In addition to the general goals listed in Article
I, it is the purpose of this district to provide for limited commercial activities, to provide for the needs of highway traffic and certain commercial activities not suited for location in the Central Business District or in a shopping center.
In any C-3 District, land or buildings shall
be used by right for only one or more of the following:
B. Retail sales of goods and/or services.
C. Neighborhood convenience store.
G. Restaurants, standard or fast-food, not including drive-through facilities. Subject to compliance with §
255-199A(36).
M. Plant nursery/greenhouse.
N. Financial institutions, with or without drive-through service, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(15).
O. Adult day-care center, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(2).
Q. Business machine shop sales and services.
T. Massage therapist business.
U. Commercial convenience store, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(51).
X. Age-restricted mid-rise condominium. See definition and subject to compliance with §
255-199A(2.1).
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2068, approved 2-15-2007]
Y. Fire, emergency services and ambulance stations.
[Added 8-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2017, approved 9-1-2008]
Z. Mid-rise stacked flats. See definition and subject to compliance with §
255-199A(23.1).
[Added 8-9-2007 by Ord. No. 2081, approved 8-21-2007]
AA. Community gardens, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
BB. Non-tower wireless communications facilities, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(50).
[Added 4-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2220, approved 4-9-2015]
The following uses shall be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to §
255-197 of this chapter:
A. Drive-through facilities for a standard or fast-food restaurant or for retail sales, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(36).
B. Auto service station. See definition and subject to compliance with §
255-199A(8).
C. Auto repair garage. See definition and subject to compliance with §
255-199A(6).
E. Wholesale sales and storage of machinery, electrical
equipment and other manufactured goods.
H. Auditorium (see definition in Article
II).
J. Building contractor's office and storage.
K. Recycling collection center, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(35).
M. Auto, boat or mobile/manufactured home sales, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(7).
O. Retirement village. See definition and subject to compliance with §
255-199A(37).
Only the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
A. Uses that are customary and incidental to a permitted
use.
C. Commercial communication antenna mounted on a permitted structure, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(50).
D. The retail sale of food and common household products as an accessory use to an auto service station, provided that the area devoted to such sales does not exceed 500 square feet or 10% of the total building area, whichever is less, and provided further, that all parking requirements for both the principal and accessory use set forth in Article
XXV are met.
E. Community gardens, subject to compliance with §
255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
The following uses are specifically prohibited:
A. Adult bookstore, adult movie theater, cabaret or massage
parlor.
The following regulations shall be observed
for each lot:
A. Maximum building coverage: 40%.
B. Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
C. Maximum building height: 35 feet or 2 1/2 stories.
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2068, approved 2-15-2007]
D. Minimum lot area: 30,000 square feet.
E. Minimum paved area setback: 20 feet from an arterial street and 10 feet from any other public street from the right-of-way line; except when a joint parking lot is proposed; in compliance with §
255-209, five feet from all other property lines, except 25 feet from the property line of an abutting residential use or district. In addition, paved areas abutting residential uses or districts shall be screened in accordance with §
255-191 of this chapter.
F. Minimum building setback: 50 feet from the right-of-way
of any public street for principal and accessory structures, except
canopies over gasoline pumps, which may be within 10 feet of an existing
street right-of-way.
G. Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory
structures and uses:
(1) Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet, except 60 feet
if adjacent to a residential district.
(2) Minimum rear yard setback.
(a)
Adjacent to a nonresidential use: 30 feet.
(b)
Adjacent to residential districts: 100 feet, 40 feet of which must be landscaped pursuant to §
255-191.
The following additional requirements shall
apply:
A. Off-street parking regulations: (see Article
XXV). Shared parking lots are strongly encouraged. (See §
255-208 for possible reduction of requirements.)
B. Off-street loading regulations: (see Article
XXV).
C. Performance and design standards: (see Article
XXIII).
D. Regulations for specific use: (see Article
XXIV).