The regulations set forth in this chapter or set forth elsewhere in this title when referred to in this chapter, are the regulations in the C-2 general commercial districts.

(Ord. 986 (part), 1965: prior code § 26-11)

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

(1)

Any use permitted in the C-1 local commercial district;

(2)

Automobile or trailer display and sales room;

(3)

Billboard or poster panel, provided such billboard or poster panel is not erected within fifty feet of any R district and provided, further, that it shall not exceed twenty-five feet in height from the street grade;

(4)

Bowling alley and billiard parlor;

(5)

Business or commercial school;

(6)

Dancing or music academy;

(7)

Display and sales room;

(8)

Drive-in restaurant or theater;

(9)

Frozen food locker;

(10)

Hotel;

(11)

Motel;

(12)

Milk distributing station;

(13)

Public garage;

(14)

Radio or television broadcasting station or studio;

(15)

Veterinarian or animal hospital;

(16)

Used car sales or storage lot;

(17)

Dyeing, cleaning, laundry, painting, plumbing, tinsmithing, tire sales, and service, upholstering and other general service or repair establishment of similar character which do not employ more than ten persons on the premises in a single shift, not including persons whose principal duties are off the premises. Not more than ten percent of the lot or tract occupied by such establishment shall be used for the open and unenclosed storage of materials or equipment;

(18)

Accessory building or use customarily incidental to any of the uses set out in this section;

(19)

Reserved.

(20)

Tool, die, gauge and machine shops shall be required to obtain a special use permit as provided for in Chapter 20.68 and the following approved criteria:

(A)

Approval Criteria: In order to grant a special use permit the board of adjustment must find that the applicant meets the specific approval criteria set forth in Section 20.68.020. The board must also find that the applicant meets the following general approval criteria or that the following criteria do not apply. The board of adjustment may also impose appropriate conditions and safeguards, including but not limited to, landscaping and screening, fencing, construction commencement and completion deadlines, lighting, operational controls, improved traffic circulation requirements, increased minimum setback requirements, parking requirements, limitations on the duration of a use or ownership or any other requirement which the board deems appropriate under the circumstances upon a finding that the conditions are necessary to fulfill the purpose and intent of this title.

(i)

The business does not employ more than twenty-five persons on the premises in a single shift, not including persons whose principal duties are off the premises.

(ii)

There shall not be melting of metal, use of drop hammers, fabrication outside the building, smoke stacks or bag houses or other interior/exterior activity that would be injurious or detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort or general welfare, and use and enjoyment of the properties and residents within the surrounding area.

(iii)

No more than ten percent of the lot or tract occupied by such establishment shall be used for the open and unenclosed storage of materials or equipment; all proposed outdoor storage must be screened from any residential zoned districts.

(iv)

Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and/or necessary facilities have been or are being provided.

(v)

Adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide ingress or egress designed to minimize traffic congestion on public streets.

(vi)

Except for the specific regulations and standards applicable to the special use permit being considered, the specific proposed use, in all other respects, conforms to the applicable regulations or standards of the zone in which it is to be located.

(B)

Burden of Proof: The applicant bears the burden of proof and must support each of the approval criteria by a preponderance of the evidence.

(C)

Precedents: The granting of a special use is not grounds for granting other special uses for the same or differing properties.

(21)

Laboratory—Research, testing and development facility shall be required to obtain a special use permit as provided for in Chapter 20.68 and be subject to the following additional conditions and/or standards:

(A)

In order to grant a special use permit the board of adjustment must find that the applicant meets the specific approval criteria set forth in Section 20.68.020. The board must also find that the applicant meets the following general approval criteria or that the following criteria do not apply. The board of adjustment may also impose appropriate conditions and safeguards, including but not limited to, landscaping and screening, fencing, construction commencement and completion deadlines, lighting, operational controls, improved traffic circulation requirements, increased minimum setback requirements, parking requirements, limitations on the duration of a use or ownership or any other requirement which the board deems appropriate under the circumstances upon a finding that the conditions are necessary to fulfill the purpose and intent of this title.

(B)

A list of hazardous materials as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency intended to be on premises shall be submitted with the special use permit application. List shall include material, maximum material on site and hazard class.

(i)

Any changes to the list of materials shall be submitted and approved by the Keokuk Board of Adjustment prior to use.

(C)

Light manufacturing and warehousing/distribution may be included as an ancillary use depending on the impact of activity on neighboring property and scale of the premises. A detailed scope of activity shall be submitted with the special use application.

(i)

Any changes to the scope of activity shall be submitted and approved by the Keokuk Board of Adjustment.

(D)

No more than ten percent of the lot or tract occupied by such establishment shall be used for the open and unenclosed storage of materials or equipment; all proposed outdoor storage must be screened from any residential zoned districts.

(E)

Hours of operation and activities must be appropriately scheduled to protect the surrounding neighborhood from detrimental noise, dust, odor, vibration, light, radiation which are detectable at the property line and do not pose a significant safety hazard (such as danger of explosion) or other disturbance or interruption.

(i)

All operations, with the exception of loading, shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

(ii)

Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and/or necessary facilities have been or are being provided.

(iii)

Adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide ingress or egress designed to minimize traffic congestion on public streets.

(iv)

Except for the specific regulations and standards applicable to the special use permit being considered, the specific proposed use, in all other respects, conforms to the applicable regulations or standards of the zone in which it is to be located.

(F)

Burden of Proof. The applicant bears the burden of proof and must support each of the approval criteria by a preponderance of the evidence.

(G)

Precedents. The granting of a special use is not grounds for granting other special uses for the same or differing properties.

(H)

All interior driveways and parking areas shall be paved with a material to reduce dust.

(I)

An inventory of toxic, corrosive, flammable, carcinogenic or explosive materials, chemicals, liquids, gases or solids shall be updated annually and filed with the local fire department and the Lee County 911 service.

(22)

Bar.

(23)

Brewery, micro.

(24)

Brew pub.

(25)

Ground floor and below grade dwellings as provided in section 20.68.020 (28).

(Ord. 1829 § 2, 2007; Ord. 1397 § 8, 1984)

(Ord. No. 1934, § 1, 2-20-14; Ord. No. 1961, § 1, 11-3-16; Ord. No. 1967, § 2, 3-16-17; Ord. No. 2003, § 1, 2-20-20; Ord. No. 2012, § 2, 12-17-20; Ord. No. 2042, § 1, 8-3-23)

The height and area regulations set forth in Chapter 20.60 shall be observed.

(Ord. 986 (part), 1965: prior code § 26-11.2)

Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Chapter 20.64.

(Ord. 986 (part), 1965: prior code § 26-11.3)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1936, § 1, adopted September 18, 2014, repealed § 20.40.050, which pertained to use for business purposes and derived from Ord. No. 1800, 2005.