The purpose of this district is to provide for retail and service
facilities which serve the needs of the general community and which
are located in high volume traffic corridors to allow convenient access
and to minimize the traffic impact on neighborhoods and local roads.
In the C3 General Commercial District, the following uses are
authorized:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(a)
Any permitted use specifically listed in the C2 District.
(b)
Apparel and accessories store.
(c)
Appliance, home furnishings store.
(d)
Bakery, including processing.
(e)
Beer distributor or liquor store.
(f)
Catering service, including rental hall.
(h)
Grocery store or food store.
(i)
General merchandise store.
(r)
Theater, excluding adult theater.
(t)
Oil and gas drilling, subject to the zoning certificate required by §
250-158A(5).
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Signs, subject to Article
XVII.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XVI.
(d)
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.
B. Conditional uses.
(1) Principal uses.
(e)
Wholesale sales in conjunction with retail business, subject to §
250-110A(41).
(h)
Research and development, including pilot manufacturing, subject to §
250-110A(31).
(2) Accessory uses.
(a)
Home occupation in a single-family dwelling which is a nonconforming use, subject to §
250-110A(14).
(b)
Telecommunications towers and facilities, subject to Article
XIX.
C. Uses by special exception.
(1) Principal uses.
(c)
Group care facility, personal care boarding home or transitional dwelling, subject to §
250-110A(11).
(d)
Apartment above a retail business or office, subject to §
250-110A(32).
(f)
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, subject to §
250-110A(39).
In the C3 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
XIV:
A. Minimum lot size: 21,780 feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. Maximum lot coverage: 23%.
(1) Maximum impervious area: 80%.
(2) Minimum penetrable surface area: 20%.
D. Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
E. Minimum rear yard:
(1) Adjoining an R Zoning District: 100 feet.
F. Minimum side yard:
(1) Adjoining an R Zoning District: 100 feet.
(2) All others: 20 feet each side.
G. Minimum distance between buildings (where more than one building
exists on a single lot): 20 feet.
I. Permitted projections into required yards: See §
250-116.
J. Maximum height:
(1) All principal structures: 45 feet and three stories.
(2) All accessory structures: 15 feet and one story.
Parking and loading: See Article
XVI.
Performance standards: See §
250-112.
Screening and landscaping: See §
250-113.
Steep slope controls: See §
250-114.