The purpose of this District is to provide for
commercial uses that depend on access to an arterial highway, that
may generate truck traffic and that may not be compatible with commercial
areas devoted primarily to retail shopping in planned shopping centers.
In the C-2 Highway Commercial District, only
the following uses are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Antiques, interior decorating.
(b)
Apparel and accessories store.
(c)
Appliance, home furnishings store.
(d)
Art, book, stationery store.
(e)
Art, music or photography studios.
(g)
Bakery, including processing.
(j)
Business or professional offices.
(l)
Candy or ice cream store, including processing.
(n)
Catering service, including rental hall.
(w)
Dry cleaning pickup store.
(z)
Florist shop, excluding greenhouse.
(dd)
General merchandise store.
(jj)
Medical offices; medical clinic.
(mm)
Noncommercial recreation.
(oo)
Personal care boarding home.
(ss)
Public recreation, other than Township-related
facilities.
(uu)
Restaurant, carry-out, fast-food or sit-down.
(xx)
Township-related facilities.
(yy)
Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(zz)
Vehicle rental, sales and service.
(aaa)
Video store, excluding adult video stores.
(ccc)
Incidental mineral removal.
(2) Accessory uses.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVII.
(d)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental
to and on the same lot with any permitted use authorized in this District.
(e)
Drive-through facilities, subject to §
240-102.
(f)
No impact home-based business or home occupation
in a dwelling which is a nonconforming use.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(f)
Mini-warehouses or self-storage facilities, subject to §
240-95A(29).
(k)
Public parking lot or public parking garage, subject to §
240-95A(33).
(l)
Public buildings, other than Township-related facilities, subject to §
240-95A(9).
(q)
Beer distributor, subject to § 240-95(51).
[Added 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 7-2007]
(r) Oil and gas development, subject to §
240-95A(54).
[Added 7-13-2016 by Ord.
No. 6-2016]
(s) Natural gas compressor station and natural gas processing plant, subject to §
240-95A(55).
[Added 7-13-2016 by Ord.
No. 6-2016]
(t) Automobile service station.
[Added 9-9-2020 by Ord. No. 6-2020]
(u) Extended stay hotel, motel, and facility, subject to §
240-95A(61).
[Added 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. 3-2023]
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to §
240-95A(12).
(b)
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to §
240-95A(49).
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(f)
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer or sales office, subject to §
240-95A(42).
(g)
Truck and heavy equipment rental, sales and service, subject to §
240-95A(43).
(h)
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to §
240-95A(13).
In the C-2 Highway Commercial District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article
XV.
A. Minimum lot area.
(1) Planned shopping center: five acres.
(2) All other uses: 20,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width.
(1) Planned shopping center: 200 feet.
C. Maximum impervious surface coverage: 70%.
[Amended 3-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2-2011]
D. Minimum front yard.
(1) Planned shopping center: 50 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard.
(1) Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(2) Planned shopping center: 50 feet.
(3) All other principal structures: 40 feet.
(4) Accessory structures: 20 feet.
F. Minimum side yard.
(1) All principal structures.
(a)
Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(b)
Adjoining all other districts: 20 feet.
(2) Accessory structures: 20 feet.
G. Special yard requirements: see §
240-99.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: see §
240-100.
I. Maximum height.
(1) All principal structures: six stories but no more
than 60 feet.
(2) All accessory structures: one story but no more than
20 feet.