1. Auto Service, Repair, Equipment Repair, and Body Repair.
A. Where permitted in commercial districts, all repair activities, including oil drainage, lifts, and other equipment, must take place within a completely enclosed building. Outdoor storage is permitted only where incidental to auto repair and body repair, provided that such storage is completely screened so as not to be visible from residential areas or public rights-of-way. Screening is subject to provisions of Chapter 173 of this Zoning Code.
B. Any spray painting must take place within structures designed for that purpose and approved by the Building Official.
C. All entrances and exits serving gasoline service stations, convenience stores offering gasoline sales, or automobile repair shops shall be at least 150 feet from a school, public park, religious assembly use, hospital, or residential use, as measured along any public street. Such access shall be at least 50 feet away from any intersection.
D. All gasoline pumps shall be set back at least 15 feet from any right-of-way line.
2. Auto Washing Facilities.
A. Each conveyor operated auto washing facility shall provide 100 feet of stacking capacity per washing lane on the approach side of the washing structure and stacking space for two vehicles on the exit side.
B. Each self-service auto washing facility shall provide stacking space for three automobiles per bay on the approach side and one space per bay on the exit side of the building.
3. Automobile and Equipment Rental and Sales.
A. All outdoor display areas for rental and sales facilities shall be hard-surfaced.
B. Body repair services are permitted as an accessory use to automobile rental and sales facilities, provided that such repair services shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the building.
4. Bed and Breakfasts. Bed and Breakfasts permitted in the TC District must provide any sleeping facility only on levels above street level except that units specifically designed and reserved for occupancy by handicapped people may be located on the street level.
5. Campgrounds.
A. Minimum Size. Each campground established after the effective date of this Zoning Code shall have a minimum size of one acre.
B. Setbacks. All campgrounds shall maintain a 50-foot front yard setback and a 25-foot buffer yard from all other property lines.
C. Each campground must maintain water supply, sewage disposal, and water and toilet facilities in compliance with all City ordinances, or alternately, be limited to use by self-contained campers, providing their own on-board water and disposal systems.
6. Convenience Storage. When permitted in the GC and LI Districts, convenience storage facilities shall be subject to the following additional requirements:
A. The minimum size of a convenience storage facility shall be two acres.
B. Activities within the facility shall be limited to the rental of storage cubicles and the administration and maintenance of the facility.
C. All driveways within the facility shall provide a paved surface with a minimum width of 25 feet.
D. All storage must be within enclosed buildings and shall not include the storage of hazardous materials.
E. No storage buildings may open into required front yards.
F. Facilities must maintain landscaped buffer yards of 35 feet adjacent to any public right-of-way and 20 feet adjacent to other property lines, unless greater setbacks are required by Chapter 173.
7. Delayed Deposit Services Business.
A. Locations. No person, whether as principal or agent, clerk, or employee, either for such person or any other person, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, shall place, maintain, own, or operate any delayed deposit businesses in the following locations:
(1) In any residential area in the City, including upon any sidewalk abutting upon such residential area.
(2) Within 1,000 feet of any residentially zoned or used property, or any property designated on the City’s Comprehensive Plan as residentially oriented.
(3) Within 1,000 feet of any parcel of real property upon which is located any of the following facilities:
a. An elementary school, junior high school, or senior high school.
b. A church that conducts religious programs.
c. Park or recreational facilities operated and approved by the City, County, the Polk County Conservation Board, the State of Iowa, or a not-for-profit institution.
d. Federal, State, County, City, or special district governmental offices.
e. Supermarket or convenience market primarily engaged in the sale of food.
f. Restaurant, fast-food, or food establishment catering to family trade.
B. Measurement of Distance. The distance between any two pawn shops and/or delayed deposit services businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural wall of each business. The distance between any pawn shop and delayed
C. deposit services business and any religious institution, school, or public park, government office, supermarket, restaurant, or any property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, from the closest property line of the pawn shop or delayed deposit services business to the closest property line of the religious institution, school, public park, government office, supermarket, restaurant, or the property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes.
D. Restrictions. Visibility into the store shall be maintained by utilizing clear, transparent glass on all windows and doors, and by keeping all windows free of obstructions for at least three (3) feet into the store. Product may be displayed for sale in the window, provided that the display, including signage, does not occupy more than 30 percent of the window area. Interior and exterior bars, grills, mesh, or similar obstructions, whether permanently or temporarily affixed, shall not cover any exterior door or window.
8. Restaurants. Restaurants in the LC District that include the accessory sale of alcoholic beverages require approval of a conditional use permit, as set forth in Section 177.03 of this Zoning Code.
9. Restricted Businesses. Restricted businesses are not permitted within the zoning jurisdiction of the City.