[Ord. No. 1101-2008 §§1 — 2, 10-20-2008]
This commercial district is intended to provide a location for personal, professional and business services and the general retail of the community, as well as limited wholesale businesses serving the public, and professional and business offices.
[Ord. No. 1101-2008 §§1 — 2, 10-20-2008]
A. 
The principal uses of land in the "C" District are as follows:
1. 
Any permitted use allowed in the "C-O" Commercial Office District.
2. 
Any permitted use allowed in the "C-1" Neighborhood Commercial District.
3. 
Agricultural supplies.
4. 
Automobile dealers, new and used.
5. 
Automobile and vehicle, minor repair.
6. 
Baseball batting cages.
7. 
Bowling and skating centers.
8. 
Bus or cab terminal.
9. 
Camper trailer, sales and service.
10. 
Commercial printing and publishing.
11. 
Equipment sales and rental, excluding heavy equipment.
12. 
Exterminator.
13. 
Farm implement sales and service.
14. 
Farmers/produce markets.
15. 
Club or lodges.
16. 
Hotel and motels.
17. 
Landscape and horticultural services.
18. 
Libraries or museums.
19. 
Lumberyards.
20. 
Manufactured home dealers.
21. 
Miniature golf course.
22. 
Newspaper publishing.
23. 
Nursery, garden store.
24. 
Self-storage facility, subject to the provisions of Section 405.705.
25. 
Theaters, indoor.
26. 
Truck stops.
27. 
U.S. Post Office.
28. 
Video arcade.
29. 
Warehousing for goods related to permitted use activities in the district.
30. 
Welding shops.
31. 
Marijuana dispensary.
[Ord. No. 1396-2019, 5-20-2019;[1] Ord. No. 1512-2023, 1-17-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for the renumbering of former Subsection (A)(31) as Subsection (A)(32).
32. 
Accessory uses and structures as provided in Article V. Accessory buildings and uses shall be constructed in a style and manner similar and sympathetic to a principal building or use.
[Ord. No. 1101-2008 §§1 — 2, 10-20-2008]
A. 
The following conditional uses may be permitted in a "C" District.
1. 
Adult entertainment, subject to the provisions of Title VI Business and Occupation, Section 615.010.
2. 
Auction business.
3. 
Auditoriums and exhibit halls.
4. 
Automobile and vehicle, major repair.
5. 
Camps, travel trailer and RV parks, provided that no camper shall occupy a campground for a period exceeding sixty (60) consecutive days.
6. 
Contractor's shop and/or yard, including construction equipment and/or materials storage area.
7. 
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
8. 
Outdoor commercial recreation.
9. 
Gun club, archery range.
10. 
Youth camps, adult and family retreat areas.
11. 
Fairgrounds.
12. 
Public utilities and facilities.
13. 
Radio and TV towers.
14. 
Recycling collection station.
15. 
Telecommunication facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 405.705.
16. 
Group child care home, child care center, nursery school.
17. 
New and/or used vehicle sales, including recreational or off-road vehicles and boats, subject to the following provisions:
a. 
No similar use is located within five hundred (500) feet; however, sites with frontage along only Centerville Avenue or North Country Avenue, but not other streets, may be closer than five hundred (500) feet to another similar use. Such uses are not allowed along Watson Drive.
[Ord. No. 1232-2013 §1, 12-16-2013; Ord. No. 1294-2015 §1, 11-16-2015]
b. 
The site is one (1) acre or more in size. Existing new and/or used automobile sales businesses may be expanded in compliance with all other requirements.
[Ord. No. 1232-2013 §1, 12-16-2013]
c. 
Parking and display areas are constructed of an asphalt or concrete surface.
d. 
Parking and display areas are located at least fifteen (15) feet from a public right-of-way or from the edge of a private road.
e. 
Parking and display areas are not constructed within required buffer areas, side yard setback or rear yard setback.
f. 
Vehicles are not displayed within parking, side or rear yard setbacks access drives or required customer parking spaces.
g. 
A minimum six (6) feet tall opaque fence is constructed adjacent to any display area along residentially zoned property or any residential use.
h. 
Fencing along or within any front or street side building line area shall be decorative in nature and shall not include "piping" style fencing.
i. 
New or expanded sites must comply with stormwater drainage, landscaping, screening and other site design standards.
j. 
Sign plan to include all proposed signs, color schemes and wall signs limited to one (1) per building facade facing a street.
18. 
Single-family dwellings either constructed originally as single-family structures or converted from structures originally intended for other purposes (e.g. duplexes).
19. 
Two-family dwellings either constructed originally as duplexes or converted from structures originally intended for other purposes (e.g. single-family dwellings).
20. 
Wind energy conversion systems.
[Ord. No. 1101-2008 §§1 — 2, 10-20-2008; Ord. No. 1347-2017, 8-21-2017]
Table 9
"C" General Commercial District
Site and Building Development Regulations
Site Planning
Minimum lot area
7,000 square feet
Maximum lot coverage
50%
Minimum lot dimensions
Width
50 feet
Depth
Parking
On-site spaces
See Article XXV Parking Regulations
Building
Minimum setbacks
Front
25 feet
Interior side yard
10 feet
Rear yard
20 feet
Maximum building height
50 feet
[Ord. No. 1101-2008 §§1 — 2, 10-20-2008]
A. 
Site Plan Required. An application for all permitted and conditional uses shall include a site plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 405.140 Site Plan Requirements.
B. 
Landscape Plan And Buffer Zone Required. An application for all permitted and conditional uses shall include a landscape plan and buffer zone in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVI Landscaping Regulations.
C. 
Screening Required. All mechanical equipment, trash refusal areas and roof-mounted equipment must be screened from public view and, when practical, located on the rear elevation of a building.
D. 
Access To Commercial Districts. No land which is located in a residential district shall be used for a driveway, walkway or access purpose to any land which is located in any commercial district.
E. 
Outdoor Storage And Merchandise Display. It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant to place, deposit or maintain outdoor storage on any premises or property except as permitted in this Section.
Retailers of both new and used merchandise shall be permitted to display outdoors. The following conditions shall apply to the display of merchandise outdoors:
1. 
Display of merchandise must be set back ten (10) feet from all property lines.
2. 
No merchandise may be placed on a public sidewalk. Merchandise may be placed on a private sidewalk as long as all other conditions for display are met, including a four (4) foot clearance.
3. 
All merchandise shall be located within the confines of the retailer's owned or leased property.
4. 
No merchandise may be placed on landscaping, within three (3) feet of either side of a working doorway or within ten (10) feet directly in front of a working doorway.
5. 
Merchandise shall not be placed in a designated sight triangle or in any location which would impair a driver's view of a street.
6. 
Merchandise shall be displayed and maintained in a neat, clean, tidy and orderly manner.
7. 
Temporary parking lot sales shall be a permitted use in business districts, as long as the sales are conducted as an extension from a permanent structure containing a retail business. In addition, minimum off-street parking requirements must be maintained, as well as any other provisions of this Unified Development Code. This Section shall not be construed to allow a sub-lessee to occupy a parking lot for the purpose of conducting independent sales activity.
8. 
The size of the outdoor display area for secondhand goods or merchandise shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the total indoor gross floor area of the business and in no event shall exceed one hundred (100) square feet.
9. 
No secondhand goods or merchandise shall be displayed or stored or otherwise left outdoors during non-operating hours of the business.
10. 
This Section shall not apply to the sale of motor vehicles, trailers or boats.
F. 
Outdoor Storage In Equipment Rental Businesses. Storage areas shall be fully screened from view from adjacent residentially zoned property or residential uses by an approved treatment that may include building placement, walls, fencing and landscaping. Such storage areas shall not be located in the front setback or buffer area.
G. 
Automobile Sales And Service Stations. Businesses engaged in the sale of gasoline and oil may permit open display of merchandise commonly sold by automobile service stations, i.e., oil, batteries, tires, wiper blades, etc. No permanent open display will be permitted on sidewalks or public rights-of-way. Such display will be adequately screened from adjacent residential property.