The C-2 Zone is intended to provide business locations for retail and service uses serving a region-wide clientele. The zone is intended to be located in areas characterized by good accessibility, including those areas which are exposed to heavy automobile traffic. This zone also provides for medium and high density residential uses.

(Ord. No. 2790-2021, App. B § 4, 5-18-2021)

The following principal uses are permitted as of right in the C-2 Zone:

1.

All principal uses allowed in the C-1, Neighborhood Commercial Zone shall be allowed in the C-2 Zone except that dwellings shall be constructed to the space limits of the RM-10, Multi-Family Residence Zone, and shall meet Section 10A-29-07 Residential Special Use Standards.

2.

Automobile service establishments as defined herein when all repairs or another work are performed within a building, where all refuse and scrap parts are stored in closed containers when possible and screened from view at all points on any public or private property or street and when all extended storage of wrecked vehicles or other equipment is screened from view from adjacent property and public streets;

3.

Gasoline service stations, truck stops, minor automotive repair as defined herein;

4.

Bars, taverns, cocktail lounges and other establishments which sell beer or intoxicating liquor;

5.

Mortuaries or funeral homes;

6.

Dry cleaning and laundry establishments which do not exceed 2,000 square feet in floor area and have no more than two delivery vehicles operating from the location;

7.

Hotel, motel;

8.

The manufacture of small items such as jewelry, fishing tackle and the like, or the repackaging of bulk small items;

9.

Outdoor advertising sign;

10.

Residential care facility not limited as to number of clients;

11.

Commercial recreation facilities or recreation vehicle park;

12.

Rental of small trucks and small trailers only when accessory to a gasoline service station or automobile service establishment;

13.

Farm and garden store;

14.

Wholesalers with stock involving less than 3,000 square feet of storage space;

15.

Auction house;

16.

Nursing home;

17.

Amusement arcade;

18.

Kennel; or

19.

Veterinarian.

(Ord. No. 2630-2009, § 1, 7-2-2009; Ord. No. 2790-2021, App. B § 5, 5-18-2021)

The following special use standards shall apply to residential and mixed use buildings in the C-2 zone in addition to applicable standards of this Code.

1.

Residential uses are allowed above existing commercial ground floor uses.

2.

All new residential buildings and mixed use buildings that allow ground floor residential uses shall have at least ten dwelling units at a minimum density of ten dwelling units per acre.

3.

All new residential and mixed use buildings shall provide an accessible front entrance on the street-facing ground floor façade.

4.

As shown on Figure 10A-33-07, new mixed use buildings with ground floor commercial uses shall provide transparent window and door glazing that together cover a minimum of:

a.

Half the length of the ground-level street-facing façade, and

b.

Half the wall area of the ground-level street-facing façade.

Figure [10A-29-07]. Required Commercial Ground Floor Window Glazing - Measurement Example

(Ord. No. 2790-2021, App. B § 6, 5-18-2021)

The following uses are listed here as expressly prohibited so as to facilitate interpretation of the list of principal permitted uses:

1.

Warehouses;

2.

Wholesalers with stock involving over 3,000 square feet of storage space;

3.

Mobile home or manufactured home parks or subdivisions; or

4.

Rental of large tools or construction equipment, trucks or other equipment requiring outdoor storage.

The following uses are permitted conditionally in the C-2 Zone:

1.

Utility facilities, other than distribution lines, at a specific location necessary for the functioning of that utility;

2.

Fair, rodeo, stadium, race track or similar facility on a site of more than three acres;

3.

Mini-warehouses;

4.

Congregate housing facility;

5.

Marijuana retailer as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

6.

Marijuana laboratory as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

7.

Marijuana wholesaler as provided in Chapter 10A-59;

8.

Marijuana processor non-flammable as provided in Chapter 10A-59; and

9.

Marijuana grow site medical as provided by State regulations and as provided in Chapter 10A-59.

(Ord. No. 2748-2018, § 3, 10-23-2018)

Accessory uses and structures common to all zones as listed in Chapter 10A-53 are allowed in the C-2 Zone.

The building, development site, open space and yard dimensions applicable to the C-2 Zone are found on the Commercial Space Limits Table, Chapter 10A-35.

The provisions of Chapter 10A-57, Miscellaneous Provisions, apply to the C-2 Zone.