The C-3 shopping center commercial districts are designed to cater to the needs of a larger consumer population than is served by the local commercial districts, and are generally characterized by an integrated or planned cluster of establishments with extensive landscaping and common parking area and that generate large volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1300)

In the C-3 districts, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance:

1.

Any retail business or service establishment permitted as principal uses permitted and uses permitted subject to special approval, in C-1 districts, subject to the applicable regulations of this article;

2.

All retail business, service establishments or processing uses as follows:

a.

Any retail business whose principal activity is the sale of merchandise in an enclosed building;

b.

Any service establishment of an office, showroom, or workshop nature of an electrician, decorator, dressmaker, tailor, baker, painter, or home appliance repair, photographic reproduction, and similar service establishments that require a retail adjunct;

c.

Private clubs, fraternal organizations, and lodge halls;

d.

Restaurants, or other places serving food or beverage, except those having the character of a "drive-in" or "drive-through."

e.

Theaters, assembly halls, concert halls or similar places of assembly when conducted completely within enclosed buildings;

f.

Business schools and colleges or private schools operated for profit;

g.

Other uses similar to those listed above; and

h.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1305)

The following uses may be permitted by the planning commission, pursuant to article 22 special land uses:

1.

Retail sales of plant material not grown on the site, and sales of lawn furniture, playground equipment and garden supplies;

2.

Bowling alley, indoor archery range, indoor tennis courts, indoor skating rink or similar form of indoor commercial recreation; and

3.

Automobile service centers.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1310)

1.

Uses permitted in this article 13 shall be subject to the conditions of section 1115.

2.

Uses permitted in this article shall also be subject to the conditions of section 1410, service drives.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1315)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, shall be as provided in article 18, schedule of regulations.

(Ord. of 3-21-2005, § 1320)