(A) Preamble.
(1) General Retail Districts are designed to cater to the needs of a larger consumer population than served by the Local Retail District and so are mapped typically in major shopping center locations characterized by large establishments generating larger volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
(2) The following regulations shall apply in all C-2 Districts.
(B) Uses permitted. Uses permitted in a C-1 District; in addition, business uses may be conducted above the ground floor; and additional uses as follows:
(1) Antique shops;
(2) Art and school supply stores;
(3) Art galleries;
(4) Automobile service stations;
(5) Banks and financial institutions;
(6) Bicycle sales, rental and repairs;
(7) Bowling alleys and structures accommodating recreational activities;
(8) Bus depots and cab stands;
(9) Camera and photographic supply stores;
(10) Candy and ice cream stores or shops selling similar commodities where the commodities may be produced on the premises; but all such production shall be either sold at retail on the premises or sold in stores owned and operated by the producing company;
(11) Carpet and rug stores;
(12) China and glassware stores;
(13) Coin and philatelic stores;
(14) Currency exchanges;
(15) Department stores;
(16) Dry goods stores;
(17) Electric and household appliances stores, including radio and television sales and repair;
(18) Frozen food stores, including locker retail in conjunction therewith;
(19) Furniture stores, including upholstery when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use;
(20) Furrier shops including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs;
(21) Garden supply and feed stores;
(22) Haberdashery;
(23) Hobby shops for retail of items to be assembled or used away from the premises;
(24) Hotels;
(25) Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies slip covers and other similar articles, when conducted as part of the retail operations and secondary to the principal use;
(26) Jewelry store, including watch repair;
(27) Laboratories, medical and dental research and testing;
(28) Leather goods and luggage stores;
(29) Libraries and reading rooms;
(30) Loan offices;
(31) Locksmith shops;
(32) Medical and dental clinic;
(33) Musical instruments, sales and repairs;
(34) Newspaper offices;
(35) Offices, business and professional;
(36) Office supply stores;
(37) Optometrists;
(38) Paint and wallpaper stores;
(39) Pet shops;
(40) Photography studios, including the developing of film and pictures, when conducted as part of the retail business on the premises;
(41) Physical culture and health service, gymnasium and reducing salons, masseurs and public baths;
(42) Picture framing when conducted for retail trade on the premises only;
(43) Post offices;
(44) Public garages, including new and used car sales rooms, provided that no used cars shall be sold or stored unless enclosed within a building, but this clause shall not prohibit the outdoor display of new cars;
(45) Public meeting halls;
(46) Radio and television broadcasting studios;
(47) Restaurants, cocktail lounges, tea room;
(48) Restricted production and repair, limited to the following: art, needlework, clothing, custom manufacturing and alterations for the retail only, jewelry from precious metals; watches, dentures and optical lenses;
(49) Retail stores and shops;
(50) Sales and display rooms;
(51) Schools; music, dance or business;
(52) Service, cleaning or repair shops for personal, household or garden equipment;
(53) Sewing machine sales and service, household machines only;
(54) Shoe stores;
(55) Sporting goods stores;
(56) Tailor or dressmaking shops;
(57) Telegraph offices;
(58) Temporary outdoor demonstrations and exhibitions or merchandise primarily for outdoor use;
(59) Tobacco shops;
(60) Toy shops;
(61) Wearing apparel shops; and
(62) Accessory uses.
(C) Special uses. The following uses are permitted as special uses when authorized by the City Council after a public hearing and recommendation by the Planning Commission:
(1) Those permitted in a C-1 District;
(2) Clubs and lodges; private, fraternal or religious; and
(3) Taverns.
(D) Floor area ratio. Floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.0.
(E) Required area. Regulations governing lot area in C-1 Districts shall apply.
(F) Required yards. Yards regulations shall be the same as in C-1 Districts.
(G) Signs. The regulations for signs shall be the same as required for C-1 Districts.
(H) Automobile storage or parking space. There shall be adequate off-street parking and loading provisions in accordance with § 153.093.
(Ord. passed 2-25-1960)