The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to encourage the establishment of areas for highway business uses only. This district is specifically designed to service the motoring public. Highway Commercial Districts are generally associated with areas along major highways.
(A) Permitted Primary Uses:
(1) The primary uses in the B-1 and B-2 Districts.
(2) Establishments and lot for the display, rental, sales, service and repair of farm equipment, contractor equipment, automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, boats, travel trailers, mobile homes or supplies for such items.
(3) Restaurants.
(4) Motels and hotels.
(5) Wholesale establishments.
(6) Garden centers.
(7) Kennel, animal hospitals or clinics, including offices of veterinarians, provided that such structure or use not including accessory parking area shall be at least 200 feet from any residential zoning district.
(8) Funeral homes.
(9) Hospitals.
(10) Automobile service stations.
(11) Car washes, provided surface water from such establishments shall not drain onto adjacent property and that adequate on-site storage lanes and parking facilities shall be provided so that no public way shall be used for such purposes.
(12) Residential storage warehouses (Mini-warehouses).
(B) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Parking areas.
(2) One (1) dwelling unit for owners, operators or employees of a permitted use provided that such dwelling unit shall be a part of the building and shall have a separate entrance.
(C) Permitted conditional uses. The following uses are permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations and the comprehensive plan.
(1) Recycling Centers.
(2) Short-term rentals.
(D) C-1 yard area minimum requirements.
(1) Lot area is seven thousand, five hundred (7,500) square feet.
(2) Lot width is eighty (80) feet.
(3) Front yard setback is twenty (20) feet.
(4) Rear yard setback is twenty-five (25) feet.
(5) Side yard setback is ten (10) feet on both sides of each lot.
(6) On a corner lot or a lot fronting on two streets, the required front yard setback shall be required on the side yard facing the street.
(E) C-1 - maximum requirements.
(1) Lot coverage is 60 percent (60%).
(2) Building height is two (2) stories or thirty-four (34) feet.
(F) Private sewage systems. Where private sewage systems or on-site septic treatment facilities are used, if the minimum lot area required by the health department is greater than the minimum listed within the chapter, then the health department required lot size shall be the required size.
(Ord. 99-6, passed 7-19-99; Am. Ord. 2021-20, passed 12-20-21)