(A) Statement of purpose. The C, Commercial District, is intended to permit retail business and service uses which are needed to serve the nearby residential area. In order to promote such business developments so far as is possible and appropriate in each area, uses are prohibited which would create hazards, offensive and loud noises, vibration, smoke, glare or heavy truck traffic. The intent of this District is also to encourage the concentration of local business areas to the mutual advantage of both the consumers and merchants and thereby to promote the best use of land at certain strategic locations and to avoid the continuance of encouraging marginal strip, business development along heavily traveled roads.
(B) Permitted principal uses. The following provisions apply in all C, Commercial Districts. All business or servicing shall be conducted with a completely enclosed building. When such business or establishment abuts a residential district, a minimum 50-foot side yard setback shall be required. Outdoor storage yards are prohibited. Any use not expressly permitted is prohibited:
(1) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted principal uses;
(2) Ambulance stations;
(3) Banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, except drive-in types;
(4) Business or private schools operated for a profit;
(5) Churches;
(6) Eating and drinking establishments when food or beverage is consumed within a completely enclosed building. Establishments with a character of a drive-in or open front store are prohibited;
(7) Charitable, philanthropic institutions;
(8) Hospitals;
(9) Household appliance stores;
(10) Laundry or dry cleaning customer outlets, coin-operated laundromats, self-serve dry cleaning centers and the like. Dry cleaning or laundry plants serving other than customer service outlet are prohibited;
(11) Medical or dental office, including clinics and medical laboratories;
(12) Nursing, convalescent homes;
(13) Office buildings resulting from any of the following occupations: executive; administrative; professional; accounting; writing; clerical; stenographic; drafting; sales and governmental service;
(14) Party stores;
(15) Personal service establishments performing services on the premises, such as barber and beauty shops; watch, radio, television, clothing and shoe repair; tailor shops, locksmith and similar establishments;
(16) Pet stores;
(17) Photographic studios;
(18) Police and fire stations;
(19) Public utility buildings and uses, but not including storage yards, when operating requirements necessitate locating within the district to serve the immediate vicinity;
(20) Retail establishments for the sale of alcoholic beverages, antiques, baked goods, bicycles, books, candy, clothing, confection, drugs, flowers, gifts, groceries, hardware, hobby equipment, jewelry, meat, music, notions, paints, periodicals, sundry small household articles, tobacco, variety and dry goods and similar establishments;
(21) Schools;
(22) Shoe repair shops;
(23) Tailor, seamstress shop;
(24) Transmission and distribution lines, pipelines, structures of public utility companies; and
(25) Upholstery shops.
(C) Special land uses. The following special land uses shall be permitted subject to the standards hereinafter imposed and § 154.045:
(1) Adult day care facility;
(2) Animal hospital, kennel (commercial);
(3) Automobile car wash establishments when completely enclosed within a building, including steam-cleaning, but not rust-proofing; provided further than off-street storage space for at least ten cars waiting to be washed per car was line is provided for manual or self-serve establishments and at least 25 storage spaces for automatic establishments;
(4) Automobile service stations subject to the following requirements:
(a) An automobile service station shall be located on a lot having a frontage along the principal street of not less than 100 feet, and having a minimum area of not less than 15,000 square feet;
(b) An automobile service building house, an office and/or facilities for servicing, greasing and/or washing motor vehicles shall be located not less than 40 feet from any street lot line, and not less than 25 feet from any side or rear lot line adjoining a residentially zoned district;
(c) All driveways providing ingress to or egress from an automobile service station shall be not more than 30 feet wide at the property line. No driveway or curb opening shall be located nearer than 20 feet to any intersecting street right-of-way, or adjacent to residential property. No driveway shall be located nearer than 30 feet, as measured along the property line, to any other driveway giving access to or from the same automobile service station;
(d) All lubrication equipment, motor vehicle washing equipment, hydraulic hoists and pits shall be enclosed entirely within a building. All gasoline pumps shall be located not less than 15 feet from any lot line, and shall be arranged so that motor vehicles shall not be supplied with gasoline or serviced while parked upon or over-hanging any public sidewalk, street or right-of-way;
(e) Where an automobile service station adjoins property located in any residential district, buffer wall of suitable material or planting strip shall be erected and maintained along the interior line. This wall or planting strip shall be at least four feet but not greater than six feet in height;
(f) All exterior lighting, including illuminated signs, shall be erected and hooded or shielded so as to be deflected away from adjacent property; and
(g) Outdoor storage or parking of wrecked or partially dismantled vehicles shall be prohibited for a period greater than ten days.
(5) Child care center;
(6) Eating and drinking, and banking establishments of a drive-in or carry-out character, subject to the following:
(a) The establishment shall be located on a lot having a frontage along the principal street of not less than 100 feet, and having a minimum area of not less than 15,000 square feet;
(b) 1. All driveways providing ingress or egress shall not be more than 30 feet wide at the property line;
2. No driveway or curb opening shall be located nearer than 20 feet to any intersecting street right-of-way, or adjacent to residential property; and
3. No driveway shall be located nearer than 30 feet, as measured along the property line, to any other driveway giving access to or from the same establishments.
(c) Where an establishment adjoins property located in a residential district, buffer wall of suitable material or planting strip shall be erected and maintained along the interior line. This wall or planting strip shall be at least four feet but not greater than six feet in height;
(d) All exterior lighting, including illuminated signs, shall be erected and hooded or shielded so as to be deflected away from adjacent property; and
(e) There may be not more than one freestanding sign per street frontage, each face not exceeding 100 square feet in area, which shall display only the name of the user or occupant of the premises.
(7) Establishments containing indoor tennis courts, handball courts, swimming pools, gymnasiums and health clubs, indoor ice skating and roller skating rinks, subject to the following:
(a) Minimum lot size shall be two acres;
(b) Minimum lot width of 150 feet; and
(c) All front, side and rear yard space shall be a minimum of 30 feet each from adjoining lot lines.
(8) Funeral homes;
(9) Libraries and museums;
(10) Open air business uses including as follows: rental sale of trees, shrubbery, plants, flowers, seed, topsoil, humus, fertilizer, trellises, lawn furniture, playground equipment and other garden supplies and equipment; as follows: retail sale of fruits and vegetables; tennis courts, archery courts, shuffleboard, horseshoe courts, miniature golf, golf driving ranges, children’s amusement park or similar recreation uses; bicycle, trailer, motor vehicle used car lots, mobile home, boat or farm equipment sale or rental services; and outdoor display and sale of lumber, building materials, garages, swimming pools and similar uses:
(a) The minimum area of the site shall be 10,000 square feet;
(b) The minimum street frontage shall be 100 feet;
(c) Where the site abuts property in any residentially zoned district, a buffer wall or planting strip shall be provided along the interior line;
(d) Exterior lighting shall be installed in a manner which will not create a driving hazard and shall be hooked or shielded so as to be deflected away from adjacent property; and
(e) All open air business shall comply with all applicable township and county health regulations.
(11) Private service clubs, fraternal organizations and lodge hall subject to the following:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be five acres;
(b) The site shall have at least one property line abutting a county road; and
(c) All vehicular ingress and egress to the site shall be directly from said county primary road.
(12) Recreation facilities, commercial;
(13) Self service storage facilities:
(a) No activities other than rental of storage units and pick-up and deposit of dead storage shall be allowed on the premises;
(b) All storage on the property shall be kept within an enclosed building;
(c) Outdoor lights shall be shielded to direct light and glare only onto the storage buildings and may be of sufficient intensity to discourage vandalism and theft. Said lighting and glare shall be deflected, shaded and focused away from all adjoining property; and
(d) Driveway and parking:
1. A minimum of four parking spaces shall be required to be located at the manager’s office/quarters for the use of prospective clients; and
2. A driveway aisle for self-storage shall be a minimum width of 24 feet. A driveway aisle where access to storage units is only one side of the aisle may be 20 feet in width.
(14) Swimming pools, commercial; and
(15) Theaters, dance halls, assembly halls or other similar places of assembly, hotels and motels, subject to the following:
(a) Minimum site size of five acres;
(b) Minimum lot width of 200 feet; and
(c) All front, side and rear yard space shall be a minimum of 50 feet each from adjoining lot lines.
(D) Area, height, bulk and placement requirements. Area, height, bulk and placement requirements unless otherwise specified are as provided in § 154.044.
(Ord. 1, passed 11-13-2000, § 3.7)