(A) This district is composed of certain land and structures used primarily to provide retailing and personal services, such as clothing stores and banks, and basically conducted within an enclosed structure. The regulations for this district are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the district, to promote and encourage a suitable environment for providing service to the families of the city and to prohibit activities of an industrial nature. To these ends, development is primarily limited to retailing and personal services plus those uses permitted in any residential district and those permitted in § 11-209 of this article. The regulations are designed to permit development of the enumerated functions limited by standards designed to retain a favorable environment for the proper functioning of the district, plus certain public facilities which are needed to serve the occupants of the district.
(B) (1) General. The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted outright in all C-2 Districts; provided that:
(a) There shall be no manufacturing, compounding, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to a retail store or business and where all such products are customarily sold at retail on premises;
(b) Such uses, operations or products are not objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar causes which are not compatible with other uses in the area; and
(c) All articles for sale, rent, display, storage or hire must be contained within enclosed building, except those uses permitted in § 11-209 of this chapter.
(2) Uses permitted outright.
(a) Auditorium, exhibitor hall or other public assembly room;
(b) Bank, loan company or similar financial institution;
(c) Bus passenger station;
(d) Club, lodge;
(e) Custom dressmaking, tailor shop;
(f) Eating or drinking establishment;
(g) Hotel, boarding house;
(h) Laundry, cleaning or pressing establishment using non-explosive and non-inflammable cleaning fluid;
(i) Locksmith;
(j) Medical or dental laboratory;
(k) Mortuary;
(l) Newsstand;
(m) Parking lot or parking garage;
(n) Pet shop;
(o) Professional office;
(p) Railway passenger station or express office;
(q) Restaurant, tavern, tearoom or café;
(r) Retail store or business;
(s) Shoe repair shop;
(t) Studio: art, music, dance, health, photographic, radio or television broadcasting;
(u) Second-hand store;
(v) Theater, except drive-in type;
(w) Pawnshop;
(x) Watch and clock repair shop;
(y) Wholesale office and showroom with merchandise on the premises limited to samples only;
(z) Governmental correctional facility; and
(aa) Other similar retail commercial use, but not including a use first listed in the C-3 District.
(3) Conditional uses permitted. The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted in the C-2 District when authorized in accordance with the requirements of this chapter governing conditional uses:
(a) Dwellings; provided, they shall be governed by the requirements for the R-2 Residential District;
(b) Any use permitted as a conditional use in an R-2 District;
(c) Automobile service station;
(d) Automobile, truck, trailer or boat sales, repairs, rentals and storage;
(e) Bakery;
(f) New building materials sales and storage;
(g) Drive-in establishment offering goods or services to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles, except drive-in theaters;
(h) Motel;
(i) Printing shop;
(j) Bowling center;
(k) Warehousing;
(l) Manufacturing and assembly of products; and
(m) Outside display of merchandise not on public property and for retail sale on the premises.
(4) Signs. All signs shall be in conformance with the regulations provided herein and with the provisions of § 11-514 of this chapter.
(5) Lot size.
(a) Lots used for dwelling purposes shall be governed by the requirements specified for R-2 Districts.
(b) The minimum lot area shall be 2,500 square feet for non-residential uses.
(c) The minimum lot width at the front building line shall be 25 feet.
(d) The minimum lot depth shall be 100 feet.
(6) Setback requirements.
(a) No minimum requirement, except as provided below and for residential structures which shall be governed by R-2 District requirements.
(b) The minimum yard dimensions of the residential districts shall apply on the side of a lot abutting a residential district.
(c) There shall be no side yard requirements for non-residential uses, except as provided above.
(7) Height of buildings. In a C-2 District, building height shall not exceed 60 feet.
(8) Lot coverage. In a C-2 District, buildings may occupy 100% of the lot area, except residential buildings.
(9) Limitations on use. In a C-2 District, the following conditions and limitations shall apply.
(a) All business, service, repair, processing, storage or merchandise display (not including those uses in the following sentence) shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for off-street parking and loading, drive-in windows, minor service for motor vehicles and display of merchandise along the wall of the building not extending more than five feet from the wall, sidewalk displays authorized by the city and outside displays in § 11-209 of this article. Open storage of automobile, boat, truck or trailer for sale resulting from retailing outlets are permitted, but does not include salvage operation or storage.
(b) All items produced or wares and merchandise handled shall be sold at retail on the premises, except in the case of § 11-209 of this chapter.
(10) Fence regulations. All fences, walls and hedges shall be in conformance with the regulations provided herein and with the provisions of § 11-515 of this chapter.
(2005 Code, § 11-208)