In a C-2 General Business District, the following uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use, and subject further to approval by the Planning Commission in accordance with the public hearing requirements set forth in Section 1262.07:
(a) Any retail business or service establishment permitted in a C-1 District as a conditional use, subject to the conditions set forth therein for such use;
(b) Outdoor space for the exclusive sale of new or used automobiles, campers, recreation vehicles or mobile homes, or for the rental of trailers or automobiles, subject to the following:
(1) Such sales shall be on the same premises with and shall be in conjunction with a new vehicle sales and service dealership.
(2) The area of the site to be used for outdoor sales, display or storage shall not exceed seventy percent of the total site.
(3) Access to the outdoor sales area shall be at least sixty feet from the intersection of any two streets.
(4) A ten-foot wide greenbelt planting strip shall be maintained between the street right-of-way line and any area used for customer parking or vehicle display.
(5) No major repair or major refinishing shall be done on the lot.
(6) All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent Residential Districts.
(c) A business, in the character of an open front store, subject to the following conditions:
(1) A setback of at least sixty feet from the right-of-way line of any existing or proposed street shall be maintained.
(2) Access points shall be located at least sixty feet from the intersections of any two streets.
(3) All lighting shall be shielded from adjacent Residential Districts.
(4) A six-foot high completely obscuring wall shall be provided when abutting or adjacent to R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-2, RM, RO or C-1 Districts. The wall shall further meet the requirements of Section 1298.13.
(d) A drive-in restaurant, subject to the following:
(1) If a separate structure, detached from the primary building, is planned for patrons to drive-in, park, and consume their food, these structures may be permitted in any part of the lot except the required front yard.
(2) The design and materials utilized by the accessory structures must be similar to, and compatible with, the exterior wall materials utilized on the main structure.
(3) Any accessory structures must be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission as part of the site plan approval process.
(4) Review and approval of a site plan by the Planning Commission.
(e) Veterinary hospitals or clinics, provided:
(1) All activities are conducted within a totally enclosed building;
(2) That the building be climate controlled;
(3) That all buildings control noise levels through the insulation of soundproofing treatments like acoustic sound panels, ceiling tiles, and VET baffles that are designed to absorb animal noise within the hospital or clinic;
(4) That decibel levels outside of the building be no louder than 30dB; and
(5) That boarding of animals may only be an accessory use to the main use of a hospital or clinic.
(f) Plant material nurseries for the retail sale of plant materials and for the sale of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The storage or display of any materials or products shall meet all set-back requirements of a structure.
(2) All loading and parking shall be provided off-street.
(3) The storage of any soil, fertilizer or other loose, unpackaged materials shall be contained so as to prevent any effects on adjacent uses.
(g) Motor vehicle service stations (gasoline stations), provided the following conditions are met, and subject to review and approval of a site plan by the Planning Commission:
(1) They shall be located on corner lots adjoining at least one major thoroughfare.
(2) They shall be located at least 500 feet from an entrance or exit to a public library, public or private school, playground, playfield, park, church or hospital.
(3) The minimum frontage on any major thoroughfare shall be 120 feet.
(4) The minimum lot area for a gasoline service station shall be 10,000 square feet, and 12,000 square feet for a general repair facility.
(5) No ingress-egress access drive shall be located closer than twenty-five feet from any intersection or property line adjoining a Residential District.
(6) Ample space shall be provided for motor vehicles waiting for service, or which are parked to be mechanically serviced or to be picked up following mechanical service. Sufficient vehicle stacking space shall be provided at the pump islands so that vehicles awaiting service will not interfere with vehicles entering the site.
(7) Canopies, when constructed as an integral part of the main building, shall comply with the minimum set-back requirements of the C-2 District. Detached free-standing canopies shall comply with the requirements of Section 1298.04.
(8) Operable motor vehicles kept overnight for mechanical repair may be parked on the premises so long as they are kept within a screened compound. The storage of motor vehicles on the premises shall be prohibited.
(h) Bowling alleys, indoor archery ranges, indoor tennis courts and indoor skating rinks, together with accessory uses such as off-street parking, when the building is located 100 feet from any adjacent Residential District;
(i) Retail outlets whose principal function is the sale of alcoholic beverages, provided they are 500 feet from any school or church;
(j) General motor vehicle repair, provided the conditions set forth in subsection (h) hereof are met;
(k) Arcades, subject to the conditions for such uses set forth and regulated in Chapter 840 of the Business Regulation and Taxation Code;
(l) Fast food and drive-through restaurants, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) They shall be located at least 500 feet from any public or parochial school or public library.
(2) They shall front directly upon and have direct access to a major thoroughfare as designated in the City's Master Plan.
(m) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the uses set forth in this section.
(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89; Ord. 819. Passed 12-14-05; Ord. 854. Passed 7-25-07.)
(n) Business establishments which sell and service electronic equipment for motor vehicles, provided that when those products are installed on the same premises, such establishments shall provide an area in which the installation or testing of electronic devices will take place. Such area shall be sufficiently sound-proofed so that the pressure levels of sound emanating from such installation and/or testing of any electronic system or devices designed and expressly intended to generate, or possessing the capability of generating, intense pressure levels of sound, shall not carry beyond the property line.
(Ord. 508. Passed 2-12-92.)
(o) Coin-operated car washes, subject to the following minimum requirements:
(1) All vehicle stacking shall be provided in the rear yard only.
(2) All vacuuming equipment shall be provided in the rear yard only.
(3) Each vacuuming stall shall be supplied with a trash receptacle.
(4) No lot line shall be closer than 100 feet to any Residential District.
(5) One off-street parking space shall be provided for an employee or attendant and two vehicle stacking spaces shall be provided for each wash stall. Each vehicle stacking space shall be eight feet wide by eighteen feet long, and all vehicle stacking spaces shall be located so as not to encumber traffic circulation within the site.
(6) No exit driveway shall be located closer than sixty feet from an intersection.
(7) Provision, which must be approved by the City consultant, the City Engineer and the City Building Department, shall be made by the applicant for the collection and disposal of wash water run-off from motor vehicles between the front of the car wash building and the exit driveway so as to prevent icing on the approach and the apron.
(Ord. 650. Passed 11-12-97.)
(p) Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls, or similar places of assembly, subject to the following:
(1) The minimum setback for all buildings shall be at least 100 feet from any residentially zoned or used property.
(2) All activities shall be conducted completely within an enclosed building.
(q) Automotive driving schools with the following conditions:
(1) When immediately adjacent to property that is either zoned or used for a residential purpose, all outdoor activities must cease by 6:00 p.m.
(2) Vehicles must be removed from the premises at the end of the business day or stored within a completely enclosed building.
(3) The establishment must meet the parking requirements for a business office as outlined in Section 1292.02.
(Ord. 838. Passed 2-7-07; Ord. 845. Passed 4-4-07; Ord. 08-866. Passed 5-14-08.)