(1) INTENT. The C-3 Highway Commercial District is intended to provide for the trade, service, cultural, and recreational uses which are appropriate to be developed in conjunction with a highway and offer a desired convenience in location and accessibility to the motoring public.

(2) PRINCIPAL USES. The following shall be principal uses by right when located within a building or structure that conforms with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations:

(a) Automobile and truck dealerships, service, and repair facilities.

(b) Automotive parts supplies stores.

(c) Big box discount department stores, grocery, and hardware stores.

(d) Child care centers.

(e) Fast food dine-in and drive-through restaurants.

(f) Farm machinery and equipment sales and services.

(g) Feed, grain, and fertilizer sales.

(h) Gas stations, service stations, and convenience stores.

(i) Golf driving ranges and miniature golf courses.

(j) Lumber yards and construction materials sales.

(k) Machine shops.

(l) Medical, dental, and other health services.

(m) Mobile home sales.

(n) Motion picture theaters, including drive-in theaters.

(o) Motels and hotels, including accessory service uses.

(p) Railroad and truck terminals, excluding stockyards.

(q) Shopping centers and strip-malls.

(r) Wholesale distribution and warehousing.

(3) PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted if a principal use or structure is present:

(a) Accessory uses and structures normally appurtenant to the permitted uses and structures and to uses and structures permitted as special exception uses.

(4) SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES. A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the C-3 Highway Commercial District if a special use permit for such use has been obtained in accordance with section 11-230:

(a) Bulk fertilizer plants.

(b) Churches and places of worship.

(c) Civic, social, and fraternal associations.

(d) Dwelling units, including mobile homes, for use by the owner, operator, or caretaker of the commercial establishment.

(e) Electrical and gas distribution substations and other public utility substations and other public utility installations, but not including equipment storage or maintenance yards.

(f) Funeral homes.

(g) Motion picture theaters.

(h) Outdoor advertising businesses.

(i) Veterinary services and small animal hospitals.

(j) Alternative energy systems utilizing biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar or wind sources in conformance with net metering per Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-2001 to 70-2005 (August 30, 2009, as amended.) and shall also be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-525 and 11-526.

(k) Co-location of additional cellular or communication antennas on an existing tower in conformance with the provisions of section 11-528.

(5) LANDSCAPING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Landscaped parking lots, including trees and landscaped islands as separations between parking bays.

(b) Roof-lines shall incorporate peaked parapet false front facades or peaked roofs.

(c) Wide sidewalks abutting the storefronts with canopy or roof overhangs extending over pedestrian areas.

(6) PROHIBITED USES. All other uses and structures, which are not specifically permitted or not permissible as special exception uses, shall be prohibited from the C-3 Highway Commercial District.

(7) SPACE LIMITATIONS. No residential structure shall be constructed or substantially improved within a floodplain or flood prone area unless the lowest floor, including basement, is elevated to at least one foot above the base flood level. Additionally, no structures for human habitation shall be allowed in a designated floodway. No property shall be utilized for any purpose other than permitted by this district and no structure shall be moved, constructed, or substantially improved without complying with the provisions of the Floodplain Regulations. The following shall apply except as otherwise allowed for community unit plans of the Supplementary Regulations.

(a) The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the C-3 Highway Commercial District shall be as follows:

(8) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Supplementary Regulations shall be complied with as defined herein.

(9) SIGN REGULATIONS. Signs within the C-3 Highway Commercial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of the Sign Regulations.

(10) PARKING REGULATIONS. Parking within the C-3 Highway District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-508.

(11) FENCE REGULATIONS. Fences within the C-3 Highway Commercial District shall be in conformance with the provisions of section 11-502.

Source: Ord. 965 (1984); Ord. 1142 (1991); Ord. 1400 (1998); Ord. 1544 (2003); Ord. 1579 (2003); Ord. 1926 (2015); Ord. 1952 (2015); Ord. 1964 (2015); Ord. 1974 (2016); Ord. 2063 (2019); Ord. 2119 (2021)