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Waukee City Zoning Code

169.15 C-1A

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

The C-1A District is designed to provide space for the development of ground that routinely assists the daily needs of the local traveling public while promoting scale and harmony with adjacent residential land uses.
1.   Principal Permitted Uses. Only the uses of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the C-1A District.
   A.   Medical clinics, group medical centers, or the office of a doctor, dentist, osteopath, or similar profession.
   B.   Business and professional offices including but not limited to the following: law, engineering, real estate, insurance, and similar uses.
   C.   Personal service businesses such as beauty and barber shops, shoe repair and similar uses.
   D.   Churches, chapels, temples and similar places of worship.
   E.   Municipal facilities utilized by the City for services provided to the community.
   F.   Retail business or service establishments such as the following:
      Antique shops
      Apparel shops
      Art galleries
      Baby and children stores
      Bakeries or bakery outlets
      Bicycle shops, sales and repairs
      Book stores
      Camera stores
      Child care centers and nursery schools
      Clothes cleaning and laundry pickup stations
      Confectionery stores, including ice cream or snack bars
      Convenience store
      Delicatessens
      Dance studios
      Drug stores
      Florist shops
      Home furnishing, décor and accessory stores
      Hardware stores
      Hobby and gift shops
      Jewelry stores and watch repair shops
      Key shops
      Launderettes and dry-cleaning establishments,
      Meat market for retail sales only
      Leather goods store
      Music and video stores
      Novelty food and drink shops
      Paint and wallpaper stores
      Photographic studios
      Postal substations
      Radio and television sales and repair shops
      Restaurants, cafes
      Retail printing/copy shops
      Sporting goods stores
      Tailor and dressmaking shops
      Toy stores
      Variety stores
   G.   Wellness or recreational uses such as the following:
      Instructional fitness or recreational studio
      Health club
      Travel and tourist information centers
   H.   Consumer fireworks sales.
2.   Permitted Accessory Uses.
   A.   Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to any principal permitted use.
   B.   Storage of merchandise incidental to the principal use.
3.   Bulk Regulations. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modifications contained in Section 165.19 of these zoning regulations:
 
Lot Area
no minimum
Lot Width
no minimum
Minimum Front Yard
30 feet
Minimum Rear Yard
30 feet
Minimum Side Yard
No minimum, except when adjacent to any R District, the minimum side yard setback shall be 30 feet.
Maximum Height
2 stories or 40 feet for principal building
1 story or 14 feet for accessory building
 
4.   Building Area. No single building within the C-1A District shall exceed 50,000 square feet. No configuration of buildings shall be allowed which is intended or planned to circumvent this requirement.
5.   Off-Street Parking and Loading. Spaces for off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 168 of these zoning regulations.
6.   Site Plan Requirements. For site plan requirements, see Chapter 160 of this Code of Ordinances.
7.   Minimum Open Space. The total land area devoted to open space and landscaping shall not be less than 20 percent of the gross land area included in the building lot. Such open space shall be maintained as grassed and landscaped area and shall not include access drives, parking areas, structures or buildings; except ornamental structures included as part of the landscaping theme.
(Section 169.15 – Ord. 3071 – Apr. 23 Supp.)