The “C-2” General Commercial District is intended for the purpose of allowing basic retail, service and office uses in addition to those normally permitted in neighborhood centers. This district is also intended to provide locations for commercial activity that do not require a central location downtown but do require a location easily accessible to the downtown shoppers. Business uses needing large floor area, particularly those of a service nature, not compatible with Central Business District uses are included in this district.
In District “C-2”, 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 the Use Regulations below:
1. Adding machine and other small business machine repair, sales and service.
2. Amusement places (indoor).
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 a building.
5. Apartments on floors other than the ground floor.
6. Apparel and accessory stores.
7. Appliance sales and service.
8. Armory.
9. Art and art supply stores.
10. Auditorium and similar places of public assembly.
11. Auto repair and body shop, providing that all work is done within an enclosed building and that no inoperable autos or materials are held or stored on the site, unless within an enclosed building.
12. Auto supply stores.
13. Automobile and mobile home sales and service.
14. Automobile parking lots and garages (public and private).
15. Banks and other savings and lending institutions.
16. Barber and beauty shops.
17. Bicycle shops.
18. Books and stationery stores.
19. Bowling alleys and recreation buildings.
20. Business and technical schools and schools for photography, music and dancing.
21. Carpenter and cabinet shops employing 5 persons or less.
22. Churches and parish homes.
23. Cigar and tobacco stores.
24. Clothing and costume rental.
25. Commercial recreation uses.
26. Custom dressmaking, furrier, millinery and tailor shops employing 5 persons or less.
27. Delicatessens and catering establishments.
28. Department stores.
29. Drug stores and prescription shops.
30. Dry goods and notion stores.
31. Dry cleaning and laundry establishments, employing 5 persons or less.
32. Electric repair shops (household appliances).
33. Field crops, nurseries, tree crops and truck gardens.
34. Fire stations, police stations and jail.
35. Fix-it shops (radio, T.V. and small household appliances repair).
36. Florist and gift shops.
37. Furniture and home furnishing stores.
38. Garage (public and private).
39. Golf courses (including miniature golf and driving tees).
40. Government administration buildings.
41. Grocery stores (including retail meat markets and produce stores).
42. Hardware stores.
43. Hobby, stamp and coin shops.
44. Hotels and motels.
45. Household appliance stores.
46. Interior decorator's shops.
47. Jewelry and metal craft stores.
48. Leather good and luggage stores.
49. Library and museums.
50. Lock and key shops.
51. Mail order catalog stores.
52. Medical, dental and health clinics.
53. Medical and orthopedic appliance stores.
54. Meeting halls and auditoriums.
55. Messenger or telegraph service stations.
56. Mortuary.
57. Music instrument sales and repair shops.
58. Music stations, radio and television stores.
59. Newspaper offices.
60. Newsstands.
61. .Offices and office buildings.
62. Office supply and office equipment stores.
63. Optician and optometrists shops.
64. Package liquor stores.
65. Paint stores.
66. Parking lots and garages (commercial, public and private).
67. Parks and recreation areas.
68. Pawn shops.
69. Pet shops.
70. Photographic equipment and supply stores. 71. Photographic studios.
72. Picture frame shops.
73. Plumbing shops employing 5 persons or less.
74. Post office and court buildings.
75. Printing and publishing houses (including newspapers).
76. Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges.
77. Public and parochial schools (elementary through high school).
78. Radio and television studios.
79. Restaurants and tea rooms (including drive-ins).
80. Self-service laundries.
81. Service stations.
82. Sewing machine stores.
83. Sheet metal shops employing five persons or less.
84. Shoe repair and shoeshine shops.
85. Shoe stores.
86. Sporting and athletic goods stores.
87. Tailor shops employing 5 persons or less.
88. Taverns.
89. Theaters.
90. Tinsmith shops employing 5 persons or less.
91. Tire repair shops.
92. Toy stores.
93. Travel bureaus.
94. Undertaking establishments.
95. Used car lots.
96. Utility company offices.
97. Variety stores and shops.
98. Wallpaper stores and shops.
99. Warehouses.
100. Watch repair shops.
101. Wholesale establishments.
102. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
103. Implement sales and service.
104. Lumber yards.
1. No requirements for commercial uses in this district except to meet fire regulations.
2. Fifteen hundred square feet of lot area shall be required for each apartment built above ground floor.
No building shall exceed 45 feet.
1. Front Yards: No setback is required for existing structures. All new structures shall set back a minimum of 40 feet from the centerline of a collector street and a minimum of 50 feet from the centerline of an arterial route.
2. Side Yards: None required, except adjacent to residential land use then the side yard shall be 5 feet. Existing uses otherwise complying shall not be required to provide a side yard.
3. Rear Yards: None required, except adjacent residential land use then the rear yard shall be 15 feet. Existing uses otherwise complying shall not be required to provide a rear yard.
4. Landscaping and Screening:
a. A solid or semi-solid wall, fence or evergreen hedge not less than 5 feet or more than 8 - feet high shall be installed and maintained by the owner when the district abuts a residential district.
b. A landscape strip of trees, shrubs, evergreens or other suitable planting materials not less than 10 feet in width shall be installed and properly maintained by the owner when the district is across the street from a residential district.
(See the Article on Parking and Loading
Off-street parking is not required in this district for existing structures. Any new structures shall comply with the requirements of the Article on Parking and Loading Regulations.
(See Article on Sign Regulations.)