The purpose of this district is to accommodate heavier commercial
uses that require larger sites and retail and service uses that serve
a regional market located in areas accessible to the regional highway
network.
In the C-3 Highway Commercial District, only the following uses
are authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Antiques, interior decorating.
(b)
Apparel and accessories store.
(d)
Art, book, stationery store.
(e)
Automobile service station.
(i)
Business or professional offices.
(k)
Candy or ice cream store.
(m)
Catering service, including rental hall.
(q)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to §
350-106.
(u)
Dry-cleaning pickup store.
(bb)
General merchandise store.
(kk)
Mobile home sales, service and storage.
(oo)
Oil and gas well operations, subject to §
350-107.
(vv)
Public utility building or structure.
(zz)
Retail businesses not otherwise listed herein.
(aaa)
Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(bbb)
Vehicle rental, sales and service.
(ccc)
Video store, excluding adult video store.
(ddd)
Warehousing and distribution.
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Drive-through facilities, subject to §
350-100.
(c)
No-impact home-based business or home occupation in a dwelling
that is a nonconforming use.
(d)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVII.
(f)
Temporary construction trailer or sales office, subject to §
350-101.
(g)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same
lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception
authorized in this district.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(b)
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to §
350-93A(14).
(d)
Temporary use or structure, other than a temporary construction trailer or sales office, subject to §
350-93A(39).
(e)
Truck and heavy equipment rental, sales and service, subject to §
350-93A(40).
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Crematorium accessory to a funeral home, subject to §
350-93A(20).
In the C-3 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) Individual lots: 0.5 acre (21,780 square feet).
B. Minimum lot width:
(1) Planned shopping center: 200 feet.
(2) All other uses: 100 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 40%
D. Minimum front yard: 50 feet
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) All principal structures:
(a)
Adjoining any R-A, R-1, R-2 or R-3 District: 50 feet or height
of building, whichever is greater.
(b)
Adjoining all other districts: 40 feet or height of building,
whichever is greater 20 feet.
(2) Accessory structures: 20 feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) All principal structures:
(a)
Adjoining any R-A, R-1, R-2 or R-3 District: 50 feet or height
of building, whichever is greater.
(b)
Adjoining all other districts: 40 feet or height of building,
whichever is greater.
(2) All accessory structures: 20 feet.
G. Special yard requirements: See §
350-97.
H. Permitted projections into required yards: See §
350-98.
I. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: three stories, but no more than 45 feet.
(2) All accessory structures: one story, but no more than 20 feet.