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Dover City Zoning Code

§ 236-19

C-3 Light Industrial-Commercial District.

A. 
Principal uses. Principal uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Motor vehicle repair garages.
(2) 
Tire sales, sales of automobile parts, hardware stores, retail lumberyards for the storage, sale and minor milling of materials.
(3) 
Offices.
(4) 
Motor vehicle service stations.
(5) 
Bars or taverns.
[Amended 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
(6) 
Computer, audio and video electronic stores.
(7) 
Funeral homes.
(8) 
Parks and playgrounds.
(9) 
Buildings used exclusively by federal, state, county or local government.
(10) 
Apartment buildings.
(11) 
Hotels and motels.
(12) 
Light manufacturing.
(13) 
Indoor recreation uses limited to indoor tennis courts, skating rinks, handball courts, paddleball courts, bowling alleys and swimming pools.
(14) 
Bars with live entertainment.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
(15) 
Restaurants.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
(16) 
Restaurants, fast food.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
(17) 
Restaurants, formula fast food.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
(18) 
Restaurants with limited live entertainment.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
B. 
Accessory uses. Accessory uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles.
(2) 
Restaurants, meeting place facilities and retail stores accessory to hotels and motels.
(3) 
Warehousing accessory to permitted principal uses, provided that:
(a) 
If the basement and the first floor or second floor are occupied by the same occupant, all of the basement, plus 25% of the first or second floor, may be used for warehousing.
(b) 
If the first floor or second floor alone are occupied, then only 40% of the first floor or second floor may be used for warehousing.
(c) 
The storage of highly flammable material necessary in the manufacturing process shall be limited to 10% of the total square footage of the business.
C. 
Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Public utility buildings, structures or facilities.
(2) 
Adult entertainment establishments, adult bookstores, adult picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters and adult cabarets.
[Added 11-22-1994 by Ord. No. 38-1994]
(3) 
Nightclubs.
[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
D. 
Bulk requirements. The minimum area for a lot shall include provisions for off-street parking, and such parking lot may be considered as part of the yard space.
E. 
Height limits. All buildings in the C-3 District may be erected up to 80 feet in height.
F. 
Minimum floor area. There shall be no minimum floor area in the C-3 District.
G. 
Off-street parking. All uses shall be required to provide on-site, off-street parking in accordance with § 236-43.
[Amended 11-10-2003 by Ord. No. 39-2003]