(A) Purpose. The C-2 central business district is intended to serve as the primary business district of urban places, where a full range of goods and services are offered and where the greatest land use intensity is located. This district is the focal point for community identification, highly accessible to the entire trade area and designed for pedestrian-oriented services.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the C-2 central business district, subject to the development standards set forth in this chapter:
(1) Any use permitted in the C-1 district;
(2) Commercial parking lots, enclosed parking garages and off-street parking reservoir facilities;
(3) Commercial recreation;
(4) Drive-in restaurant;
(5) Drive-through establishment;
(6) General retail services;
(7) Institutional uses;
(8) Printing, publishing, blueprinting and photostatting establishments;
(9) Public and semi-public uses;
(10) Radio and television stations;
(11) Rooming units, tourist homes;
(12) Sales and display rooms for retail, wholesale and distribution of goods by retailers and wholesalers;
(13) Transportation facilities and accessory facilities therefore, including, but not limited to, waiting rooms, loading and unloading areas, storage and associated commercial uses;
(14) Automobile sales, truck sales, boat sales, and similar uses;
(15) Hospital; and
(16) Other uses comparable and compatible to those set forth in this section.
(C) Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted in the C-2 district only if the Board issues a conditional use permit as provided for in § 152.242:
(1) Advertising structures;
(2) Automobile repair garage;
(3) Automobile service station;
(4) Bed and breakfast uses;
(5) Butcher shop or custom meat processing;
(6) Camp ground;
(7) Car wash;
(8) Cemetery;
(9) Church;
(10) Greenhouses and plant nurseries;
(11) Kennel;
(12) Multi-family dwelling;
(13) Single-family dwelling of 950 square feet or larger;
(14) Two-family dwelling;
(16) Commercial and institutional uses not otherwise permitted in this district; and
(17) Other uses deemed comparable and compatible to those set forth in this section.
(D) Conduct of uses. The conduct of permitted uses in a C-2 district shall be within completely enclosed buildings, except for accessory uses that clearly demonstrate subordination to the permitted uses in area, extent and purpose. Accessory uses such as outside storage and display of merchandise for sale to the public shall be delineated if not enclosed, and may be open to the sky. The accessory uses shall not occupy an area in excess of 30% of the total floor area used in the same building by the same firm or enterprise. The outdoor storage and display of merchandise shall not be interpreted as meaning the stockpiling of materials that are not immediately available for purchase.
(E) Development standards. The following development standards shall apply to all land and structures in the C-2 district.
(1) Lot size. The minimum lot area in a C-2 district shall be 5,000 square feet. In improved blocks, as defined in § 152.004, the lot area may be reduced to the average size for all lots in the block.
(2) Width. The minimum lot width in a C-2 district shall be 50 feet. In improved blocks, as defined in § 152.004, the width may be reduced to the average width for all lots in the block.
(3) Setbacks.
(a) Front. Each lot line abutting or fronting on a public street shall have a minimum front setback of 25 feet.
(b) Side and rear. No limits where the lot line abuts other business or industrial district lot lines.
(4) Building height. The maximum height permitted shall be 75 feet.
(Ord. 2006-13, passed 4-3-2006; Ord. 2012-9, passed 7-2-2012)