A. Purpose: It is the purpose of the C-2 highway commercial district to provide for the careful and attractive development of highway oriented businesses which depend on nonlocal traffic for a substantial portion of their business and which create substantial negative impacts to city infrastructure if located in areas not adjacent to state and federal highways:
B. Permitted Uses: The following are permitted uses in a C-2 district:
1. Agricultural implement dealerships.
2. Amusement parks.
3. Animal clinics and hospitals with no overnight care, outside pens or exercise yards.
4. Animal hospitals, animal shelters, veterinary clinics; animal hospitals, animal shelters and veterinary clinics without outside pens or exercise yards.
5. Antique stores.
6. Appliance sales and service stores.
7. Art galleries, museums, art and school supply stores.
8. Auto service, accessory and parts stores.
9. Automobile and truck body repair shops (excluding salvage yards).
10. Auto sales, service and repair and mobile home sales, service and repair.
11. Bakery goods and baking goods for retail sales on the premises and bakery outlet stores.
12. Bank, savings and loan, savings credit unions and other financial institutions.
13. Barber and beauty school, business colleges, modeling school, trade and vocational schools.
14. Barber and beauty shops to include tanning facilities.
15. Bicycle sales and repair stores.
16. Bookstores.
17. Bowling alleys, billiard parlors, rollerskating, dance halls and similar indoor recreational uses.
18. Business and professional offices.
19. Cable television distributors.
20. Camera and photographic supply stores.
21. Candy, ice cream, popcorn, nuts, frozen desserts and soft drinks stores.
22. Carpenter and cabinet shops.
23. Carpet, rugs and tile stores.
24. Churches, synagogues and temples.
25. Civic centers, conference centers, city, county, state and federal offices, libraries, parks and playgrounds, police and fire stations.
26. Clinics (dental, medical and chiropractic).
27. Coffee and cappuccino shops.
28. Coin and stamp stores.
29. Commercial and professional offices.
30. Commercial film developing and processing stores.
31. Confectioneries.
32. Convenience store with or without gasoline.
33. Copy service shops.
34. Costume and clothing rental stores.
35. Dairy products store.
36. Dance studio.
37. Delicatessen.
38. Department and discount stores.
39. Drapery stores.
40. Drugstores.
41. Dry cleaning and laundries including plant accessory heretofore, pressing and repair.
42. Dry cleaning pick up and laundry pick up stations incidental repair and assembly but not including processing.
43. Dry goods store.
44. Electrical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, masonry, painting and plumbing, refrigeration and roofing where outside equipment and storage does not exceed twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, provided that the outside storage area is effectively screened by a site obscuring fence at least six feet (6') in height.
45. Electrical or gas appliance stores including incidental repair and assembly hereto.
46. Employment agencies.
47. Entertainment: amusement parks; drive in theaters with a minimum of six foot (6') sight obscuring fence; go cart tracks provided that all of the boundary lines of the lot containing such use are located at least three hundred feet (300') from any existing residential district; health clubs.
48. Essential services.
49. Fabric stores.
50. Finance companies.
51. Florists.
52. Furniture and home furnishing stores.
53. Furniture refinishing.
54. Furriers when conducted only for retail trade on the premises.
55. Garage storage and ministorage warehouses.
56. General contractors (office only).
57. General merchandise stores.
58. Gift or novelty store.
59. Golf driving ranges, miniature golf courses and public golf courses.
60. Grocery, fruit or vegetable stores, but not including sales from movable, motorized vehicles.
61. Grocery, supermarket.
62. Haberdasheries and ladies ready to wear stores.
63. Hardware stores.
64. Health clubs – including tennis, handball, racquetball, basketball, dance, bodybuilding and toning and weight and diet related facilities.
65. Health food stores.
66. Heavy equipment sales, service and repair.
67. Hobby shops.
68. Hospitals.
69. Insurance sales, claims and branch offices.
70. Interior decorating.
71. Jewelry stores.
72. Leather goods and luggage stores.
73. Liquor stores, including on and off sale establishments.
74. Locksmiths.
75. Lumberyards provided that the outside storage area is effectively screened by a sight obscuring fence at least six feet (6') in height.
76. Mail order houses.
77. Meat market, but not including processing for a locker plant.
78. Medical and dental offices and clinics.
79. Mortuaries and funeral homes.
80. Motels and hotels.
81. Motor fuel stations, auto repair – minor and tire sales and service.
82. Museums, art galleries, and community learning resource centers.
83. Music stores.
84. Nurseries, landscape and gardening centers.
85. Office equipment and supply stores.
86. Optical centers.
87. Paint and wallpaper stores.
88. Parking lots and ramps.
89. Pawnshops.
90. Pet shops with no outside pens or exercise yards.
91. Plumbing and heating shops.
92. Plumbing, television, radio, electrical sales and such repairs as are accessory use to the retail establishment permitted within this district.
93. Printing shops.
94. Private clubs or lodges serving food and beverages.
95. Production, assembly or processing of certain nonoffensive materials:
a. Electrical appliances such as lighting fixtures, irons, fans and toasters.
b. Electrical equipment assembly, such as home radio and television receiver and home movie equipment.
c. Electronic instruments.
d. Jewelry.
e. Medical, dental and optical supplies.
f. Musical instruments.
g. Orthopedic and medical appliances, such as artificial limbs, braces, supports and stretchers.
h. Scientific and precision instruments.
i. Metal fabrication.
96. Radio and television broadcasting studios and offices.
97. Real estate sales.
98. Record/music stores.
99. Residential uses; provided that one dwelling unit shall be allowed per commercial structure, and shall be incorporated into the commercial structure, not to be located on ground level facing onto a public street.
100. Restaurants: drive ins; truck stops; provided, that the parking area containing such use shall be located at least one hundred fifty feet (150') from any existing residential district.
101. Restaurants, cafes, on and off sale liquor.
102. Rodeo/horse riding facility.
103. Sewing machine sales and service.
104. Shoe and footwear stores.
105. Shoe repair shops.
106. Softball/baseball complex including concessions area.
107. Sporting goods stores.
108. Storage and distribution of certain nonoffensive, nontoxic materials.
109. Tailor shops.
110. Tattoo parlors.
111. Theaters (excluding outdoor drive in type).
112. Tobacco shops.
113. Toy stores.
114. Transportation terminals and stations.
115. Travel bureaus or agencies, transportation ticket offices.
116. Variety stores, 5 and 10 cent stores, and stores of similar nature.
117. Watch and clock repair and sales.
118. Wearing apparel stores.
C. Accessory Uses: The following are permitted accessory uses in a C-2 area:
1. Commercial or business buildings and structures for a use accessory to the principal use but such use shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor space of the principal use.
2. Off street parking as regulated by section 10-5-1 of this title, but not including semitrailer trucks.
3. Off street loading as regulated by section 10-5-1 of this title.
4. Dwelling units for guards and custodians but such dwelling units shall not occupy the front portion of the ground floor and shall not contain more than one bedroom.
5. Outdoor storage, sales, rental and service subject to section 10-5-10 of this title.
6. The stockpiling of black dirt and landscaping rock and materials accessory to nurseries and garden centers.
D. Conditional Uses: The following are conditional uses in a C-2 district and require a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by section 10-3-3 of this title:
1. Public regulated utility buildings, structures necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the community; provided that:
a. Compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood is maintained and required setbacks and side yard requirements are met.
b. Equipment is completely enclosed in a permanent structure with no outside storage.
c. Adequate screening from neighboring uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met. (Ord. 230, 5-6-2002)
2. Multiple-family dwelling structures up to thirty six (36) units; provided that:
a. There is adequate off street parking in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
b. One off street loading space in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
c. Parking areas are screened and landscaped from view of surrounding and abutting residential districts in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. All signing and informal or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this code.
e. The principal use structure is in compliance with the state uniform building code.
f. Usable open space is equal to twenty percent (20%) of the gross lot area.
g. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
h. Vehicular entrances to parking or service areas shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement. (Ord. 264, 4-7-2014)
3. Residential facilities, daycare facilities, retirement, nursing, rest or convalescent homes; provided, that:
a. Only the rear yard shall be used for play or recreational areas. Said side area shall be fenced and controlled and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
b. The site and related parking and service entrances are serviced by an arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate the traffic which will be generated.
c. Adequate off street parking is provided in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
d. Adequate off street loading is provided in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
e. Vehicular entrances to parking or service areas shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement.
f. When abutting a residential district, a buffer area with screening and landscaping in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title shall be provided.
g. All state laws and statutes governing such use are strictly adhered to and all operating permits are secured.
h. All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this code.
i. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
4. Elderly (senior citizen) housing; provided, that:
a. Not more than ten percent (10%) of the occupants may be under the age of sixty (60).
b. There is adequate off street parking in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
c. One off street loading space in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
e. All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with section 10-5-4 of this title.
f. The principal use structure is in compliance with the state uniform building code.
g. Elevator service is provided to each floor above ground level.
h. "Usable open space" as defined in section 10-2-1 of this title at a minimum is equal to twenty percent (20%) of the gross lot area.
i. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
5. Commercial car washes (drive-through, mechanical and self- service); provided that:
a. Stacking space is constructed to accommodate that number of vehicles which can be washed during a maximum thirty (30) minute period and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
b. At the boundaries of a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be screened in compliance with this title.
c. Parking or car storage space shall be screened from view of abutting residential districts in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
d. The entire area other than occupied by the building or plantings shall be surfaced with material which will control dust and drainage which is subject to the approval of the city engineer.
e. The entire area shall have a drainage system which is subject to the approval of the city.
f. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed so as not to be in violation of the provisions of section 10-5-8 of this title.
g. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
h. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
6. Drive-in type restaurants and convenience food establishments provided that:
a. There is adequate off street parking in compliance with section 10-5-1 of this title.
b. There is adequate stacking space for drive-in service so as to prevent stacking on public streets or stacking which would interfere with the required parking lots.
7. Single-family residential provided that:
a. They are in compliance with all provisions of R-2 district.
b. Vehicular entrances to parking or service areas shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement.
c. The provisions of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
8. High density multiple-family apartment dwellings with multiple principal structures on one lot; provided that:
a. There is adequate off-street parking with minimum as follows: 1½ spaces per efficiency unit; 2 spaces for 1 and 2 bedroom units; and 2½ spaces for 3 or more bedroom units. Spaces required are in excess of those accessible parking stalls required by state or federal law. No off-street parking space may be used to meet the parking space requirements of this title if a separate fee is charged to the tenant for the use of the space over and above the basic rent for the dwelling unit.
b. Lot Size Requirements: The following minimum requirements shall be observed.
(1) Lot area one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per dwelling unit.
(2) Lot width one hundred feet (100').
(3) Lot depth one hundred thirty feet (130').
c. Setbacks: Setbacks shall be of sufficient width to accommodate required buffering, screening and landscaping, required by section 10-5-5 of this title.
(1) Front yard: Not less than twenty-five feet (25').
(2) Side yard: Forty feet (40') along any principal or minor arterial. Thirty feet (30') along any other street. Twenty feet (20') for any other side yard setback.
(A) Accessory building, structures, and uses: A minimum of five feet (5') from a lot line, except a minimum of twelve feet (12') from a lot line when abutting a street right-of-way.
(3) Rear yard: Principal buildings: Twenty-five feet (25').
(A) Accessory buildings, structures, and uses: A minimum of five feet (5') from a lot line, except a minimum of twelve feet (12') from a lot line when abutting a street right-of-way.
d. Maximum Building Height:
(1) Dwelling units or principal buildings: Forty-five feet (45').
(2) Accessory buildings: Twenty feet (20').
e. Maximum Building Coverage: No structure or combination of structures shall occupy more than seventy percent (70%) of the lot area.
f. Vehicular Entrances To Lot: Minimum Requirements: Two (2) entrances to the property with at least a clear twenty-five feet (25') driving lane for emergency vehicles to travel with access to one (1) side of each principal building (long side). Entrances shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement.
g. All signing and informal or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with the applicable provision of this code.
h. Fire Protections: The city may require the applicant to provide a utility easement and pay for the extension of a fire hydrant if the buildings are placed in such a way as to exceed the recommended distance from an existing fire hydrant.
i. The provision of section 10-3-3 of this title are considered and satisfactorily met.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements And Setbacks: The following minimum requirements shall be observed in a C-2 district subject to additional requirements, exceptions and modifications set forth in this title:
1. Lot Area:
a. Lot area: Five thousand (5,000) square feet.
b. Multi-family dwelling units: Require a minimum seven thousand (7,000) square feet (plus 2,500 square feet for each additional dwelling unit on lot).
2. Maximum Lot Coverage: Sixty percent (60%).
3. Setbacks: All setbacks are from property lines. The street right of way and boulevard are not part of the setback area.
a. Front yard: Twenty feet (20').
b. Side yard: Ten feet (10').
c. Rear yard: Ten feet (10').
4. Corner Lot: Only one front yard is required on the side that faces the main public street and may have the main building entrance. The remaining side may use side lot setbacks provided no structure or visual impediment is constructed within a distance of thirty five feet (35') from the intersection of the property lines of the two (2) streets.
F. Maximum Building Height: The following maximum building heights will apply in the C-2 district subject to additional requirements, exceptions, and modifications set forth in this title:
1. Principal building: Seventy feet (70').
2. Accessory building: As governed by section 10-5-9 of this title.
G. Supplemental Standards: The supplemental standards are listed and enforced under chapter 5 of this title (i.e., parking lot, loading space, signs, fences and screening, drainage, traffic visibility, and grading). (Ord. 230, 5-6-2002; amd. Ord. 264, 4-7-2014; Ord. 282, 9-14-2020)