(A) General description, commercial districts. Commercial districts are principally intended for the provision of services and the conduct of business and retail and wholesale trade essential to support residents within the city and the surrounding area. Four such districts are established herein to provide for the diversity of uses and appropriate locations required for the range of goods and services needed in the city.
(B) N-C, Neighborhood Commercial. This district is intended to be embedded in and serve residential neighborhoods. Home office uses, childcare, and small retail and service type businesses that will not disrupt the normal and orderly development of the surrounding area are anticipated. Buildings are to be of residential character regarding outward appearance.
(C) C-1, Light Commercial/Office District. This district is intended to accommodate administrative, executive, and professional offices and associated uses, as well as limited retail trade and services designed to serve adjacent residential neighborhoods, usually of a high or medium density character. Such districts should generally be limited to collector or arterial street locations, or other carefully selected areas. Uses with drive-thru service such as restaurants, banks, and pharmacies shall be planned in a way to minimize physical and visual impact on the pedestrian realm.
(D) C-2, General Commercial District. This purpose of this district is to provide appropriate locations for commercial and retail uses that are convenient and serve the needs of the public. This district also provides locations for limited amounts of merchandise, equipment, and material being offered for retail sale that are more suitable for storage and display outside the confines of an enclosed structure. Appropriate locations for this district are generally along heavily traveled arterial streets, where convenient access and high visibility exist. However, development of groupings of facilities shall be encouraged in the future, as opposed to less desirable strip commercial, such as that that exists along U.S. 412.
(E) C-T, Commercial Trades and Services. The purpose of this district is to provide appropriate locations for commercial uses that do not require high public visibility and may have a limited manufacturing or ancillary warehouse/storage component. Some uses may have retail storefronts. Uses such as screened equipment yards, limited manufacturing, and small warehousing spaces are anticipated in this zone.
(Ord. 2017-05-635, passed 5-2-17; Am. Ord. 2021-04-938, passed 4--21)