(A) Description of district. This district is intended to provide certain land and structures for automotive service type use and automobile associated uses such as drive-ins. The district is intended to be located only along major thoroughfares where adequately sized and properly located parcels of land will allow for adequate setbacks, clear vision and safe ingress and egress. Frontage roads should be provided where possible.
(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, which supply commodities on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) Advertising signs.
(b) Automobile accessories store.
(c) Automobile service station.
(d) Boat dealer.
(e) Camper sales.
(f) Mobile home dealer.
(g) Motor vehicle dealer.
(h) Motorcycle sales.
(i) Tire, battery and accessory dealer.
(j) Used car lot.
(2) Personal service establishments, which perform services on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) General repair shop.
(b) Undertaking establishment and funeral parlor.
(c) Drive-in cleaners.
(3) Business service establishment, which performs services on the premises, such as but not limited to:
(a) Automobile diagnostic center or clinic.
(b) Automobile driving instruction.
(c) Automobile painting.
(d) Automobile rental.
(e) Automobile repair shop.
(f) Automobile undercoating service.
(g) Equipment rental and leasing service.
(h) Motorcycle service and repair.
(i) Repair service.
(j) Taxicab stand.
(k) Tire retreading and repair shop.
(l) Towing service.
(4) Public, quasi-public, and government buildings and facilities, such as but not limited to:
(a) Public, quasi-public and governmental buildings and facilities permitted in the C-1 District.
(b) Bus passenger station.
(c) Public service or municipal garage.
(d) Ambulance service.
(5) Residential uses, such as but not limited to:
(a) Hotel and/or motel.
(1) Similar and compatible uses to those allowed as permitted uses in this district.
(2) Residence of the proprietor of a commercial use.
(3) Residence, when on the second floor and secondary to the business use of the premises.
(4) Planned unit development.
(5) Automobile laundry or car wash.
(D) Temporary permit uses permitted. The following uses may be operated as temporary uses, provided compliance with § 156.201 of this Chapter: 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) Automotive salvage yard.
(2) Residential uses, except as a special use.
(3) Drive-in and drive-through establishments.
(4) Air-inflated and air-supported structures, excluding temporary inflatable playground structures.
(5) Sexually oriented businesses, as defined in Chapter 115.
(G) Site and structure requirements.
(1) Minimum Lot Area. None required, except that each residential use shall have a ground area of not less than 7,500 square feet.
(2) Minimum lot width. A minimum lot width of 120 feet shall be provided for each lot used for a permitted or special use.
(3) Front yard. All structures shall be set back at least 20 feet from the front lot line.
(4) Side yard. None required, except if a yard is provided it shall be not less than ten feet. Where a C-4 property adjoins a residential district a side yard at least equal to that of the residential district shall be provided.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) Floor area ratio. Not to exceed 2.0.
(8) 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 thorough-fare 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 setback 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 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. 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)