The purpose of this Zone is to permit a limited mixture of residential and retail commercial activities. This Zone establishes and preserves areas for those commercial facilities which are essentially useful in close proximity to residential areas while minimizing the undesirable impact of such commercial uses on the neighborhoods which they service. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

Any use which is compatible with the general nature and patterns of permitted residential uses as outlined in Chapter 5, Articles A through F of this Title. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

A special use permit shall be required for the uses listed in this Section. The examples listed below are for explanatory purposes and may include other similar businesses of similar neighborhood convenience. Buffer strips, wall or fences shall be required in some instances. Specific conditions and provisions for each use may be referred to in Chapter 10 of this Title.

Adult amusement establishment.

Adult bookstore/video store.

Airport and heliport.

Ambulance service.

Auto washing establishment.

Bakery.

Banks and financial institutions.

Body shop.

Bookstore.

Bus garage.

Car wash.

Gasoline service station.

Grocery store.

Heavy equipment repair and service.

Kennel (commercial).

Laundromat; dry cleaning; linen supply.

Mobile home park.

Paint shop (spraying, mixing).

Planned unit development.

Professional office.

Public utility installation, substation, and water well.

Racetrack.

Recreation hall.

Recycling purchase center.

Stadium: baseball, football, soccer, or track. (Ord. 1998-02, 4-7-1998)

   A.   Minimum Lot Area: Five thousand (5,000) square feet.

   B.   Minimum Yards Required: Where the site faces or abuts a residential zone, the setback requirements of the residential zone apply; otherwise the following shall apply:

      1.   Front: Fifteen feet (15').

      2.   Side: Five feet (5').

      3.   Rear: Fifteen feet (15'). (Ord. 1999-02, 3-2-1999)

Same as the MF Zone. (Ord. 1999-02, 3-2-1999)

Off-street parking requirements shall be as provided in Chapter 13 of this Title. No loading or unloading is to be conducted in a public street. (Ord. 1999-02, 3-2-1999)

Signs shall be limited as provided in Chapter 14 of this Title. (Ord. 1999-02, 3-2-1999)

The purpose of this Zone is to allow those commercial activities that serve the general community on a day-to-day basis. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

Any use which is compatible with the general nature and patterns of permitted residential uses as outlined in Chapter 5, Articles A through F of this Title. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

A use permit shall be required for the following uses:

Those conditional uses allowed in the C-1 Zone.

Garage for automotive repair and painting, provided it complies with the following:

   A.   All activities shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

   B.   Storage of not more than five (5) inoperable automobiles intended for repair, owned by customers only; provided, that the outdoor area in which such cars are stored shall be enclosed by a solid wall or fence at least six feet (6') high.

Lumber and building supply store. Motel and hotel.

Service stations primarily for automobiles and petroleum gas for consumption but not for resale and including lubricating, minor repairs and associated activities which are conducted within a completely enclosed building. A solid wall or fence at least six feet (6') high shall be erected between the activity and any abutting or contiguous residential zone, or other buffer as may be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Shopping centers. Shopping center applications for conditional use shall be submitted according to the following requirements:

   A.   An applicant shall submit a general development plan for the shopping center, or shopping center site, including drawings showing the approximate location of proposed buildings; lighting control, protective screening; landscaping; the general design of pedestrian and vehicular entrance, and circulation; and the general design or parking, loading, and traffic handling facilities and methods.

   B.   The general development plan shall be accompanied by parking and traffic engineering plan designed to accepted traffic engineering practices and laid out so as to be an integral part of the center development. Pickup or unloading points must be designed so that vehicles stopped for this purpose do not create congestion on abutting public ways. No loading or unloading is to be conducted in a public street.

   C.   Upon approval, the applicant is responsible for payment of cost for the necessary channelization, shelter, and vehicular turning movements into the shopping center or shopping center site. These responsibilities shall be reduced to written enforceable agreement and agreed upon between the applicant and the City at the time of approval of the general development plan.

Any other use which is found compatible by the Board of Adjustment with the general nature and patterns of commercial activity. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

   A.   Minimum Lot Area: Five thousand (5,000) square feet.

   B.   Minimum Yards Required: Where the site faces or abuts a residential zone the setback requirements of the residential zone apply; otherwise, the following shall apply:

      1.   Front: Fifteen feet (15').

      2.   Side: Five feet (5').

      3.   Rear: Fifteen feet (15'). (Ord. 1999-02, 3-2-1999; amd. 2000 Code)

Off-street parking requirements shall be as provided in Chapter 13 of this Title. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)

Sign limitations shall be as provided in Chapter 14 of this Title. (Ord. 1985-03, 4-16-1985)