(A) Purpose and intent. The General Commercial District is intended to provide primarily for the general retail sales, service, and repair activities of the community. It is also to provide locations for professional offices, certain commercial/lighter industrial and warehousing offices, and structures that are not dependent on direct access to a waterbody.
(B) Uses permitted. In the General Commercial District, no building or structure or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected which is arranged, intended, or designated to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:
(1) Automobile, boat, and marine sales and service, excluding the repairing, painting, or upholstering of such vehicles;
(2) Banks, business, or professional offices;
(3) Beauty shops/barber shops;
(4) Car washes;
(5) Clubs, lodges, and fraternal organizations;
(6) Dry cleaning and laundry;
(7) Eating and drinking establishments;
(8) Retail marijuana stores, not to include any marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, or marijuana testing facilities;
(9) Motels and hotels;
(10) Mini-storage buildings;
(11) Printing establishments;
(12) Retail and wholesale stores of all descriptions, where the merchandise is displayed and sold within the building;
(13) Service stations and public garages;
(14) Shops for repair and servicing small appliances;
(15) Sales of building supplies or equipment within an enclosed structure;
(16) Dance halls, skating rinks, and other lawful commercial amusement and recreation facilities;
(17) Retail stores and businesses not involving any kind of manufacturing, processing, or treatment of products;
(18) Warehousing associated with a permitted use;
(19) Wholesale stores of all descriptions where the merchandise is sold within the building;
(20) Bakeries;
(21) Diver services and supplies;
(22) Adult-oriented business;
(23) Other similar uses not listed above which meet the “Purpose and Intent” provisions of this section of the ordinance and would be no more objectionable than those uses listed above. The Director of Planning shall make a “Planning Determination” in this matter subject to appeal to the Planning Commission (See § 8.12.220(A)(2)).
(C) Permitted accessory uses and structures. Small wind energy system and accessory uses and structures customarily incidental and subordinate to the location, function, and operation of permitted uses and structures.
(D) Conditional uses and structures. In the General Commercial District, the following uses and their accessory uses may be permitted, subject to securing a Conditional Use approval in each case as provided for in this chapter (See § 8.12.200):
(1) Uses permitted in the Public/Quasi-Public District;
(2) Animal hospitals and kennels;
(3) Automobile, truck, and motorcycle repair, painting, or upholstering;
(4) Boat and ship building, storage, sales, and servicing;
(5) Boiler and tank works;
(6) Bulk chemical and petroleum storage and sales;
(7) Crew camps, provided the following safeguards are addressed, in addition to other conditions that the Planning Commission finds necessary as they relate to the specific request:
(a) The use is tied to specific and identified project or projects and is discontinued following the completion of the project or projects, but no more than five years following the issuance of a building permit for the crew camp;
(b) A detailed schedule for deconstruction and removal is provided;
(c) The applicant provides proof of a bond, in an amount deemed by the Planning Commission to be sufficient to ensure removal of the structure when the use has been discontinued; and
(d) The appearance of each structure comprising the crew camp is substantially uniform.
(8) Contractors or industrial equipment sales, rental, storage, and repair;
(9) Electrical shop;
(10) Taxicab dispatch and associated operations;
(11) Heating, air conditioning sales, plumbing or paint contractors’ storage and repair;
(12) Ice and cold storage;
(13) Lumber and building material sales with storage yards;
(14) Machine shops, metal working shops, and welding shops;
(15) Public and quasi-public storage yards and operations;
(16) Well driller, supplies, and storage;
(17) Research and testing laboratories;
(18) Residential dwelling units, subject to the section provisions of the specific applicable residential district;
(19) Mobile home parks, travel trailer parks, and RV parks;
(20) Bunkhouses; and
(21) All other uses not listed above may be permitted as conditional uses subject to the review and approval of the Planning Commission per the provisions of § 8.12.200 contained herein.
(E) Minimum lot size. 10,000 square feet.
(F) Minimum lot width at front lot line. 70 feet.
(G) Minimum yard requirements.
(1) Front yard. 20 feet.
(2) Side yard. 10 feet, except where a property adjoins a residential district there shall be a 20-foot side yard; where a corner lot faces a right-of-way there shall be a 15-foot side yard.
(3) Rear yard. 10 feet, except where a property adjoins a residential district there shall be a 20-foot rear yard.
(H) Maximum lot coverage. 60%.
(I) Maximum height of structures. No portion of a principal structure shall exceed 50 feet in height.
(J) Special provisions. The following special provisions apply to all land uses within the General Commercial District:
(1) Access from a public street to properties in this district shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and avoid directing traffic onto residential streets;
(2) Any use is prohibited which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause excessive noise, vibration, odor, smoke, dust, or other particulate matter, humidity, heat, or glare at or beyond any lot line of the lot on which it is located. “Excessive” is defined for these purposes as a degree exceeding that generated by uses permitted in the district in their customary manner of operation, or to a degree injurious to the public health, safety, welfare, or convenience;
(3) The storage of flammable materials, hazardous materials, or toxic waste on-site shall be allowed only in strict compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations;
(4) Materials shall be stored and grounds shall be maintained in a manner such as will assure access by fire equipment; and
(5) Materials shall be stored and grounds shall be maintained in a manner which will not attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or otherwise create a health hazard.
(K) Parking regulations (§ 8.12.170(K)).
(L) General provisions (§ 8.12.170).
(Ord. No. 2001-04, passed 5-8-01; Am. Ord. 2002-04, passed 3-12-02; Am. Ord. 2005-09, passed 4-26-05; Am. Ord. 2008-23, passed 1-13-09; Am. Ord. 2014-20, passed 10-28-14; Am. Ord. 2016-19, passed 12-27-16)