In all C-3 Districts no building or land, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, shall be erected or used except for one (1) or more of the following specified uses:

(a)

All uses permitted in a C-2 District.

(b)

Any wholesale business including warehouse and storage buildings, lumber yards, building material yards, dealing in unused-material, laundry and dry cleaning establishments, but not including junk yards or used auto parts or auto wrecking establishments or business handling wastes, coal yards, junk, the incubation, raising or storing of poultry, the slaughtering of animals, poultry and those businesses which are offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vapor, noise or vibration.

(c)

Buildings and uses customarily accessory to any of the above permitted uses, but which will not be detrimental either by reason of dust, odor, noise, smoke or vibration to the surrounding neighborhood.

(d)

Outdoor or Drive—In Theaters on approval of the Board of Appeals after recommendation by Planning Commission, provided they comply with the following requirements:

Picture Screens—Screens shall not be permitted to face the highway and shall be so located as to be out of view of any thoroughfare, identified as such in the Master Thoroughfare Plan of Warren.

Design of Entrances and Exits:

1.

Not more than one entrance should exist for each access road.

2.

On two lane roads where left turns are permitted, the entrance should not exceed forty (40) feet in width.

3.

On three or more lane highways where left turns are prohibited, the entrance lane should not exceed fourteen (14) feet in width.

4.

On three or more lane highways where left turns are permitted, the entrance should not be over nineteen (19) feet wide.

5.

Entry turn speeds of twenty (20) miles per hour or a thirty (30) foot corner radius should be provided for right turn movements.

6.

Entry turn speeds of ten (10) miles per hour or a ten (10) foot corner radius should be provided for left turn movements.

7.

Separated entries should be provided for right and left turns where arrival volume is nearly equally divided by direction.

8.

Not more than one (1) exit should exist for each access highway.

9.

Where left turns are prohibited, the exit should not be more than fourteen (14) feet wide.

10.

Where left turns are permitted, the exit should not be more than nineteen (19) feet wide with a small island in the throat.

11.

Acceleration and deceleration lanes should be used if possible.

12.

Cuts should not be made in the medial island on multi-lane highways to permit left turn movements.

13.

Where breaks in the island are provided, they should include provision for special left turn deceleration and acceleration lanes.

Vehicle Storage—Problems of storage between the ticket gates and the highways are primarily a function of the number of ticket gates. Assuming that the theater operates at capacity, provision should be made for:

Traffic Control:

1.

Left turns at entrances or exits should be prohibited on the highway where possible.

2.

Theater signs should be placed within the building setback area from the highway right-of-way, as existing or proposed.

3.

"No Parking" signs should be used to prevent stopping or standing of vehicles on the shoulders or pavement.

Minimum Area Requirement; Relationship to Surrounding Area:

1.

The lot or tract of land on which a drive-in theater is to be located should be at least four hundred (400) feet wide and six hundred (600) feet deep or two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet in area.

2.

The lot or tract on which a drive-in theater is located must be at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any residential district.

(e)

Used Car Lots, operating as second hand motor vehicle dealers, provided they comply with the following requirements:

1.

Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area for a used car lot shall be 25,000 square feet.

2.

Location criteria. The site must be located more than 700 feet from the property line of any other site with an existing used car lot or the site of a proposed used car lot subject to review for approval. The site must be located more than 200 feet from the property line of a site being used for the following purposes: automobile repair shop, automotive service business, tire service business, new car dealership or new automotive retail business, auto wash or vehicle laundry, or automobile storage. In addition, the site must be located more than 200 feet from the nearest lot line of property used as or zoned as: R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C, R-1-P, R-2, R-3, R-3A, R-4, R-5, a Planned Unit Development, and the Downtown Center.

3.

Permanent structure. A permanent structure containing not less than two hundred (200) square feet of interior floor space to be used as business or sales office.

4.

Vehicle preparation. Cleaning and refurbishing of vehicles shall be permitted only within an enclosed permanent building.

5.

Noise limitations. Any use of horns, amplifiers or any other devices for the outdoor transmission, amplification or broadcasting of voices or music shall be prohibited. All other ordinances restricting noise and loud music shall apply.

6.

Festoon signs. Festoon signs are prohibited.

7.

Flashing lights are prohibited.

8.

Temporary signs shall be prohibited from the site, but may be allowed with an approved permit twice annually, unless prohibited in this section.

9.

Temporary feather or windblown signs. Outdoor temporary feather signs or windblown signs or streamers are prohibited from the outdoor areas of the property, including without limitation, from display, attachment or affixture upon parked or display outdoor vehicles, outdoor structures, buildings pedestals or any other outdoor item upon which they may be affixed. National flags affixed upon a permanent post are excluded.

10.

Human signs. Live dancing or jumping signs, or human-carried signs or human-carried boards are prohibited.

11.

Used car display area. The display area shall conform to the following requirements:

a.

There shall be provided a minimum of eight (8) feet by seventeen (17) feet of storage/display space for each used car to be displayed.

b.

Access to each individual used car shall be provided. Used cars shall not be positioned in a stacked or packed formation.

c.

There shall be no storage or display of used cars in the public right-of-way.

d.

Used cars shall be prohibited from parking within any maneuvering lane or driveway.

e.

Outdoor storage of inoperable, wrecked, or stripped vehicles shall be prohibited from the site.

f.

The setback areas along street frontages shall not be used for the parking or for the storage/display of used cars.

12.

Off-street parking required. Separate off-street parking shall be provided in compliance with the regulations contained in section 4.32 and the following provision:

The minimum number of parking spaces to be provided shall be calculated based on the formula of five (5) spaces plus one (1) space per each fifteen (15) used car storage/display spaces.

13.

Site design requirements. The site plan shall comply with the following site design requirements:

a.

The site shall be hard-surfaced, graded and drained in accordance with the regulations of section 4.32 (k). Concrete curbing shall be provided along the perimeter of the parking area.

b.

Maneuvering lanes for the storage/display area shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.

c.

Two driveways, one for ingress and one for egress, or one driveway adequate to permit simultaneous ingress and egress shall be provided. The driveway shall be a minimum of twenty-six (26) feet in width as measured at the property line. The center of the driveway shall be located a minimum of seventy (70) feet from the intersection of any two roadway right-of-way lines.

d.

The setback areas along street frontages shall be landscaped.

e.

Overhead service doors shall not face or open toward residentially zoned property.

f.

An eight (8) foot wide landscaped greenbelt complying with section 2.26 of this Ordinance or a six (6) foot high brick embossed poured concrete wall shall be provided along any residentially zoned property. A decorative or ornamental fence, in a split rail, picket, basket weave or similar style, constructed of wood, metal or iron, but without sharp points protruding upward, shall be provided along the setback line of the front. Chain link fences are not allowed.

g.

All lighting on the site shall be shielded. All glare shall be eliminated from all light fixtures and not encroach upon abutting properties. Lighting shall otherwise not direct illumination upon abutting properties, or emit illumination upon abutting properties in a manner that or of such magnitude that encroaches upon their peace. The light poles shall be no higher than twenty (20) feet. Upward directed lighting, searchlights, moving beams, and spotlights shall not be permitted.

h.

Approval of a special land use permit from the City Council, after application to and recommendation of the Planning Commission, and under such conditions as the Council finds the use meets the standards for approval set forth in Section 22.14 of the Ordinance. A special land use permit is required for the expansion of an existing used car lot.

i.

Compliance with the procedures and conditions set forth in section 22.14, and full compliance with any conditions established by the Planning Commission and/or City Council.

(f)

Outdoor retail sales pursuant to Section 4.45 of this ordinance.

(g)

Marihuana Provisioning Center Facilities, Marihuana Retail Establishments, Marihuana Consumption Establishments, and Safety Compliance Establishments/Facilities.

(Ord. No. 30-835, § 7, 2-22-84; Ord. No. 30-984, § 1, 8-12-08; Ord. No. 30-1001, § 1, 8-27-13; Ord. No. 30-1064, § 4, 4-27-21)

No building hereafter erected or altered in a C-3 District shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet or two (2) stories, except as provided in Article XIX of this Ordinance.

All non-residential uses, when adjacent to an existing residence or residential district or adjacent to an alley which abuts an existing residence or residential district, shall provide and maintain a twenty (20) foot greenbelt or decorative wall, in compliance with Section 2.26 of this Ordinance.

Every lot in C-3 Districts, used as a business shall have an area sufficient in size to supply an adequate and safe water supply and a safe and adequate sewage disposal system as established by standards required by the State or County Health Departments' rules and regulations. In no case shall a business lot be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area, except lots of record at the time of adoption of this Ordinance.

A front yard setback of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided for commercial buildings, measuring from the right-of-way line proposed by the Master Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Warren.

Side yards are not required along an interior side lot line where all walls of buildings, abutting upon such interior side lot line are wholly without windows. If windows or openings are provided, a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet shall be provided.

The width of a side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet when rear yards abut rear yards. However, in the case of a rear yard abutting a side yard of an adjacent residential lot, the side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

In C-3 Districts a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet shall be required; where alleys exist, the measurement of the rear yard may include one-half (½) the width of the alley.

In C-3 Districts no business building or structure shall be erected between the property lines of intersecting streets or highways and a line joining points on such lines fifteen (15) feet distant from their point of intersection, or in the case of a rounded corner the point of intersection of their tangents.

In the case of lots of record at the time of adoption of this Ordinance having widths of forty (40) feet or less and depths of one hundred (100) feet or less, a building or structure may be erected between the property lines of intersecting streets or highways, and a line joining points on such line six (6) feet distant from their point of intersection, or in the case of a rounded corner, the point of intersection of their tangents.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in Section 4.32 of this Ordinance.