(A) Purpose. Like the C-1(T) Zoning District, the C-2(T) district is established because the village had observed that there is pressure for an outward expansion of the general business district into adjacent residential areas. This trend is considered to be generally positive, but concern exists over increasing land use conflicts between commercial and residential property. There are areas in the village where expansion of general commercial activities into adjacent residential areas is likely and desirable provided that conversion of residential structures and new commercial construction occurs with minimal impact to any adjacent residential property. Therefore, in order to accommodate this expansion, and minimize impacts on adjacent residential property, this C-2(T) General Commercial Transitional District is established to provide a means to help ensure that expansion of the General Commercial District will occur in a more orderly and controlled fashion and with minimal negative impacts and consequences to adjacent residential property.
(B) Permitted uses. In the C-2 (T) Zoning District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Single family dwellings;
(4) Schools; and
(5) Any other use deemed to be similar in accordance with § 152.085.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses may be approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with § 152.086:
(1) All uses listed as conditionally permitted in C-1(T);
(2) Hotels and motels;
(3) Furniture sales;
(4) General retail sales of goods produced off the premises;
(5) Department stores;
(6) Automotive and boat sales and repair;
(7) Mini-storage facilities;
(8) Gas/service stations, including the storage of no more than three motor vehicles;
(9) Convalescent homes and day care facilities;
(10) Parking Lots serving more than one property;
(11) Hospitals;
(12) Self-operating auto washes;
(13) Wholesale business or warehousing, when no processing, fabrication, or assembly is involved, and when conducted within a building;
(14) Boat and recreational vehicle sales and storage;
(15) Miniature golf;
(16) Bowling alleys;
(17) Sales and display of manufactured homes, industrialized units, recreation vehicles, and portable camping units;
(18) Lumber yards, and building materials sales;
(19) Construction storage of machinery, equipment and material;
(20) Food processing facilities including fish cleaning;
(21) Private clubs;
(23) Accessory uses and structures on an individual lot without a principal use or structure;
(24) Any other use deemed to be similar.
(D) Residential area regulations. Area regulations for single family dwellings: Minimum lot area, lot width, front and rear yard depths, minimum floor areas and height regulations shall be the same as those found in the R-2 Zoning District.
(E) Commercial area regulations.
(1) Minimum front yard depth. 50 feet from the edge of the street right-of-way.
(2) Minimum side yard depth. Except at set forth below, the minimum side yard depth shall be 10 feet.
(a) The minimum side yard setback in a C-2(T) District bordering a parcel of property zoned C-1 or C-2 shall be 25 feet.
(b) The minimum side yard setback in a C-2(T) District bordering a parcel of property zoned R-1, R-2 or R-3 shall be 25 feet.
(c) The minimum side yard setback in a C-2(T) District bordering a parcel of property zoned P-R shall be 50 feet.
(3) Minimum rear yard depth. 10 feet.
(4) Height regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height from average finish grade of yard to the highest portion of the structure, except for accessory structures, including but not limited to radio towers, antennas, flag poles and chimneys. A more restrictive height limitation may be required if a property is within the Environmental Protection Overlay District.
(F) Sign regulations.
(1) Maximum sign area. Within the C-2 Zoning District, the maximum total sign area permitted for any one business shall be 45 square feet. No any one sign shall be more than 15 square feet of total sign area. Section 152.011(E) describes provisions for additional sign area.
(2) Maximum number and location of signs.
(a) Number. Businesses are permitted to have up to three signs which may include wall signs, roof signs, and free standing signs.
(b) Window signs. A business may have window signs in addition to those signs permitted above, provided however, that the maximum area does not exceed 12 square feet to total area.
(3) Sign illumination and materials. No free standing, roof or wall sign may be illuminated from a light source within the sign itself. All external light sources shall be designed so as to illuminate only the sign itself and shall not shine on any adjacent property. No sign may be made of plastic.
(G) Parking requirements. Whenever a new commercial structure is built, or whenever an existing commercial structure changes use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with § 152.048. Whenever a new parking area is proposed which involves five or more off-street parking spaces, the site plan review requirements of § 152.016 apply.
(Ord. 1993-0-2, passed 3-13-93; Am. Ord. 1996-O-2, passed 3-9-96; Am. Ord. 1997-O-3, passed 1-11-97; Am. Ord. 2000-O-55, passed 10-12-00; Am. Ord. 2001-O-19, passed 5-10-01)
Cross-reference:
R-2 Residential Zoning District, residential area regulations, see § 152.032(D)