The intent of the highway commercial district (HC) is to provide commercial areas for those establishments which can function most satisfactorily in an area directly related to a major vehicular circulation route due to the nature of the merchandise handled and the display space required, particularly items requiring expansive display area such as motor vehicles, trailers and farm implements; the method of transport required of the purchaser for the merchandise handled, particularly goods customarily traded in bulk such as lumber or feed requiring access for the customer to the sales area; primary dependence upon vehicular, as opposed to pedestrian, access such as drive-in facilities and all types of automotive and farm implement services; or the clientele toward which the establishments are primarily oriented, particularly travelers on the highway.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0101)

The following principal uses and structures shall be permitted in highway commercial districts (HC):

1.

Retail sale of: lumber and other building materials, farm equipment, motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, marine craft, aircraft, mobile homes, trailers, farm and garden supplies, fuel and ice;

2.

Wholesale sales of: motor vehicles and automotive equipment; drugs, chemicals and allied products; dry goods and apparel; groceries and related products; electrical goods; hardware, plumbing, heating equipment, and supplies; machinery, equipment and supplies; beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverages; paper and paper products, furniture and home furnishings, lumber and construction materials;

3.

Funeral and crematory services and supplies;

4.

Farm products warehousing and storage;

5.

Refrigerated warehousing;

6.

Household goods warehousing and storage;

7.

General warehousing and storage;

8.

Automobile repair and services;

9.

Reupholstery and furniture repair services;

10.

Contract construction services;

11.

Bus garaging and equipment maintenance;

12.

Motor freight terminals;

13.

Motor freight garaging and equipment maintenance;

14.

Automobile parking;

15.

Libraries; museums, art galleries; planetaria; aquariums; historic and monument sites; auditoriums; exhibition halls; and penny arcades;

16.

Miniature golf, gymnasiums and athletic clubs, swimming pools, tennis courts, ice skating, roller skating;

17.

Parks;

18.

Theaters; stadiums; drive-in movies; arenas and field houses; race tracks; fairgrounds; amusement parks, golf driving ranges; go-cart tracks; golf courses and country clubs; riding stables; playfields and athletic fields; bowling; and swimming pools;

19.

Communication and utility uses;

20.

Drive-in eating and drinking places; restaurants;

21.

Automobile service stations;

22.

Motels.

23.

Medical cannabis dispensary (subject to Chapter 5.71).

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0102; Ord. No. 2021-03, 9-13-2021)

The following accessory uses and structures shall be permitted in highway commercial district (HC):

A.

Accessory uses normally appurtenant to the permitted principal uses and structures when established in conformance within the space limits of this district.

B.

Shipping Containers for Storage as defined in section 17.08.475 of this title, are permissible in accordance with this Chapter.

1.

Building Permit Required: Purchasers, owners or users of a Shipping Container for Storage shall obtain a building permit from the City for each container prior to placing or moving the container onto their property.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0103)

(Ord. No. 01-2025, 3-25-2025)

In the HC district special exceptions are:

A.

Food lockers; provided, that any slaughtering, killing, eviscerating, skinning or plucking be done indoors;

B.

Livestock sales establishments, buying stations.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0104)

In the HC district the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand square feet. The minimum lot width shall be one hundred feet.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0105)

In the HC district there shall be a front yard of not less than a depth of one hundred feet. Each side yard and rear yard shall be no less than twenty-five feet as measured from the outermost edge of the structure.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0106)

In the HC district the height of all buildings and structures shall not exceed forty-five feet.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0107)

In the HC district service or access roads may be required at the discretion of the planning commission.

(Ord. 27-85 (part): prior code § 3.0108)