The C-M commercial and light manufacturing district is intended to provide for retail and wholesale sales, warehousing, light manufacturing, distributing, storage and to provide quick access between warehousing, distribution and retail sales.

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-M 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 90-731:

(1)

Retail stores.

a.

Automobile sales with incidental repair and service (any repair and service shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building), including truck sales.

b.

Automobile parts sales, new.

c.

Automobile service stations.

d.

Bakeries, retail.

e.

Building materials, new.

f.

Department stores.

g.

Electrical supply.

h.

Equipment sales.

i.

Farm equipment sales with incidental repairs and service.

j.

Home furnishings.

k.

Ice storage; such storage house shall be limited to ten ton capacity each.

l.

Leather goods and luggage.

m.

Motorcycle shops.

n.

Music, musical instruments, records.

o.

Pawn shops.

p.

Plumbing supplies.

q.

Radio-television sales and services;

r.

Secondhand goods sales; all goods, except vehicles, displayed, sold and stored within an entirely enclosed building.

s.

Sporting goods.

t.

Thrift shops.

u.

Tire, battery and accessory parts retail sales and service store.

v.

Toys.

w.

Truck service stations.

x.

Variety stores.

(2)

Services.

a.

Animal hospitals and shelters.

b.

Automobile repairs, conducted within a completely enclosed building.

c.

Automobile reupholstery.

d.

Auction houses.

e.

Bars and cocktail lounges.

f.

Blueprinting and photocopying.

g.

Body and fender shops.

h.

Employment agencies.

i.

Equipment rentals.

j.

Farm equipment services.

k.

Financial institutions.

l.

Libraries.

m.

Mechanical car wash.

n.

Newspaper publishing.

o.

Offices:

1.

Administrative.

2.

Business.

3.

General.

4.

Medical.

5.

Professional.

p.

Picture framing.

q.

Printing shops, lithographing, publishing.

r.

Reading rooms.

s.

Self-service car washes.

t.

Taxidermists.

(3)

Related uses.

a.

Reserved.

b.

Banks.

c.

Caretaker's residences.

d.

Commercial uses that are incidental to and directly related to and serving the permitted industrial uses.

e.

Delicatessens.

f.

Frozen food lockers.

g.

Grocery stores.

h.

Ice and food product dispensing machines.

i.

Restaurants.

j.

Wholesale meat cutting and packing, provided there shall be no slaughtering, fat rendering, sausage making, or smoke curing.

(4)

Manufacturing.

a.

Automotive:

1.

Painting.

2.

Reconditioning.

3.

Tire recapping, retreading and rebuilding, with the provision that all tires shall be sold on the premises at retail only and direct to the ultimate consumer.

4.

Truck repairing and overhauling.

5.

Upholstering.

b.

Boat building and repairs.

c.

Book binding.

d.

Bottling plants.

e.

Ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and fired in kilns only using electricity or gas.

f.

Jewelry manufacturing.

g.

Machinery and shop; no punch presses over 20 tons or drop hammers:

1.

Cabinet or carpenter shops.

2.

Custom furniture shops.

3.

Furniture upholstery shops, custom retail work.

4.

Machine shops.

5.

Welding shops.

h.

Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of products such as:

1.

Bakery goods.

2.

Candy.

3.

Cosmetics.

4.

Dairy products.

5.

Drugs.

6.

Food products, excluding fish and meat products, sauerkraut, wine, vinegar, yeast and the rendering of fats and oils, if connected with an adequate sewer system.

7.

Fruit and vegetables, packing only.

8.

Honey extraction.

9.

Perfume.

10.

Toiletries.

i.

Manufacturing and maintenance of electric or neon signs.

j.

Novelties.

k.

Retail lumber yards, including incidental millwork but not including planing mill.

l.

Rubber and metal stamps.

m.

Storage yards:

1.

Contractor's storage yards.

2.

Feed and fuel yards.

3.

Machinery rentals.

4.

Motion picture studio storage yards.

5.

Transit storage.

6.

Petroleum bulk plants.

n.

Wholesaling and warehousing.

(5)

Processing.

a.

Blueprinting and photocopying.

b.

Carpet and rug cleaning plants.

c.

Cleaning and dyeing plants.

d.

Creameries.

e.

Laundries.

f.

Laboratories.

(6)

Fabrication, including assembly of small electrical and electronic equipment.

(7)

Public utility service yards, with incidental buildings.

(8)

Off-street parking.

(9)

Agricultural uses.

(10)

Electrical distribution substations.

(11)

Communications equipment buildings.

(12)

Water pump stations.

(13)

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

(Ord. No. 950, § 17, 5-16-96; Ord. No. 1092, Exh. A, 7-19-07; Ord. No. 1168, § 11, 2-18-16)

The following uses shall be permitted in the C-M 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 90-731:

(1)

Commercial blood banks.

(2)

Electric motor rebuilding.

(3)

Kennels.

(4)

Microwave relay structures.

(5)

Mortuaries.

(6)

Rubber; fabrication of products made from finished rubber.

(7)

Storage buildings, mini storage facilities.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 1, 8-1-24)

The following property development standards for lot area, lot dimensions, population density, building height and yards, 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-M district:

(1)

Lot area. No requirements.

(2)

Lot dimensions. Each dimension is minimum only.

a.

Width. Each lot shall have a minimum width of 75 feet.

b.

Depth. Each lot shall have a minimum depth of 120 feet.

(3)

Population density. No requirements.

(4)

Building height.

a.

No building or structure erected in this district shall have a height greater than 50 feet.

b.

Exceptions: Subject to first securing a conditional use permit as provided in sections 90-998 through 90-1001, roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, church steeples, roof signs, flagpoles, chimneys, water tanks or wireless masts or similar structures may be erected above the height limits prescribed in subsection (4)a. of this section; provided that the same may be safely erected and maintained at such height in view of the surrounding conditions and circumstances. No roof structure or any space above the height limits shall be allowed to provide additional floor space.

(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-M 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-M district abuts a residential district there shall be a side yard on the C-M 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-M 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-M district abuts a residential district there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet.

The following property development standards for space between buildings, lot coverage, fences, hedges and 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-M district:

(1)

Space between buildings. No requirements.

(2)

Lot coverage. No requirements.

(3)

Fences, hedges and walls. The provisions of the M-L district, subsection 90-777(3), shall apply.

(4)

Off-street parking.

a.

For uses listed in section 90-732 subsections (1) through (3), the following provisions shall apply:

1.

For all uses, except a grocery store, 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.

b.

For all other uses the provisions of the M-L district, subsection 90-777(4)b, shall apply.

c.

The provisions of the general conditions, sections 90-884 through 90-886, shall apply.

(5)

Access. The provisions of the M-L district, section 90-777(5), shall apply.

(6)

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

(7)

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

(Ord. No. 909, § 6, 4-21-94; Ord. No. 970, § 13, 7-17-97; 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, § 9, 9-1-94; Ord. No. 948, § 5, 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, § 10, 9-1-94)