A. Purpose. The zoning district comprises areas developed for establishments selling convenience goods at retail and providing personal services satisfying the day-to-day needs of residents of the immediate neighborhood. Although unified ownership and management are not mandatory, it is intended that buildings shall be grouped together in compact arrangements providing maximum shopping convenience and multiple use of off-street parking and minimal periphery conflicts with abutting residential properties. Development is limited by standards intended to preserve the essential neighborhood character of the district, to prevent encroachment by more intensive commercial uses, to protect abutting residential properties and to avoid any undue concentration of vehicular traffic on local streets.
B. Approval Required. No structure or building shall be built or remodeled upon land in the LC district until site plan approval has been obtained as outlined in Article 151.18 hereof.
C. Location. The following criteria shall be considered in establishing and maintaining a LC district:
1. Corresponds to appropriate designation in the General Plan.
2. Corresponds to an existing district or development in an area annexed into the City.
3. At intersection of two collector streets or an arterial and collector street.
4. Availability of pedestrian access from surrounding neighborhoods.
5. Lack of LC district within one mile.
D. Permitted Uses
1. Principal and accessory uses in this district shall be allowed as provided under Section 151.22.006, Matrix of Use Permissions by Zoning District.
E. Property Development Standards
1. Required Area. No minimum area requirement.
2. Minimum Distance between Main Buildings. As prescribed by the International Building Code.
3. Building Height. No building shall exceed 30 feet in height. Except that within 100 feet of any UR, SFR, MFR, MHR or RV district no building shall exceed 25 feet in height.
4. Required Yards
a. Front Yard
(1) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 40 feet.
(2) Where a lot has double frontage on two streets, the required front yard of not less than 40 feet shall be provided on both streets.
(3) Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, the required front yards of not less than 40 feet shall be provided on one street and a yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet shall be provided on the intersecting street.
5. All operations shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
F. Non-Residential Accessory Building
1. Maximum Height. 15-feet above grade.
2. Maximum Yard Coverage. 35 percent of rear yard.
3. Location Restrictions. No accessory building shall be erected in any minimum required front or side yard.
4. Setback Requirements. Accessory buildings shall be setback from the side lot line and the rear lot line a distance not less than 3 feet, except:
a. for a lot having its real lot line contiguous with an alley line, no rear setback shall be required or the accessory building(s), or
b. for a corner lot abutting a key lot and not separated by an alley, any accessory building shall be setback from the rear lot line a distance not less than the width of the least required side yard applicable to the main building, or
c. for a corner lot, the street side setback shall be the same as for the main building.
(Ord. 743, passed 4-10-86; Am. Ord. 764, passed 1-8-87; Am. Ord. 834, passed 3-9-89; Am. Ord. 854, passed 1-25-90; Am. Ord. 934, passed 10-28-93; Am. Ord. 982, passed 5-25-95; Am. Ord. 2011-012, passed 9-22-11; Am. Ord. 2016-002, passed 2-25-16)