§ VII. C-2 Business district.
(A)
Purpose. This district includes land which is used primarily for retail businesses and other nonindustrial commercial establishments which serve the entire community and its visitors.
(B)
Permitted uses. In the C-2 district, no land shall be used and no building shall be erected or converted to any use other than:
(1)
Any use permitted in the C-1 neighborhood commercial district.
(2)
Air conditioning, heating, plumbing and electrical supply and/or service.
(3)
Automobile and automobile component repair.
(4)
Boat sales/repair.
(5)
Carpenter/cabinet shop.
(6)
Carpet cleaning if dust-proof rooms and dust catching washing and scouring equipment are provided.
(7)
Ice manufacturer.
(8)
Drive-in theaters.
(9)
Equipment rental.
(10)
Garden center/nursery.
(11)
New/used car lot.
(12)
Lumber yard (building materials).
(13)
Service station.
(14)
Sheet metal shop.
(15)
Stone monument works, retail only.
(16)
Storage warehouse including mini-self-storage warehouse (all storage enclosed in building).
(17)
Veterinary clinic or boarding kennel/small animal.
(18)
Wholesale commodities warehouse.
(19)
Automotive repair yard.
(20)
Sexually oriented business by specific use permit only.
(21)
Hotels.
(22)
Parking lots.
(23)
Convention center.
(24)
Home improvement store.
(25)
Any other commercial use, provided such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odors, dust, soot, smell, gas, fumes or vibrations which can be seen, smelled, heard or felt on the adjoining land of another person but excluding such uses as are enumerated in section VIII(A)(2) below in the M-1 M-2 industrial district. Provided, however, a specific use permit must be obtained for any such other commercial use.
(C)
Height. In the business district, the height and size of buildings shall be as follows; provided, however, that buildings erected or structurally altered and used exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and rear yard, and lot area per family regulations of the R-3 residence use [apartment] district, for apartments incidental to uses included in this zone:
Any building hereafter constructed shall have no less than a ten-foot setback line from the street right-of-way line for a single-story building to allow for sidewalks; however, four feet may be added to the height of the building for each one foot that the building is set back from the required distance and the minimum required yard lines.
(D)
Area regulations.
(1)
Front yard. Minimum ten feet required.
(2)
Side yard. No side yard required except on that side of a lot abutting upon the side of a lot zoned for dwelling purposes in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet.
(3)
Rear yard. Minimum 15 feet required.
(4)
Corner lot. Minimum ten feet required on both street fronts.
(E)
Parking regulations. See minimum off-street parking requirements, section XII.
(F)
Screening fences. Screening fences shall be required as in section 6.3 of this ordinance.
(G)
Specific uses permitted. Refer to section XIII below.
(H)
Any new or existing structure used for a sexually oriented business must be connected to city utility services.
(Ord. No. 79-34, § 2(3), (4), 11-29-79; Ord. No. 92-17, § 2(i)—(k), 11-5-92; Ord. No. 97-12, § 2(c), 9-11-97; Ord. No. 2010-27, §§ 2(2), 2(3), 12-9-10; Ord. No. 2016-008, § 2, 3-24-16 )