Uses allowed in the C-3 Highway Commercial District are subject to the following conditions:
(A) Dwelling units, other than those located in a hotel or motel, are not permitted.
(B) All business, servicing or processing, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, with the following exceptions: Establishments of the "drive-in" type offering goods and/or services directly to consumers waiting in parked motor vehicles, establishments displaying merchandise for sale to the public, outdoor patio seating at restaurants, and establishments providing off-street parking and loading of vehicles that is accessory to a zoning lot’s principal use.
(C) The unenclosed parking of trucks as an accessory use shall be limited to vehicles of not over one and one-half tons in capacity when located within 75 feet of a residence district boundary line. Any parking of trucks on land adjacent to residential property shall be screened therefrom by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height.
(D) Screening of objectionable views.
(1) Reasonable visual privacy shall be provided for exposed storage areas, machinery installations, and trash or garbage containers as to prevent their being incongruous with the existing environment and neighboring public or private property. Complete concealment using methods including but not limited to, fencing, barriers and/or landscaping installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter will be required for the protection and the privacy of the enclosure’s contents as well as the aesthetic enhancement of property.
(2) Lighting installed upon a building, structure, sign, or within any other fixture shall be shielded so as to prohibit light trespass upon a neighboring property or the public thoroughfare. It shall be unlawful to maintain light levels greater than one foot-candle at any time of day as measured at the curb line.
(Ord. 05-2539, passed 10-11-05; Am. Ord. 18-4089, passed 9-6-18; Am. Ord. 19-4134, passed 4-4-19; Am. Ord. 19-4191, passed 12-5-19; Am. Ord. 21-4251, passed 1-21-21)