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Carlisle City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI

C-3 General Commercial District

§ 255-75 Intent.

In addition to the general goals listed in Article I, it is the purpose of this district to provide for limited commercial activities, to provide for the needs of highway traffic and certain commercial activities not suited for location in the Central Business District or in a shopping center.

§ 255-76 Uses permitted by right.

[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2068, approved 2-15-2007; 8-9-2007 by Ord. No. 2081, approved 8-21-2007; 8-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2017, approved 9-1-2008; 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013; 4-9-2015 by Ord. No. 2220, approved 4-9-2015; 7-10-2025 by Ord. No. 2460, approved 7-10-2025]
In any C-3 District, land or buildings shall be used by right for only one or more of the following:
Beverage distributor.
Retail sales of goods and/or services.
Neighborhood convenience store.
Personal services.
Trade school.
Small animal hospital. [See § 255-199A(3).]
Restaurants, standard or fast-food, not including drive-through facilities. Subject to compliance with § 255-199A(36).
Exercise club.
Farm implements sales.
Child nursery/day-care center, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(29) and § 255-200D(8).
Offices.
Laundromat.
Plant nursery/greenhouse.
Financial institutions, with or without drive-through service, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(15).
Adult day-care center, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(2).
Building supplies sales.
Business machine shop sales and services.
Home occupation, subject to compliance with § 255-200D(5).
Membership club, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(23).
Massage therapist business.
Commercial convenience store, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(51).
Forestry.
Places of worship, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(32).
Age-restricted mid-rise condominium. See definition and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(2.1).
Fire, emergency services and ambulance stations.
Mid-rise stacked flats. See definition and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(23.1).
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
Artisan industry.

§ 255-77 Special exception uses.

The following uses shall be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to § 255-197 of this chapter:
Drive-through facilities for a standard or fast-food restaurant or for retail sales, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(36).
Auto service station. See definition and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(8).
Auto repair garage. See definition and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(6).
Motel or hotel, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(27).
Wholesale sales and storage of machinery, electrical equipment and other manufactured goods.
Funeral home, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(16).
Tavern.
Auditorium (see definition in Article II).
Car wash, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(11).
Building contractor's office and storage.
Recycling collection center, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(35).
Auto, boat or mobile/manufactured home sales, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(7).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection L was repealed 7-11-2024 by Ord. No. 2441. This ordinance redesignated former Subsections M through P as Subsections L through O.
Video arcade.
Retirement village. See definition and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(37).
Boardinghouse, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(10).

§ 255-78 Accessory uses.

Only the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
Uses that are customary and incidental to a permitted use.
Storage.
Commercial communication antenna mounted on a permitted structure, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
The retail sale of food and common household products as an accessory use to an auto service station, provided that the area devoted to such sales does not exceed 500 square feet or 10% of the total building area, whichever is less, and provided further, that all parking requirements for both the principal and accessory use set forth in Article XXV are met.
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]

§ 255-79 Prohibited uses.

[Amended 7-10-2025 by Ord. No. 2460, approved 7-10-2025]
The following uses are specifically prohibited:
Adult bookstore, adult movie theater or cabaret.
Truck terminal.
Junkyard.

§ 255-80 Area and bulk regulations.

The following regulations shall be observed for each lot:
Maximum building coverage: 40%.
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
Maximum building height: 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories.
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2068, approved 2-15-2007]
Minimum lot area: 30,000 square feet.
Minimum paved area setback: 20 feet from an arterial street and 10 feet from any other public street from the right-of-way line; except when a joint parking lot is proposed; in compliance with § 255-209, five feet from all other property lines, except 25 feet from the property line of an abutting residential use or district. In addition, paved areas abutting residential uses or districts shall be screened in accordance with § 255-191 of this chapter.
Minimum building setback: 50 feet from the right-of-way of any public street for principal and accessory structures, except canopies over gasoline pumps, which may be within 10 feet of an existing street right-of-way.
Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory structures and uses:
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet, except 60 feet if adjacent to a residential district.
Minimum rear yard setback.
Adjacent to a nonresidential use: 30 feet.
Adjacent to residential districts: 100 feet, 40 feet of which must be landscaped pursuant to § 255-191.

§ 255-81 Additional requirements.

The following additional requirements shall apply:
Off-street parking regulations: (see Article XXV). Shared parking lots are strongly encouraged. (See § 255-208 for possible reduction of requirements.)
Off-street loading regulations: (see Article XXV).
Performance and design standards: (see Article XXIII).
Regulations for specific use: (see Article XXIV).