Restaurants, including on-site sales of alcoholic beverages, provided all dining facilities are within an enclosed building;

Department stores;

Office and school supply stores;

Building and lumber materials stores;

Hardware stores;

Limited price variety stores;

Photo equipment and supply stores, including one hour photo processing as an incidental use to the sale of photo equipment and supplies;

Appliance stores;

Shoe stores with related shoe repair services;

Music and record stores;

Auto parts and supply stores, provided no repair work is done on the premises;

Jewelry stores;

Stationery and book stores;

Household and home furnishing stores;

Sporting good stores;

Florist shops;

Gift, art and novelty stores;

Glass edging, beveling and silvering as an incidental use in connection with the sale of mirrors and furniture;

Sales of locks, keys, and related items and incidental locksmith facilities;

Retail mail order houses, not including warehousing;

Typewriter sales and incidental repairs;

Manufacturing, limited, including fabrication, processing, packaging, treating and incidental storage related thereto, provided any such activity shall be in the same line of merchandise as the retail sales business conducted on the premises and provided any such activity does not exceed any of the following restrictions.

Markets, grocery stores and supermarket food stores, containing standard additional departments, e.g., hardware, household, liquor sales, toilet articles, etc. Markets, grocery stores and supermarket food stores that have a gross floor area of at least 5,000 square feet may have the following incidental uses, subject to these restrictions:

Full line drugstores containing standard additional departments, e.g., photo supply, paper products, liquor sales, notions, etc.

Drive-thru window operation in conjunction with a pharmacy only if adjacent to commercial uses.

Adult-oriented business.

Fortune-telling, as defined in Section 3-2.208 of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 3 of this Code, provided such use is not located within 1,000 feet from any other fortune-telling use.

Other similar retail sales uses which the Planning Commission and City Council find to be substantially similar to the above enumerated retail sales uses, which will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare, and from which at least 50% of the revenue will be derived from retail sales.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any use permitted as a principal use in the Service and Professional (C-S-P) Zone, may be located in the Commercial General (C-G) Zone provided that the business conducting the use shall be subject to paying the business license tax as set forth in Subsection (b) of Section 3-1.604, as may be amended.

Automobile service stations pursuant to Section 9-2.3204 of this chapter. A self-service car wash may be allowed as an accessory use to an automobile service station if such accessory use is specifically authorized by the conditional use permit or a modification thereto.

Retail sales and installation of the following automobile accessories: automobile stereos, automobile speakers, automobile amplifiers, automobile audio processors, automobile subwoofer systems, automobile video systems, automobile security systems, automobile radar and laser detector systems, and automobile GPS navigation systems, provided that the installation of these items and systems are conducted within an enclosed building.

Retail sales of automobile tires, wheels and rims, and the incidental installation of these items, and front-end alignment and replacement or repair of brakes, provided the installation of these items are conducted within an enclosed building and the property lot size is at least 10,000 square feet.

Drive-in and drive-thru restaurants;

Bars and cocktail lounges;

Feed and grain sales;

Motels and hotels;

Automobile sales agencies, including incidental body and fender work, automobile repair and painting and upholstering services, providing all such incidental services are conducted in an enclosed building;

Mobile home sales;

Horticultural retail sales nurseries;

Pet shops;

Sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption of alcoholic beverages off the premises, provided that such use complies with the following criteria:

Bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales from the premises;

Parking lots and parking buildings pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of this chapter;

(Reserved)

(Reserved)

Driving and traffic schools, passenger vehicle only;

Adult day health care (ADHC) facilities, excluding medical offices, nonambulatory, and overnight care.

Indoor swap meet, pursuant to a blanket conditional use permit for all individual vendors within the same building provided that such use complies with the following criteria:

Motion picture theaters provided that such uses comply with the following criteria:

Other similar uses which the Planning Commission and City Council find to be substantially similar to the above enumerated uses and which, because of the special problems necessary to integrate the use with the surrounding neighborhood, require the issuance of a conditional use permit;

Wireless telecommunication facility sites, antennas and monopoles, in accordance with the development standards contained in Article 42 of this chapter.

Computer Internet access businesses, provided such uses shall satisfy and comply with the following minimum location and operational standards:

Ice skating and roller skating rinks with associated retail uses.

Car rental facilities.

Billiard halls.

(Reserved)

Churches and other places of religious worship, provided such uses shall satisfy and comply with the development standards set forth in this Subsection (bb) and Article 41 of this chapter:

Archery/sporting goods retail businesses, with incidental services, in addition to the standard criteria for the approval of a conditional use permit, shall satisfy the following criteria:

Restaurants, including on-site sales of alcoholic beverages, where outdoor dining facilities are provided.

Markets, grocery stores and supermarket food stores, containing incidental cooking and preparation of baked goods, ready-to-eat food products, and hot foods, and/or restaurants, and/or banks, whether or not for sub-lease, provided that such use or uses and any related product display and seating area does not exceed 30% of the gross floor area of the market, grocery store or supermarket, subject to these restrictions:

Automobile EV Charging Stations. Electric Vehicles (EV) charging stations and other sustainable/green construction applications and a Drive-Thru Car Wash with vacuum stations, may be allowed as primary uses subject to a conditional use permit when combined with existing or proposed retail and restaurant uses per Section 9-2.3202 of this Code subject to these following restrictions:

Site Area. The service station site shall have a minimum frontage on a major or secondary highway of 115 feet and contain a minimum area of 18,500 square feet; provided, however, service stations lawfully existing on August 8, 1973, shall be exempted from the provisions of this subsection when approved by the Commission under a conditional use permit.

Nonconforming Uses: Continuance. Any service station lawfully in existence on August 8, 1973, and for which no conditional use permit has been granted, shall assume the status of a legal nonconforming use and may be continued provided no additions or enlargements are made therein except those required by law for the protection of the public safety. All service stations may remain unless declared abandoned as set forth in subsection (c) of this section.

Termination by Discontinuance. If any service station is closed, vacated, abandoned, or not operated so as to engage in the sale of petroleum products or the dispensing of gasoline for a period of six months, any legal permit in effect at the end of such six month period shall become null and void, and no further sales or service from such service station shall be allowed. Any service station which is closed, vacated, abandoned, or not operated so as to provide sales of petroleum products for a period of six months is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering and vandalism, to create fire hazards, and to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard which will be injurious to the health, safety, and welfare of the general public. The presence of a service station which has been vacated or abandoned for a period of six months is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and shall be cause for the removal of all pumps, pump islands, tanks, canopies, signs, and other appurtenances related to the dispensing of gasoline after proper notification by the Building Official pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code relating to unsafe buildings. Such notification shall be made by the Building Official at least 90 days prior to the expiration date, setting forth the intent to declare such abandoned service station a nuisance and revoke any active permit.

Termination by Substitution. A change in the use of a service station facility to a use permitted within the zone and which does not operate for the principal purpose of dispensing gasoline shall constitute a closed, vacated, abandoned, or inoperative service station which shall be declared a public nuisance and be abated pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code relating to unsafe buildings.

Restrooms Available to the Public Required. Automobile service stations shall be required to have restrooms available to the public during all hours of operation. This requirement shall apply to all existing service stations which have restroom facilities as well as all new service stations which are being constructed.

Lot Area. Except as otherwise provided in Article 8 of this chapter, each lot or parcel of land created after March 8, 1971, shall have a minimum lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet.

Lot Width. Except as otherwise provided in Article 8 of this chapter, each lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum average lot width of not less than 50 feet.

Yards. Except as otherwise provided in Article 9 of this chapter, the following yard requirements shall apply:

Off-Street Parking and Loading. Each lot or parcel of land shall have off-street parking and loading facilities as set forth in Article 11 of this chapter.

Signs. Each lot or parcel of land may have signs pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 of this chapter.

Outside Displays. All displays, services, and storage shall be located wholly within an enclosed building, except for the following:

Walls. Except as otherwise provided in Article 14 of this chapter, each lot or parcel of land which has a side or rear lot line adjoining property in a residential or agriculture zone shall have a solid masonry wall, not less than six feet in height, established along such side and rear lot lines adjoining such zones.

Landscaping. Each lot or parcel of land shall be landscaped in accordance with Article 15 (Landscaping) of this chapter of the Artesia Municipal Code.

Trash Enclosures. All new developments or modifications to existing developments in the General Commercial (C-G) Zone shall provide a trash enclosure area that complies with all of the following criteria:

Air Conditioner Unit(s). The installation, placement and location of air conditioner unit(s), including window, wall and rooftop units, shall comply with the following standards: