The C-2 general service district is designed primarily to permit secondary retail, administrative, wholesale and other related activities. All of the restrictions in this article are imposed to protect and foster the character of the village. The permissible uses hereinafter designated in this article are subject to the special use provisions of article XI of this chapter.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-1; Code 1997, § 98-145; Ord. No. 08-06-12, § 5, 6-17-2008)

All buildings, structures and uses in the C-2 general service district shall comply with the following regulations:

(1)

All operations and activities shall be conducted or maintained wholly inside enclosed buildings, except for automotive parking, off-street loading areas, and sale of automobile fuel and lubricants. Outdoor storage of material and motor vehicles is permitted provided that any areas so utilized shall be effectively screened, the year around, to a height necessary but not less than four feet.

(2)

Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded wherever necessary to avoid casting direct light upon any residence lot or into public streets, parks or schools.

(3)

No raw materials shall be processed into any of the following basic products: metals of any kind, gases, plastics, textiles, paper and leather.

(4)

All premises shall be furnished with all-weather surface walks, and, except for parking areas, grounds shall be planted and landscaped.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-2; Code 1997, § 98-146)

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

(1)

Any use permitted in the C-1 general business district regulations;

(2)

Dying establishments employing not more than ten persons;

(3)

Cleaning establishments employing not more than ten persons;

(4)

Laundries employing not more than ten persons;

(5)

Laboratories;

(6)

Printing shops;

(7)

Public garages for temporary storage of vehicles but not including repair;

(8)

Roofing, plastering, carpentry, plumbing and electric shops (no outside storage);

(9)

Tire and battery shops;

(10)

Reserved;

(11)

Bowling alleys;

(12)

Amusements including, but not limited to, movies and live performances and entertainment;

(13)

Drive-in restaurants;

(14)

Taverns and cocktail lounges;

(15)

Hotels and motels;

(16)

Sales and show rooms, providing all operations and activities shall be conducted or maintained inside wholly enclosed buildings, except that area for outdoor display of new and used merchandise shall be restricted to a maximum of two square feet of outdoor space for each one square foot of building. Parking requirements shall be deducted before computations are made by the above formula;

(17)

Catalog retail stores;

(18)

Sharpening and grinding shops;

(19)

Bicycle shops;

(20)

Conservatories and greenhouses;

(21)

Business and commercial offices and music and dance studios;

(22)

Employment agencies;

(23)

Radio and television studios;

(24)

Lodge halls;

(25)

Offices;

(26)

Medical buildings and offices;

(27)

Car wash operations;

(28)

Hospitals and clinics for animals, but without open kennels and runways;

(29)

Nursing and convalescent homes;

(30)

Undertaking establishments;

(31)

Business, music, dance, beauty or commercial schools;

(32)

Parking, subject to the provisions of article XII of this chapter;

(33)

Business signs;

(34)

The parking of trucks as an accessory use, when used in the conduct of a permitted use listed in this section, shall be limited to vehicles of not more than 1½-ton capacity when located within 150 feet of a residence lot or residence district boundary lines;

(35)

Adult-use cannabis craft grower;

(36)

Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-3; Code 1997, § 98-147; Ord. No. 15-10-19, § 4, 10-20-2015; Ord. No. 19-02-05, § 3(Exh. A), 2-19-2019; Ord. No. 19-02-05, § 3(Exh. A), 2-19-2019; Ord. No. 19-12-22, § 6, 12-3-2019)

No building shall be erected nor shall any existing structure be enlarged or altered so as to exceed 45 feet in height or a maximum of three stories, except as provided in section 56-368.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-4; Code 1997, § 98-148)

No building shall be erected nor shall any existing structure be enlarged or altered unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:

(1)

Front yard. All new structures permitted in this district shall be setback from the front street line a distance of five feet.

(2)

Side yard. Where a lot is used for any of the purposes permitted in this district and is located at the intersection of two or more streets, and where a residence district or residence lot adjoins the rear of the lot, the side yard on the side of the lot adjacent to the street shall not be less than ten feet in width, except that the building width of the lot shall not be reduced to less than 20 feet. In all other cases, a side yard is not required except on the side of a lot adjoining a residence district or a residence lot, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet.

(3)

Rear yard.

a.

Where the rear lot line abuts a public alley adjacent to a residential area, no rear yard is required if adequate and usable loading and unloading and refuse disposal facilities are provided elsewhere. Where adequate loading and unloading and refuse disposal facilities are not otherwise provided, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than ten feet.

b.

Where no public alley exists, there shall be a rear yard of the same depth as that required for either the rear or side yard, whichever is the lesser, in the adjacent residential lot.

c.

Where a lot in this district abuts a lot in a nonresidential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than five feet.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-5; Code 1997, § 98-149)

Buildings, premises and uses permitted in this district are subject to all performance standards listed in section 56-229.

(Code 1978, § 5-7-6; Code 1997, § 98-150)