A. Property and buildings in a C-4 general commercial district shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. Any use permitted in C-1, C-2 or C-3 district.
2. Amusement enterprises.
3. New automobile sales and services; new machinery sales and service; public garages, provided no gasoline is stored aboveground; and used automobile and machinery sales and service, and automobile and machinery repairing if conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, but not including automobile or machinery wrecking establishments or junkyards.
4. Any of the following businesses:
Advertising signs or structures:
a. One wall or canopy sign may be erected, not exceeding an aggregate surface display area of three (3) square feet per each linear foot of building wall to which the sign is affixed; total sign size is limited to sixty five percent (65%) of the total wall area of the wall to which the sign is attached.
b. In addition to the wall or canopy signs permitted above, a lot containing one business establishment may erect pole or ground signs of 2.0 square feet of display area per linear foot of street frontage; provided, however, that if more than one such pole or ground sign is erected, an aggregate display area not exceeding 1.0 square foot per linear foot of street frontage shall be allowed.
c. Ground or pole signs shall not exceed thirty five feet (35') in height.
d. No signs advertising products not sold on the premises will be permitted.
Ambulance service, office or garage.
Auto court or tourist court.
Automobile car wash.
Automobile service station.
Bait sales.
Bakery.
Bathhouse.
Boat sales.
Bus terminal.
Cleaning plant.
Clothing or apparel store.
Commercial school or hall.
Department store.
Drive-in theater or restaurant.
Electric transmission station.
Feed and fuel store.
Frozen food locker.
Funeral parlor or mortuary.
Furniture repair and upholstery.
Golf course, miniature or practice range.
Heating, ventilating or plumbing supplies, sales and service.
Hotel.
Ice storage locker plant or storage house for food.
Laundry.
Liquefied petroleum gas.
Motel retail sales meeting city and state regulations.
Museums.
Novelty shop.
Nursery or garden supply store.
Office business.
Outdoor advertising signs.
Pawnshop.
Pet shop.
Printing plant.
Recreation center.
Research laboratories.
Sign painting.
Skating rink.
Theater.
Travel trailer park.
Used automobile sales.
Wholesale distributing center. (Prior code § 16-18; amd. Ord. 1438, 5-27-1997; Ord. 1452, 1-13-1998; Ord. 1487, 6-22-1999)
5. Buildings, structures and uses accessory and customarily incidental to any of the above uses, provided that there shall be no manufacture, processing, or compounding of products other than such as are customarily incidental and essential to retail establishments.
6. Any other store or shop for retail trade or for rendering personal, professional, or business service which does not produce more noise, odor, dust, vibration, blast or traffic than those enumerated above.
7. No article or material stored in connection with uses permitted under this section shall be stored or displayed outside of a building unless it is so screened by permanent ornamental walls, fences or planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining streets or lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level; provided, however, that no screening in excess of seven feet (7') in height shall be required. (Prior code § 16-18)