A. Property and buildings in the C-3 highway and open display commercial district shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. Any use permitted in a C-2 general commercial district.
2. Highway commercial:
a. Ambulance service, office or garage.
b. Bait sales.
c. Bus terminal.
d. Drive-in restaurant or theater.
e. Golf course, miniature or driving range.
f. Hotel.
g. Motel.
h. Research laboratories, not otherwise allowed.
i. Roller rink.
j. Travel trailer or recreational vehicle park.
3. Open display:
a. Automobile sales and service, new and used, to include repair of motor vehicles, boats, recreational vehicles and trucks, as well as the sale, installation and servicing of automotive equipment and parts; together with body repairs, painting and steam cleaning provided that these activities occur wholly within an enclosed building. Typical uses include engine replacement or repairing operations, transmission shops and body shops which require temporary storage of damaged vehicles. However, the storage of vehicles for salvage or machinery wrecking establishments or junkyards shall not be permitted. The outside temporary storage of damaged vehicles is permitted as long as it is screened from public view by a person standing in a public right of way and is otherwise conducted in accordance with subsections A4b and A4c of this section; and that the area for temporary outside storage is not greater than twice the total number of repair bays in the building in which repairs are to be made. Maximum area will be determined on the basis of one hundred fifty (150) square feet of surface space per vehicle; and that the total vehicles stored in temporary outside storage shall not exceed two (2) vehicles per repair bay in the building in which repairs are to be made. Damaged vehicles shall not remain on the premises in outside storage for more than one hundred eighty (180) days. Damaged, disabled or inoperative vehicles in violation of these outside temporary open storage provisions shall not be exceptions to section 8-303 of this code;
b. Boat sales.
c. Farm implement and machinery sales, new and used.
d. Heating, ventilating and plumbing supplies, sales and service.
e. Metal and wood fencing, ornamental grillwork and decorative wrought iron work and play equipment sales.
f. Mobile home sales.
g. Monument sales.
h. Prefabricated house sales.
i. Trailers for hauling, rental and sales.
4. The above enumerated uses shall comply with the following provisions:
B. All of the above uses shall be screened by opaque fencing of not less than six feet (6') in height when abutting an R district. For the purposes of this chapter abutting shall include those dwellings across an alley. If the commercial structure is within one hundred feet (100') of a residential structure, regardless of zoning district, an opaque fence of not less than six feet (6') in height shall be constructed, except that planting or landscaping may be allowed for special permit uses when approved by the city council as part of a site plan for a commercial building without any outside storage or open display visible to the residential area or district. (1986 Code)
C. All open storage and display of merchandise, material, and equipment shall also be so screened by opaque fencing that it cannot be seen by a person standing on ground level in an R residential or a C-1 or C-2 commercial district when located to the side or rear of the lot on which the open storage or display occurs; provided, however, that screening shall not be required in excess of six feet (6') in height. All planting shall be kept neatly trimmed and maintained in good condition at all times. Merchandise and materials which are not completely assembled or which are not immediately and actively being offered for sale, shall, in addition to complying with the above screening requirements, be so screened by opaque fence or by permanent buildings that it cannot be seen from a public street. (Ord. 1990-9, 6-7-1990; amd. Ord. 1990-10, 6-7-1990)
D. All yards unoccupied with buildings or merchandise or used as trafficways shall be landscaped with grass and shrubs and maintained in good condition the year-round.
E. All of the lot used for the parking of vehicles, for the storage and display of merchandise and all driveways used for vehicle ingress and egress shall be paved with a sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner that no dust will be produced by continued use.
F. All servicing of vehicles and assembly of equipment carried on as an incidental part of the sales operation shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
G. Driveways used for ingress and egress shall not be less than twenty five feet (25') in width, exclusive of curb returns.
H. Outdoor lighting, when provided, shall have an arrangement of reflectors and an intensity of lighting which will not interfere with adjacent land uses or the use of adjacent streets, and shall not be of a flashing or intermittent type. (1986 Code)
I. Churches shall not be permitted in C-3 zoning districts. (Ord. 1992-13, 6-18-1992)
J. Articles and materials stored and offered for sale in connection with uses permitted in this district may be stored or displayed outside the confines of the building only under the following conditions: Upon written application the city manager may grant a permit for a sales promotion or special event during which retail open display may be used within such restrictions as the city manager may set. (Ord. 1990-10, 6-7-1990; amd. Ord. 1992-12, 6-18-1992)