El Paso City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
C-2 General Business District
§ 315-64 Purpose.
It is the purpose of the C-2 General Business District to provide adequate and reasonable regulations for those business areas in the City where general retail business is already established or where it may be appropriate to encourage such use.
§ 315-65 Permitted uses.
No building or premises in the C-2 General Business District shall be hereafter erected or altered, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, except for the following uses:
A.
Uses permitted in the C-1 Central Business District, subject to the regulations of that district.
B.
Offices.
C.
Personal service shops.
D.
Stores and shops for the conduct of any retail business, provided all goods or products offered for sale are displayed and stored within a building. Eating or drinking establishments, designed for consumption in cars parked or which may be parked on the premises, commonly known as "drive-ins," are not to be construed as permitted by this subsection, being designated a special use under § 315-66.
E.
Bowling alleys, indoor theaters, dance halls, gymnasiums, meeting halls, lodge halls, clubs and other recreational or fraternal establishments, but not including recreational uses conducted primarily in the open, such as golf driving ranges and miniature golf.
F.
Business, trade, dancing, music or art schools.
G.
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors.
H.
Electric substations and telephone exchanges.
I.
Small engine and recreational vehicle sales and repair shops.
[Added 5-20-2013 by Ord. No. 944]
J.
Construction businesses.
[Added 5-20-2013 by Ord. No. 944]
K.
Storage buildings.
[Added 5-20-2013 by Ord. No. 944]
§ 315-66 Special uses.
A.
The following uses may be allowed by special use permit upon application to and approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals:
B.
In its deliberations, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall give due consideration to the probable effect the proposed special use would have on surrounding land uses; the location of access drives into the site with respect to their creating traffic hazards; the adequacy of on-site parking; lighting of the premises; adequacy of supervision; and hours of operation.
§ 315-67 Use of commercial building as dwelling.
[Added 1-5-2015 by Ord. No. 966]
Any use permitted in § 315-61 relating to use of a commercial building as a dwelling in a Commercial C-1 District shall also be permitted in a Commercial C-2 District, with the substitution of "Article VIII" for "Article VII in all places in § 315-61A(1)(a).