(A) Intent. To provide appropriate areas in proximity to thoroughfares for commercial retail and service establishments that are oriented to the motoring public are not compatible with the desired character of the downtown.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Commercial establishments which are oriented to the motorist, such as eating and drinking places, motor vehicle fuel stations and convenience stores, motor vehicle repair shops, car washes, and hotels and motels.
(2) Essential service structures.
(3) Offices and administrative facilities.
(4) Medical related clinics/uses and offices.
(5) Banking/financial institutions.
(6) Laundromats and dry cleaners.
(7) Barber and beauty shops.
(8) Churches.
(9) Off-liquor sales.
(10) Day care facilities.
(11) Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(12) Veterinary clinic, animal care, animal shelter, pet daycare, pet training, or animal hospital.
(C) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Roof-mounted wind energy conversion systems (WECS).
(2) Ground source heat pump systems.
(3) Roof or building mounted, ground mounted and community solar energy systems.
(4) Customary accessory uses incidental to the principal use, such as off-street parking and signs.
(D) Conditional uses.
(1) Wind energy conversion systems (WECS) mounted on a tower.
(2) Drive-in businesses (for the purposes of this section, shall mean: drive-in restaurants and fast food businesses with a drive-thru). Restrictions include:
(a) No drive-in business shall be located within 300 feet of a school or church.
(b) No drive-in shall be located within 100 feet of any residentially zoned property, provided:
1. No public address system shall be audible from any residential zone; and
2. Screening of the property from residential areas will be required. The city may require fencing, earthen berms and landscaping, or any other method or combination deemed appropriate to accomplish the required screening.
(c) No drive-in shall be located on any street other than an arterial roadway, collector roadway or business service road.
(d) No access drive shall be within 100 feet of intersecting street right-of- way lines.
(e) Adequate areas shall be designated for snow storage such that clear visibility shall be maintained from the property to any public street.
(3) Motor vehicle sales lots provided that all display lots for vehicles provide curb and gutter per city specifications for storm run-off purposes and all outdoor signs meet city sign regulations.
(Ord. 102, passed 7-9-01; Am. Ord. 102-J, passed 2-28-05; Am. Ord. 201, passed 8-24-15; Am. Ord. 218, passed 3-12-18)