The “C-3” Central Business District is intended for the purpose of grouping retail merchandising activities into a concentrated area serving the general shopping needs of the trade area. Principal permitted uses include department stores, apparel stores, general retail sales and services, and similar uses appropriate for comparison shopping. The grouping is intended to strengthen the business level of the central business activity.
In District “C-3”, no structure or land shall be used and no structure altered, enlarged or erected, which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in Section 3 below:
1. Adding machine and other small business machine repair, sales and service.
2. Amusement places.
3. Animal hospitals, clinics and kennels providing the establishment and runs are completely enclosed in a building.
4. Antique shops and stores, providing all merchandise is displayed and sold inside the building.
5. Apartments of floors other than the ground floor.
6. Apparel and accessory stores.
7. Art and art supply stores.
8. Artist studio.
9. Auditorium and similar places of public assembly.
10. Automobile accessory and supply store.
11. Automobile and mobile home sales and service.
12. Automobile parking lots and garages.
13. Bakery and pastry shop.
14. Banks and other saving and lending institutions.
15. Barber shops, beauty shops, chiropody, massage or similar personal services.
16. Bicycle shops.
17. Books and stationery stores.
18. Bowling alleys and recreation buildings.
19. Business and technical schools including schools for photography, dancing and music.
20. Churches.
21. Cigar and tobacco shops.
22. Clothing and costume rental.
23. Commercial recreation uses.
24. Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring and similar trades.
25. Delicatessens and catering establishments.
26. Department stores.
27. Drug stores and prescription shops.
28. Dry good and notion stores.
29. Dry cleaning and laundry establishments, employing 5 persons or less.
30. Electric repair shops.
31. Fire stations , police stations and jails.
32. Fix-it shops (radio, television and small household appliances).
33. Florist and gift shops.
34. Furniture and home furnishing stores.
35. Garage and auto repair shops.
36. Government buildings.
37. Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores.
38. Hardware stores.
39. Hobby, stamp and coin shops.
40. Hotels and motels.
41. Household and appliance stores.
42. Interior decorator's shops.
43. Jewelry and metal craft stores and shops.
44. Laundry and laundrettes.
45. Leather goods and luggage stores.
46. Library and museum (public).
47. Lock and key shops.
48. Mail order catalog stores.
49. Medical, dental and health clinic.
50. Medical and orthopedic appliance stores.
51. Meeting halls and auditoriums.
52. Messenger and telegraph service stations.
53. Milk and milk products distribution stations.
54. Music instrument sales and repair shops.
55. Music stores and studios.
56. Newspaper offices.
57. Newsprint, job printing and printing supply stores.
58. Newsstands.
59. Offices and office buildings.
60. Office supply and office equipment stores.
61. Optician and optometrists shops.
62. Package liquor stores.
63. Paint stores.
64. Parking lots and garages.
65. Parks and open spaces.
66. Pawn shops.
67. Pet shops.
68. Photographic equipment sales and supply stores.
69. Photographic studios.
70. Picture framing shops.
71. Prescription shops.
72. Printing and publishing houses (including newspapers).
73. Public buildings.
74. Radio and television studios.
75. Railway, taxi and bus passenger stations.
76. Restaurants and tea rooms (excluding drive-ins).
77. Self-service laundries.
78. Service stations.
79. Sewing machine shops and stores.
80. Shoe repair and shoeshine shops.
81. Shoe stores.
82. Sporting and athletic goods stores.
83. Stores and shops for the conduct of retail business similar to the uses listed in this section.
84. Tailor shops.
85. Taverns.
86. Theaters.
87. Toy stores.
88. Travel bureaus.
89. Utility company offices.
90. Used car lots.
91. Variety stores.
92. Wallpaper and paint stores.
93. Watch repair shops.
94. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
95. Implements sales and service.
96. Lumber yards.
No requirement except those to meet fire
A building may be erected to any height not in conflict with other regulations.
1. Front Yards: No front yard is required for any building in the “C-3” Central Business District.
2. Side Yards: No side yard is required for any building in the “C-3” Central Business District.
3. Rear Yards: No rear yard is required for any building in the “C-3” Central Business District.
Off-street parking not required.
(See Article on Sign Regulations).