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Kingsley City Zoning Code

165.15 C

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

The C Commercial District is intended and designed for business, professions, and occupations which are located in the Commercial District and require off-street parking areas and loading spaces.
   1.   Accessory Buildings, Structures and Uses.
      A.   Permit Required.  A permit and permanent foundation is required for all detached accessory building or buildings.
      B.   Height of Accessory Building.  No detached accessory building or structure shall exceed 18 feet in height, and the side walls shall not exceed 12 feet in height.
      C.   Location on Lot.  No accessory building or structure shall be erected in any front yard.  Accessory buildings or structures shall be no closer than three feet from any main buildings.
   2.   Principal Uses Permitted.  Property and buildings in a C Commercial District shall be used only for the following purposes:
      A.   The following businesses and uses:
         Antique shops.
         Apartments above first story level of a store or shop, with off-street/on-site parking.
         Apparel shops.
         Art shops.
         Automobile accessory and parts stores.
         Bakeries, bakery outlets or catering service, retail sales only.
         Banks, savings and loan associations, and similar financial institutions.
         Barbershops and beauty parlors.
         Bicycle shops, sales and repair.
         Bowling alleys.
         Business offices, professional offices and studios.
         Business and vocational schools.
         Camera stores.
         Carpenter and cabinet making shops.
         Car wash with truck bay.
         Child care centers.
         Churches and temples.
         Clothes cleaning and laundry pick-up stations.
         Clothing stores.
         Collection office of public utility.
         Confectionery stores, including ice cream or snack bars.
         Dairy stores, retail only.
         Dance studio.
         Delicatessens.
         Dental and medical clinics.
         Department stores.
         Drug stores.
         Dry goods stores.
         Florist shops.
         Furniture stores.
         Gift shops.
         Grocery stores, frozen food lockers, including supermarkets.
         Hardware stores.
         Hobby shops.
         Household appliances, sale and repair.
         Jewelry stores and watch repair shops.
         Libraries.
         Launderettes, coin-operated dry cleaning establishments, and dry-cleaning or pressing establishments using only non-flammable solvents.
         Lawn mower repair shops.
         Locker plant for storage and retail sales only.
         Leather goods store.
         Medical and dental clinics.
         Music stores and music studios.
         Office supply shops.
         Paint and wallpaper stores.
         Personal service and repair shops.
         Pet shops.
         Photographic studios, printing and developing establishments.
         Plumbing and heating shops.
         Post offices.
         Printing and lithographing shops.
         Publishing and engraving establishments.
         Radio and television sales and repair shops.
         Restaurants and taverns.
         Shoe and hat repair shops.
         Sporting goods stores.
         Tailor and dressmaking shops.
         TV and appliance repair and sales.
         Theatres.
         Toy stores.
         Upholstering shops.
         Used car lots.
         Variety stores.
         Video/movie film and equipment rental and sales.
      B.   Accessory uses and buildings which are customarily incidental to the above stated uses.
   3.   Special Exceptions.  The following special exceptions may be applied for pursuant to Section 165.21(4).  The Board of Adjustment may approve, deny, or table an application in accordance with provisions contained therein:
      A.   Agricultural feed and seed sales, but excluding grinding, mixing, and bleeding.
      B.   Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.
      C.   Apartments on first and second story level with off-street/on-site parking.
      D.   Automobiles, trailer, motorcycle, boat and farm implement establishments for display, hire, rental, and sales (including sales lots).  This paragraph shall not be construed to include automobile, tractor or machinery wrecking and rebuilding and used parts yards.
      E.   Automobile, trailer, motorcycle, boat and farm implement service/repair establishments.
      F.   Convenience stores with fuel sales.
      G.   Book stores.
      H.   Unattended fuel sales sites.
      I.   Drive-in restaurants.
      J.   Funeral homes and mortuaries.
      K.   Liquor stores.
      L.   Lumber yards.
      M.   Private clubs and lodges.
      N.   Public buildings, parks, playgrounds and community buildings.
      O.   Public utilities and offices.
      P.   Rental storage buildings.
      Q.   Roadside stands for the sale of fresh fruits, vegetables, nursery stock and plant food.
      R.   Service stations.
      S.   Sheet metal shops.
      T.   Wholesale display and sales rooms and offices.
      U.   Welding and machine shops.
   4.   Bulk Requirements.  Height regulations, lot area, frontage, and yard requirements are specified in Section 165.09(21).
   5.   Sign Regulations.  Sign regulations shall be as specified in Section 165.18.