard.
(4) Residential uses.
(5) Truck stops or other fuel facilities designated for selling fuel or other services to semi-trucks, except that a service station shall not be prohibited from selling diesel fuel or gasoline to semi-trucks, provided that such sale is incidental to the business of selling gasoline or diesel fuel to passenger vehicles.
(6) Truck terminal.
(7) Wrecking, dismantling or automobile salvage yard.
(8) Pay day loan store.
(9) Air-inflated and air-supported structures, excluding temporary inflatable playground structures.
(10) Sexually oriented businesses, as defined in Chapter 115.
(G) Site and structure requirements.
(1) Minimum lot area. None required.
(2) Front yard. All structures shall be set back at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
(3) Side yard. None required, except if a yard is provided, it shall be not less than ten feet. Where a C-3 property adjoins a residential district a side yard at least equal to that of the residential district shall be provided.
(4) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 10% of the depth of the lot. However, such rear yard need not exceed ten feet in depth.
(5) Maximum height. No structure or portion thereof shall exceed a height of three stories or 45 feet, and no accessory structure shall exceed one story or 15 feet in height.
(6) Floor area ratio. Not to exceed 2.0.
(7) Design requirements. All buildings constructed in commercial zoning districts shall have continuous concrete foundations from below the frost line to above grade.
(a) Adjacent to minor streets.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a minor street shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: brick, masonry, glass, stone, wood, stucco or other siding with similar materials and appearances, as may be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to its site plan review authority.
2. Each sidewall (wall not facing or fronting a street) shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(b) Adjacent to secondary or collector thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings facing or fronting a secondary or collector thoroughfare shall be completely covered to the top of the eve with one or more of the following materials: masonry, brick, stone, decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
3. Each sidewall visible from a street shall have at least 50% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials.
4. Each sidewall not facing or visible from a street shall have at least 10% covered with one or more of the above mentioned materials as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(c) Adjacent to major thoroughfares.
1. All sides of such buildings adjacent to a major thoroughfare shall be constructed of masonry, brick, stone, decorative concrete block (excluding plain concrete block), architectural steel and glass, precast panels, EIFS or natural materials.
a. Building facades, parapet walls and roofs shall not be colored in a manner that attracts attention to the building.
b. Screening of all heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment shall be provided on all sides of the building that are exposed to public view.
c. Roof screens shall be allowed, provided they are designed to blend with the architectural style and color of the building.
d. Flues, goosenecks or other equipment mounted on the roof shall also be screened when heights exceed four feet.
e. All structures and pavement, with the exception of ingress or egress isles, shall be set back at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
f. Landscaping shall be in accordance with Chapter 158: Landscape Ordinance.
2. Aluminum or vinyl siding shall not be allowed.
(H) Special provisions.
(3) Performance standards. All activities shall conform with the performance standards established for the I-l Limited Manufacturing District.
(4) Outdoor sales. All outdoor sales space shall be provided with a permanent durable and dustless surface and shall be graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water.
(5) Outdoor storage. All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products when within 200 feet of a residential district shall be enclosed by a fence, wall or plant materials adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way.
(6) Waste materials. No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such a form that they may be transferred off the property by natural causes or forces.
(Ord. 95, passed 4-5-71; Am. Ord. 636, passed 3-4-91; Am. Ord. 1238, passed 6-17-02; Am. Ord. 1352, passed 9-7-04; Am. Ord. 1451, passed 12-18-06; Am. Ord. 1477, passed 3-19-07; Am. Ord. 1501, passed 8-20-07; Am. Ord. 1530, passed 4-7-08; Am. Ord. 1570, passed 1-19-09; Am. Ord. 2018, passed 7-6-20)