[Ord. No. 2020, 4-5-2022]
The "C" Commercial District is intended to provide for the development
of general retail, service, office, and repair businesses which serve
the entire City and surrounding area, and to provide district regulations
and development requirements.
[CC 1970 §33-28; Ord.
No. 465 Art. 5 §2, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 794 §1, 2-20-1973; Ord.
No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this Chapter, a building or premises in a
"C" District shall be used only for the following purposes:
1. Any use permitted in the "B" Residence District or permitted in "C-1"
Commercial Districts.
2. Bakery, whose products are sold only at retail on the premises.
3. Bicycle sales and repair shop.
4. Clinics (and animal hospitals with no exterior animal housing).
5. Dancing and music schools.
6. Dyeing and dry cleaning works (employing not more than five (5) persons).
7. Radio, television and small appliance shops.
8. Gasoline filling and service station and convenience stores.
9. Frozen food locker, excluding wholesale storage.
11. Laundry (employing not more than five (5) persons) and including
self-service laundries.
13. Painting and decorating shop.
14. Plumbing shop employing no more than five (5) persons on the premises.
15. Public garage; provided that any portion of the garage which is used
for storage or repair purposes shall not be nearer than twenty (20)
feet to the front line of the building; and provided further, that
no lot shall be used for the storage or sale of used cars except in
conformity with this Chapter.
17. Restaurant or catering business.
18. Retail store or shop for the conduct of a retail business.
20. Tailor or dressmaking shop.
21. Theater (except drive-in theater).
22. Tire sales and repair shop, if conducted wholly within a completely
enclosed building.
24. Upholstering shop, not employing more than five (5) persons on the
premises, and not involving any furniture manufacturing.
25. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses,
including signs constructed in accordance with the provisions of the
Municipal Code.
26. Printers and lithographers.
27. Other uses similar to the above in the judgment of the Zoning Administrator.
28. Marijuana dispensary facility, subject to the following specific
standards:
[Ord. No. 1981, 5-21-2019; Ord.
No. 2034, 3-21-2023]
a. No such use shall be sited within five hundred (500) feet of any
then-existing elementary or secondary school, child day care center,
or church. The five hundred (500) foot distance shall be measured
as follows:
(1)
Freestanding facility — measured from the external wall
of the facility structure closest in proximity to the school, child
day care center, or church to the closest point of the property line
of the school, child day care center, or church. If the school, child
day care center, or church is part of a larger structure, such as
an office building or strip mall, the distance shall be measured to
the entrance or exit of the school, child day care center, or church
closest in proximity to the facility.
(2)
Non-freestanding facility — measured from the property
line of the school, child day care center, or church to the facility's
entrance or exit closest in proximity to the school, child day care
center, or church. If the school, child day care center, or church
is part of a larger structure, such as an office building or strip
mall, the distance shall be measured from the nearest entrance or
exit of the facility to the entrance or exit of the school, child
day care center, or church closest in proximity to the facility.
(3)
Measurements shall be made along the shortest path between the
demarcation points that can be traveled by foot.
b. Marijuana dispensing activities shall occur only within an enclosed
building.
c. All structures used for dispensing activities shall be equipped with
odor control filtration and ventilation systems to prevent odors of
marijuana from leaving the premises. No odor shall be detectable by
a person with a normal sense of smell at any point outside the property
boundary of the facility. An odor mitigation plan shall be submitted
to the City during either the site plan review process or the occupancy
permit process, whichever occurs first.
d. Lighting shall utilize best management practices and technologies
for reducing glare, light pollution, and light trespass onto adjacent
properties and shall be fully shielded, including adequate coverings
on windows, to confine light and glare to the interior of the structure.
e. Any person or entity licensed by the State of Missouri for a marijuana dispensary facility shall be in compliance with the requirements of the license at all times, and any failure of compliance shall be a violation of this Section, punishable upon conviction as provided in Section
100.080 of this Code. In addition, such non-compliance may be evidence of the existence of a public nuisance, which may be acted upon as provided in Chapter
220 of this Code.
29. Brewpub, subject to the following specific standards:
[Ord. No. 2031, 1-17-2023]
a. Production capacity shall be limited to not more than five thousand
(5,000) barrels per year.
b. The area used for brewing, including bottling and kegging, shall
not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the total floor area of the commercial
space.
c. There shall be no exterior storage of brewing supplies, refuse, or
materials.
d. Products of a brewpub may not be sold to a wholesaler for distribution
off the premises.
30. Restaurant, microwinery/microdistillery, subject to the following
specific standards:
[Ord. No. 2031, 1-17-2023]
a. Production capacity shall be limited to not more than one hundred
fifty thousand (150,000) gallons per year.
b. The area used for production and packaging shall not exceed thirty
percent (30%) of the total floor area of the commercial space.
c. There shall be no exterior storage of fermenting or distilling supplies,
refuse, or materials.
d. Beverages produced on-site may not be sold to a wholesaler for distribution
off the premises.
B. Any
building used primarily for any of the preceding enumerated purposes
may have not more than forty percent (40%) of the floor area devoted
to industry or storage purposes incidental to such primary use; provided
that not more than five (5) employees shall be engaged at any time
on the premises in any such incidental use.
C. Whenever
the number of employees is restricted in connection with any use in
the "C" Commercial District, such maximum number applies only to employees
engaged in processing or treating materials or products on the premises
and not to employees engaged in selling, clerical, delivery or similar
activities.
[CC 1970 §33-29; Ord.
No. 465 Art. 5 §3, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
A. The
parking regulations in a "C" or "C-1" District are the same as the
parking regulations in the "A" and "B" Residence Districts with the
additional restrictions.
1. Hotels and motels. One (1) off-street parking space
shall be provided on the lot or within three hundred (300) feet thereof
for each four (4) guest rooms.
2. Theater (except drive-in theater). One (1) off-street
parking space shall be provided on the same lot or within three hundred
(300) feet thereof for each ten (10) seats in the theater.
B. Where
any structure is erected, reconstructed or converted for any of the
commercial uses permitted in this Article, off-street parking spaces
shall be provided in the ratio of not less than one (1) parking space
for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor space in the building
which is used for commercial purposes. Such parking space may be located
on the same lot as the building or on an area within three hundred
(300) feet of the building. Two (2) or more owners or occupants of
buildings may join together in providing this parking space.
[CC 1970 §33-30; Ord.
No. 465 Art. 5 §4, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
No building in "C" or "C-1" District shall exceed two and one-half
(2½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except as otherwise
provided in this Chapter.
[CC 1970 §33-31; Ord.
No. 465 Art. 5 §5, 3-15-1955; Ord. No. 1470 §1, 9-17-2002]
A. The
following area regulations shall apply in a "C" or "C-1" District:
1. Front yard.
a. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than thirty
(30) feet except as provided elsewhere in this Chapter.
b. Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall
be provided on both streets.
c. Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) streets, the
front yard on the side street side of the lot shall be not less than
ten (10) feet.
2. Side yard. The side yard regulations for dwellings
are the same as those in the "B" Residence District. Where a lot is
used for any of the other purposes permitted in this district, a side
yard is not required except on the side of a lot abutting on a dwelling
district, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than
five (5) feet. If a side yard is provided where not required, it shall
be not less than five (5) feet in width.
3. Rear yard. Except as otherwise provided in this
Chapter:
a. For lots having a depth of two hundred (200) feet or less, there
shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25)
feet.
b. For lots having a depth of more than two hundred (200) feet, there
shall be a rear yard having a depth equivalent to twelve and one-half
percent (12.5%) of the average depth of the lot but need not exceed
fifty (50) feet and at no point shall the rear yard be less than twenty-five
(25) feet.
4. Lot area. When a lot is improved with a single-family
dwelling, two-family dwelling, multiple dwelling, or when living facilities
are erected above other uses, the lot area per family regulations
are the same as those in the "B" Residence District.