A. Purpose: The purpose of the General Commercial (C-3) District is to provide suitable areas for a wide variety of business, retail, and service uses that have large site requirements and do not adversely impact adjoining land uses.
B. Permitted Uses: The following are permitted uses in the General Commercial (C-3) District:
1. Non-Residential Uses:
a. All permitted uses in the Downtown Commercial (C-1) and/or Service Commercial (C-2) Districts.
b. Other Uses:
(1) Amusement parks and facilities, including miniature golf courses;
(2) Boat, motorcycle, and other recreational vehicle sales and service, not including wrecking or dismantling;
(3) Bus depots, including ticket offices and taxi terminals; and
(4) Storage/warehouse/rental facilities.
2. Public, Institutional, And Civic Uses:
a. Government buildings.
C. Accessory Uses: The following are permitted accessory structures and uses in the General Commercial (C-3) District; accessory structures and uses are further regulated in chapter 10-5 of this title:
1. Accessory Uses:
a. Commercial uses within a building/structure that are accessory to the principal use, but such use shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor space utilized by the principal use;
b. Off-street parking;
c. Off-street loading facilities;
d. Outdoor storage, sales, rental, and services; and
e. Stockpiling of black dirt, landscaping rock, and other similar materials accessory to nurseries, landscape centers, and garden centers.
D. Conditional Uses: The following are conditional uses in the General Commercial (C-3) District:
1. Conditional Uses:
a. Churches and places of worship;
b. Community convention and civic centers;
c. Drive-in facilities, accessory to a principal use, unless specifically permitted above;
d. Kennels and veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, animal shelters, and pet stores with outside pens or exercise yards which provide overnight stays;
e. Meat processing and slaughtering facilities;
f. Public or semipublic recreational arenas, auditoriums, fields, gymnasiums, or similar facilities;
g. Shipping and outside storage, when accessory to a permitted or conditional use;
h. Shopping centers;
i. Truck stops/drive-thru restaurants; and
j. Other uses, as specified in chapter 10-5 of this title.
E. Interim Uses: The following are interim uses in the General Commercial (C-3) District:
1. Interim Uses:
a. Use of transportable shipping and storage containers;
b. Subordinate classroom structures; and
c. Other temporary uses determined by the Planning Commission to be of the same general character as the permitted and conditional uses above and found not to be detrimental to existing uses and the health, safety, and general welfare of the public.
F. Lot Requirements And Setbacks: The following minimum requirements shall be observed in the General Commercial (C-3) District, subject to the additional requirements, exceptions, and modifications set forth in this title. All lot and setback requirements shall be measured as defined in this title. The property owner shall be solely responsible for locating the property lines of the lot.
1. Lot Requirements:
a. Lot Area: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
b. Lot Frontage: One hundred feet (100').
2. Setback Requirements:
a. Front Yard: There shall be provided a five foot (5') setback to an impervious parking or storage surface and a twenty foot (20') setback to any portion of a building, as measured from the property line.
b. Side Yard: There shall be provided a five foot (5') setback to an impervious parking or storage surface and a twenty foot (20') setback to any portion of a building. The corner side yard setback to an impervious parking or storage surface and/or any portion of a building along the secondary street frontage of a corner lot shall be equal to that of the front yard setback required in this zoning district.
c. Rear Yard: There shall be provided a five foot (5') setback to an impervious parking or storage surface and a twenty foot (20') setback to any portion of a building.
d. Transitional Yard: A transitional yard shall be provided anywhere a lot zoned General Commercial (C-3) District abuts a residential zoning district. The yard shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) The dimensions of the required transitional yard on the property located in the General Commercial (C-3) District shall be equal to the dimensions of the required yard on the residentially zoned property which is located in closest proximity;
(2) The transitional yard shall extend the entire length of the abutting residential zoning district boundary;
(3) The transitional yard shall not be less than a setback required in the General Commercial (C-3) District; and
(4) The transitional yard shall be a minimum of ten feet (10') in depth.
G. Maximum Building Height:
1. Building Height:
a. Principal Structures: Fifty feet (50') or three (3) stories.
b. Accessory Structures: Thirty-five feet (35').
H. Maximum Lot Coverage: The total sum of all impervious surfaces shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the lot area.
I. Building Design And Construction: All buildings within the General Commercial (C-3) District shall meet the following design and construction standards.
1. Exterior Wall Finish:
a. All exterior wall finishes that are exposed to front or side streets on any building shall be of the following materials or combination of materials:
(1) Face brick;
(2) Natural or cultured stone, stucco, and glass panels;
(3) Precast concrete panels or units, if the surfaces have been integrally treated with an applied decorative material or texture;
(4) Wood, if the surfaces are finished for exterior use or the wood is of proven exterior durability, such as cedar or redwood;
(5) Metal panels with interlocking, concealed, or tongue-and-grove seams and approved fasteners, if the exterior surface finish is warranted by the manufacturer for at least twenty (20) years against blistering, peeling, cracking, flaking, checking, or chipping; and
(6) Other materials, as approved by the Planning Commission.
2. Additions And Accessory Structures:
a. All subsequent additions to a principal structure and all accessory structures shall be constructed of the same material as the principal structure and shall be of the same architectural design and general appearance as the principal structure. (Ord. 156, 6-13-2020)