HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.c. Commercial Zoning Districts AmendmentsCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR DISCUSSION
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING DATE: November 15, 2000
AGENDA ITEM: Commercial Zoning Districts Amendments
PREPARED BY: Rick Pearson, City Planner
ATTACHMENTS: Revised Drafts of the Commercial District
Sections
SUMMARY
The revised draft of the Commercial Zoning Districts is attached, which incorporates the Council
direction previously provided. There is some fine - tuning needed, which will be discussed at the
Council Committee of the Whole. This item is being brought to the Council for further
direction based upon an emerging issue.
The Evergreen Gardens property located on the southeast corner of Chippendale Avenue and
151s' Street has been purchased by Mr. David Finnegan. He intends to locate his auto sales
business on the site. I informed Mr. Finnegan that while Auto Sales is permitted. Outdoor
display of vehicles is limited to two days a week by the current ordinance. He then inquired as to
whether a fenced enclosure would be sufficient. My response was negative. The current draft
prohibits Auto Sales.
Staff s recommendation would be to legitimize a portion of the C -4, General Commercial
District for continuous outdoor display of vehicles by Conditional Use Permit. For example, the
block enclosed by Chippendale Avenue, 151St Street and Carrousel Way could be identified as an
overlay commercial district that allows outside display with standards. The standards would
define setbacks and available display space on the site.
Other issues identified by staff are driveway standards, setbacks to shared driveways (which
typically separate parking areas from driveways) and minimum building size. The latter is an
extension of the discussion regarding the Mixed Use District.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Intended for discussion only.
COUNCIL ACTION:
C -1 Convenience Commercial District
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6.10 C -1 CONVENIENCE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
A. Purpose and Intent: The purpose of the Convenience Commercial District is to provide
residential neighborhoods with convenience shopping and personal services that could serve
the daily and weekly needs of the adjoining residents. Convenience Commercial Districts
typically occupy a small area at the intersection of two collector streets, or streets of higher
classification, and provide a gateway into the neighborhood. These convenience commercial
centers are meant to provide services and goods only for the surrounding neighborhoods and
are not intended to serve the entire community.
B. Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted uses in the C -1 District.
1. Essential Service Facilities.
2. Neighborhood Retail Establishments, such as convenience, small grocery, bakery,
meat, dairy stores, flower shop, fruit or vegetable markets, drug stores, bicycle shops, or
other neighborhood retail establishments of the same general character.
3. Offices, Business and Professional, no larger than 2,500 square feet. Such uses include
but are not limited to accounting, architectural, dental, law, real estate, or tax services.
4. Personal Services, except for funeral service and crematory facilities. Such uses include
barber and beauty shops, laundry services, photography, shoe repair, and tailor.
C. Accessory Uses: The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:
1. Car Washes, accessory to gasoline service stations.
2. Fences, as regulated by this ordinance.
D. Conditional Uses: The following uses are conditional uses in the C -1 district, and are subject
to the conditional use permit provisions outlined in this ordinance.
1. Child Day Care Services.
a. Licensed day care facilities must meet the following conditions:
(1) Pick -up and drop -off areas shall be located on the site, and shall be designed to
avoid interfering with traffic and pedestrian movements.
(2) Outdoor recreational area shall be located and designed in a manner which
mitigates visual and noise impacts on any abutting residential parcels.
(3) Such facilities shall obtain all applicable state, county, and city licenses.
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2. Multiple Parcels, Tenants, Buildings, and Uses, provided that buildings and/or units
have varying setbacks that meet or exceed minimum setbacks from all public rights -of-
way.
3. Eating Establishment, as part of multi- tenant or mixed use or multi -tenant building.
These establishments include such places as restaurants and cafeterias and places for the
sale and consumption of soft drinks, juices, ice -cream and beverages of all kinds,
provided the following conditions are met:
a. The gross floor area of the restaurant shall not exceed 3,000 square feet.
b. Drive -up window service and exterior loudspeakers shall not be permitted.
4. Self - Service Gasoline Sales, accessory to Convenience Stores, subject to the following:
a. Fuel pumps shall be installed on pump islands located not closer than thirty-five (35)
feet from any property line.
b. A protective canopy accessory structure located over pump islands may be located on
the property, provided that adequate visibility both on and off site is maintained. The
canopy shall be consistent with the principal building in design and character.
c. Lighting shall be recessed or shielded so as to have no direct source of light visible
from adjacent land or the public right of way.
d. Parking of vehicles on public right -of -way shall be prohibited.
e. If a gasoline service station site includes an accessory car wash. the site shall be
planned so as not to permit water from a car wash to run into a public street or
accesses thereto.
f. Vehicles waiting to be repaired shall be stored in appropriately designed and
screened areas.
g. Vehicular access points shall create minimum conflict with through traffic movement
and shall be subject to the approval of the City.
h. Off- street parking, stacking and circulation shall be provided subject to the
regulations in this ordinance.
i. Screening and landscaping are subject to regulations of this ordinance.
5. Teen Center
a. Outdoor recreational areas shall be located and designed in a manner that mitigates
visual and noise impacts on adjacent areas.
b. Recreational areas shall be designed to avoid interfering with traffic and pedestrian
movements.
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c. Such facilities shall adhere to City curfews.
d. Bicycle parking spaces must be provided and shall be located in a clearly designated,
safe and convenient location.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements and Setbacks:
1. Minimum Lot Area: ............................................................................... 20,000 square feet
2. Minimum Lot Width: ............................................................................................ 150 feet
3. Minimum Lot Depth: .......... ..........• .... ............................... ............................125 feet
4. Maximum Lot Coverage: ............................................................................................ 75%
5. Minimum Front Yard Setback:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 30 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................. 30 feet
c. Where forty percent (40 %) or more of the lots on any block are developed with
buildings, the average front yard for the block shall be the required front yard
setback.
6. Minimum Side Yard Setback:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 10 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
7. Minimum Rear Yard Setback:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 10 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
8. Parking Setbacks:
a. Minimum front yard setback: ............................................... ............................... 20 feet
b. Minimum rear yard setback: ................................................................................ 10 feet
c. Minimum side yard setback: ............................................................................... 20 feet
a. When there exits an easement for a shared private roadway or drive, the required
setback is ten (10) feet from the easement.
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9. Buffer Yard: Where a C -1 Convenience Commercial District abuts a residential district,
any new development shall include a required buffer strip on the side and rear yards not
less than thirty (30) feet in width. This strip shall contain no structures, shall not be used
for parking, off - street loading or storage, and shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall
include sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. A screen wall or fence
not less than fifty percent (50 %) opaque, nor less than three (3) feet in height shall be
erected to provide sufficient screening of the commercial building.
10. Maximum Building Height:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 35 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................ 18 feet
11. Maximum Lot Coverage: ............................................................................................ 75%
12. District Size:
a. Minimum: ........................................................................... ............................... 1 acre
b. Maximum: ........................................................................... ..............................3 acres
F. Additional Design Standards:
1. Access & Parking:
a. Curb cuts within a single proposed site shall not be spaced closer than XX feet.
Commercial developments of a small scale shall be encouraged to develop common
access drives and parking facilities. Incentives, such as reduction in parking
requirements may be provided at the discretion of the City Council.
2. Buildings:
a. The exterior wall surfaces of all buildings within the C -1 Convenience Commercial
District shall be constructed of at least fifty percent (50 %) brick, excluding all doors
and windows. Up to fifty percent (50 %) of the remaining wall surface may be
natural stone or rock or an equivalent or better. Prohibited materials for exterior wall
finishes are rock face block, masonry concrete, metal and wood, and tip up concrete
panels.
3. Pedestrian Circulation:
a. Concrete sidewalks five (5) feet in width shall be provided on all commercial
property-
b. Clear and well- lighted walkways shall connect building entrances to adjacent public
sidewalks and to any parking facilities located on the site.
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4. Lighting:
a. Lighting shall be consistent in character throughout the entire property site, in both
design and bulb type.
b. Any light fixture must be placed in such a manner that no light emitting surface is
visible from any residential area or public /private roadway, walkway, trail or other
public way when viewed at ground level.
c Light directed upward is prohibited. Externally lit signs, display, building and
aesthetic lighting must be lit from the top and shine downward. Lighting must be
shielded to prevent direct glare.
d. The level of lighting shall not exceed 0.5 lumens at any residential property line or
1.0 lumen at any non - residential property line.
e. The maximum height for exterior lighting is thirty (30) feet.
£ All non - essential lighting will be required to be turned off after business hours,
leaving only the necessary lighting for site security.
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6.11 C -2 DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
A. Purpose and Intent: The purpose of this district is to encourage a viable downtown area.
Rosemount's downtown is intended to serve the entire City and be a diversified commercial
center that offers the full range of comparison goods, sales and services, cultural, civic, and
entertainment opportunities, financial and professional offices, and public uses. Although
this district relies on automobile traffic, the needs of pedestrians and bicyclists are deemed
equally important. Pedestrian and bicycle linkages, landscaping, and appropriate amenities
are important components of this district. The pedestrian orientation of buildings adjacent to
sidewalks encourages parking in the rear yards and enhances the traditional character
exemplified by historical central business districts.
B. Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted uses in the C -2 District.
1. Business Services and Offices for accounting, advertising, auditing, commercial art,
computer services, mailing, photocopying, photography, and public relations.
2. Communications Businesses.
3. Eating and Drinking Establishments, excluding drive -thru facilities.
4. Essential Service Facilities.
5. Financial Institutions.
6. General Repair Services, excluding automobile and related equipment services and
repair establishments. Such uses include but may not be limited to appliance repair,
furniture re- upholstery and repair, jewelry, clock & watch repair, radio repair, small
electronics repair, and television repair.
7. Hotels and Motels.
8. Membership Organizations, including clubs, lodges, trade associations, unions,
political and religious organizations.
9. Museums and Art Galleries.
10. Personal Services, such as barber & beauty shops, laundry services, shoe repair and
photography.
11. Professional Services, including architects and attorney offices, dental and medical
clinics, financial services, insurance providers, and real estate businesses.
12. Public or Governmental Services, such as libraries, city offices, auditoriums, public
administration buildings and civic centers.
13. Public Parking Lots and Transit Stations
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14. Public Parks, owned and operated by a government unit, including recreational facilities
and structures consistent with the public area.
15. Retail Sales, excluding automobile and related equipment sales, services, parts sales and
gasoline and fuel sales. Auto parts sales are allowable provided that auto parts sales
activity results in no more than ten percent (10 %) of store revenue or comprises no more
than ten percent (10 %) of the floor space. Such uses include but may not be limited to
books and stationery, clothing, drug, gifts and novelties, groceries, furniture and
hardware, hobby, jewelry, and sporting goods stores.
16. Veterinary Clinic, not including outdoor runs or kennels.
C. Accessory Uses: The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses.
1. Accessory Apartments, provided they are located above the first floor.
2. Fences, as regulated by this ordinance.
3. Off - street Parking, as regulated by this ordinance, but not including semi - trailer trucks.
4. Outdoor Sales and Display of Merchandise, provided that:
a. Merchandise must consist only of finished products.
b. Outdoor sales shall be conducted by the owner or lessee of the premises or with the
written consent of the o -,ti-ner or lessee.
c. Disassembled merchandise parts may be displayed outdoors only when new products
are customarily sold unassembled and are intended for customer purchase and
assembly.
d. There shall be no display of automobiles or recreation vehicles.
e. Only merchandise that is normally manufactured, sold, or stored by the occupant on
the premises shall be sold and/or promoted.
f. Sales activity may be conducted within a required yard provided the area is paved
and the activity does not interfere with parking.
g. Truck & Trailer Parking. Except while loading, unloading, or rendering a service in a
designated loading area, no commercial trucks, truck- tractor, or semi - trailer
combinations are permitted to be parked and/or stored longer than forty-eight (48)
hours.
5. Outdoor Seating Areas, accessory to permitted or conditional uses.
6. Satellite Dishes and Solar Collectors.
7. Signs, as regulated by this ordinance.
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D. Conditional Uses: The following uses are conditional uses in the C -2 District, and are
subject to the conditional use permit provisions outlined in this ordinance.
1. Child and Adult Day Care Services.
a. Licensed day care facilities must meet the following conditions:
(1) Pick -up and drop -off areas shall be located on the site, and shall be designed to
avoid interfering with traffic and pedestrian movements.
(2) Outdoor recreational areas shall be located and designed in a manner that
mitigates visual and noise impacts on any abutting residential parcels.
(3) Such facilities shall obtain all applicable state, county, and city licenses.
b. Adult day care services, subject to the following conditions:
(1) All outdoor leisure /recreation areas shall be located and designed to minimize
visual and noise impacts on adjacent areas.
(2) When a center is located in a multifunctional organization, the center may share a
common space with the multifunctional organization if the required space
available for use by participants is maintained while the center is operating.
(3) Provide proof of state, federal, and other governmental licensing agency
approval.
2. Custom Manufacturing, with accessory retail sales and display.
a. The size of a custom manufacturing facility shall be no greater than 10,000 square
feet.
b. Such uses shall be prohibited on property abutting a residential district.
3. Funeral Services and Mortuaries, must provide adequate off-street parking as regulated
in this ordinance. In the case of shared parking between abutting uses, a reduction of up
to ten percent (10 %) in the number of required parking spaces may be approved.
4. Indoor Amusement and Recreation Services, including video arcades subject to the
following restrictions:
a. Any arcade with fifteen (15) or more machines shall have an adult supervisor on duty
during all hours of operation.
b. No arcade shall be operated within five hundred (500) feet of a school, church .or
residence unless it is an integral part of a shopping center and does not have an
entrance except from within the shopping center.
5. Multiple Parcels, Tenants, Buildings and Uses, provided that buildings and/or units
have varying setbacks that meet or exceed minimum setbacks from all public rights -of-
way.
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6. Transmission Facilities greater than one - fourth (1 /4) mile in length.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements and Setbacks:
1. Minimum Front Yard Setback: ................... ....... 5 feet
........................ ...............................
2. Maximum Building Height:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 75 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................ 18 feet
3. Buffer Yard: Where a C -2 Downtown Commercial District abuts a residential district,
any new development shall include a required buffer on the side and rear yards. This
buffer shall contain no structures, shall not be used for parking, off - street loading or
storage. The buffer may include any one or a combination of the following:
Landscaping such as sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. A screen
wall or fence not less than fifty percent (50 %) opaque, nor less than three (3) feet in
height. The buffer must provide sufficient screening of the commercial building.
F. Additional Design Standards:
L Buildings:
a. The exterior wall surfaces of all buildings within the C -2 Central Business
Commercial District shall be constructed of at least fifty percent (50 %) brick,
excluding all doors and windows. The remaining fifty percent (50 %) of the wall
surface may be natural stone or rock or an equivalent or better. Prohibited materials
for exterior wall finishes are rock face block, masonry concrete, metal and wood, and
tip up concrete panels.
2. Pedestrian Circulation:
a. Concrete sidewalks, five (5) feet in width, shall be provided on all commercial
property along any collector or arterial street.
b. Clear and well - lighted walkways shall connect building entrances to adjacent public
sidewalks and to any parking facilities located on the site.
3. Lighting:
a. Lighting shall be consistent in character throughout the entire property site, in both
design and bulb type.
b. Any light fixture must be placed in such a manner that no light emitting surface is
visible from any residential area or public /private roadway, walkway, trail or other
public way when viewed at ground level.
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c. Light directed upward is prohibited. Externally lit signs, display, building and
aesthetic lighting must be lit from the top and shine downward. Lighting must be
shielded to prevent direct glare.
d. The level of lighting shall not exceed 0.5 lumens at any residential property line or
1.0 lumen at any non - residential property line.
e. The maximum height for exterior lighting is thirty (30) feet.
f. All non - essential lighting will be required to be turned off after business hours,
leaving only the necessary lighting for site security.
4. Green Space:
a. A strip of land not less than five (5) feet wide shall be placed between the periphery
of all parking lots and sidewalks. This strip shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall
include sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. Such space may
also include architectural features such as benches or bicycle parking. Additional
boulevard trees shall be planted as required by this ordinance. This green space is
intended to provide a safe pedestrian circulation system.
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6.12 C -3 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
A. Purpose and Intent: The purpose of the Highway Service Commercial District is to provide
areas for business and retail services that require a large amount of outdoor storage and/or
passing motorists. This is a highly specialized district located in an area that-has volumes of
traffic with high visibility.
B. Permitted Use: The following uses are permitted uses in the C -3 District.
1. Automotive Repair and Service Station, including accessory car washes subject to:
a. Gasoline fuel pumps shall be installed on pump islands located not closer than thirty-
five (35) feet from any property line.
b. A protective canopy accessory structure located over pump islands may be located on
the property, provided that adequate visibility both on and off site is maintained. The
canopy shall be consistent with the principal building in design and character.
c. Service stations with accessory car washes shall be planned so as not to permit water
from the car wash to run into the parking areas, a public street or accesses thereto.
d. Vehicles waiting to be repaired shall be stored in appropriately designed and
screened areas.
e. Lighting shall be recessed or shielded sous to have no direct source of light visible
from adjacent land, or the public right of way.
f. Vehicular access points shall create minimum conflict with through traffic movement
and shall be subject to the approval of the City.
g. Parking of vehicles on public right -of -way shall be prohibited.
2. Communications Businesses.
3. Convenience Stores.
4. Eating and Drinking Establishments. Drive -up's, drive -thru facilities and truckstops
are not allowed on properties fronting or adjacent to Highway 3, north of County Road
42, or located adjacent to the C -2 Downtown Commercial Business District.
5. Essential Service Facilities.
6. General Repair Services: Such uses include but may not be limited to appliance repair,
furniture re- upholstery and repair, jewelry, clock & watch repair, radio repair, small
electronics repair, and television repair.
7. Hotels and Motels.
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8. Indoor Amusement and Recreation Services, including video arcades subject to the
following restrictions:
a. Any arcade with fifteen (15) or more machines shall have an adult supervisor on duty
during all hours of operation.
b. No arcade shall be operated within five hundred (500) feet of a school, church, or
residence unless it is an integral part of a shopping center and does not have an
entrance except from within the shopping center.
9. Landscape and Horticultural Services.
10. Public Parking Lots and Transit Stations.
11. Public Parks, owned and operated by a government unit, including recreational facilities
and structures consistent with the public area.
12. Retail Sales, Such uses include but may not be limited to books and stationery, clothing,
drug, gifts and novelties, groceries, furniture and hardware, hobby, jewelry, and sporting
goods stores. All retail sales shall be conducted indoors.
13. Self - Service Storage Facilities, subject to the following restrictions:
a. All storage shall be maintained in the storage space and there shall be no outdoor
storage of any products, equipment or other material within the storage facility. An
exclusion being that open storage for recreation vehicles shall be permitted, provided
the amount is not more than twenty five percent (25 %) of the area occupied by
buildings.
b. The perimeter of the storage facility shall be entirely enclosed by a combination of
buildings and decorative fencing. Chain link, barbed wire or wood privacy fencing
shall not be permitted as decorative material, except as may otherwise be approved
by the Planning Commission. For the purposes of calculating foundation planning
requirements, the decorative fencing shall be included in the building calculation
requirement.
c. All storage space openings shall be oriented internally to the facility and shall not
directly face a public street or adjoining property.
d. Green space, planting clusters and berming shall, where possible, shall be
strategically designed and located around openings between storage facility
structures.
e. The self - service storage facility shall be required to provide 1.25 times the required
minimum of Overstory Tree plantings so as to satisfy the requirements of d. above,
and provided the minimum interval spacing requirement at the boulevard is satisfied
and meta All landscaped areas shall be required to include the proper installation of
an underground irrigation system.
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f. An accessory caretaker residence may be permitted with a storage facility, provided it
is only used for resident security and management purposes and the exterior building
materials shall match that of the principal and accessory storage facility structures.
g. The exterior wall surfaces of all building structures which comprise the
development project shall consist of brick, decorative block, stone, architectural
concrete cast in place or precast concrete panels. The "interior" wall surfaces where
storage spaces are located at or below the top of the overhead door, and including
the storage space doors and columns between such spaces, may be of metal, which
shall consist of a decorative factory, applied finish.
h. The hours of operation for the self - service storage facility shall be restricted to
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
14. Veterinary Services, not including outdoor runs or kennels.
C. Accessory Uses: The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses.
1. Accessory Apartments.
2. Gasoline Sales, accessory to Convenience Stores.
3. Outdoor Sales and Display of Merchandise, excluding automotive parts or car sales.
Outdoor sales are subject to the following restrictions:
h. Merchandise must consist only of finished products.
i. Outdoor sales shall be conducted by the owner or lessee of the premises or with the
written consent of the owner or lessee.
J. Disassembled merchandise parts may be displayed outdoors only when new products
are customarily sold unassembled and are intended for customer purchase and
assembly.
k. Only merchandise that is normally manufactured, sold, or stored by the occupant on
the premises shall be sold and/or promoted.
1. Outdoor display areas shall not be larger than the total gross floor area of the
principal use and must be fenced or screened from view of abutting residential
districts.
m. Sales activity may be conducted within a required yard provided the area is paved
and the activity does not interfere with parking.
n. Truck & Trailer Parking. Except while loading, unloading, or rendering a service in
a designated loading area, no commercial trucks, truck- tractor, or semi - trailer
combinations are permitted to be parked and/or stored longer than forty-eight (48)
hours.
4. Outdoor Seating Areas, accessory to permitted or conditional uses.
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5. Satellite Dishes and Solar Collectors.
D. Conditional Uses: The following uses are conditional uses in the C -3 District, and are
subject to the conditional use permit provisions outlined in this ordinance.
1. Automotive Sales. Automobile sales are prohibited on properties fronting or adjacent to
Highway 3, north of County Road 42, or adjacent to the C -2 Downtown Commercial
Business District. Such uses shall be subject to the following:
a. Open sales lots are allowed provided the use does not take up parking spaces as
required by this ordinance.
b. Repair services shall be permitted as an accessory use to all automotive sales.
c. Storage of vehicles waiting for repair must be completely inside a principal or
accessory building, or completely screened from adjacent properties.
d. Sales lots must be paved with curb and gutter.
e. Parking setback standards shall be physically maintained to prevent vehicle overhang
through concrete curbing, and landscaping, a fence, or some other approved means.
f. Lighting of sales lots must be recessed or shielded so as to have no direct source of
light visible from adjacent land or public right of way.
g. Loud speakers and paging systems shall not be audible within one hundred (100) feet
of the property line.
2. Custom Manufacturing, with accessory retail sales and display.
3. Multiple Parcels, Tenants, Buildings, and Uses, provided that buildings and/or units
have varying setbacks that meet or exceed minimum setbacks from all public rights-of-
way.
4. Outdoor Amusement and Recreation Services, subject to the following restrictions:
a. All improvements must conform to the setback requirements for principal buildings
in the district.
b. No facilities may be closer than fifty (50) feet to a Residential District boundary.
5. Transmission Facilities greater than one - fourth (' /a) mile in length.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements and Setbacks:
1. Minimum Lot Area: ..... ........................................................... .....•......................... 1 acre
2. Minimum Lot Width: . ............................ ............................... ............................120 feet
3. Maximum Lot Coverage: ............................................................................................ 75%
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4. Minimum District Size: .............................................. ........... ..............................2 acres
5. Minimum Front Yard Setback:
a. Principal Structure .................................................................. .............................30 feet
b. Accessory Structures: ............
................................................. .............................30 feet
c. Where forty percent (40 %) or more of the lots on any block are developed with
buildings, the average front yard for the block shall be the required front yard
setback.
6. Minimum Side Yard Setbacks:
a. Principal Structures: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
b. Accessory Structures: .......................................................................................... 10 feet
7. Minimum Rear Yard Setbacks:
a. Principal Structures: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
b. Accessory Structures:..... ........................................................ .............................10 feet
8. Parking Setbacks:
b. Minimum front yard setback: .............................................................................. 20 feet
c. Minimum rear yard setback: ................................................................................ 10 feet
d. Minimum side yard setback: ............................................................................... 10 feet
e. When there exits an easement for a shared private roadway or drive, the required
setback is ten (10) feet from the easement.
9. Buffer Yard: Where a C -3 Highway Commercial District abuts a residential district, any
new development shall include a required buffer strip on the side and rear yards not less
than thirty .(30) feet in width. This strip shall contain no structures, shall not be used for
parking, off - street loading or storage, and shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall include
sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. A screen wall or fence not less
than fifty percent (50 %) opaque, nor less than three (3) feet in height shall be erected to
provide sufficient screening of the commercial building.
10. Maximum Building Height:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 35 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ........................... ........ ............................... .................. 25 feet
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F. Additional Design Standards
1. Buildings:
a. The exterior wall surfaces of all buildings within the C-3 Highway Commercial
District shall be constructed of at least fifty percent (50%) brick. The remaining fifty
percent (50 %) of the wall surface may be natural stone or rock or an equivalent or
better material. Prohibited materials for exterior wall finishes are rock face block,
masonry concrete, metal and wood, and tip up concrete panels.
2. Pedestrian Circulation:
a. Concrete sidewalks, five (5) feet in width, shall be provided on all commercial
property along any collector or arterial street.
b. Clear and well - lighted walkways shall connect building entrances to adjacent public
sidewalks and to any parking facilities located on the site.
3. Lighting:
a. Lighting shall be consistent in character throughout the entire property site, in both
design and bulb type.
b. Any light fixture must be placed in such a manner that no light emitting surface is
visible from any residential area or public /private roadway, walkway, trail or other
public way when viewed at ground level.
c. Light directed upward is prohibited. Externally lit signs, display, building and
aesthetic lighting must be lit from the top and shine downward. Lighting must be
shielded to prevent direct glare.
d. The level of lighting shall not exceed 0.5 lumens at any residential property line or
1.0 lumen at any non - residential property line.
e. The maximum high for exterior lighting is thirty (30) feet.
f. All non - essential lighting will be required to be turned off after business hours,
leaving only the necessary lighting for site security.
4. Green Space:
b. A strip of land not less than five (5) feet wide shall be placed between the periphery
of all parking lots and sidewalks. This strip shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall
include sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. Such space may
also include architectural features such as benches or bicycle parking. Additional
boulevard trees shall be planted as required by this ordinance. This green space is
intended to provide a safe pedestrian circulation system.
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6.13 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
A. Purpose and Intent: The purpose of the General Commercial District is to provide a wide
range of goods and services to the entire. community. Due to their proximity to major arterial
streets, businesses in this District are dependent on large volumes of traffic, thus need to be
highly visible and accessible. It is the intent of this District to promote development that
maximizes the full development potential in this area.
B. Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted uses in the C-4 District.
1. Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Sales.
2. Automotive Repair, Service Stations, and Car Washes, subject to the following
restrictions:
a. Gasoline fuel pumps shall be installed on pump islands located not closer than thirty-
five (3 5) feet from any property line.
b. A protective canopy accessory structure located over pump islands may be located on
the property, provided that adequate visibility both on and off site is maintained. The
canopy shall be consistent the principal building in design and character.
c. Service stations with accessory car washes shall be planned so as not to permit water
from the car wash to run into the parking areas, a public street or accesses thereto.
d. Vehicles waiting to be repaired shall be stored in appropriately designed and
screened areas.
e. Lighting shall be recessed or shielded so as to have no direct source of light visible
from adjacent land, or the public right of way.
f. Vehicular access points shall create minimum conflict with through traffic movement
and shall be subject to the approval of the City.
g. Parking of vehicles on public right -of -way shall be prohibited.
3. Business Services and Offices, such as accounting, advertising, auditing, commercial
art, computer services, mailing, photocopying, photography, and public relations.
4. Child and Adult Day Care.
5. Communications Businesses.
6. Convenience Stores.
7. Eating and Drinking Establishments.
8. Educational Services, excluding elementary and secondary schools.
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9. Essential Service Facilities.
10. Financial Institutions.
11 General Repair Services, such as appliance repair, furniture re- upholstery and repair,
jewelry, clock, watch, radio, small electronics and television repair.
12. Hotels and Motels.
13. Indoor Amusement and Recreation Services, including video arcades subject to the
following restrictions:
a. Any arcade with fifteen (15) or more machines shall have an adult supervisor on
duty during all hours of operation.
b. No arcade shall be operated within five hundred (500) feet of a school, church, or
residence unless it is an integral part of a shopping center and does not have an
entrance except from within the shopping center.
14. Landscape & Horticulture Services.
15. Lumber Yards and Construction Materials.
16. Membership Organizations.
17. Personal Services, such uses include barber & beauty shops, funeral services &
mortuaries, facilities, laundry services, shoe repair and photography.
18. Professional Services, including architects and attorney offices, dental and medical
clinics, financial services, insurance providers, and real estate businesses.
19. Public or Governmental Services.
20. Public Parking Lots and Transit Stations.
21. Public Parks, owned and operated by a government unit, including recreational facilities
and structures consistent with the public area.
22. Retail Sales, Such uses include but may not be limited to automobile parts, books and
stationery, clothing, drug, gifts and novelties, groceries, furniture and hardware, hobby,
jewelry, and sporting goods stores. Automotive sales, new and useA are prohibited.
23. Theaters, excluding drive -in theaters.
24. Veterinary Services, not including outdoor runs or kennels.
C. Accessory Uses: The following uses shall be permitted accessory uses.
1. Accessory Apartments.
2. Gasoline Sales, accessory to Convenience Stores.
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3. Outdoor Display of Merchandise, subject to the following restrictions:
a. Merchandise must consist only of finished products.
b. Outdoor sales shall be conducted by the owner or lessee of the premises or with the
written consent of the owner or lessee.
c. Disassembled merchandise parts may be displayed outdoors only when new products
are customarily sold unassembled and are intended for customer purchase and
assembly.
d. Only merchandise that is normally manufactured, sold, or stored by the occupant on
the premises shall be sold and/or promoted.
e. Outdoor display areas are limited to twenty (20) percent of the gross floor area of the
principal use and must be fenced or screened from view of abutting residential
districts.
f. Sales activity may be conducted within a required yard provided the area is paved
and the activity does not interfere
g. Truck & Trailer Parking. Except while loading, unloading, or rendering a service in a
designated loading area, no commercial trucks, truck- tractor, or semi - trailer
combinations are permitted to be parked and/or stored longer than forty-eight (48)
hours.
4. Outdoor Seating Areas, accessory to permitted or conditional uses.
5. Satellite Dishes and Solar Collectors.
D. Conditional Uses: The following uses are conditional uses in the C-4 District, and are
subject to the conditional use permit provisions outlined in this ordinance.
1. Custom Manufacturing, with accessory retail sales and display.
2. Multiple Parcels, Tenants, Buildings, and Uses, provided that buildings and/or units
have varying setbacks that meet or exceed minimum setbacks from all public rights -of-
way.
3. Transmission Facilities greater than one - fourth (1 /4) mile in length.
E. Minimum Lot Requirements and Setbacks:
1. Minimum Lot Area: ............................................................................... 20,000 square feet
2. Minimum Lot Width: ....................................................................................... .120 feet
3. Maximum Lot Coverage: ............................................................................................ 75%
4. Minimum District Size: ............................................................................................ 1 acre
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5. Minimum Front Yard Setback:
a. Principal Structure ............................................................... ............................... 30 feet
b. Accessory Structures: .......................................................................................... 30 feet
a. Where forty percent (40 %) or more of the lots on any block are developed with
buildings, the average front yard for the block shall be the required front yard
setback.
6. Minimum Side Yard Setbacks:
a. Principal Structures: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
b. Accessory Structures: ....................................................................... ... .............. lo feet
7. Minimum Rear Yard Setbacks:
a. Principal Structures: ............................................................................................ 10 feet
b. Accessory Structures :........................................................... ............................... 10 feet
8. Parking Setbacks:
a. Minimum front yard setback: ............................................................................... 20 feet
b. Minimum rear yard setback: ................................................................................ 10 feet
c. Minimum side yard setback: ................................................................................ l Ofeet
f. When there exits an easement for a shared private roadway or drive, the required
setback is ten (10) feet from the easement.
9. Buffer Yard: Where a C -4 General Commercial District abuts a residential district, any
new development shall include a required buffer strip on the side and rear yards not less
than thirty feet (3 Oft) in width. This strip shall contain no structures, shall not be used for
parking, off - street loading or storage, and shall be landscaped. Landscaping shall include
sod or seeded grass, and planting of trees and shrubbery. A screen wall or fence not less
than fifty percent (50 %) opaque, nor less than three (3) feet in height shall be erected to
provide sufficient screening of the commercial building.
10. Maximum Building Height:
a. Principal Structure: .............................................................................................. 35 feet
b. Accessory Structure: ............................................................................................ 25 feet
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F. Additional Regulations & Requirements
1. Buildings:
a. The exterior wall surfaces of all buildings within the C-4 General Commercial
District shall be constructed of at least fifty percent (50 %) brick. The remaining fifty
percent (50 %) of the wall surface may be natural stone or rock or an equivalent or
better. Prohibited materials for exterior, wall finishes are rock face block, masonry
concrete, metal and wood, and tip up concrete panels.
2. Pedestrian Circulation:
a. Concrete sidewalks, five (5) feet in width, shall be provided on all commercial
property along any collector or arterial street.
b. Clear and well - lighted walkways shall connect building entrances to adjacent public
sidewalks and to any parking facilities located on the site.
3. Lighting:
a. Lighting shall be consistent in character throughout the entire property site, in both
design and bulb type.
b. Any light fixture must be placed in such a manner that no light emitting surface is
visible from any residential area or public /private roadway, walkway, trail or other
public way when viewed at ground level.
c. Light directed upward is prohibited. Externally lit signs, display, building and
aesthetic lighting must be lit from the top and shine downward. Lighting must be
shielded to prevent direct glare.
d. The level of lighting shall not exceed 0.5 lumens at any residential property line or
1.0 lumen at any non - residential property line.
e. The maximum high for exterior lighting is thirty (30) feet.
f. All non - essential lighting will be required to be turned off after business hours,
leaving only the necessary lighting for site security.
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