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Princeville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

24 - Commercial Districts

Sec. 17.24.010 - Purpose.

The commercial districts are intended to provide space for those retail business, service business and office uses serving the Princeville area.

Sec. 17.24.020 - Permitted Uses—C-1 District.

Within the C-1 district, the following uses are permitted:

A.

Retail store and shops;

B.

Banks; post office; medical or dental clinics; business or professional offices;

C.

Service-type business, such as a barbershop, beauty parlor, laundromat; music, dancing, art or photography studio; servicing or repair of home appliances and similar uses including farm equipment;

D.

Automotive service stations and public garages; new or used car sales areas;

E.

Hotel, motel, boardinghouses or lodging houses and dwelling units located on the same lot with such a permitted use;

F.

Clubs, lodges, public meeting halls; theaters; bowling alleys; and similar places of assembly or recreation;

G.

Customary accessory uses, located on the same or adjacent lot with a permitted use. Signs advertising a business, service or product available on the premises shall be permitted, provided the total area of such signs shall not exceed two (2) times the lineal feet of frontage of the zoning lot;

H.

Agricultural uses as permitted in Section 17.32.010(A) and (C).

Sec. 17.24.030 - Permitted Uses—C-2 District.

The C-2 district is primarily a highway commercial district. The commercial establishments permitted in this district are those which are primarily dependent upon vehicle-transported customers. Establishments of the drive-in type are permitted in this district. Within the C-2 district, the following uses are permitted:

A.

Buildings and premises may be used for the purposes included in Section 17.24.020;

B.

Drive-in type businesses including car washes;

C.

New or used farm equipment sales areas, but not including the storage of wrecked vehicles or farm equipment;

D.

Lumberyards;

E.

Auction barns or sales areas;

F.

Food lockers, but not including meat packing or processing unless as an accessory use;

G.

Servicing and repair of farm equipment but not including the storage of wrecked vehicles or farm equipment;

H.

Trailer coach and trailer sales or service, but not including trailer coach parks;

I.

Mini-storage (self-storage) facilities.

(Ord. 2022-11-01, 11-7-22)

Sec. 17.24.035 - Conditional Uses (C-1 and C-2 Districts).

The following conditional uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in Chapter 17.18 this Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate:

A.

Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization;

B.

Adult-use cannabis processing organization;

C.

Adult-use cannabis transporting organization.

(Ord. 2020-02-01, § 4, 2-3-20)

Sec. 17.24.040 - Minimum Lot Size.

There is no minimum lot size specified.

Sec. 17.24.050 - Minimum Lot Coverage.

The amount of the total lot area which may be covered by all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed eighty percent (80%).

Sec. 17.24.060 - Required Yards.

A.

In the C-1 district, there are no required yards.

B.

In the C-2 district, a front yard is required for each lot side abutting a street as shown on the zoning map. The front yard depth shall be seventy (70) feet from the centerline of such major streets, but not less than thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way line. Buildings to be constructed in a partly developed block where there are existing buildings shall be set back as a minimum the average setback distance of buildings on the respective block face.

Sec. 17.24.062 - Transitional Buffer Yard (TBY) Next to Residential Lot.

A transitional buffer yard (TBY) next to a residential lot where a C-2 commercial lot abuts a residential district lot hereby shall have a ten-foot or greater setback. This setback referred to as a transitional buffer yard shall be landscaped with suitable plant material or fencing or a combination of both to shield the residential area from the C-2 commercial area. No accessory buildings shall project into the required ten-foot transitional buffer yard. Where the transition from C-2 district to residential district is a public street, the front yard of the C-2 commercial lot shall be suitably landscaped.

Sec. 17.24.070 - Maximum Building Height.

Except as provided in Section 17.16.100, no principal building shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height, and no accessory building shall exceed fifteen (15) feet in height.

Sec. 17.24.080 - Off-Street Parking Space.

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:

A.

C-1 district: none;

B.

C-2 district:

1.

One (1) off-street parking space per dwelling unit, such parking space to be located on the same lot or tract of land as the dwelling or lodging unit served;

2.

One (1) off-street parking space per person normally employed on the lot or tract;

3.

One (1) off-street parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of retail sales floor area of the establishment being served.