The purpose of this district is to provide appropriate locations on arterial or collector streets to accommodate uses that serve the shopping and service needs of the surrounding community and that depend on larger sites and/or vehicular traffic to attract customers.
[Amended 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2; 12-30-2024 by Ord. No. 3231.6]
In the C-2 Community Commercial District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Art, music or photography studio.
(b) 
Assisted-living facility.
(c) 
Automobile service station.
(d) 
Bakery.
(e) 
Bed-and-breakfast.
(f) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(1)(f), Bed-and-breakfast inn, was repealed 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 3231.2.
(g) 
Beverage distributor.
(h) 
Biking/hiking trails.
(i) 
Boat rental, sales and service.
(j) 
Building or painting materials supply.
(k) 
Bus station.
(l) 
Business or professional offices.
(m) 
Business services.
(n) 
Candy or ice cream store.
(o) 
Catering service, including rental hall.
(p) 
Churches.
(q) 
Commercial greenhouse.
(r) 
Commercial recreation, indoor.
(s) 
Commercial recreation, outdoor.
(t) 
Commercial school.
(u) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 220-103.
(v) 
Convenience store.
(w) 
Custom print shop.
(x) 
Custom craft shop.
(y) 
Day-care center or preschool facility.
(z) 
Day spa.
(aa) 
Drive-in banks, subject to § 220-97.
(bb) 
Drive-through facility, subject to § 220-97.
(cc) 
Drugstore.
(dd) 
Dry-cleaning or laundry pickup station.
(ee) 
Eating or drinking establishments.
(ff) 
Educational studio.
(gg) 
Essential services.
(hh) 
Financial institutions.
(ii) 
Fire and emergency medical services.
(jj) 
Food store.
(kk) 
Forestry, subject to § 220-101.
(ll) 
Funeral home.
(mm) 
Garden apartments.
(nn) 
General merchandise store.
(oo) 
Grocery store.
(pp) 
Hardware store.
(qq) 
Health club; fitness center.
(rr) 
Home health care agency.
(ss) 
Home improvement store.
(tt) 
Indoor entertainment.
(uu) 
Kennel.
(vv) 
Laundromat.
(ww) 
Machine or tool sales or rental.
(xx) 
Medical clinic.
(yy) 
Medical offices.
(zz) 
Motel, hotel or resort.
(aaa) 
 Nonprofit service organization.
(bbb) 
 Nursing home.
(ccc) 
 Oil, gas or water intake well, subject to § 220-104.
(ddd) 
 Personal-care boarding home.
(eee) 
Personal services.
(fff) 
Pet grooming.
(ggg) 
 Pet services.
(hhh) 
 Pharmacy.
(iii) 
Places of assembly.
(jjj) 
Postsecondary schools.
(kkk) 
 Private club.
(lll) 
Private recreation.
(mmm) 
    Public buildings.
(nnn) 
 Public parking garage, subject to § 220-105.
(ooo) 
 Public parking lot, subject to § 220-105.
(ppp) 
 Public recreation.
(qqq) 
 Public utility building or structure.
(rrr) 
Retail stores not specifically listed in this § 220-64A(1).
(sss) 
Schools, public or private.
(ttt) 
Theaters.
(uuu) 
 Upholstery shop.
(vvv) 
 Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(www) 
   Vehicle rental, sales and service.
(xxx) 
 Veterinary clinic.
(zzz) 
Infill housing, subject to § 220-90Q.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Fences, subject to § 220-94.
(b) 
Home occupation in existing dwelling, subject to § 220-106.
(c) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(d) 
No-impact home-based business in existing dwelling, subject to § 220-102.
(e) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XV.
(f) 
Private garages and storage buildings, subject to § 220-94.
(g) 
Shops for the manufacture or processing or repairing of articles incidental to the conduct of a retail business, subject to § 220-107.
(h) 
Signs, subject to Article XVI.
(i) 
Storage of gasoline or similar flammable liquids, subject to § 220-108.
(j) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 220-98.
(k) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
B. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Apartment in combination with business, subject to § 220-90B.
(b) 
Car wash, subject to § 220-90G.
(c) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 220-90I.
(d) 
Group care facility, subject to § 220-90N.
(e) 
Planned shopping center, subject to § 220-90W.
(f) 
Student housing, subject to § 220-90AA.
(g) 
Temporary use or structure other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 220-90BB.
(h) 
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 220-90N.
(i) 
Rooming house.
(j) 
Guesthouse.
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
In the C-2 Community 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 uses by special exception contained in Article XIII.
A. 
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet. [Note: Nonconforming lots of record may be developed without a variance. (See § 220-94B.)]
B. 
Minimum lot width: 60 feet. [Note: Nonconforming lots of record may be developed without a variance. (See § 220-94B.)]
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 75%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 20 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: a distance equal to the height of the building.
(b) 
Adjoining all other districts: 10 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
All principal and accessory structures:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: a distance equal to the height of the building.
(b) 
Adjoining all other districts: 10 feet.
G. 
Maximum dwelling unit density: 24 units per acre.
H. 
Minimum distance between building (where two or more buildings are on the same lot): 20 feet.
I. 
Special yard requirements: see § 220-94.
J. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 220-95.
K. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
Principal structures: three stories, but no more than 45 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: one story, but no more than 20 feet.
L. 
Height exceptions: See § 220-96.