The regulations set forth in this article are the regulations in the C-2 regional shopping district. These regulations are supplemented and qualified by additional general regulations appearing elsewhere in this ordinance and which are incorporated as part of this article by reference.

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Automobile filling station, when a special use permit has been granted according to the requirements of article XIV; but not more than one station shall be permitted for every 900 vehicular parking spaces provided in the entire district.

(2)

Bank.

(3)

Barbershop and beauty parlor or similar personal service shop.

(4)

Bowling alley and structure accommodating recreational activities.

(5)

Bus depot, cabstand and transportation depot.

(6)

Candy, ice cream or bakery shop and shops selling similar commodities, whose products are sold at retail on the premises.

(7)

Reserved.

(8)

Hospital and clinic for animals, but not open kennels.

(9)

First aid room for emergency treatment.

(10)

Laundromats or self-service laundries and shops where laundry and dry cleaning may be picked up or delivered, but no commercial laundering or dry cleaning shall be done on the premises.

(11)

Medical and dental clinic.

(12)

Messenger and telegraph service station.

(13)

Offices.

(14)

Painting and decorating shops.

(15)

Pet shop.

(16)

Photographer, artist or similar studios.

(17)

Reserved.

(18)

Radio or television broadcasting stations.

(19)

Savings and loan associations.

(20)

Retail store and shop, including department store, for the sale and display of new merchandise, new equipment or new machinery.

(21)

Sales and display rooms where orders may be taken for any type of new merchandise, new machinery or new equipment.

(22)

Service, cleaning or repair shops for jewelry, appliances, radio, other household items, shoes and wearing apparel.

(23)

Tailor or dressmaking shops.

(24)

Theaters, except open air drive-in theaters.

(25)

(a)
Accessory buildings and uses clearly necessary to the above uses, including storage and service areas within the structures, garages for delivery trucks, laundry and dry cleaning facilities for their own employees, central heating and air conditioning plants, and storage areas, yards, shops and similar facilities that are used solely for operating, servicing or maintaining the activities and improvements within the district. Accessory buildings and uses shall also include dwellings occupied by watchmen, janitors, maintenance and similar employees engaged upon the premises, but no dwellings shall be erected for any other purpose, except as otherwise expressly provided for by this ordinance; nor shall any dwelling unit contain less than 500 square feet of living area.

(b)

Accessory uses shall also include signs and nameplates, but the size and location of any sign shall conform only to the following requirements, the requirements of any other ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding:

(i)

They shall pertain only to the name of the shopping center, the stores or to the products sold or service provided therein.

(ii)

Except as provided in (iii) below, they shall be attached to one or more facades of the structure but shall not project more than 30 inches from any facade except in connection with canopies. The total area of a sign for any shop or establishment shall not exceed one percent of the floor area, including basement, of such shop or establishment in the building to which they are attached.

(iii)

One directory sign containing not more than 200 square feet for shopping centers and office buildings containing less than 50,000 square feet of gross floor space, and not more than 400 square feet for shopping centers and office buildings containing more than 50,000 square feet of gross floor space may be unattached from any structure and erected on private property in front of any shopping center or plaza, provided such sign shall be erected, relocated or maintained in such a manner as to not obstruct free and clear view of traffic at entrances and exits to adjoining streets or property and any adjoining intersection of streets, and is limited to advertising the shopping center, its stores, offices, shops, merchandise or services.

(26)

Establishments for sale of lottery tickets as permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri, provided that it is only in conjunction with the operation of a commercial business at retail permitted in this district and the establishment has a minimum of 100 parking spaces of off-street parking. That sellers of lottery tickets, known as "instant game" (a game in which a preprinted ticket is purchased and upon removal of a covering on the ticket, the ticket bearer determines his or her winnings, if any) are exempt from the parking requirements of this provision.

(Ord. No. 964, 6-26-72; Ord. No. 1076, § 1, 10-29-73; Ord. No. 1160, § 2, 12-23-74; Ord. No. 1428, § I, 1-22-79; Ord. No. 1767, §§ I, II, 9-9-85; Ord. No. 1833, § III, 7-14-86)

Whenever any building is erected on land used for any of the purposes permitted in section 2 in this article, there shall be provided and permanently maintained within the district an area that is improved with a satisfactory and durable surface for the movement and parking of autos and which area shall be conveniently accessible to public streets and highways that provide access to the district from the region. The amount of area that is provided and permanently maintained for vehicular parking shall not be less than two times 70 percent of the floor area of any and all structures erected for the purposes permitted in section 2.

Cross reference— Parking, stopping and standing, § 15-256 et seq.

Except as otherwise provided in this section or in article XVI hereof, no building or portion thereof shall exceed 45 feet in height; provided, however, that a single structure, having a maximum area on any floor not exceeding ten percent of the total area in the C-2 district, and which is located not less than 250 feet from any street, highway or boulevard boundary affording primary access to the district and not less than 100 feet from any other boundary of the district, may be erected to a height of not more than 90 feet, and provided further that a sign, spire or tower that is used solely for ornamental or decorative purposes, the base area of which does not exceed one percent of the first floor area of the building to which it is attached, may be erected to any height notwithstanding other ordinances and regulations of the City of Ballwin.

(1)

Yards and setbacks.

(1)

No building, structure or accessory building shall be erected or maintained within 135 feet of any boundary of a C-2 regional shopping district, except that buildings may be erected and maintained within 60 feet of not more than ten percent of the perimeter of the entire boundary of any C-2 regional shopping district. The area between the buildings and the boundary line may, however, be occupied by drives, vehicular parking, sidewalks, landscaping and similar facilities.

(2)

Any boundary of a C-2 regional shopping district contiguous to and adjoining any lots in a residential district shall be provided with a fence not less than three feet nor more than eight feet in height and screened with trees and shrubs, or buffer zone and border planting, according to plans to be provided and which plans are to be approved by the board of aldermen prior to the issuance of the building permit.

(3)

For the purpose of interpreting and enforcing the yard regulations of this article, the entire area included within the C-2 regional shopping district shall be considered as a single lot; more than one building or structure may be erected thereon, and the only front, side and rear yards that need to be observed are those provided for in section 5.1(1).

(2)

Intensity of use. No dwellings are permitted in the C-2 regional shopping district except as are expressly provided for herein.