The C-4 district is intended to provide sites for the heavier commercial classifications which are located in existing built-up areas and are too far scattered to perform the function of the community shopping center.

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-4 district plus such other uses as the commission may determine to be similar in nature and consistent with the intent of the district as specified in section 90-691:

(1)

Reserved.

(2)

Ambulance services.

(3)

Animal hospitals; no kennels except for animals under treatment.

(4)

Antique shops.

(5)

Appliance sales.

(6)

Artists' studios.

(7)

Automobile muffler shops.

(8)

Automobile parts sales, new.

(9)

Automobile rental and leasing, without drivers.

(10)

Automobile repairs, conducted within a completely enclosed building.

(11)

Automobile reupholstery, when located within a completely enclosed building.

(12)

Automobile sales with incidental repairs and service (any repairs and service within a completely enclosed building), including the sale of trucks not to exceed three tons factory rating.

(13)

Automobile service stations.

(14)

Bakeries, retail.

(15)

Banks.

(16)

Barbershops.

(17)

Bars and cocktail lounges.

(18)

Beauty shops.

(19)

Bicycle shops.

(20)

Boat sales.

(21)

Bowling alleys.

(22)

Building and loan offices.

(23)

Business colleges.

(24)

Carnival, promotional.

(25)

Cleaning and dyeing shops, retail (dry cleaning clothes allowed only in enclosed machine using nonflammable cleaning compounds).

(26)

Communications equipment buildings.

(27)

Confectioneries.

(28)

Delicatessens.

(29)

Diaper services.

(30)

Drive-in restaurants.

(31)

Drugstores.

(32)

Electrical supply.

(33)

Equipment rental, except heavy construction equipment.

(34)

Exercise, health and dance studios.

(35)

Feed and fuel, when located within a completely enclosed building or solid masonry wall.

(36)

Frozen food lockers.

(37)

Furniture upholstery.

(38)

Garden supplies.

(39)

Groceries.

(40)

Gymnasiums.

(41)

Hardware stores.

(42)

Health foods.

(43)

Hobby shops.

(44)

Ice and food products dispensing machines.

(45)

Laboratories.

a.

Biological.

b.

Dental.

c.

Medical.

d.

Optometrical.

e.

Testing.

(46)

Laundry and dry cleaning pickup agencies for work to be done elsewhere.

(47)

Laundry, self-service.

(48)

Libraries.

(49)

Light truck rental.

(50)

Liquor products (packaged).

(51)

Machinery sales, except heavy construction machinery.

(52)

Mattress shops.

(53)

Mechanical car washes.

(54)

Meeting halls.

(55)

Miniature golf courses.

(56)

Mobile home sales and display.

(57)

Monument and tombstone sales (retail only).

(58)

Motels.

(59)

Motion picture theatres.

(60)

Motorcycle shops.

(61)

Music instructions.

(62)

Newspaper stands.

(63)

Offices:

a.

Administrative.

b.

Business.

c.

General.

d.

Medical.

e.

Professional.

(64)

Pet shops.

(65)

Photographic studios.

(66)

Photographic supplies.

(67)

Plant nurseries.

(68)

Post offices.

(69)

Pottery sales, when located within a completely enclosed building or solid masonry wall.

(70)

Print shops, lithographing, publishing, blueprinting.

(71)

Radio and television broadcasting.

(72)

Reading rooms.

(73)

Recreational vehicle sales and rentals.

(74)

Rentals of party supplies, sickroom supplies and health machines.

(75)

Restaurants.

(76)

Secondhand stores, when located within a completely enclosed building.

(77)

Self-service car washes.

(78)

Shoe repair shops.

(79)

Silkscreen processing.

(80)

Skating rinks.

(81)

Sports and recreation clubs, membership.

(82)

Sporting goods.

(83)

Storage garages.

(84)

Super drug stores.

(85)

Supermarkets.

(86)

Taxidermists.

(87)

Thrift shops.

(88)

Tire, battery and accessory parts retail and service stores.

(89)

Tobacco products.

(90)

Tropical fish raising.

(91)

Variety stores.

(92)

Veterinarians.

(93)

Water pump stations.

(94)

Murals subject to the approval of a mural permit pursuant to section 90-891(9).

(Ord. No. 851, 8-1-91; Ord. No. 950, § 16, 5-16-96; Ord. No. 970, § 12, 7-17-97; Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07; Ord. No. 1168, § 9, 2-18-16)

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-4 district subject to first securing a conditional use permit as provided in sections 90-998 through 90-1001, plus such other uses as the commission may determine to be similar in nature and consistent with the intent of the district as specified in section 90-691:

(1)

Amusement arcades and parlors operating three or more amusement devices.

(2)

Buildings over two stories or 35 feet in height.

(3)

Caretaker's residences.

(4)

Churches.

(5)

Kennels.

(6)

Lodges, clubs and fraternal organizations.

(7)

Mortuaries.

(8)

Pool and billiard parlors.

(9)

Storage buildings, mini storage facilities.

(Ord. No. 1003, § 1, 2-3-00; Ord. No. 1021, § 3, 8-2-01; Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07; Ord. No. 1168, § 10, 2-18-16; Ord. No. 2024-05, § 1, 8-1-24)

The following property development standards for lot area, lot dimensions, population density, building height, yards, space between buildings and lot coverage, together with the property development standards in the general conditions, section 90-881 et seq., shall apply to all land and structures in the C-4 district:

(1)

Lot area. No requirement.

(2)

Lot dimensions.

a.

Width. No requirements.

b.

Depth. Each lot shall have a minimum depth of 100 feet.

(3)

Population density. No requirements.

(4)

Building height.

a.

No building or structure erected in this district shall have a height greater than two stories, not to exceed 35 feet.

b.

For exceptions, the provisions of the C-P district, subsection 90-535(1)b, shall apply.

(5)

Yards.

a.

General yard requirements.

1.

All required yards shall extend the full width or depth of the lot and shall be open from the ground to the sky, except as provided in subsection 90-535(2)e.

2.

The first ten feet of a required yard abutting a street shall be landscaped and maintained.

3.

Except as provided in subsection (5)a.2 of this section, all yards may be used for parking, loading, or access to parking or loading.

b.

Front yard. Each lot shall have a front yard of not less than ten feet. Where a C-4 district is adjacent to a residential district, the front yard shall be equal to the largest adjacent residential front yard required for the adjacent district; however, in no event need such front yard exceed 20 feet.

c.

Side yard.

1.

None required, except where the C-4 lot abuts a residential district there shall be a side yard on the C-4 lot on the side abutting the residential district of not less than ten feet.

2.

On corner lots there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet on the side abutting a street, and where the C-4 lot is adjacent to a residential district the side yard shall be determined in the same manner as the front yard as set forth in subsection (5)b of this section.

d.

Rear yard. None required, except where the rear of the C-4 district abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

(6)

Space between buildings. No requirements.

(7)

Lot coverage. No requirements.

(Ord. No. 953, § 1, 9-5-96)

The following property development standards for walls, off-street parking, access, outdoor advertising and loading spaces, together with the property development standards in the general conditions, section 90-881 et seq., shall apply to all land and structures in the C-4 district:

(1)

Walls.

a.

None required, except along the boundary between a C-4 district and any residential district, in which case the requirements of the C-1 district, subsection 90-575(3), shall apply.

b.

In addition, a solid masonry wall five to six feet in height shall be erected along district boundaries between any outdoor storage or parking area and any residential district. In addition, there shall be a six-foot high solid fence enclosing the storage yard on all its other property lines.

c.

All fences and walls shall be developed subject to the general conditions in section 90-883.

(2)

Off-street parking.

a.

The following off-street parking requirements shall apply:

1.

For uses, except a grocery store and supermarket, there shall be at least three parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area; provided, however, that if such use falls into any of the special uses in the general conditions, sections 90-884 through 90-889, such general conditions shall apply.

2.

For a grocery store there shall be at least 5½ parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof.

3.

For a supermarket there shall be at least six parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.

b.

This required parking area shall be provided as in the C-3 district, subsection 90-655(2), which shall apply.

c.

The provisions of the general conditions, sections 90-884 through 90-889, shall apply.

(3)

Access. There shall be adequate vehicular access from a dedicated and improved street, service road, or alley.

(4)

Outdoor advertising. The provisions of section 90-891 (Signs) shall apply.

(5)

Loading spaces. The provisions of section 90-892 shall apply.

(Ord. No. 909, § 5, 4-21-94; Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07)

Before any building or structure is erected, or any existing building or structure is enlarged, on any lot in this district, a site plan review shall have been approved pursuant to the provisions of sections 90-1009 through 90-1013.

(Ord. No. 918, § 7, 9-1-94; Ord. No. 948, § 4, 4-4-96)

Before any temporary use (limited to 60 days duration or less) is established or any existing use is converted (for 60 days duration or less) to a different permitted use on any lot in this district, a director's review permit shall have been issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 90-1018 and 90-1019.

(Ord. No. 918, § 8, 9-1-94)