§ 50-77. Commercial District (C).

(a)

General purpose and description. The C Commercial District is intended to provide a location for commercial and service-related establishments, such as wholesale product sales, welding/contractors shops, automotive repair services, upholstery shops, and other similar commercial uses. Some light manufacturing may also be allowed with certain conditions. The uses envisioned for the C Commercial District will typically utilize smaller sites and have operation characteristics which are generally not compatible with residential uses and some nonresidential uses. Convenient access to thoroughfares and collector streets is also a primary consideration.

(b)

Permitted uses. Those uses listed for the C district in the use charts (section 50-82) as "P" or "C" are authorized uses permitted by right or conditionally permitted uses, respectively.

(c)

Height regulations. The maximum height in the C district shall be:

(1)

70 feet for the main buildings; also see setback requirements related to height in subsection (d)(2)b of this section.

(2)

One story for accessory buildings.

(3)

Additional height may be approved by CUP.

(d)

Area regulations.

(1)

Size of lot.

a.

Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet.

b.

Minimum lot width: 60 feet.

c.

Minimum lot depth; 100 feet.

(2)

Size of yards.

a.

Minimum front yard: 25 feet. Where a lot faces a designated arterial street, the front yard shall be a minimum of 35 feet.

b.

Minimum side and rear yard: ten feet. If adjacent to a single-family, duplex (two family), patio home or single-family attached district, then side and rear setbacks (within which parking is permitted) shall be according to the height of the primary structure, as follows:

Illustration 50-77-1: Setback and height relationship for commercial structures

1.

Setbacks shall be measured at a ratio of five feet in horizontal setback distance for every three feet of building height as shown in Illustration 50-75-2.

2.

Setback measurements shall be calculated by story.

3.

These measurements shall not limit any building to less than 35 feet.

c.

Interior side yards: when retail uses are platted adjacent to other retail uses and integrated into an overall shopping center site (i.e., lots/lease spaces abutting one another), no side yard is required provided it complies with the city's building code.

d.

Exceptions for certain retail shopping center outbuildings fronting State Highway 249: notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, the building line for retail outbuildings adjacent to State Highway 249 and State Highway 249 Bypass shall be ten feet if:

1.

The retail outbuilding is within a shopping center development (a development comprised of retail businesses which share common parking and pedestrian areas and facilities for their clientele) which contains not less than 1¼ acres of land and which has not less than 240 feet of frontage on said State Highway 249 and State Highway 249 Bypass;

2.

The retail outbuilding contains not more than 100 square feet of floor area;

3.

The retail outbuilding is located so as not to create a hazard to vehicular or pedestrian traffic on the shopping center site, the adjacent State Highway 249 and State Highway 249 Bypass, or any other adjacent public or private street or property; limit spacing of said structures to no greater than one per 300 feet;

4.

The retail outbuilding is located not less than 50 feet from any paved portion of State Highway 249 and State Highway 249 Bypass, whether main lane or access road; and

5.

The retail outbuilding is located so as to be a minimum of 300 feet from the closest retail outbuilding along either side of State Highway 249 and State Highway 249 Bypass, measured in a straight line from the center fronts of each retail outbuilding.

(3)

Maximum lot coverage. Maximum lot coverage is 60 percent including main and accessory buildings; maximum 90 percent impervious coverage (including all buildings, parking areas, sidewalks, etc.).

(4)

Maximum floor area. Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) is 2:1.

(5)

The maximum glare produced by any industry shall be limited to four footcandles of illumination intensity beyond the industrial or commercial tract boundary throughout the light frequency spectrum beginning with ultraviolet and ending through the infrared wavelengths.

(Code 1978, § 5-9; Code 1993, § 14-9; Ord. No. 2008-01, § 31, 2-4-2008)