§ 154.063 C-3 REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.

   (A)   Generally. This district is composed of areas to be used for businesses which require a high volume of passing vehicular traffic to provide the support necessary for successful operations. These are commonly retail and other uses which are necessary for the economic viability of the community and the region. Applied to areas with high traffic capacities and high visibility, as well as areas where infrastructure necessary to support this type and scale of use is in place.

   (B)   Principal uses. Uses substantially similar to those listed herein shall also be permitted, in light of the above described purposes of this zoning district and the comprehensive plan.

      (1)   Assembly uses:

         (a)   Business colleges or technical school;

         (b)   Churches and associated facilities;

         (c)   Community center;

         (d)   Convention center;

         (e)   Events center;

         (f)   Private club; and

         (g)   Schools for academic instruction and associated facilities.

      (2)   Commercial uses:

         (a)   Adult daycare;

         (b)   Agricultural market;

         (c)   Art gallery, artist or artisan studio;

         (d)   Assisted living facilities;

         (e)   Automobile, motorcycle, truck sales, rental, service and repair or sale of parts and supplies for such;

         (f)   Automobile service stations. No more than 15 inoperable vehicles shall be stored on site for a period not to exceed 90 days. Vehicles shall be stored within a fenced and screened area;

         (g)   Beauty shops, barber shops, shoe repair shops;

         (h)   Blueprinting, printing, publishing and lithographing;

         (i)   Building supply sales;

         (j)   Campground;

         (k)   Car wash;

         (l)   Carnivals and circuses on a temporary basis. Location to be approved by Department and all other permits must be obtained;

         (m)   Cemetery;

         (n)   Childcare centers;

         (o)   Clinic;

         (p)   Convenience stores. The sale of petroleum products may be included as part of this use;

         (q)   Data processing centers;

         (r)   Financial institutions;

         (s)   Flea market;

         (t)   Funeral homes;

         (u)   Garden centers;

         (v)   Golf course, driving range;

         (w)   Grocery;

         (x)   Health club;

         (y)   Homeless shelter;

         (z)   Hotel or motel;

         (aa)   Indoor recreation such as billiard or pool halls, skating rinks, bowling alleys and dance halls;

         (bb)   Indoor theaters;

         (cc)   Kennel;

         (dd)   Laundry, self-service or laundry pick-up stations;

         (ee)   Library;

         (ff)   Marine sales, parts and service;

         (gg)   Miniature golf or putting courses, outdoor;

         (hh)   Museum;

         (ii)   Nursing and rest homes;

         (jj)   Off-premises sign. Must meet spacing requirements found in §§ 154.205 through 154.217;

         (kk)   Offices;

         (ll)   Parking lots and structures;

         (mm)   Pharmacy;

         (nn)   Recycling collection point;

         (oo)   Research and testing laboratories;

         (pp)   Residential storage facilities;

         (qq)   Restaurants;

         (rr)   Retail malt beverage establishment;

         (ss)   Retail package liquor sales;

         (tt)   Retail sale of merchandise;

         (uu)   Shopping center, community, convenience, neighborhood and regional;

         (vv)   Shopping center, enclosed regional mall;

         (ww)   Sign making;

         (xx)   Specialty retail shops;

         (yy)   Tattoo shop;

         (zz)   Telephone exchanges, radio and television studios, cable television systems, signal distribution centers and studios;

         (aaa)   Towers for distribution of radio and similar signals;

         (bbb)   Towing services. No more than 15 inoperable vehicles shall be stored on site for a period not to exceed 90 days. Vehicles shall be stored within a fenced and screened area;

         (ccc)   Travel agencies; and

         (ddd)   Veterinary hospitals or clinics, provided that such structure or use, excluding parking areas, shall be at least 100 feet from any residential zone.

      (3)   Institutional uses: Hospitals.

      (4)   Residential uses:

         (a)   Community residence; and

         (b)   Halfway house.

   (C)   Accessory uses.

      (1)   Uses and structures which are customarily accessory, clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted uses.

      (2)   Commercial uses:

         (a)   Dwelling unit for owners, operators or employees of a permitted use provided that if such dwelling unit shall be a part of the building it shall have a separate entrance;

         (b)   Outdoor wholesale, warehouse and storage facilities;

         (c)   Recycling collection point; and

         (d)   Temporary uses.

   (D)   Conditional uses.

      (1)   Uses permitted only with Board approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and consideration of the guidelines in the comprehensive plan.

      (2)   Any conditional use shall be located so that the conditional use has a minimal effect on the adjoining streets and the surrounding uses.

         (a)   Assembly uses: Indoor and outdoor athletic facilities such as field houses, gymnasiums, football stadiums, soccer fields or polo fields and baseball fields.

         (b)   Commercial uses:

            1.   Amusement parks, fairgrounds or horse racing tracks, if all structures are located no less than 200 feet from any residential zone, and further provided that all structures for housing animals shall be 200 feet from any residential zone, residential use, school, hospital, nursing or rest home;

            2.   Indoor rifle and gun ranges. Use must meet all federal and state regulations;

            3.   Outdoor recreational facilities including go cart tracks, archery ranges, skateboard and roller skating rinks, trampoline centers, swimming pools, water slides and other water related recreational facilities and other similar uses; and

            4.   Outdoor theaters, provided that all facilities other than highway access drives are not less than 1,000 feet from a residential zone, residence, school, church, hospital, nursing or rest home, and further provided that a vehicle storage area equal to 30% of the capacity of the theater be provided between the highway and the theater ticket gate.

      (3)   Residential uses. Reversion of a structure originally designed and constructed as a single family or two-family dwelling but later converted to a commercial use may be converted back to its original use subject to all applicable zoning, building and related code requirements for the residential use, removal of all sign structures, and any modifications deemed appropriate by the Board.

   (E)   Special provisions.

      (1)   All permitted business uses shall confine storage to side and rear yards only, which shall be enclosed on all sides by a wall or fence not less than five feet in height.

      (2)   Businesses involved in sales or recycling of automobile and truck tires and like items shall limit storage of tires to be recycled or disposed of to an area no larger than 2,500 cubic feet and shall be enclosed on all sides by a wall or solid fence no less than five feet in height.

      (3)   (a)   Recycling collection points may be located in buildings no greater than 3,500 square feet in floor area.

         (b)   Trailers and containers and the adjacent areas shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

         (c)   Any violation of health, safety or welfare regulations may be cause for immediate removal.

         (d)   Recycling centers must comply with all other requirements of the chapter.

         (e)   They shall be located so as not to present any danger to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with the location to be approved by the Fire Chief and the Director of the Department.

      (4)   When new construction or additions are made to an existing structure, the structure or addition may be located on the lot with setbacks the same as other similar commercial structures on parcels within 500 feet.

      (5)   No subdivision or re-subdivision of a lot that results in a lot fronting on a right-of-way of less than 30 feet in width shall be permitted.

      (6)   (a)   Any outdoor theater screen or illuminated scoreboard or other similar surface shall not be visible from any street for a distance of 1,000 feet from such structure.

         (b)   For these such uses entrances and exits shall not be closer than 300 feet to the nearest intersection of two streets.

         (c)   Points of ingress or egress, acceleration length and deceleration length shall be provided in conformance with requirements as established by the appropriate agency.

      (7)   The minimum frontage for corner lots may be reduced to the minimum lot frontage criteria when access is restricted along the street frontage of the lot.

   (F)   Lot criteria.

Minimum lot frontage	100 ft.
Exception: Corner lots, minimum frontage	200 ft. each street frontage
Minimum front yard setback	40 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2
	30 ft. when abutting R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6
	20 ft. when abutting all other zones
Minimum side yard setback	30 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4
	20 ft. when abutting property zoned R-5 or R-6
	10 ft. when abutting all other zones
Minimum rear yard setback	40 ft. when abutting property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5 or R-6
	20 ft. when abutting all other zones
Maximum impervious surface ratio (I.S.R.)	.85
Maximum building height	75 ft.
Note: For the purposes of this chapter abutting shall address each lot line to determine applicable setbacks for each yard

 

   (G)   Permitted signs, C-3 Zone. Additional information and standards for signs as well as specific requirements are found in §§ 154.205 through 154.217.

C-3 Signs
Use	Allowed Types	Maximum Number	Maximum Sign Area	Maximum Height	Location Require- ments	Lighting Allowed	Additional Require- ments
Assembly Use	Wall		Wall: 15%		10 ft. off paved surface	Yes	Wall sign: 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 25 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Commercial Use	Wall		Wall: 15%			Yes	Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Institutional Use	Wall		Wall: 15%			Yes	Wall sign 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1/street	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface
	Pole	Pole: 1/street	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Residential Use	Wall	Wall: 1	Wall: 5%		10 ft. off paved surface	External	One wall only
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1	Mon.: 4 sq. ft.	Mon.: 4 ft.
	Pole	Pole: 1	Pole: 4 sq. ft.	Pole: 4 ft.
Shopping Center, Community	Wall		Wall: 15%		20 ft. off paved surface	Yes	Wall I.D. sign: 15% of wall
	Monume nt	Mon.: 3	Mon.: 200 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.			Monument or pole sign must contain name or logo
	Pole	Pole: 3	Pole: 200 sq. ft.	Pole: 35 ft.
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Shopping Center, Convenien ce	Wall		Wall 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater			Yes	Wall I.D. sign: 15% of wall
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1	Mon.: 100 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface		Monumen t or pole sign must contain name or logo
	Pole	Pole: 1	Pole: 200 sq. ft.	Pole: 25 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Shopping Center, Neighbor- hood	Wall		Wall 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater		20 ft. off paved surface	Yes
	Monume nt	Mon.: 2	Mon.: 150 sq. ft.	Mon.: 16 ft.			If monument sign erected, an additional monument sign, 24 sq. ft. max. may be erected at rear of lot
	Pole	Pole: 2	Pole: 150 sq. ft.	Pole: 35 ft.
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Shopping Center, Out Parcel	Wall		Wall 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater			Yes
	Monume nt	Mon.: 1	Mon.: 80 sq. ft.	Mon.: 12 ft.	Mon.: 10 ft. off paved surface		If monument sign erected, an additional monument sign, 24 sq. ft. max. may be erected at rear of lot
	Pole	Pole: 1	Pole: 50 sq. ft.	Pole: 20 ft.	Pole: 20 ft. off paved surface
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Shopping Center, Regional	Wall		Wall 15% or 32 sq. ft., whichever is greater		20 ft. off paved surface	Yes	Wall I.D. sign 15% of wall
	Monume nt	Mon.: 4	Mon.: 250 sq. ft.	Mon.: 25 ft.			If monument sign erected, an additional monument sign, 24 sq. ft. max. may be erected at rear of lot; monument or pole sign must contain name or logo
	Pole	Pole: 4	Pole: 250 sq. ft.	Pole: 45 ft.
	Roof		Roof: 15%
Use Groups
Assembly Uses: Business college/technical school; churches; community center; convention center; schools
Commercial Uses: All uses not listed as assembly or institutional
Residential Uses: Hospital
Special Provisions
1.   Churches located on lots in excess of 20 acres may increase monument and pole sign size by a factor of 2
2.   If use is a multi-tenant building (3 or more separate tenants) the development name must be placed on the sign; it may be a maximum of 25% of the overall sign face; this shall not be calculated in the maximum area for tenant signs
3.   Drive-through menu and presale boards not counted as part of allowed signage when not located in primary front yard
4.   If more than one pole or monument sign allowed, the size may be increased by 50% if only one sign is erected
5.   Hospitals may install one additional freestanding sign for each 500 ft. of street frontage
6.   For the following commercial uses a multiplier is in effect:
1) Automobile sales;
2) Automobile service station;
3) Contractor, farm equipment sales;
4) Marine sales; and
5) Motorcycle sales
Multiplier:   101 ft.—500 ft. street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 2
501 ft.—1,000 ft. street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 3
1001 ft. - > street frontage: Maximum number – pole/monument sign x 4

 

   (H)   Parking, C-3 Zone. Additional information and standards for parking as well as specific requirements are found in §§ 154.175 through 154.192.

C-3 Parking Standards
Land Use	Parking Required	Notes
Adult day care	1 space/employee + 1 space/500 sq. ft.	Provide on-site area for safe drop off and pick up, wholly on site
Agricultural market	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Art gallery/studio, artisan workshop	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Assisted living	.5 spaces/D.U.	Additionally, 1 space for each employee
Automobile rental	1 space/600 sq. ft.	Lot for rental vehicles not required to be striped
Automobile sales	1 space/600 sq. ft.	Parking for product in display area not required to be striped
Automobile service station	1space/600 sq. ft.	Minimum of 5 spaces; storage area must be fenced and screened
Automotive parts	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Barber/beauty salon	2 spaces/chair
Blueprinting, publishing	1 space/800 sq. ft.	Additionally, 1 space for each delivery vehicle
Business college and technical school	1 space/classroom and office + 1 space/3 seats in each classroom	If gymnasium or auditorium on site an additional 1 space/3 seats shall be provided
Car wash, full service	1 space/employee	Stacking area to equal 5 times capacity of car wash
Car wash, self service	N/A	2 stacking spaces/bay
Carnival, temporary		Adequate parking on site must be designated
Cemetery	1 space/employee	1 space/each vehicle owned by the facility
Childcare	1 space/employee + 1 space/400 sq. ft.	Provide on-site area for safe drop off and pick up, wholly on site
Church	1 space/3 seats	Based on seating in main sanctuary, min. of 5 spaces
Clinic, medical/dental	1 space/400 sq. ft.
Community center	1 space/600 sq. ft.	1 bus parking space/25 required spaces.
Convenience store	1 space/250 sq. ft.
Convention center	1 space/75 sq. ft.	1 large vehicle15 parking space/25 required spaces.
Data processing centers	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Events center	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Financial institutions	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Flea market	2 spaces/vendor stall
Funeral home	1 space/3 seats	1 space/each vehicle owned by the use
Garden center	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Golf course	3 spaces/hole	Additional parking required if other uses present
Golf driving range	1 space/tee	1 space for each employee (minimum of 5 spaces)
Grocery, specialty	1 space/250 sq. ft.	Building size >5,000 sq. ft.
Grocery, supermarket	1 space/200 sq. ft.	Building size <5,000 sq. ft.
Halfway house	1 space/occupant
Health club	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Homeless shelter	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Hospital	1 space/3 beds + 1 space/employee	Based on maximum employees on a shift, including medical staff. Minimum of 5 spaces
Hotel/motel	1/room	Minimum of 5 spaces
Indoor amusement or athletic, w/o fixed seats	1 space/100 sq. ft.	Includes billiards, dancing establishments, and similar uses
Indoor amusement or athletic, with fixed seats	1 space/4 seats + 1/three employees	Tennis courts; indoor soccer and the like
Laboratory	1 space/400 sq. ft.
Laundry, self service	1 space/2 machines
Library	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Museum	1 space/600 sq. ft.
Nursing home	1 space/3 beds + 1 space/employee	Based on maximum employees on a shift, including medical staff; minimum of 5 spaces
Office, general	1 space/250 sq. ft.	Financial; legal; medical; professional; veterinarian and the like
Office projects	1 space/400 sq. ft.	When more than one office building on a lot
Pharmacy	1 space/400 sq. ft.
Private club	1 space/200 sq. ft.
Residential storage facility	1 space/employee + 5 spaces	Area in and around units may not be counted as parking spaces
Restaurant	150 sq. ft. g.f.a.	Includes outdoor dining areas
Retail	1 space/400 sq. ft.	Books; camera; clothing; computer; electronics; musical instruments; sporting goods
Retail, department store	1 space/300 sq. ft.	Includes superstore or warehouse store
Retail malt beverage establishment	1 space/60 sq. ft.
Retail package liquor sales	1 space/400 sq. ft.
Retail, specialty	1 space/600 sq. ft.
School, 9 - 12	1 space/classroom and office + 1 space/ 5 seats in each classroom	If gymnasium or auditorium on site an additional 1 space/3 seats shall be provided
School, post-secondary	1 space/classroom and office + 1 space/ 2 seats in each classroom	If gymnasium or auditorium on site an additional 1 space/3 seats shall be provided
Shopping center (all)	1 space/400 sq. ft.	Based on leasable space (not public spaces)
Tattoo shop	2 spaces/chair
Theater, indoor	1 space/4 seats
Theater, outdoor	1 space/speaker
Travel agency	1 space/400 sq. ft.

 

   (I)   Landscaping, C-3 Zone. Additional information and standards for vehicular use area (VUA) landscaping as well as specific requirements are found in §§ 154.150 through 154.164.

 

C-3 Perimeter Landscape Buffer Area
Landscape Buffer Area Category	Width Options (In Feet)	Planting Density Multiplier
Category C	20 ft.	1.5
	25 ft.	1.33
	30 ft.	1

 

C-3 Buffering Requirements
Landscape Buffer Area Category	Buffering Use Classification
	Buffered Use	Buffering Use
Category C	R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6	C-3, C-4, C-5

 

Perimeter Planting Density *(OFT) or Fraction Thereof
Planting Density Requirement Categories
A	B	C	D
2 large trees or 1 medium and 2 small trees + 3 ft. screening/80 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	2 large trees or 1 medium and 2 small trees + 4 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	3 large trees or 2 medium and 2 small trees + 5 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*	3 large trees or 2 medium and 2 small trees + 6 ft. screening/60 ft. of linear boundary (OFT)*

 

(Ord. 06-2008, passed 6-16-2008, § 2.8.9; Ord. 08-2009, passed 5-18-2009; Ord. 12-2009, passed 9-8-2009; Ord. 05-2011, passed 2-7-2011; Ord. passed 9-6-2011; Ord. 20-2011, passed 10-17-2011; Ord. 26-2011, passed 11-21-2011; Ord. 27-2012, passed 12-3-2012; Ord. 10-2014, passed 4-7-2014; Ord. 28-2014, passed 12-15-2014; Ord. 05-2015, passed 5-4-2015; Ord. 24-2016, passed 12-19-2016; Ord. 05-2017, passed 6-5-2017; Ord. 11-2017, passed 9-5-2017; Ord. 09-2020, passed 8-3-2020; Ord. 03-2022, passed 2-7-2022; Ord. 17-2023, passed 8-21-2023)