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Economy City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

C-1 General Commercial District

§ 180-40 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to provide retail shopping and service facilities that serve the needs of the general community and are located on arterial and collector streets in appropriate locations to allow convenient access and to minimize traffic impacts on neighborhoods and local streets.

§ 180-41 Authorized uses.

[Amended 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 423; 1-22-2013 by Ord. No. 440; 5-28-2024 by Ord. No. 483]
In the C-1 General Commercial District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Antiques, interior decorating.
(b) 
Apparel and accessories store.
(c) 
Appliance or home furnishing store.
(d) 
Art, book, stationery store.
(e) 
Automobile service station.
(f) 
Bakery shop, including processing primarily for on-site sale.
(g) 
Bar or tavern.
(h) 
Beverage distributor.
(i) 
Business or professional offices.
(j) 
Business services.
(k) 
Candy or ice cream store, including processing primarily for on-site sale.
(l) 
Card and gift shop.
(m) 
Catering service, including rental hall.
(n) 
Church.
(o) 
Commercial greenhouse.
(p) 
Commercial school.
(q) 
Contracting business.
(r) 
Convenience store.
(s) 
Delicatessen.
(t) 
Drugstore.
(u) 
Dry-cleaning pickup store.
(v) 
Educational studio.
(w) 
Essential services.
(x) 
Financial institution.
(y) 
Fitness center.
(z) 
Florist shop.
(aa) 
Food store.
(bb) 
Forestry, subject to § 180-77.
(cc) 
Funeral home.
(dd) 
General merchandise store.
(ee) 
Grocery store.
(ff) 
Health club.
(gg) 
Hobby shop.
(hh) 
Impoundments used exclusively for oil and gas operations, subject to § 180-78.1.
(ii) 
Indoor entertainment.
(jj) 
Laundromat.
(kk) 
Medical clinic.
(ll) 
Medical offices.
(mm) 
Motel/hotel.
(nn) 
Multifamily dwellings.
(oo) 
Newsstand.
(pp) 
Oil and gas operations, subject to § 180-78.1.
(qq) 
Passive recreation.
(rr) 
Personal services.
(ss) 
Pet grooming.
(tt) 
Pet services.
(uu) 
Pharmacy.
(vv) 
Places of assembly.
(ww) 
Private club.
(xx) 
Public buildings.
(yy) 
Public utility building or structure.
(zz) 
Restaurant, carry-out.
(aaa) 
Restaurant, fast-food.
(bbb) 
Restaurant, sit-down.
(ccc) 
Retail businesses not otherwise listed herein.
(ddd) 
Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(eee) 
Vehicle rental sales and service.
(fff) 
Video store, excluding adult video store.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Drive-through facilities, subject to § 180-73.
(b) 
Fences, subject to § 180-70.
(c) 
No-impact home-based business or home occupation in a dwelling that is a nonconforming use.
(d) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XIII.
(e) 
Signs, subject to Article XIV.
(f) 
Temporary construction trailer or sales office, subject to § 180-74.
(g) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Active recreation, low-impact, subject to § 180-66A.
(b) 
Communications tower, subject to § 180-66L.
(c) 
Day-care center, subject to § 180-66O.
(d) 
Fire and emergency medical services, subject to § 180-66R.
(e) 
Group-care facility, subject to § 180-66T.
(f) 
Mini warehouse and self-storage buildings, subject to § 180-66CC.
(g) 
Nursing home, subject to § 180-66V.
(h) 
Oil and gas wells, subject to § 180-66EE.
(i) 
Personal-care boarding home, subject to § 180-66T.
(j) 
Public parking lot or public parking garage, subject to § 180-66II.
(k) 
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 180-66T.
(l) 
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Car wash, subject to § 180-66G.
(b) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 180-66J.
(c) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 180-66M.
(d) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 180-66LL.
(e) 
Veterinary clinic, subject to § 180-66PP.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Personal wind energy system.

§ 180-42 Area and bulk regulations.

In the C-1 General Commercial District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XI:
A. 
Minimum lot area: one acre (43,560 square feet).
B. 
Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 70%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(b) 
Adjoining all other districts: 25 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(b) 
Adjoining all other districts: 10 feet.
G. 
Minimum distance between buildings (where two or more buildings are on the same lot): 20 feet.
H. 
Special yard requirements: See § 180-70.
I. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 180-71.
J. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
All principal structures: three stories, but no more than 45 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story, but no more than 20 feet.
K. 
Height exceptions: See § 180-72.

§ 180-43 Off-street parking and loading.

See Article XIII.

§ 180-44 Signs.

See Article XIV.

§ 180-45 Buffer areas and landscaping.

See § 180-69.

§ 180-46 Storage.

See § 180-76.