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Pleasant Valley City Zoning Code

SECTION 400

120 District "C-2" - General Business District.

[Ord. No. 284 §12, 9-21-1964; Ord. No. 754 §1, 6-7-1974; Ord. No. 3182 §1, 8-26-2015; Ord. No. 3183 §1, 11-2-2015]
A. 
Permitted Uses. In District "C-2" no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses: (For exceptions see Section 400.180, "Non-Conforming Uses", and Section 400.290, "Powers and Duties of the Board of Adjustment").
1. 
Any use permitted in District "C-1."
2. 
Any storage, manufacturing, processing, assembly, packaging, servicing, testing or repair of goods and materials, and business and sales offices accessory thereto.
3. 
Automotive repair and body shops.
4. 
Breweries and wineries.
5. 
Car wash.
6. 
Construction/Contractors office, retail sales only, no outdoor storage of materials, including all trades, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, etc.
7. 
Funeral homes.
8. 
Greenhouses, nurseries, garden stores, landscaping supply, on-premises sales permitted.
9. 
Health and fitness centers, including dance studios and training centers.
10. 
Hotels and motels.
11. 
Laundry and dry cleaning, carpet cleaning services.
12. 
Magazine and newspaper publishers.
13. 
Monument sales, outside storage permitted.
14. 
Nursing care facilities.
15. 
Personal self-service storage facilities, including moving products and service, upon approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission after a public hearing, provided the property is located upon a designated traffic way and all vehicular access thereto is from the designated traffic way or from a street which is zoned for business or industry, within the same block, and not from a side street which is primarily a residential street, and also, provided that property is sufficiently large to permit the maneuvering and parking of trucks and cars entirely off the street and on a paved (hard-surfaced) area. Open parking and maneuvering areas shall be bordered along the street frontage by a permanent hedge, wall, or fence at least three (3) feet in height. No parking shall be permitted within four (4) feet of such hedge, wall or fence, and bumper guards shall be provided to prevent damage to such hedge or structure. Where the property adjoins a Residential Zone, such parking and maneuvering area shall be screened from the Residential District by shrubbery or a fence at least six (6) feet in height. Any lights used for illuminating the parking and maneuvering areas shall be so placed as to reflect away from any residential property.
16. 
Pest control services, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and general contractor offices and shops, small manufacturing operations that serve a retail or general sales outlet in the same premises such as picture frame manufacturing, repair and sales, cabinetmakers, printing shops, sign shops, home decor product manufacturing and other similar, low impact manufacturing operations that primarily serve a retail outlet at the same location.
17. 
Public pools.
18. 
Veterinarian and grooming services.
19. 
Accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses.
a. 
No machinery employed as an accessory operation to any of the above uses or for the manufacture of articles to be sold at retail on the premises shall create any noise in excess of that of normal daily traffic measured at the boundaries of the premises, and no vibration or odor generated by such uses shall be perceptible at the boundaries of the premises.
b. 
Flood lights and/or lights which illuminate open areas in connection with any of the uses listed above shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining residential property, and the intensity shall not exceed two tenths (0.2) lumens of light per square foot, measured at any property line.
20. 
Any retail business or use of a similar character of those listed above and not included in Districts "C-3," "M-1" and "M-2," provided that such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke or gas, subject to approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
B. 
Dimensions Of Lots And Yards. In District "C-2" the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted upon any lot shall be as follows, provided that buildings erected for dwelling purposes exclusively, shall comply with the front, side and rear yard requirements of District "R-3." (For exceptions see Section 400.200, "Height and Area Exceptions").
1. 
Height.
a. 
Buildings or structures shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet and shall not exceed three (3) stories in height.
b. 
There shall be no limit on height if the building is set back from all property lines and street or highway lines a distance greater than the maximum height of the building.
2. 
Side yards. Same as District "C-1."
3. 
Rear yards. Same as District "C-1."
4. 
Width of lot. Same as District "C-1."
5. 
Lot area per family. Same as District "C-1."
C. 
Parking Regulations. (See Sections 400.220400.260 for "Off-Street Parking Regulations").