The regulations set forth in this section and elsewhere in this chapter which are applicable, shall apply in the “C-2” Highway/Auto-Oriented Business District.

1.   Purpose and Intent. This District is intended to provide a district for a wide range of services and good which might be incompatible with the uses permitted in the Central Business District. It is intended this District be located in separate areas which may be adjacent to other business districts or in close proximity to an arterial, secondary, or collector street.

2.   Principal Permitted Uses. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.

   A.   Any use permitted in the “C-1” District; providing such use shall comply with the minimum requirements of the “C-2” District.

   B.   Business and service establishments such as the following:

Animal hospital, veterinary clinic; providing any exercising runway or pasture shall be at least 200 feet from any “R” or “C-1” District.

Automobile, trailer and farm implement establishment for display, hire, sales and repairs.

Automotive body and fender repair garage or shop.

Automobile service station.

Bakeries.

Ballrooms and dance halls.

Billiard parlors and pool halls.

Bowling alleys.

Business, commercial, dancing and music schools.

Carpenter and cabinet shops.

Car washes.

Clothes dry cleaning and/or dyeing establishments, using flammable cleaning fluids with a flash point higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Drive-in eating and drinking establishments, summer gardens, and road houses, including entertainment and dancing, provided the principal building is distant at least 200 feet from any “R” District.

Grain and animal feed, storage and sales.

Greenhouses and nurseries.

Hatcheries and research facilities.

Laboratories, including facilities for the production of vaccines and the conducting of research.

Ice storage and distributing station of not more than five ton capacity.

Lumber yards, retail, but not including any mill work, manufacturing, fabricating or wholesale operations.

Mini-storage facilities.

Motels and hotels.

Night clubs.

Offices.

Plumbing, heating and air conditioning shops.

Printing shops and bookbinding.

Radio or TV broadcasting stations, studios and offices but not towers in excess of 100 feet.

Sign painting shop.

   C.   Any other similar business and service establishment or professional office use which is found by the Zoning Administrator to be a use similar to one of the above named uses and, in his or her opinion, conforms to the intent of this section.

3.   Accessory Uses. Accessory uses permitted in the “C-1” District providing such use shall comply with the minimum requirements of the “C-2” District.

4.   Height Regulations. No principal building shall exceed 45 feet in height.

5.   Lot Area, Lot Frontage and Yard Requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be observed. Any “R-3” use shall be as specified in the “R-3” District. For all other permitted uses:

   A.   Lot area   8,500 square feet

   B.   Lot width   66 feet

   C.   Front yard depth   45 feet

   D.   Side yard width   10 feet*

   E.   Rear yard depth   25 feet

*Except when adjoining any “R” District, in which case not less than 25 feet. All yards abutting a public thoroughfare shall be considered front yards and shall comply with the requirements for a front yard.

6.   Off-street Parking Regulations. Off-street parking requirements are governed by Section 165.42 of this chapter.

7.   Open Space Requirements. All buildings and land use shall comply with the following: On each lot there shall be provided an open space equal to at least 20 percent of the total lot area; said space shall be unencumbered with any structure or off-street parking and shall be landscaped and well maintained with grass, trees and shrubbery, except for areas used as pedestrian walks and ingress-egress drives; and ingress-egress drives shall not exceed two 20-foot lanes which are separated by open space. On parcels greater than three acres in size, the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend to the Council, in connection with the approval of a landscaping plan, a reduction in the required open space requirements to less than 20 percent, but at least 10 percent. The Council may accept, reject, or modify the recommendation. For purposes of complying with the foregoing requirements, any parcels of real estate on opposite sides of a street right-of-way which are owned by the same titleholder and utilized in the same commercial enterprise shall be considered as one parcel.

8.   Buffers Required. Buffers may be required in accord with Section 165.43 of this chapter.

9.   Single-Family Residential Dwelling. Other provisions of Section 165.22 (3) and this section of the Code of Ordinances to the contrary notwithstanding, any single-family residential dwelling used for residential purposes in the “C-2” District on or before October 8, 1996, may, in the event of damage to an extent of 50 percent or more of its fair market value, be restored or reconstructed and used as a single-family residential dwelling.