The intent of the C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District is to provide a district with the primary purpose of:

(1)

Allowing retail, service, and general commercial uses in the existing small unincorporated urban communities in the county; and

(2)

Satisfying those basic shopping and service needs which occur daily or frequently within the community.

The following uses shall be permitted uses within the C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance:

A.

Florists shops, plant nurseries and garden supplies sales.

B.

Building materials sales.

C.

Radio, television, motor and appliance repair shops and showrooms.

D.

Electrical, heating, plumbing and air conditioning shops and showrooms.

E.

Restaurants and drive-ins.

F.

Upholstery shops.

G.

Equipment rental, sales and service.

H.

Vehicle sales and service lots and garages.

I.

Gasoline filling stations.

J.

Seed, fertilizer, feed and petroleum products sales.

K.

Antique stores.

L.

Clothing and apparel shops.

M.

Grocery stores and bakeries.

N.

General and hardware stores.

O.

Variety, gift, jewelry or novelty stores.

P.

Locksmiths.

Q.

Offices of any type.

R.

Billiard and pool halls and bowling alleys.

S.

Postal stations.

T.

Essential services, subject to section 22.08.

U.

Hotels, motels, motor lodges and resorts (50 units or less).

The following uses may be allowed within the C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance and the issuance of a conditional use permit:

A.

Apartments located above the ground floor of retail and commercial businesses.

B.

Bars, lounges, clubs, lodges, and dance halls.

C.

Mini storage buildings.

D.

Other uses deemed by the planning commission to be of the same general character as those permitted and conditional uses listed above.

The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses within the C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District subject to the performance standards set forth elsewhere in this ordinance:

A.

Off-street parking and loading.

B.

Signs and billboards.

C.

Accessory buildings or structures and uses customarily incidental to the uses permitted in this article.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed in the C-2 Neighborhood Commercial District except as provided otherwise by this ordinance:

A.

Height.

1.

No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 30 feet in height.

2.

Side yard setbacks shall be increased by one foot from the required side yard setback for each one foot of building height over 15 feet as measured at the normal setback line.

B.

Front yard.

1.

There shall be a front yard setback from the centerline of all public rights-of-way of not less than:

a.

100 feet for township and county roads and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line if no building on adjacent lots.

b.

130 feet for state and federal highways and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line if no building on adjacent lots.

c.

65 feet for a service road immediately adjacent to and parallel to another road and a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way line if no building on adjacent lots.

d.

Additional setback requirements, see section 3.11.E.

C.

Side yard. There shall be a side yard setback having a width of not less than ten feet. Where a building abuts upon a lot in any residential district, a 15-foot side yard shall be required. If the highest point of the building wall at the normal setback line is over 15 feet, that side yard setback shall increase by one foot for every one foot over 15 feet of wall height.

D.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet.

E.

Lot width. Every lot or tract shall have a width of not less than 50 feet abutting a public right-of-way.

F.

Lot depth. Every lot or tract shall have a depth of not less than 100 feet.

G.

Lot area. Every lot or tract shall contain an area of not less than 20,000 square feet if served by public sewer or 40,000 square feet if private on-site sewer.

H.

Lot coverage. Not more than 50 percent of the lot or tract shall be occupied by buildings.

I.

Setback from ditches. Subject to the following exception, no buildings, structures, or trees shall hereafter be erected or planted within 75 feet from the centerline of any county or judicial ditch.

1.

Exception. A property owner may plant trees to within 16.5 feet of the top of the ditch within 100 feet of the ditch's inlet or outlet from a lake as measured from the lake ordinary high water level.