This commercial district is intended for a unified grouping, in one or more buildings, of retail shops and stores and personal services that provide for the regular needs and are for the convenience of the people residing in the adjacent residential neighborhoods. It is intended that the suburban convenience center be developed as a unit with adequate off street parking space for customers and employees, and with appropriate landscaping and screening. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

All buildings or uses hereafter established or enlarged shall comply with the conditions and restrictions enumerated below:

   A.   Principal Uses: Any of the following uses shall be permitted:

Artist supplies and hobby shops.

Automobile service stations.

Bakery shops.

Barber and beauty shops.

Bookstores.

Clothing or wearing apparel shops.

Dairy products stores.

Delicatessens.

Drugstores.

Florist shops.

Gift shops.

Grocery stores.

Hardware stores.

Jewelry stores.

Laundry and dry cleaning pickup stations.

Liquor stores.

Medical facilities.

Offices, general.

Pharmacies.

Public uses.

Restaurants.

Self-service laundries.

Shoe repair shops.

Tailor shops.

Taverns.

Toy stores.

Variety stores.

   B.   Other Uses: Any other commercial uses deemed by the board of adjustment to be of a similar nature.

   C.   Shopping Centers: All advertising signs relating to a shopping center, and the stores and shops therein shall be designed as an integral part of the shopping center development and shall be harmonious with the other design features of the center.

   D.   Accessory Buildings And Uses: Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses shall be permitted. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

 

 

   A.   Minimum Area: The parcel of land on which a convenience commercial center is located shall not be less then twelve thousand (12,000) square feet or more than two (2) acres in area.

   B.   Yard Requirements: It is intended that the grouping of buildings and parking areas be designed to protect, insofar as possible, adjacent residential areas. In no case shall the design of the shopping center provide less than the following standards:

      1.   All buildings shall be set back from all street right of way lines not less than fifty feet (50').

      2.   On the side of a lot adjoining a residential district, there shall be a side yard setback of one foot (1') for each one foot (1') of height. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

In no instance shall the total floor space of the structures in this district exceed the relationship of one to four (1 to 4), i.e, there must be provided four (4) square feet of lot area to each one square foot of floor space in the structure. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

In the C-1 convenience commercial district, three (3) square feet of off street parking space, dedicated to parking and automobile maneuvering, must be provided for each one square foot of total floor space. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

No structure or use in any commercial district shall be erected or commenced which does not have a connection to the public sewer system, unless and until the county health officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be installed and operated effectively. As a basis for making his decision, the health officer may require such percolation tests as he deems to be necessary. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the landowner. (Ord., 11-1-1983; amd. 2005 Code)

All signs in the C-1 district shall be erected upon private property and shall not encroach upon any public street or walk except as provided by the applicable municipal codes; and, in addition, signs shall not overhang at a height of less than nine feet (9') and shall not have a maximum projection greater than seventy two inches (72").

   A.   Projection Sign: Any projection sign in the C-1 district shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in size, nor will it exceed the height of the building.

   B.   Incandescent Lighting: No source of incandescent lighting used for illuminating signs shall be directly visible from any street or highway or from any residence, hotel or from any room used for sleeping purposes.

   C.   Red, Green Or Amber Illumination:

      1.   The use of red, green or amber illumination in connection with any sign shall not be permitted within one hundred feet (100') of any intersection.

      2.   Any use of red, green or amber illumination in connection with any sign must be so located that it in no way creates a confusion with any traffic signal or may be interpreted by any motorist as a traffic signaling device. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

This commercial district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for establishments offering accommodations, supplies, or services to motorists, and for certain specialized uses such as retail outlets, extensive commercial amusements and service establishments which may serve the entire community but do not and should not locate in the central business district or the convenience district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   A.   Uses In C-1 District: Any use permitted in the C-1 convenience commercial district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

   B.   Principal Uses: Other uses, including:

Advertising signs or structures.

Ambulance services, offices or garages.

Amusement enterprises.

Automobile sales and service (new and used); new and used machinery sales and service; and public garages.

Automobile service stations.

Bakeries.

Boat sales.

Bowling alleys.

Bus terminals.

Clothing stores.

Dance halls.

Department stores.

Drive-in theaters or restaurants.

Electric transmission stations.

Feed and fuel stores.

Food stores.

Frozen food lockers.

Funeral parlors.

Furniture repair and upholstery.

Garden stores.

Golf courses, miniature or practice ranges.

Heating and plumbing sales and services.

Hospital for small animals.

Ice plants.

Interior decorating stores.

Kennels.

Key shops.

Laundries.

Ministorage units.

Motels.

Music, radio, and television shops and repair shops.

Nightclubs.

Novelty shops.

Pawnshops.

Pet shops.

Printing plants.

Public uses.

Recreation centers, private.

Research laboratories.

Roller skating rinks.

Sign painting shops.

Sporting goods stores.

Stockbrokers.

Taverns.

Theaters.

Toy stores.

Travel trailer parks and sales.

Wholesale distributing centers. (Ord., 11-1-1983; amd. Ord. 3619, 4-5-2016)

   C.   Accessory Buildings And Uses: Buildings, structures, and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses shall be permitted; provided, that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments.

   D.   Certain Other Uses: Any other store or shop for retail trade or for rendering personal, professional or business service which does not produce more noise, odor, dust, vibration, or traffic than those above. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

 

 

(Ord., 11-1-1983)

In the C-2 highway commercial and commercial recreation district, a minimum of three (3) square feet of off street parking space, dedicated to parking and automobile maneuvering, must be provided for each one square foot of total floor space. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

The control of signs and billboards in the C-2 highway commercial and commercial recreation district is the same as that in section 10-8A-7 of this chapter for the C-1 convenience commercial district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

This commercial district is designed for the conduct of personal and business services and the general retail trade of the community. It is designed to accommodate a wide variety of commercial uses in the central business district or areas of mixed business enterprises. It will not normally be applied in the case of new commercial areas. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

Property and buildings in a C-3 general commercial district may be used for the following purposes:

   A.   Any use permitted in a C-1 or a C-2 commercial district.

   B.   Any other retail, personal service, business service, or professional use not already mentioned.

   C.   Any public buildings or uses.

   D.   Buildings, structures, and accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses; provided, that there shall be no manufacturing of products other than such as are customarily incidental to retail establishments. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

 

 

(Ord., 11-1-1983)

In the C-3 general commercial district, there shall be provided one off street parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross retail floor area. (Ord., 11-1-1983)

The control of signs and billboards in the C-3 general commercial district is the same as that in section 10-8A-7 of this chapter for the C-1 convenience commercial district. (Ord., 11-1-1983)