SECTION 7A-743.   COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL (C/I) DISTRICT CONDITIONAL USES.
As evidenced by the Comprehensive Plan, most lands in the City of Columbus are limited in their• capacity to be developed because of poor soil conditions, relatively high water table, lack of municipal water supply, lack of municipal sanitary sewer, and lack of municipal storm sewer. Until these municipal facilities become available, it will be necessary for nearly all C/I uses to be administered as Conditional Uses. The principal conditions employed to address these concerns are environmental and include such things as (i.) non-contamination of the groundwater system through utilization of containment systems for off-site waste disposal and lawful on-site sewage disposal systems; (ii.) installation of lawful wells for on-site water supply; and, (iii.) installation of on-site or acquisition and installation of off-site surface water retention areas to nullify the impact of construction of impervious surfaces on the site. Environmental conditions are not the only conditions which may be placed upon a C/I use. Other conditions, intended to make the C/I use as harmonious as possible with it surrounding lawful uses, may be imposed by the City Council. The following uses shall be conditional in the C/I District:
   A.   Artisan Shops.
   B.   Brewery, Craft/Micro.
   C.   Contractor Shops with accessory Contractor Yard-Limited.
   D.   Contractor Shop with accessory Contractor Yard operating pursuant to an approved Conditional Use Permit in the C/I District on or before December 28, 2022.
   E.   Catering Business.
   F.   Communication towers and broadcast towers.
   G.   Licensed day care facilities.
   H.   Equipment Sales, Rental, and Repair.
   I.   Lumber yards and sales.
   J.   Gasoline sales and related convenience retail sales and car wash.
   K.   Greenhouses, nurseries and retail sales of materials raised on the premises (and packaged seeds, soils, soil amendments, gardening tools and hard accessories).
   L.   Implement and recreational vehicle sales and service.
   M.   Machine shops, welding shops, and similar service establishments.
   N.   Mortuaries, without crematoriums.
   O.   Limited Production/Processing.
   P.   Low Impact, High Technology Manufacturing.
   Q.   Machinery and Equipment Repair, Heavy.
   R.   Manufacturing, Light.
   S.   Office.
   T.   Restaurants and cafes.
   U.   Retail stores and shops.
   V.   Recreation Facility, Commercial.
   W.   Vehicle service and repair businesses, and body shops, but not salvage operations or junkyards.
   X.   Automotive, Travel Trailer, Farm Implement, and Construction Machinery Sales.
   Y.   Veterinary animal hospital or clinic, including accessory product sales and small animal patient indoor boarding and grooming.
   Z.   Warehousing and storage facilities.
   AA.    Wholesale Establishment.
   BB.   Expansion of nonconforming uses, subject to the standards in Section 7A-481.
   CC.   Adult Uses, subject to the standards in Section 7A-900.
[§ 7A-743, formerly, § 7A-716, added by Ord. No. 01-04, effective May 17, 2001, amended by Ord. No. 05-01, effective December 1, 2005; amended by Ord. No. 21-09, effective December 8, 2021; amended by Ord. No. 22-11, effective January 12, 2023; amended by 23-01, effective May 4, 2023.]