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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 600-810. C-H Commercial Highway District.
   A.   Dimensional requirements.
 
Uses
Minimum Lot Size
(square feet)
Maximum Building Coverage
Maximum Impervious Coverage
Maximum Height
Minimum Lot Width
Minimum Front Yard Setback
Minimum Rear Yard Setback
Minimum Side Yard Setback (each)
Manufactured/ mobile home
20,000
40%
80%
35
100
30
30
30
   Parks, with a maximum average density of five dwelling units per acre and a 25-foot separation between dwellings
   (other than unenclosed attached structures)
Allowed residential uses
   Shall meet the regulations of the R-3 District
All other allowed uses
7,500
50%
90
50
50
10
101
51
 
NOTES:
1   Except twenty-foot rear setback and a ten-foot side setback shall apply adjacent to an existing principally residential use.
   B.   Allowed uses.
      (1)   Permitted-by-right uses: [Amended 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011; 8-26-2013 by Ord. No. 35-2013; 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
         (a)   Banks and financial institutions including drive-through
         (b)   Beverage distributors beer and soft drinks
         (c)   Car wash
         (d)   College or university not including residential uses unless such dwellings meet the requirements for a dwelling occupied by a “family”
         (e)   Convenience stores with or without auto fuel sales
         (f)   Emergency health-care facility/office
         (g)   Exercise clubs
         (h)   Fire and ambulance station
         (i)   Funeral homes
         (j)   Gardens crop farming and forestry
         (k)   Home and garden supply centers
         (l)   Laundromats
         (m)   Miniature golf course
         (n)   Motels and hotels
         (o)   Municipal uses
         (p)   Nursing homes or personal-care centers
         (q)   Offices
         (r)   Parking lots and structures
         (s)   Passenger terminal facilities
         (t)   Personal service businesses
         (u)   Radio and television stations
         (v)   Recreational facilities public parks and nonmotorized recreation trails
         (w)   Residential uses: the same residential uses shall be allowed as are allowed in the R-3 District
         (x)   Restaurants including eat-in takeout drive-through service. This use shall not allow outdoor sale of ready-to-eat heated food on a regular basis on a lot that is not operated from a building on the lot.
         (y)   Retail stores which may include drive-through facilities
         (z)   Small Wireless Communications Facilities, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter.
         (aa)   Social clubs and associations PLCB and non-PLCB licensed. Such use shall not be open between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 11:00 a.m. For any use that also meets the definition of a BYOB Chapter 127 Part 3 (§§ 127-301 to 127-308) and § 127-202 shall also be met.
         (bb)   Taxi headquarters
         (cc)   Temporary employment agencies and service
         (dd)   Vehicle sales or rental
         (ee)   Veterinary hospitals
         (ff)   Wholesale sales and services
      (2)   Accessory uses. See Part 10 unless otherwise noted.
         (a)   Amusement devices: pursuant to § 600-1010 of this chapter.
         (b)   Drive-through services: pursuant to § 600-1004 of this chapter.
         (c)   Entertainment: pursuant to § 600-1005.
         (d)   Home occupations, major or minor: see § 600-1006.
         (e)   Off-site parking areas: pursuant to § 600-1008.
         (f)   Non-tower WCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 3-27- 2017 by Ord. No. 21-2017; amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
         (g)   Geothermal heat pumps. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
         (h)   Solar energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
         (i)   Water-powered energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
         (j)   Roof-mounted wind turbines. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
      (3)   Conditional uses. In compliance with § 600-1203.
         (a)   Banquet hall.
         (b)   Bottle clubs.
         (c)   Group institution.
         (d)   Public utilities.
         (e)   Taverns and nightclubs.
         (f)   Tower-Based WCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter.
         (g)   Treatment center.
      (4)   Special exception uses. In compliance with § 600-1202.
         (a)   Adaptive reuse.
         (b)   Amusement arcade.
         (c)   Auto service stations or auto repair.
         (d)   Day-care facilities.
         (e)   Manufactured/mobile home park.
         (f)   Pawn shop.
         (g)   Place of worship.
         (h)   Surface parking facility.
         (i)   Vehicle fuel sales.