Lafayette City Zoning Code
C COMMERCIAL
ZONE
§ 151.065 PURPOSE.
The C Zone is meant to allow for continuance of the traditional commercial/residential mix in the existing downtown core and portions of the more sparsely developed adjacent areas, and also to allow for a highway commercial area that would be without residential uses. The difference in purpose for these two commercials areas can be promoted through judicious granting of conditional uses.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990)
§ 151.066 PERMITTED USES.
(A) Retail, wholesale trades;
(B) Repair and maintenance services, excluding car, implement, marine and motorcycle sales/service;
(C) Offices, professional services;
(D) Eating and drinking establishments;
(E) Amusement establishments;
(F) Truck gardening and raising of field crops, excluding the raising of livestock;
(G) Accessory uses and temporary and identification signs;
(H) Public school, recreation and governmental uses; and
(I) Cannabis license types: cannabis retailer, cannabis delivery service, lower potency hemp retailer.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990; Ord. 151, passed 3-10-2025)
§ 151.067 CONDITIONAL USES.
(A) Advertising signs;
(B) Hotels, motels and lodging facilities;
(C) Car, implement, marine and motorcycle sales/service;
(D) Light assembly production;
(E) Gas stations and auto repair, excluding salvage yards;
(F) Lumber yards and warehousing;
(G) Single- and multi-family dwellings;
(H) The raising of livestock, but excluding feedlots;
(I) Utility structures;
(J) Other user as determined by the Planning Commission to: be similar in scope and intensity to those listed above; and
(K) Cannabis license types: cannabis cultivator (indoor), cannabis event organizer, cannabis manufacturer, lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer, cannabis testing, cannabis wholesaler, cannabis transporter, medical cannabis combination business, cannabis mezzobusiness, and cannabis microbusiness.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990; Ord. 151, passed 3-10-2025)
§ 151.068 STANDARDS.
(A) Street setback: minimum of 25 feet.
(B) Lot line setbacks: ten feet minimum, except where commercial abuts a residential zone, in which case the minimum will be 30 feet.
(C) Outside storage: these areas shall be fenced and shall relate to an ongoing commercial activity.
(D) Parking: minimum of ample off-street parking to accommodate normal traffic generated by the business.
(Ord. 75, passed 12-27-1990)