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Evansdale City Zoning Code

170.17 C-2

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

   The regulations set forth in this section and contained in Section 170.10 shall apply in the C-2 Commercial District. The intent of the C-2 District is to provide for those commercial uses primarily oriented toward automobile traffic or requiring amounts of space too great to be located in the Central Business District.
   1.   Principal Permitted Uses.
      A.   Any use permitted in the C-1 and C-3 Districts.
      B.   The following uses:
         Automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, boat, snowmobile, and farm implement establishments for display, hire, repair, and sales (including new and used sales lots). This paragraph shall not be construed to include automobile, tractor, or machinery wrecking and used parts yards.
         Ballrooms and dance halls.
         Bowling alleys.
         Carpenter and cabinet shops, lumber yards, building material sales yard, sheet metal shop, sign construction and painting shop, storage warehouse or business, and wholesale warehouse or business, but not including any manufacturing or fabricating for wholesaling operations.
         Drinking establishments.
         Furniture stores.
         Monument sales yards.
         Tire shops (including vulcanizing and retreading).
         Truck stops and terminals.
         Race tracks (not including motorized vehicles).
   2.   Accessory Uses.
      A.   Accessory uses permitted in the C-1 District.
      B.   Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to any permitted principal uses.
      C.   Any exterior or roof sign, provided such sign shall not project more than 16 feet above the roof line.
   3.   Height Regulations. No building shall exceed three stories or 48 feet in height, whichever is lower, except as otherwise provided in Section 170.25 of this chapter.
   4.   Lot Area, Frontage, and Yard Requirements - C-2. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modified requirements contained in Section 170.25.
 
C-2 District Use
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Width
Minimum Lot Area Per Family
Minimum Front Yard
*1
Minimum Side Yard
Minimum Sum of Both Side Yards
Minimum Rear Yard Depths
Dwellings
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R-3 District
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Hotels and Motels
1 acre
100 feet
50 feet
See *3
Overnight Campgrounds
3 acres
100 feet
50 feet
See *3
Other Permitted Uses
50 feet*2
See *3
Accessory Building
50 feet *5
10 feet
10 feet
4 feet
*1   The front yard depth of any lot abutting on a major street shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way lines as shown on the Official Major Street Plan.
*2   Where the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is located in the C-2 Commercial District and an R Residence District, one-half of the front yard requirements of the R Residence District shall apply to the C-2 Commercial District. Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, the front yard requirements stated above shall apply to each street side of the corner lot, except that the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced to less than 28 feet. No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
*3   Side yards shall be no less than 10 feet except where vehicular service is required to the rear of the principal structure, in which case one side yard shall be no less than 20 feet.
*4   For every additional foot the front yard depth is increased over 50 feet, the rear yard may be decreased in direct proportion thereto, but in no case shall the rear yard be less than 25 feet.
*5   All accessory buildings shall not project beyond the front building line of the principal building if said principal building setback line is increased.