Mitchelville City Zoning Code

The C-2 District is designed to provide space for the general retail and professional office uses and efficient development of major retail shopping areas (other than shopping centers in the C-3 District). The uses permitted are intended to accommodate both the general retail consumer and the needs and services of the automobile traveling consumer. Since such areas will be along major entrances to the City and heavily traveled arterial streets, it is essential to maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance through proper design, site layout and landscaping, and to minimize interference with through traffic.

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)   Automotive repair shops, undercoating, towing services.

      (6)   Baby and children’s stores.

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

      (8)   Bicycle shops, sales and repairs.

      (9)   Book stores.

      (10)   Camera stores.

      (11)   Car washes.

      (12)   Clubs and lodges.

      (13)   Collection office of public utility.

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

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

      (16)   Convenience or quick stop stores.

      (17)   Dairy stores - retail only.

      (18)   Dance studios.

      (19)   Delicatessens.

      (20)   Dry goods stores.

      (21)   Florist shops and greenhouses.

      (22)   Funeral homes.

      (23)   Furniture stores.

      (24)   Gas stations.

      (25)   Grocery stores including supermarkets.

      (26)   Hardware stores.

      (27)   Hotels, motels and tourist courts.

      (28)   Household appliances - sales and repair.

      (29)   Jewelry stores and watch repair shops.

      (30)   Key shops.

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

      (32)   Leather goods store.

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

      (34)   Medical, dental, osteopathic and clinics.

      (35)   Music stores.

      (36)   Music studios.

      (37)   Paint and wallpaper stores.

      (38)   Plumbing, heating and air conditioning shops.

      (39)   Printing shops.

      (40)   Professional offices.

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

      (42)   Radio and television sales and repair shops.

      (43)   Real estate, insurance and financial institutions.

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

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

      (46)   Shoe and hat repair shops.

      (47)   Tailor and dressmaking shops.

      (48)   Toy stores and hobby shops.

      (49)   Variety stores.

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

   B.   Combinations of the above uses.

2.   Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures.

   A.   Uses of land and or structures clearly subordinate and customarily incidental to the principal uses, including storage of merchandise and preparation of certain products, shall be permitted subject to the standards set forth in subsection 5, Performance Standards.

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

   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.   TV Dish Antennas in accordance with Chapter 168.11 of the Zoning Code - General Regulations.

   E.   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 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.   Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS), see Chapter 168.14 of the Zoning Code - General Regulations.

4.   Bulk Regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modifications contained in Chapter 168.07.

   A.   Lot Area. None.

   B.   Front Yard. 50 feet.

   C.   Side Yard. None except where side yard is adjacent to an R District, in which case a buffer yard shall be provided. See subsection 5, Performance Standards, subparagraph F.

   D.   Rear Yard. 25 feet.

   E.   Maximum Height. 65 feet.

   F.   Maximum Number of Stories. four.

   G.   A minimum of 15 percent of the lot area shall be retained as landscaped open space to include such items as walks, trees, shrubs, fountains, or other ornamental features.

   H.   Off-Street Parking and Loading. See Chapter 168.

 

 

5.   Performance Standards.

   A.   Outdoor activities shall be limited to display of merchandise for retail sale and storage, provided that such storage shall be fully enclosed and screened from view from adjacent streets and residentially zoned parcels by a six-foot high masonry fence supplemented by coniferous plantings as necessary to further screen such storage; further provided, that no display or storage shall be permitted in the required front yard unless expressly allowed.

   B.   Certain products such as bakery goods may be produced on the premises provided that:

      (1)   Such production shall be clearly accessory to the retail use of the premises.

      (2)   All such products shall be sold at retail on the premises on which they are produced, provided that such provision shall not be construed to prohibit operation of a catering service or limited wholesale of goods produced and clearly accessory to the retail use of the premises.

   C.   No noise, vibration, hazard, glare, air pollutants such as fumes or dust odor other than that which might originate from food preparation by a bakery or restaurant, or electromagnetic disturbances shall be generated.

   D.   The intent of this section is to discourage large scale wholesale operations; therefore, bulk shipments and deliveries of goods and products sold at wholesale shall be subordinate to and clearly accessory to retail use of the premises.

   E.   All refuse collection areas shall be fully enclosed by a six-foot high opaque wood fence or masonry wall.

   F.   Where property zoned C-2 is adjacent to any property zoned for residential use, a buffer shall be provided by any one or approved combination of the following options:

      (1)   A buffer yard of 15 feet in width; one 6-foot high masonry wall to be designed with face brick, stucco or similar finished surface facing toward the residential district; or

      (2)   A buffer yard of 26 feet or more in width; and 5 over-story trees, 10 under-story trees, and 20 shrubs for each 100 lineal feet; or

      (3)   A buffer yard 35 feet or more in width; 4-foot high earth berm or opaque wood fence; and 4 over-story trees, 6 coniferous trees, and 15 shrubs for each 100 lineal feet.

The buffer yard shall be located on the entire common perimeter of the contrasting uses, and extend to the lot lines. No part of any required buffer shall be used for parking, storage, loading, active recreation, locating refuse containers, or similar activity which may create a nuisance. Where a residentially zoned area has been subdivided, the developer of a vacant commercial property shall be responsible for providing the buffer; where the commercial buildings exist or are under construction, the developer of a vacant residential area shall provide the buffer.

   G.   For those properties in nonconformance with this chapter, refer to Chapter 167 of this Code of Ordinances.