The general business district as established in this article is intended to be that permitting a wider range of business and entertainment activities than that permitted in the neighborhood business district. The permitted uses would serve not only nearby residential areas, but also people further away. These uses would generate larger volumes of vehicular traffic, would need more off-street/road parking and loading, and would require more planning to integrate such districts with adjacent residential areas.

(Ord. No. 2006-5, § 1, 10-24-06)

The following shall be permitted uses in a C-2 district:

1.

Any retail business or service establishment or public utility use itemized in the C-1 districts.

2.

Automobile, motorcycle, trailer, or boat showrooms.

3.

Motor vehicle wash establishment when completely enclosed in a building, subject to the requirements of article VI.

4.

Automobile service stations, subject to regulation of section 4.19.

5.

Banks.

6.

Blueprinting.

7.

Bookbindery.

8.

Bus passenger stations.

9.

Business schools, colleges, or private schools operated for profit.

10.

Carpet, rug, linoleum, or other floor covering stores.

11.

Catering establishments.

12.

Commercial planned unit developments in accordance with provisions of article XVI.

13.

Clothing stores or costume rental establishments.

14.

Department stores.

15.

Eating or drinking establishments.

16.

Electrical, glazing, heating, painting, paper hanging, plumbing, roofing or ventilation contractors' establishments, excluding outside storage yards.

17.

Exterminators.

18.

Furniture stores.

19.

Grocery store.

20.

Hotels or motels.

21.

Hardware stores.

22.

Household appliances.

23.

Garden shops, retail garden centers.

24.

Interior decorating establishments.

25.

Jewelry store.

26.

Medical or dental laboratories for research or testing, not involving any danger of fire or explosion, nor of offensive noise, vibration, smoke, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare, or other objectionable effects.

27.

Monument sales establishments, with incidental processing to order, but not including the shaping of headstones.

28.

Mortuary establishments.

29.

Movie theater (indoor).

30.

Moving or storage offices.

31.

Musical instrument repair shops.

32.

Office or business machine stores, sales or rental.

33.

Outdoor sales space for the sale of new and used automobiles, boats, or manufactured housing.

34.

Photographic developing or printing establishments and studios.

35.

Physical culture or health establishment, including gymnasiums, reducing salons, masseurs, or steam baths.

36.

Printing establishments.

37.

Private clubs.

38.

Private schools.

39.

Public auction rooms.

40.

Publicly owned buildings, public utility buildings and service yards but not including storage yards.

41.

Radio and television studios.

42.

Sign painting shops.

43.

Sports shop.

44.

Studios for music, dancing or theatrical instruction.

45.

Taxidermist shops.

46.

Television, radio, or household appliance repair shops.

47.

Theater, dance halls, assembly halls or similar places of assembly.

48.

Small business machine repair shops.

49.

[Reserved.]

50.

Upholstering shops dealing directly with consumers.

51.

Venetian blind, window shade, awning shops, custom shops, including repairs.

52.

Wedding chapels or banquet halls.

53.

Any service establishment of an office-showroom nature or workshop in the nature of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, shoemaker, baker, printer, upholsterer, or an establishment doing radio, television or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction, and similar establishments.

54.

Other uses similar to the above and subject to the following regulations:

a.

All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers. All goods provided on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

b.

All business, servicing, or processing except for off-street/road parking, loading and those open air uses indicated as being permissible in subsection 56, below, should be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

55.

Governmental office or other governmental use; public utility offices, exchanges, transformer stations, pump stations, and service yards but not including outdoor storage yards.

56.

Open air business uses, subject to the following regulations:

a.

The minimum area of the site shall be 22,000 square feet.

b.

The minimum street frontage shall be 150 feet.

c.

There shall be provided around all sides of the site, except by entrances, exits and along sides of premises enclosed by buildings, a fence or wall five feet in height in order to intercept windblown trash and other debris. Where the side abuts any residentially zoned districts, the requirements for protective screening shall be as specified in article IV.

d.

Lighting shall be installed in a manner which will not create a driving hazard on abutting streets/roads or which will not cause direct illumination on adjacent properties.

e.

Before approval is given for any use, a site plan shall be first submitted to the planning commission and county commission for review as to suitability of location of entrances and exits to the site, parking area, fencing, lighting, and other design features.

f.

All open air business uses shall comply with all county health regulations regarding sanitation and general health conditions.

57.

Bowling alley, when located at least 150 feet from any property zoned in a residential classification.

58.

Drive-in establishment or open front store subject to the County Code of Ordinances, provided that the entrance or exit to or from any such use is located at least 100 feet from the intersection of any two streets/roads; that all such uses shall have direct access to a major thoroughfare; that all lighting or illuminated display shall not reflect onto any adjacent residential zone; and that consideration is given to proximity of existing places of congregation of children (e.g., schools) and their relationship to traffic safety and sanitation.

59.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses. Outdoor advertising signs and billboards subject to all ordinances established by Colquitt County and as regulated by section 4.32 of this ordinance.

60.

Off-street/road parking and loading in accordance with article VI of this ordinance.

61.

Adult entertainment establishments in accordance with the Adult Entertainment, chapter 14, article III, of the Code of Ordinances of Colquitt County, Georgia.

(Ord. No. 2006-5, § 1, 10-24-06; Ord. No. 2008-2, Exh. A, 2-18-08)

1.

Adult entertainment establishments as permitted by Colquitt County Ordinance.

2.

All billboards within Colquitt County shall be erected, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the Colquitt County Building Code and provisions found in Georgia Outdoor Advertising Act that is found under O.C.G.A. §§ 32-6-70 through 32-6-97. Only those signs that are permitted by these regulations shall be erected within the county.

(Ord. No. 2006-5, § 1, 10-24-06; Ord. No. 2008-2, Exh. A, 2-18-08; Ord. No. 2012-1, § 1 (Exh. A), 1-17-12)

Protective screening for C-2 districts adjacent to or near residential districts shall be in compliance with the regulations set forth in section 4.30.

(Ord. no. 2006-5, § 1, 10-24-06; Ord. No. 2008-2, Exh. A, 2-18-08)

The following design standards shall apply in a C-2 district:

1.

Minimum lot width: 60 feet.

2.

Maximum height of building: Three stories (30 feet).

3.

Minimum yard setbacks:

a.

Front: 15 feet.

b.

Rear: 15 feet.

c.

Side: Ten feet.

Side yard restrictions may be waived to allow for party wall construction subject to approval of the planning commission and county commission, provided that a platted alley adjoins the rear of the property and provided that continuous building development shall not exceed 500 feet.

(Ord. No. 2006-5, § 1, 10-24-06; Ord. No. 2008-2, Exh. A, 2-18-08)