The following regulations shall apply in all "C" districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.36.

(Prior code § 11-206.1)

In the C districts, the following uses are permitted:

1.

All uses permitted in any R district without regard to securing any use permit, except automobile camps and similar uses;

2.

Stores and shops for the conduct of any retail business (but not including second hand stores and pawn shops), automobile service stations for sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only; banks; barber shops, beauty parlors; dressmaking, shoe and tailor shops; messenger offices, professional offices; storage garages; studios; telegraph offices, and other business uses which are of the same general character as those enumerated in this subsection and not obnoxious or detrimental to the district;

3.

Stores and shops for the conduct of any wholesale business clothing manufacture; laundries, laundrettes, auto laundries; cleaning and dyeing establishments; carpenter shops; lumber yards; paint, paper hanging and decorating shops; plumbing shops; tinsmith shops; storage of household goods; storage and wholesale distributors of petroleum products; second hand stores and pawn shops; undertaking establishments; animal hospitals and pet shops; commercial kennels; and other uses which in the opinion of the planning commission are similar in character to those enumerated in this section and will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the district in which they are located and subject to the securing of a use permit in each case;

4.

Automobile camps, and similar uses subject to securing a use permit in each case;

5.

The use of power-driven machinery incidental and accessory to any of the uses permitted in C district;

6.

Outdoor advertising signs and structures, when appurtenant to any use permitted in the district and when located on the premises on which such use is conducted; also outdoor advertising signs and structures when used for informational or directional purposes and subject to securing a use permit.

(Prior code § 11-206.1(a))

In the C District, Commercial Cannabis Businesses shall be permitted, after obtaining a conditional use permit from the Planning Commission.

(Ord. No. 289, § 4, 10-24-2017)

In the C districts, building heights are limited as follows:

Same as specified for R-2 districts.

(Prior code § 11-206.1(b))

In the C districts, yard requirements are as follows:

None except:

A.

Every building or portion thereof which is designed or used for any dwelling purposes shall comply with the provisions of this title as to side yard which are required in R-1 districts; provided, that when the ground floor of any such building is used for any commercial purpose, no side yard shall be required, except as hereinafter in this section provided. Every such building or portion thereof shall have a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

B.

In case of a C district bordering on property in an R district, the side yard required shall be the same as required for the adjacent R district; except, that on a corner lot adjacent to a key lot, the side yard adjacent to the street shall be not less than one-half of the front yard required for the key lot. There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet on the rear of any lot in C district bordering on property in any R district.

C.

No building shall hereafter be erected, nor shall any use of land be made, except the use of land for agricultural purposes which will be closer to the right-of-way line of any street than any official plan line or any building line which has been established for such street by the street and highway plan of the city; and provided further, that on the specifically designated streets the front yard required shall be as noted.

(Prior code § 11-206.1(c))

In the C districts:

A.

The architectural and general appearance of all commercial buildings and grounds shall be in keeping with the character of the neighborhood, but such as not to be detrimental to the general welfare and the public health and safety of the community in which such use or uses are located.

B.

Plot plans and elevations for any commercial building proposed to be erected in a C district shall be submitted to the planning commission for review and to determine compliance with this section.

C.

Appeal from any decision of the planning commission may be made to the city council in written form stating reasons for such appeal.

(Prior code § 11-206.1(d))