(A) Intent. The intent of this district is to provide land in proximity to major thoroughfares for the development of certain activities that will strengthen local employment opportunity and tax base of the city. Such a zone will be characterized by a positive overall visual appearance that is compatible with the predominant residential aesthetic character of the city.
(B) Permitted uses. The permitted uses for the Commercial/Industrial (C/I) District are as follows:
(1) Commercial establishments requiring large sites for outdoor display, sales, and storage (farm implement sales, motor vehicle sales, mobile home sales, and building material sales are examples).
(2) Wholesaling all commodities except live animals.
(3) Uses permitted in C-1 General Commerce District.
(4) Offices and administrative facilities.
(5) Commercial/industrial establishments used for fabricating, manufacturing, production, processing, and storage of materials, goods, and products.
(6) Warehousing.
(7) Mini-storage facilities.
(8) Veterinary clinic, animal care, animal shelter, pet daycare, pet training, or animal hospital.
(9) Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(10) Governmental buildings and structures.
(C) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Off-street parking and loading.
(3) Offices ancillary to the principal use.
(4) Outdoor storage.
(5) Sexually oriented uses, accessory, as regulated by Chapter 114.
(6) Roof-mounted wind energy conversion systems (WECS).
(7) Ground source heat pump systems.
(8) Roof or building mounted, ground mounted and community solar energy systems.
(D) Conditional uses. The conditional uses for the Commercial/Industrial (C/I) District are as follows:
(1) Commercial towers as regulated by § 152.100.
(2) Sexually oriented uses as regulated by Chapter 114.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(E) Interim uses.
(1) Solar farms as regulated by § 152.102 of this chapter.
(F) Special requirements. The following special requirements shall apply to those uses in the Commercial/Industrial (C/I) District:
(1) Prohibited structures.
(a) Building types. No basement, shack, shed, trailer, tent, or other structure of a temporary character shall be constructed, placed, maintained, or used on any lot except accessory to and during construction of the permanent building.
(b) Building materials. Face materials, which rapidly deteriorate or become unsightly such as galvanized metal, unfinished structural clay shall not be used.
(2) Permitted building materials. Structural systems of all buildings shall be in compliance with the Uniform Building Code as adopted and in effect in the City of Mayer at the time of application for a building permit. The lower 30% of the exterior front of all buildings, as measured from ground elevation, facing the main access street shall consist of materials comparable in grade and quality to the following:
(a) Brick;
(b) Natural stone;
(c) Pre-cast concrete units and concrete block, provided that surfaces are molded, serrated or treated with a textured material in order to give the wall surface a three-dimensional character;
(d) Wood, provided surfaces are finished for exterior use and only woods of proven exterior durability such as cedar, redwood and cypress.
(3) Variance to 30% requirement. The 30% requirement may be varied as determined appropriate to accommodate taller buildings or new buildings constructed next to or in the immediate vicinity of other buildings in order to provide a uniform and consistent effect for the area.
(4) Planning Commission approval. If material other than those listed above or a variance for the 30% requirement is proposed, it shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission.
(5) Storage and screening. All materials, supplies, merchandise or other similar matter not on display for direct sale, rental or lease to the ultimate consumer or user, except those items exempt in § 152.090, shall be stored within a completely enclosed building or within the confines of a 100% opaque wall or fence eight feet in height. Merchandise that is offered for sale as described heretofore may be displayed beyond the confines of a building, but the area occupied by such outdoor display shall not constitute a greater number of square feet than 10% of the ground floor area of the building housing the principal use, unless such merchandise is of a type customarily displayed outdoors, such as garden supplies.
(Ord. 102, passed 7-9-01; Am. Ord. 102-G, passed 7-12-04; Am. Ord. 163, passed 4-12-10; Am. Ord. 201, passed 8-24-15; Am. Ord. 218, passed 3-12-18; Am. Ord. 230B, passed 7-13-20)