The purpose of this district is to provide for uses which are easily accessed from limited access and arterial roadways and thus able to serve the needs of local residents, commuters and travelers. While the district does allow for personal and professional services and retail uses, the district is not intended to accommodate regional shopping districts, wholesaling or distributions uses that would impede the functioning of the highway interchange. Access to and from individual sites shall conform to the High Street Access Management Plan and shared access drives and access roads with controlled ingress and egress to multiple site are encouraged.

(‘65 Code, § 1341.01) (Am. Ord. 20-001, passed 4-7-20)

   (A)   Hotels and motels.

   (B)   Restaurants and other places selling food and beverages for on and off-site consumption.

   (C)   Personal and professional services; banks and similar financial services; general retail; and office uses subject to the following limitations:

      (1)   The maximum floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 20%.

      (2)   No lot may contain a structure or multiple structures with a single or combined gross floor area (GFA) greater than 15,000 sq. ft.

(‘65 Code, § 1341.02) (Ord. 82-87, passed 12-1-87; Am. Ord. 20-001, passed 4-7-20) Penalty, see § 154.999

   Signs shall be as permitted in §§ 154.470 through 154.486.

('65 Code, § 1341.03)

   (A)   Minimum lot size: 35,000 square feet.

   (B)   Minimum front yard depth: 50 feet.

   (C)   Minimum rear yard depth: 25 feet.

   (D)   Minimum side yard width: 15 feet (25 feet on sides adjacent to residential district)

   (E)   Height regulations: 50 feet.

   (F)   Maximum floor area ratio: Proportion of floor area of all structures to total lot area may not exceed 40%.

('65 Code, § 1341.04) (Ord. 27-89, passed 6-6-89)

   Off-street parking shall be as required in §§ 154.405 through 154.409.

('65 Code, § 1341.05)

   Landscape plan shall be as required in § 154.069.

('65 Code, § 1341.06)

   In the interest of public safety and to encourage the sound development of highway frontage near interchanges, the following provisions shall apply:

   (A)   Access barrier. Each building or group of buildings and its parking or service areas, shall be physically separated from the highway or thoroughfare by a curb, planting strip or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle access.

   (B)   Driveways. Each separate use, grouping of attached buildings, or grouping of uses in a single integrated plan, shall have not more than two driveways to any one highway or thoroughfare. Insofar as practicable, the use of common driveways by two or more uses shall be provided in order to reduce the number or closeness of access points along the highways or thoroughfares, and to encourage the fronting of structures upon a parallel frontage access road and not directly upon a public highway or thoroughfare. Insofar as practicable, no driveway shall be closer than 200 feet from the intersection of the rights-of-way of the highway or thoroughfare. In addition, no driveway shall be closer than 600 feet from the intersection of the rights-of-way of collectors and thoroughfares, unless approved by the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of a zoning certificate or conditional zoning certificate.

('65 Code, § 1341.07)

   (A)   All uses permitted by § 154.211 shall be permitted only after the review and approval of the site plans by the Planning Commission according to § 154.070 and upon a finding by the Commission that the requirements of that section as well as all other applicable regulations of the Code of Ordinances will be met.

   (B)   Planned commercial development provisions of § 154.072 may be enforced by the Commission if:

      (1)   The proposed development is located in an undeveloped area of the C-4 District which has 150 feet or more of street frontage on any one street; or

      (2)   The proposed development is larger than one acre; or

      (3)   The Commission determines that the provisions must be enforced to provide for orderly development of the area and prevent undue traffic hazards.

('65 Code, § 1341.08)

   Architectural design review is required for all uses permitted under § 154. according to procedures detailed in § 154.071.

('65 Code, § 1341.09)