The C-2 General Commercial Districts are intended to promote general commercial activities in appropriate and concentrated locations along major streets and the existing city center. Development of strip commercial areas is not encouraged.

Retail sales, displays of merchandise, and storage must be within a completely enclosed building, except that the commission may grant an exception to this requirement (as a conditional use) where it finds that enforcement would create an unreasonable hardship.

Specified residential uses will be permitted in the C-2 district, as conditional uses; after review by the planning commission and city council (see section 14.4.hh—ll). This mixed use environment will help preserve the historic character of the downtown area and allow for a greater degree of flexibility in dealing with existing properties. Specified residential uses may include second story apartments or single residential housing located in the C-2 General Commercial Districts and is intended to protect existing single-family type homes from being removed in favor of new commercial structures.

Extended stay hotel/motel is a prohibited use in the C-2 district.

(Ord. No. 2020-397, § 3, 12-7-2020)

[The following uses are permitted in the C-2 district:]

a)

All permitted uses in a C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.

b)

Bottling works for soft drinks.

c)

Painting, blueprinting, bookbinding, photostatting, lithograph, and publishing establishments.

d)

Undertaking or mortuary establishments and ambulance services.

e)

All uses of a predominantly retail nature, including:

1.

Electric supplies.

2.

Heating and plumbing.

3.

Dairy products.

4.

Bakeries.

5.

Tires, batteries, and other automotive accessories, including the installation of accessories sold.

6.

Sporting goods.

7.

Farm and garden supplies.

8.

Real estate offices.

9.

Home building supplies, provided the entire storage area is fenced and screened.

f)

Newspaper publishing establishments.

g)

Dry cleaning and laundry establishments.

h)

Theaters, except drive-in theaters.

i)

Private clubs, and fraternal orders or lodges.

j)

Sanitariums, convalescent and nursing homes.

k)

Bowling alleys and billiard rooms.

l)

Office buildings.

m)

Radio and television broadcasting studios.

n)

Telephone offices or communications centers.

o)

Accessory buildings and uses located on the same lot or parcel of land as the main structure and customarily incidental to the permitted or conditional uses.

p)

Adult entertainment establishment, so long as the establishment is not located in the historic area which has been defined in exhibit A of the adult entertainment regulation ordinance and which is also set forth herein as exhibit A.

q)

Amusement game room establishments, so long as the establishment is not located in the historic area which has been defined in exhibit A of the amusement game room regulation ordinance and which is also set forth herein as exhibit A.

(Ord. No. 231, § 3, 11-7-2005)

[The following conditional uses are permitted in the C-2 district:]

a)

Specified residential uses and existing homes.

b)

Ice plants.

c)

Drive-in theaters.

d)

Public utility structure and buildings, including electric and natural gas substations, telephone exchanges, communication towers, radio and television stations and similar structures for the storage of supplies, equipment, or service operations when properly screened.

e)

Churches and other places of worship with attendant educational and recreational buildings.

f)

Colleges, private and public schools, and libraries.

g)

Kindergartens, playschools, and day care centers.

h)

Golf, swimming, tennis, or country clubs, public and private community clubs or associations, athletic fields, parks and recreational areas. The size and intensity of the proposed use as it relates to adjacent land uses shall be a determinative factor.

i)

Hospitals or clinics.

j)

Motels and hotels.

k)

Temporary uses, including sale of Christmas trees, carnivals, church bazaars, and sale of seasonal fruits and vegetables from roadside stands, but such use is not to be permitted for a period to exceed two months in any calendar year.

l)

Food locker plant where lockers are rented for the storage of food, including sale at retail, delivery, including slaughtering.

m)

Automobile, travel trailer, and manufactured home sales, need not be enclosed. However, any required parts for repair may not be stored outside nor may any waste material from repairs be stored outside.

n)

Bus, railroad, and air terminal facilities.

o)

Drive-in restaurant.

p)

Automobile laundries or car washes.

q)

Milk bottling and distribution plants and ice cream manufacturing.

r)

Places of assembly including auditoriums, stadiums, coliseums, dance halls and nightclubs.

s)

Produce and farmer's markets.

t)

Wholesale warehouse.

u)

Garages, tire re-treading and recapping establishments, provided that no buildings for such use is located within 100 feet of a residential district.

v)

Veterinary hospitals or clinics, provided any structure used for such purpose shall be a minimum of 100 feet from any residential district, and provided further that such use shall not adversely affect adjacent uses.

w)

Recreational or entertainment facilities.

x)

Trade shops including sheet metal, roofing, upholstering, electrical, plumbing, venetian blind, cabinet making and carpentry, rug and carpet cleaning and sign painting shops, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a building and are not within 100 feet of any residential district.

y)

Temporary tents for revivals.

z)

Trade or business schools.

aa)

Group personal care homes and personal care homes.

bb)

Bakeries.

cc)

Automobile service stations.

dd)

Shopping centers.

ee)

Mini-warehouses, subject to the following conditions:

1.

Shall be limited to storage only.

2.

All storage shall be within the building area.

3.

No auctions or commercial sales or uses shall be conducted on the site.

4.

A fencing and landscaping plan shall be approved by the commission.

ff)

Retail sales, displays of merchandise, and storage.

gg)

Museums and institutions of a similar nature.

hh)

Auction house.

ii)

Dwelling, single-family.

jj)

Dwelling, two-family.

kk)

Dwelling, multiple (apartments, townhomes, condominiums).

ll)

Roominghouses.

mm)

Efficiency apartments.

nn)

Bed and breakfast inns, provided all parking can be maintained on the lot and not along collector or secondary streets.

oo)

On-premises service of beer and wine in cafes, grilles, lunch counters, and restaurants, so long as they are properly licensed by the city and are geographically located in the portion of the C-2 general commercial zoning classification known as the State Route 27 Corridor/LaFayette Highway Corridor, the outer perimeter of said area of which is shown on the map which is attached to this ordinance and incorporated herein.

pp)

Smoke shops.

(Ord. No. 279, § 2, 6-1-2009; Ord. No. 2023-401, § 2, 9-5-2023)

The following minimum building setback requirements shall be provided for all buildings and structures as measured from the street right-of-way lines:

a)

Front yard: 35 feet;

b)

Rear yard: 25 feet; and

c)

Side yard: 20 feet.

No building or structure shall exceed 45 feet in height.