A. Purpose: The C-3 agriculture commercial district is established to provide for agricultural service businesses and other types of commercial activities which are primarily oriented toward:
1. Heavy equipment use, sale, or repair, and
2. Heavy truck traffic.
B. Permitted Uses:
1. Agriculture or heavy equipment sales and service.
2. Lumberyards.
3. Self-service storage.
4. Commercial greenhouses.
5. Construction or contractors offices and storage yards.
C. Conditional Uses: Grain elevators; feed mills; warehouse and freight movement; anhydrous, ammonia or petrochemical storage; pesticide and insecticide storage and mixing; waste related uses; agricultural and aggregate materials storage and sales; provided that there is compliance with:
1. Federal And State Compliance: All federal and state regulations are followed. Documentation showing compliance with the containment and safety regulations will be required prior to issuing a permit.
2. Emergency Response Plan: An emergency response plan to cover containment, emergency notification, evacuation plan, fire and explosive hazards, and material safety data sheets for all chemicals and noxious matter or material stored on the premises must be provided to the city, police department, and fire department prior to permit approval and must be updated annually.
3. Drainage System: A lot drainage system subject to the approval of the city engineer shall be installed.
4. Glare: Any lighting used to illuminate an off street parking area, signs or other structures, shall be arranged as to deflect light away from any adjoining residential zone or from the public streets. Direct or sky reflected glare, where from floodlights or from high temperature processes such as combustion or welding shall not be directed into any adjoining property. The source of light shall be hooded or controlled in some manner so as not to light adjacent property. Bare light bulbs shall not be permitted in view of adjacent property or public right of way. Any light or combination of lights which cast light on residential property shall not exceed four (4) foot-candles (meter reading) as measured from said property. This section shall not apply to sports stadiums and athletic fields or to public recreational facilities.
5. Refuse Location And Screening: All refuse and refuse handling equipment including, but not limited to, garbage cans, dumpsters and recycling containers shall be stored within the principal structure, within an accessory building, or for exterior storage, totally screened from eye level view from all neighboring uses.
6. Vehicular Access Points: Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with section 10-5-1 of this title and shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
7. Stacking Space: Stacking space is provided that will accommodate that number of vehicles that will be loading/unloading at the parcel within a thirty (30) minute period.
8. Landscape And Screening: If the parcel is adjacent to a residential district, a strip of not less than five feet (5') shall be landscaped and screened in compliance with section 10-5-5 of this title.
9. Exterior Storage Areas: All exterior storage areas shall be screened from view in compliance with section 10-5-8 of this title.
10. Control Of Nuisances: A plan to install barriers and/or surfacing of the lot, to control dust, noise, chaff, odor or any other possible nuisances from adjoining properties must be submitted.
D. Standards:
1. Front yard setback: twenty five feet (25').
2. Rear and side yard setback: ten feet (10').
3. Maximum lot coverage: sixty percent (60%).
4. Minimum lot width: fifty feet (50').
5. Minimum lot size: two thousand five hundred feet (2,500').
6. Minimum setback from residentially zoned lots: two hundred fifty feet (250').
E. 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)