§ 155.072 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
   (A)   Purpose. This district is established to include areas adjacent to highway and major roadways and is designed to serve the needs of the public traveling on these thoroughfares. Development in this district requires connection to public water and public sewers and development plan approval.
   (B)   Uses.
      (1)   Permitted uses.
         (a)   Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping service;
         (b)   Advertising agencies;
         (c)   Agricultural credit institutions;
         (d)   Animal day care facility;
         (e)   Antique store;
         (f)   Apparel shop, shoes, custom tailoring;
         (g)   Art and music schools;
         (h)   Attorney services;
         (i)   Auto license bureaus;
         (j)   Automobile or motorcycle sales;
         (k)   Automobile parts supply;
         (l)   Automobile repair, service station;
         (m)   Bait sales;
         (n)   Banks and branch banks;
         (o)   Barber shop, beauty shop;
         (p)   Bed and breakfast;
         (q)   Bicycle shops;
         (r)   Billiard and pool establishments;
         (s)   Blood banks;
         (t)   Blueprinting and photocopying;
         (u)   Boat sales;
         (v)   Bond and mortgage company;
         (w)   Book and stationary store;
         (x)   Bowling alleys;
         (y)   Business associations;
         (z)   Cafeteria, restaurant;
         (aa)    Camera and photographic supply;
         (bb)   Candy, nut and confectionary;
         (cc)   Carry out restaurant;
         (dd)   Charitable institutions;
         (ee)   China, glassware, metalware;
         (ff)   Church or temple;
         (gg)   Civic, social, or religious organizations;
         (hh)   Clothing rental;
         (ii)   Coin-operated laundry and dry-cleaning;
         (jj)   Collection agencies;
         (kk)   Commercial testing laboratories;
         (ll)   Counselor-at-law;
         (mm)   Customary home occupation (accessory use);
         (nn)   Dance halls, studios and schools;
         (oo)   Department store;
         (pp)   Detective agencies and protective services;
         (qq)   Diaper service;
         (rr)   Dinner theater;
         (ss)   Disinfecting and exterminating services;
         (tt)   Drapery, curtain and upholstery;
         (uu)   Dressmaking;
         (vv)   Drug store;
         (ww)   Electrical repair shop;
         (xx)   Electrical supply store ;
         (yy)   Elementary and secondary schools;
         (zz)   Engineering and architectural service;
         (aaa)   Florists, furriers;
         (bbb)   Food processing;
         (ccc)   Fraternity, sorority or student housing;
         (ddd)   Fruits and vegetables;
         (eee)   Fuel dealers;
         (fff)   Gift, novelty and souvenir shops;
         (ggg)   Grocery, bakery, meat and fish;
         (hhh)   Group residential facility;
         (iii)   Hardware or variety store;
         (jjj)   Hay, grain, and feed stores;
         (kkk)   Hobby, toy and game shops;
         (lll)   Household appliances, furniture;
         (mmm)   Indoor recreation facility;
         (nnn)   Insurance agents, brokers and service;
         (ooo)   Jewelry store;
         (ppp)   Liquor store;
         (qqq)   Lodge or private club;
         (rrr)   Lumber and building materials dealer;
         (sss)   Manufactured home, travel trailer, camper sales and service;
         (ttt)   Medical and dental laboratories;
         (uuu)   Medical office;
         (vvv)   Monument sales;
         (www)   Mortuary;
         (xxx)   Motion picture theater;
         (yyy)   Municipal or government buildings;
         (zzz)   Museum and art gallery;
         (aaaa)   Music and video store;
         (bbbb)   News dealers;
         (cccc)   Newspaper publishing;
         (dddd)   Night club;
         (eeee)   Nursing home;
         (ffff)   Paint, glass and wallpaper store;
         (gggg)   Parking garage;
         (hhhh)   Passenger car rental;
         (iiii)   Pet shops;
         (jjjj)   Photographic studio;
         (kkkk)   Plant nursery;
         (llll)   Plumbing, heating and air conditioning dealer;
         (mmmm)   Private employment agencies;
         (nnnn)   Professional office;
         (oooo)   Real estate service;
         (pppp)   Reducing and health salons;
         (qqqq)   Reupholster and furniture repair;
         (rrrr)   Shoe repair;
         (ssss)   Skating;
         (tttt)   Sporting goods;
         (uuuu)   Stenographic service;
         (vvvv)   Stock brokers and dealers;
         (wwww)   Studio business;
         (xxxx)   Tailoring and pressing shops;
         (yyyy)   Tavern;
         (zzzz)   Temporary help supply services;
         (aaaaa)   Temporary manufactured home;
         (bbbbb)   Tire, battery and accessory dealers;
         (ccccc)   Tobacco stores;
         (ddddd)   Trade or business schools;
         (eeeee)   Truck sales, rental, leasing, repair;
         (fffff)   Watch, clock and jewelry repair;
         (ggggg)   Wholesale business;
         (hhhhh)   Warehouse/self-storage facilities;
         (iiiii)   Fire training facility; and
         (jjjjj)   Police, postal, or fire station.
      (2)   Special exceptions.
         (a)   Auction sales yard (excluding livestock);
         (b)   Automatic car wash;
         (c)   Automobile body shop and painting;
         (d)   Clinic;
         (e)   Day care center;
         (f)   Drive-in restaurant;
         (g)   Golf driving range and miniature golf course;
         (h)   Hotel or motel;
         (i)   Kennel;
         (j)   Linen supply;
         (k)   Parking lot;
         (l)   Penal or correctional institutions;
         (m)    Publicly owned park or recreational facility;
         (n)   Shopping center;
         (o)   Stable, public;
         (p)   Theater, outdoor;
         (q)   Truck service center;
         (r)   Veterinary animal hospital;
         (s)   Warehouse (general);
         (t)   Warehouse (grain storage);
         (u)   Wholesale produce terminal;
         (v)   Dwelling, single- or two-family; and
         (w)   Farm.
   (C)   Development standards.
Development Standards: Highway Commercial (HC)
Non-Residential
Development Standards: Highway Commercial (HC)
Non-Residential
Structure Standards
Maximum height of buildings
35 ft.
Lot Standards
Minimum lot width
Minimum road frontage
45 ft.
Minimum lot area
Minimum front yard setback
20 ft.
Minimum side yard setback
10 ft.
Minimum rear yard setback
Primary structure
10 ft.
Accessory structure
10 ft.
Minimum open space
15%
Maximum lot coverage
70%
Utility Standards
Municipal water and sewer required
Yes
 
(Am. Res. 2017-04, passed 8-1-17; Am. Res. 2023-02, passed 4-24-23)