Lindsborg City Zoning Code

The C-2 Retail Business District is intended for the purpose of grouping retail merchandising activities into a concentrated area servicing the general shopping needs of the trade area. Principal permitted uses include department stores, apparel stores, general retail sales and services, and similar uses appropriate for comparison shopping. The grouping is intended to strengthen the business level of the central business activity.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.01), 4-7-2003)

In C-2 Retail Business District no building shall be used and no building or structure altered, enlarged or erected, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in section 50-542.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.02), 4-7-2003)

The following uses are permitted in the C-2 Retail Business District:

(1)

Adding machine and other small business machine repair, sales and service.

(2)

Amusement places.

(3)

Antique shops and stores, providing all merchandise is displayed and used inside a building.

(4)

Apparel and accessory stores.

(5)

Apartments on floors other than the ground floor.

(6)

Appliance stores.

(7)

Art, art supply stores, arts and crafts shops.

(8)

Artist studios.

(9)

Automobile parking lots and garages.

(10)

Bakery and pastry shops, retail only.

(11)

Banks and other saving and lending institutions.

(12)

Barbershops, beauty shops and chiropody, massage or similar personal services.

(13)

Books and stationery stores.

(14)

Business and technical schools, including schools for photography, dancing and music.

(15)

Cigar and tobacco stores.

(16)

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring and similar trades.

(17)

Delicatessens and catering establishments.

(18)

Department stores.

(19)

Drug stores and prescription shops.

(20)

Dry goods and notion stores, including coin shops and fabric shops.

(21)

Electric appliance sales and repair shops.

(22)

Electric substations, telephone exchange and utility regulator stations.

(23)

Farm winery outlet.

(24)

Florist shops and garden shops, retail only.

(25)

Funeral home and mortuaries.

(26)

Furniture and home furnishing stores, retail only.

(27)

Government buildings, including churches.

(28)

Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores, retail only.

(29)

Hardware stores.

(30)

Hobby, stamp and coin shops.

(31)

Hotels and motels, including accessory uses.

(32)

Interior decorator's shop.

(33)

Jewelry and metal craft stores and shops.

(34)

Laundries and dry cleaning establishments.

(35)

Leather goods and luggage stores.

(36)

Libraries.

(37)

Lock and key shops.

(38)

Lumberyard.

(39)

Mail order catalog stores.

(40)

Manufacturing of arts and crafts for retail sale.

(41)

Medical, dental and health clinics.

(42)

Medical and orthopedic appliance stores.

(43)

Meeting halls and auditoriums, including union halls, Elk's Lodge, American Legion Home, VFW, Mason, etc.

(44)

Messenger and telecommunication services.

(45)

Music stores and studios, including repair shops.

(46)

Newspaper offices.

(47)

Portable concession stands subject to the detailed regulations of the city.

(48)

Printing shops and printing supply stores.

(49)

Newsstands.

(50)

Offices and office buildings.

(51)

Office supply and office equipment sales and service stores.

(52)

Optician and optometrist shops.

(53)

Paint, glass and wallpaper stores.

(54)

Parks and open spaces.

(55)

Pet shops.

(56)

Photographic equipment sales and supply stores.

(57)

Photographic studios.

(58)

Picture framing shops.

(59)

Restaurants and tearooms.

(60)

Real estate and insurance offices.

(61)

Rental storage units.

(62)

Self-service laundries and self-service dry cleaning establishments.

(63)

Sewing machine shops and stores.

(64)

Shoe stores.

(65)

Shoe repair and shoeshine shops.

(66)

Sporting and athletic goods stores.

(67)

Taverns.

(68)

Television and radio sales and service establishments.

(69)

Theaters.

(70)

Thrift shops.

(71)

Toy stores.

(72)

Travel bureaus.

(73)

Utility company offices.

(74)

Variety stores.

(75)

Watch and watch repair shops.

(76)

Accessory uses customarily incidental to the uses contained in subsections (1) through (75) of this section.

(77)

Residential use on the first floor may be allowed by special use permit when submitted, reviewed and approved by the board of zoning appeals and subject to such conditions as the board may impose and the following:

a.

Residential housing may be located in the rear half of the ground floor of a commercial building provided that the front half of the ground floor is used only for commercial use permitted in the C-2 District. Residential use is permitted up to but not exceeding 50 percent of the total ground floor space.

b.

The front half of the ground floor of a commercial building shall not be used for any residential purpose other than a required exit corridor. The space used for an exit corridor shall be counted towards the 50 percent maximum in subsection (77)a.

c.

Before a building permit and/or certificate of occupancy permit is issued, the property owner shall be required to provide the building official with stamped architectural or engineering plans for any commercial building that may contain a residential use including fire separation, smoke detection, interconnection and exits according to all City Codes. The percentage of floor area designated for residential and commercial uses may vary slightly depending on the architectural or engineering plans approved by the building official.

d.

Occupancy of the first floor residential housing unit is restricted to:

1.

The owner of the building; and

2.

The owner or manager of the front half commercial business.

(78)

The following uses may be allowed by special use permit when submitted, reviewed and approved by the board of zoning appeals and subject to such conditions as the board may impose:

a.

Auto sales and service.

b.

Child care center.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.03), 4-7-2003; Ord. No. 4438, § 2, 6-5-2006; Ord. No. 4696, § 1, 5-2-2011; Ord. No. 4995, § 1, 7-5-2016; Ord. No. 5075, § 1, 10-2-2017)

No requirements except those to meet fire regulations.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.04), 4-7-2003)

No building shall exceed 60 feet in height except as otherwise provided in article XXV of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.05), 4-7-2003)

(a)

Front. No front yard is required for any building in the C-2 Retail Business District.

(b)

Side. No side yard is required for any building in the C-2 Retail Business District.

(c)

Rear. All buildings erected after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall provide a 15-foot rear yard.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.06), 4-7-2003)

All signs erected hereafter in this district shall conform to the precise plan of design required in section 50-576.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-21.08), 4-7-2003)

No parking required.

See article XXII of these regulations.