Mitchelville City Zoning Code

The C-4 District is intended to accommodate the variety of retail stores and related activities which occupy the prime area within the central business district. It is intended that this district not be mapped outside the original (downtown) business core.

1.   Principal Permitted Uses. Only the uses of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted.

   A.   Retail or service such as the following:

      (1)   Antique shops.

      (2)   Apparel shops.

      (3)   Art shops.

      (4)   Auto and home supply stores.

      (5)   Baby and children’s stores.

      (6)   Bakeries and baker outlets - retail sales only.

      (7)   Bicycle shops, sales and repairs.

      (8)   Book stores.

      (9)   Camera stores.

      (10)   Carwashes.

      (11)   Clubs and lodges.

      (12)   Collection office of public utility.

      (13)   Confectionery stores, including ice cream or snack bars.

      (14)   Consumer retail uses, personal services or business.

      (15)   Dairy stores - retail only.

      (16)   Dance studios.

      (17)   Delicatessens.

      (18)   Dry goods stores.

      (19)   Florist shops and greenhouses.

      (20)   Funeral homes.

      (21)   Furniture stores.

      (22)   Grocery stores including supermarkets.

      (23)   Hardware stores.

      (24)   Hobby shops.

      (25)   Hotels, motels and tourist courts.

      (26)   Household appliances - sales and repair.

      (27)   Jewelry stores and watch repair shops.

      (28)   Key shops.

      (29)   Launderettes; coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments; and dry-cleaning or pressing establishments.

      (30)   Leather goods store.

      (31)   Meat market for storage and retail sales only.

      (32)   Medical, dental, osteopathic and clinics.

      (33)   Music stores.

      (34)   Music studios.

      (35)   Paint and wallpaper stores.

      (36)   Plumbing, heating and air conditioning shops.

      (37)   Printing shops.

      (38)   Professional offices.

      (39)   Public buildings and utilities, including administrative and sales office, equipment storage buildings and enclosed storage.

      (40)   Radio and television sales and repair shops.

      (41)   Real estate, insurance and financial institutions.

      (42)   Refrigeration and air conditioning service and repair, electrical.

      (43)   Restaurants, night clubs, cafes, taverns.

      (44)   Shoe and hat repair shops.

      (45)   Tailor and dressmaking shops.

      (46)   Toy stores.

      (47)   Variety stores.

      (48)   Veterinarian clinics or hospitals, including overnight boarding and lodging.

   B.   Combinations of the above uses.

2.   Permitted Accessory Uses.

   A.   Uses clearly subordinate and customarily incidental to the principal uses, including storage of merchandise and preparation of certain products, shall be permitted. Outside storage must be located in the rear yard and must be completely obstructed from view by means of an enclosure and landscaping, as required by Section 170.02 (Screening).

   B.   Dwelling units, provided that said units are not located on the first floor and are conforming with the bulk requirements of this section.

   C.   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, said buildings shall be removed upon the completion of construction or abandonment of the construction site.

   D.   Storage of merchandise incidental to the principal use, but not to exceed 40 percent of the floor area utilized for such use.

3.   Permitted Conditional Uses..

   A.   Light manufacturing, assembly or treatment of articles or merchandise from the following previously prepared material: canvas, cellophane, cloth, fiber, glass, leather, paper, clay, plastic, precious or semiprecious metals, textiles, and yarn, provided that the entire operation is conducted within a building and that no raw materials or manufactured products are stored outside the building other than for loading and unloading operations and further providing that such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration or noise beyond the confines of the building or emissions of dust, fumes, gas, odor or smoke.

   B.   Signs in accordance with Chapter 165 of this Zoning Ordinance.

   C.   Home occupations are not an allowed conditional use.

4.   Bulk Regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modifications contained in Chapter 168.

   A.   Lot Area. none.

   B.   Front Yard. none.

   C.   Side Yard. none except where side yard is adjacent to an R District, in which case the yard shall be at least 15 feet.

   D.   Rear Yard. none.

   E.   Maximum Height. 65 feet.

   F.   Maximum Number of Stories. four.