This district is intended to encourage those types of developments requiring large quantities of retail space which is not available in the central business district; provide easily accessible services to travelers; and provide an aesthetically pleasing environment which would have few, if any, adverse effects on the adjoining property.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 1,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

The following uses shall be permitted in this district:

(1)

Multifamily dwellings provided the ground floor is used as retail;

(2)

Small business machine sales, repair, and service shops, auto accessory and supply stores, bicycle shops, household appliance sales, repair and service shops;

(3)

Amusement places, taverns, package liquor stores, bowling alleys and commercial recreation uses;

(4)

Antique shops and stores, providing all merchandise is displayed and sold inside a building, art and art supply stores, artist studios;

(5)

Apparel and accessory stores, clothing and costume rental shops, clothing stores, custom dressmaking, millinery tailoring and similar trades, furrier shops, department stores, jewelry, metal and hand craft stores and shops, specialty shops, watch and watch repair shops, leather goods and luggage stores, shoe and shoe repair stores, sporting and athletic goods stores, toy stores, variety stores, thrift shops, mail order catalog stores, and pawn shops;

(6)

Government buildings and services, auditoriums and similar places of public assembly, libraries, museums, theaters and tourist attractions;

(7)

Financial institutions, offices and office buildings, office supply and office equipment sales and service stores, newspaper offices, newsstands, printing shops and printing supply stores, printing and publishing houses;

(8)

Barber and beauty shops, chiropody, massage or similar personal services, laundries and dry cleaning establishments, books and stationery stores, cigar and tobacco stores, drug stores and prescription shops, retail florist and garden shops, gift shops, and pet shops;

(9)

Business and technical schools, schools for photography, music and dance, photographic equipment sales and supply stores, photographic studios, picture framing shops, music instrument sales and repair shops, and music stores and studios;

(10)

Churches;

(11)

Delicatessen and catering establishments, retail bakery and pastry shops, grocery stores, and restaurants;

(12)

Hotels and motels, private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges;

(13)

Medical, dental and health clinics, medical and orthopedic appliance stores, optician and optometrist shops, funeral homes and mortuaries;

(14)

Railroads and railroad rights-of-way, railway, taxi and bus passenger stations, travel bureaus, messenger and telegraph service stations;

(15)

Hardware stores, wallpaper, paint and glass stores, lock and key shops, interior decorator shops, furniture and home furnishing stores, and lumber yards;

(16)

Radio and television studios, and utility company offices;

(17)

New and used automobile sales, auto repair and service shops, mobile home sales, gasoline and service stations, car washes, and tire repair stores;

(18)

Other retail uses similar in nature to those enumerated;

(19)

Public and private child care facilities;

(20)

Wholesale establishments;

(21)

Plumbing and sheet metal shops;

(22)

Electric substations, telephone exchanges, and utility regulator stations;

(23)

Animal hospitals or veterinary clinics, provided they are in a completely enclosed building;

(24)

Mini-storage buildings;

(25)

Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same tract as the principal use.

(26)

R-1 and R-2 structures currently existing, that become destroyed, in the district shall be permitted to be rebuilt.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 2,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

The following uses shall be conditionally permitted:

(1)

Parking lots, ramps and garages;

(2)

Shopping centers.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 3,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 4,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 5,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

None.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 6,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

The minimum float area for a dwelling unit, excluding attached garage, shall be four hundred fifty square feet.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 7, 1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022))

Except as otherwise provided in the additional height, area, and use regulations of this title, no building shall exceed forty-five feet in height.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 8, 1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

See chapter 19.30 for general sign regulations.

(1)

One freestanding sign may be erected per premises, not to exceed forty-five feet in height as a permitted use and one hundred feet in height as a conditional use. The sign face shall not exceed one square foot per one foot of street frontage where the sign is to be placed, up to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be three square feet per one foot of street frontage.

(2)

Wall signs may be erected with a sign face not exceeding the larger of twenty percent of the facade to which it is attached or sixty square feet to a maximum of two hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(3)

Projecting signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and with a sign face of not more than fifty square feet. The maximum total area of all the sign faces shall be one hundred square feet. The sign shall not extend above the top of the wall or facade to which it is attached.

(4)

Roof signs may be erected in place of freestanding signs and not exceeding the district height regulations or twenty feet above the top of the roof whichever is less. The sign faces shall not exceed one square foot per one foot of street frontage up to a maximum of fifty square feet; but in any event thirty-two square feet is permitted. The maximum total area of all sign faces shall be two times the maximum permitted size per sign face.

(5)

Marquee signs may be erected with sign faces up to an additional one hundred percent in area beyond that, permitted for freestanding signs, provided the sign faces of other signs which may be permitted are reduced. The increase in area permitted the marquee sign shall be equal to the reduction in area of other permitted signs.

(6)

Flashing signs are not permitted within five hundred feet of a residential district. Illuminated, nonflashing signs shall be permitted provided sign is illuminated only during business hours or until eleven p.m. whichever is later, whenever the sign is located adjacent to a residential district. No illumination from the sign shall beam directly upon a residential building.

(Ord. 304, Art. 13, § 9,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)

See chapter 19.32 for off-street parking requirements. Required off-street parking shall be provided in such a manner that vehicles do not encroach on a public right-of-way.

(Ord. 304, Art, 13, § 10,1990; Ord. No. 438, 8-1-2022)