(A) Purpose.
(1) (a) It is the purpose of this district to provide locations primarily on heavily traveled arterial streets for those commercial and service uses which:
1. Are oriented to the automobile;
2. Are uses which may require large land areas and good access; or
3. Do not depend upon adjoining uses for reasons of comparison shopping or pedestrian trade.
(b) It is recognized that other uses customarily located in other commercial districts may also be found in this district, but it is not intended that major retail centers be developed in this district.
(2) Since such areas will be along major entrances to the city, it is essential to maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance through proper design, site layout and landscaping, and to minimize interference with through traffic.
(B) Permitted principal uses. Only those uses listed below shall be permitted, in accordance with all of the provisions of this district:
(1) Uses permitted in the “C-G” District, but not grocery stores or supermarkets, department stores, general merchandise stores or variety stores;
(2) Hotels, motels and tourist courts;
(3) Retail lumber and building material dealers;
(4) Auto and home supply stores;
(5) Gasoline service stations;
(6) Convenience or quick stop stores;
(7) Car washes;
(8) Veterinarian clinics or hospitals, including overnight boarding or lodging;
(9) Auction rooms for sale of general merchandise at retail;
(10) Consumer retail uses, personal services or business services not otherwise listed;
(11) Equipment rental and leasing services;
(12) Car, truck and trailer rental;
(13) Swimming pool sales;
(14) Outdoor advertising services and sign shops;
(15) Welding repair;
(16) Refrigeration and air conditioning service and repair, electrical and electronic repair shops;
(17) Tire retreading and repair shops;
(18) Automotive repair shops, undercoating, towing services;
(19) Body repair shops, including painting;
(20) Motor vehicle dealers, new and used;
(21) Motorcycle dealers and snowmobiles;
(22) Boat dealers;
(23) Recreational and utility trailer dealers;
(24) Mobile home dealers;
(25) Amusement parks and other amusement and recreation services;
(26) Drive-in theaters; and
(27) Building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and landscapers’ yards, but not including storage of heavy construction and earth-moving equipment or semi-trailer trucks, provided that not more than two construction trailers may be permitted.
(C) Accessory uses. Uses that are clearly subordinate and customarily incidental to the principal use, including storage of merchandise and preparation of certain products, may be permitted subject to the standards set forth in division (E).
(D) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed by the Board of Adjustment subject to § 160.63, provided such use complies with the requirements of this and all other city codes and is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the city:
(1) Outdoor activities other than display and storage;
(2) Auditoriums or assembly areas for more than 100 persons, either as a customary accessory use or a principal use;
(3) Business, trade and secretarial schools;
(4) General medical and surgical hospitals;
(5) Adult entertainment businesses, subject to the provisions of § 160.45;
(6) Small wind energy conversion system (SWECS), subject to § 160.48;
(7) Off-premise signs, as limited by the Sign Code to replacement of existing legally nonconforming off-premise signs; and
(8) Communication towers with a maximum height of 130 feet, located not less than 200 feet from the boundary of any property zoned for residential use or designated for such use by the Comprehensive Plan, and subject to § 160.47.
(E) Performance standards.
(1) Outdoor activities shall be limited to display of merchandise for retail sale, and storage, provided that such storage shall be fully enclosed and screened from view from adjacent streets and residentially zoned parcels by a six-foot high opaque wood or masonry fence supplemented by coniferous plantings as necessary to further screen such storage; further provided that no display or storage shall be permitted in the required front yard unless expressly allowed. An exception to this standard is hereby granted to sales and storage lots for new and used motor vehicles, which shall be regulated in the same manner as a parking area.
(2) Certain products such as bakery goods may be produced on the premises provided that:
(a) Such production shall be clearly accessory to the retail use of the premises; and
(b) All such products shall be sold at retail on the premises on which they are produced, provided that such provision shall not be construed to prohibit operation of a catering service or similar establishment.
(3) No noise, vibration, hazard, glare, air pollutants such as fumes or dust, odor other than that which might originate from food preparation by a bakery or restaurant, or electromagnetic disturbances shall be generated.
(4) No wholesaling shall be permitted, except for certain products such as automotive parts which may be purchased on a largely individual basis for resale as part of a repair service as opposed to bulk shipments and deliveries.
(5) All refuse collection areas shall be fully enclosed by a six-foot high opaque wood fence or masonry wall.
(6) If a lot adjoins a residential zoning district, a buffer yard shall be provided along said district boundary in accordance with § 160.27.
(7) A minimum of 15% of the lot in addition to required landscape setbacks and buffer yards shall be maintained as open space landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs and other plant materials in accordance with § 160.28.
(8) Lots fronting on an arterial streets shall not exceed one drive access onto the arterial street except as provided below. Common drives between adjacent landowners shall be encouraged in lieu of individual drives, recommended to be located with the common property line as the centerline of the drive and required to be located a minimum of 40 feet from any other drive as measured from centerline to centerline. Where such common drive is provided and joint access easements to parking areas are provided, required parking spaces on each lot may be reduced in number by up to 5%.
(9) One additional drive access may be permitted a lot with continuous frontage in excess of 300 feet, or two additional drive accesses for continuous frontage in excess of 600 feet, if proper spacing is provided. The City Council may authorize additional drives in any case upon finding such access will not create congestion or traffic hazards.
(F) Bulk requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed:
(1) Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet;
(2) Minimum lot width: 100 feet;
(3) Minimum front yard: 30 feet;
(4) Minimum side yards: adjacent to a street - 30 feet; adjacent to a residential district - ten feet; otherwise none required;
(5) Minimum rear yard: adjacent to residentially zoned property - 30 feet; otherwise none required;
(6) Maximum height: 35 feet, provided that no building for any use shall exceed a bulk plane having a 14-degree altitude calculated from a horizontal plane extending through a line located 18 feet above the average elevation of the north lot line, if an existing building with a passive solar design that includes thermal storage, or an existing solar photovoltaic array that is capable of producing a minimum of 3-kW DC in direct sun, lies to the north; said existing design or device shall be previously documented for this limitation to be applicable; and
(7) Maximum floor area ratio: (F.A.R.): 0.50.