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Nevada City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

- C-3 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sec. 37-27. - Use regulations.

In district C-3, no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered after June 15, 1965, except for one or more of the following uses:

(a)

Any use permitted in district C-2.

(b)

Automobile, boat, truck or trailer sales rooms or yards; provided that no dismantled vehicles or parts are displayed or stored outside the building.

(c)

Automobile laundries, automotive repair garages, including auto body shops and vehicle rebuilding shops, provided that no repair operations, except minor tune-up or trouble shooting takes place outside the building. Storage of junk parts and detached parts from vehicle bodies shall be within a building or an enclosed area fenced with materials such as: tight boarding, metal panels or masonry that effectively screens such area from the view of persons using adjoining streets or highways either on foot or in vehicles. Such fenced area need only be large enough to contain all the above described parts; providing, also, that any business in this classification, existing on November 1, 1994, and made nonconforming by this subsection shall have up to six months from November 1, 1994, to comply.

(d)

Feed stores.

(e)

Miniature golf courses; provided that all lights shall be directed away from any adjoining or adjacent residence districts.

(f)

Motels and tourist homes.

(g)

Ornamental iron sales rooms, but not forging, stamping or casting.

(h)

Plumbing and heating and air conditioning shops; provided that no equipment or material is stored on the premises in the front or side yard.

(i)

Pop bottling plants.

(j)

Rental stores.

(k)

Sale or maintenance of farm equipment including irrigation equipment.

(l)

Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, such materials as are incidental to sale on the premises as permitted above.

(m)

Trailer courts, subject to the regulations in section 37-4(19).

(n)

Retail sale of liquid propane gas; provided that installation of all equipment is in compliance with the state Liquid Petroleum Gas Law; and further provided that no tank used for a container of such gas shall be located closer than 100 feet to a property line or an existing dwelling or a district R-1 to R-3, inclusive.

(o)

Wholesale sales offices or sample rooms.

(p)

Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, including signs as provided in chapter 29.

(q)

Dance halls, shooting galleries, skating rinks, businesses which sell liquor, intoxicating beer or nonintoxicating beer for consumption on the premises, gymnasiums, amusement centers and similar commercial recreation buildings or activities; provided that no part of such building shall be less than 300 feet from any part of the building of an existing clinic, hospital, school or church; and shall not be less than 200 feet from a district R-1 to R-3, inclusive; and further provided that places offering sale of intoxicating or nonintoxicating beer or liquor for consumption on the premises shall be subject to the provisions of section 3-15.

(r)

Rental storage units.

(s)

Greenhouses and nurseries.

(t)

An adult daycare facility licensed under RSMo § 660.403 or accepted from licensure requirement by RSMo § 660.405. This provision shall not prohibit adult daycare facilities operated as part of a hospital, nursing home, multipurpose senior facility.

(Code 1998, § 37-27; Ord. No. 2651, § 12; Ord. No. 3104; Ord. No. 3201; Ord. No. 3272; Ord. No. 3975, § 1, 11-1-1994; Ord. No. 7731, § 2, 7-5-2011)

Sec. 37-28. - Height and area regulations.

In district C-3, the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards, and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows; provided that buildings erected exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements of district R-1:

(a)

Height. Same as district C-1.

(b)

Front yard. Any building constructed after June 15, 1965, shall provide a front yard the minimum depth of which shall be 15 feet.

(c)

Side yards. Same as district C-1.

(d)

Rear yards. Same as district C-1.

(e)

Lot area per family. Same as district R-3.

(f)

Lot width. No minimum.

(g)

Parking regulations. See section 37-7.

(Code 1998, § 37-28; Ord. No. 2651, § 12)