The Interstate Commercial District is established to provide retail commercial and service uses for the traveling consumer and specifically targeted for the tourist. Uses which tend to accumulate outside storage of product or which are more inclined to become attractive nuisances have been excluded. Multi-family residential development will be allowed in this district.
1. Permitted Uses. The following uses and structures, and no others, are permitted in the Interstate Commercial District:
Amusement Places
Antique shops, providing all merchandise be enclosed in a building
Apparel and accessory shops
Artist studios and art shops
Auditoriums
Bakery and pastry shops (retail only)
Banks and other savings and lending institutions
Barber shops and beauty shops
Bicycle shops (sales and repair), providing all merchandise be enclosed in a building
Books and stationary stores or shops
Candy and ice cream shops
Casino/gaming facilities, when authorized and permitted in accordance with the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Cigar and tobacco stores
Clothing and costume rental shops
Commercial recreation uses
Convenient Stores selling gas, oil and food and drink items (not to include automobile repair)
Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, and similar trades
Day care centers
Delicatessens and catering establishments
Department stores
Drug stores
Dry goods and notion shops
Florist or gift shops
Furniture and home furnishing shops and stores
Grocery, fruit, and vegetable stores
Hardware stores and shops
Hobby shops
Hotels and motels
Household appliance stores
Interior decorators shops
Jewelry and metal craft stores and shops
Leather goods and luggage stores
Lock and key shops
Mail order catalogue stores
Medical and orthopedic equipment stores
Meeting halls and auditoriums
Music and musical instrument stores and studios
Multiple-family residential
New Car Dealership, including rental, used car sales, auto body and mechanical repair only if part of dealership and showroom
Newspaper offices
New stands
Newsprint, job printing, and printing supplies stores
Offices and office buildings
Office supply and equipment stores
Pet shops
Photographic equipment and supply stores
Photographic studios
Picture frame stores
Package liquor stores
Prescription shops
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges
Public and private parking lots for temporary storage of automobiles
Radio and T.V. stores, and similar electronic equipment
Radio and television studios
Railway, taxi and bus passenger stations
Recreational vehicle parks
Restaurants and tea rooms
Shoe stores and repair shops
Sporting goods
Tailor shops
Taverns
Theaters
Toy Shops
Travel bureaus
Wine and grape juice productions, distribution, and sales facility
2. Conditional Uses. The following uses and structures shall be permitted when authorized by the Board of Adjustment:
A. Public utility and service uses, including but not limited to water purification plants, sewage treatment plants, electric substations, gas regulator stations, radio, television and cellular transmitting towers.
B. Truck stops (facilities designed to attract large numbers of tractor trailers and providing overnight parking for such vehicles).
C. All other uses of a similar character as may be determined by the Board of Adjustment.
3. Excluded Uses. The following uses and structures are specifically excluded from location in the Interstate Commercial District:
A. Auto body repair shops
B. Automobile, machinery and equipment repair shops
C. Junk yards
D. Manufacturing facilities
E. Mini storage facilities
F. Truck terminals
G. Warehouses
H. No use will be allowed to store product outside the confines of a building, including raw material, finished product or items on display for retail sale.
4. Accessory Uses. Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use.
A. Home occupations - See Section 167.06
5. Lot Size. Except as otherwise provided in Section 167.07 of this Ordinance, no building shall be erected on a lot which makes provisions for less than the following:
A. Lot Area:
(1) Multiple family dwelling – 6,000 square feet for the first two units and an additional 1,500 square feet for each dwelling unit thereafter.
(2) Other permitted uses – 5,000 square feet
B. Lot Width:
(1) Multiple-family dwelling – 100 feet
(2) Row Dwellings:
a. 3 Units - 85 feet
b. Each additional unit - Add 25 feet
(3) Other permitted uses – 50 feet
C. Lot Depth - 100 feet and an additional 1,500 square feet for each dwelling unit thereafter.
6. Lot Coverage. The maximum lot coverage by all buildings, principal and accessory, shall not exceed 90 percent. The total land area devoted to open space shall not be less than 10 percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped areas, interior and exterior malls, pedestrian walks and ornamental structures, when part of the landscaping theme. Open space shall not include structures or buildings, off-street parking areas, loading areas and access drives.
7. Yard Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in Section 167.07 of this Ordinance, the following minimums shall apply:
A. Front Yard - 25 feet
B. Side Yard:
(1) Multiple family dwellings:
a. One and one and one-half stories
i. Total side yard - 20 feet
ii. Minimum on one side – 8 feet
b. Two and two and one-half stories
i. Total side yard - 22 feet
ii. Minimum on one side - 9 feet
c. Three stories and more up to 45 feet
i. Total side yard- 24 feet
ii. Minimum on one side- 10 feet
(2) Other permitted uses- None except where adjoining an R District, then same as Multiple Family.
8. Height Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in Section 167.07 of this Ordinance, no building shall exceed 45 feet in height.
9. Parking Requirements. There is no minimum required number of off-street parking stalls required. Off-street parking provided shall conform to provisions of Section 167.04.
10. Sign Regulations. See Section 167.03.
11. Site Plan Requirements. See Section 167.01.
12. Supplemental Development Standards. See Section 167.05.
13. Exceptions and Modifications. See Section 167.07.