§ 27-423. Commercial light (C-2).

A.

Purpose. To provide office, service, and retail activities that are located within buffer areas near the edge of residential areas but which serve an area larger than adjacent neighborhoods. The C-2 zoning district is intended to accommodate well designed development sites and shall provide excellent transportation access, make the most efficient use of existing infrastructure, and provide for orderly buffers and transitions between commercial and residential land uses. C-2 zoning is appropriate in the commercial neighborhood, general commercial, mixed use residential, and mixed use employment classification of the master land use plan.

B.

Land uses. Permitted, conditional and accessory land uses in the C-2 zoning district are identified on the land use matrix, article 27-400, appendix A. Specific land uses not identified on the list are subject to classification pursuant to section 27-336.

C.

Area and bulk regulations.

Min. Lot Size/Max Bldg (s.f.)	Min. Lot Width	Max Lot Coverage	Minimum Street Frontage	Max Height
7,000 lot/30,000 bldg.	50 feet	60%	20 feet	35 feet

 

Setbacks (feet)
Front Setback	Side Setback	Street Side Setback	Rear Setback
25 feet	10 feet	10 feet	10 feet

 

1.

Building separation shall be determined by the current city building and fire code.

2.

Minimum parcel/lot size for rezoning to C-2.

a.

New district (by classification): Forty-two thousand (42,000) square feet.

b.

Existing district (by extension): Seven thousand (7,000) square feet (one (1) lot).

3.

Maximum individual building square footage on a single lot: Thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.

4.

Required street access: Major collector or higher.

D.

Area bulk regulations.

Min. Lot Size/Max Bldg. (s.f)	Min. Lot Width	Min. Street Frontage	Max Height (See 27-404D.)
7,000 lot/30,000 bldg.	50 feet	60%	20 feet	35 feet
Setbacks (feet)
Front Setback	Side Setback	Street Side Setback	Side/Rear Setback (Adjoining SF Res. Dist/Development)	Rear Setback
25 feet	10 feet	10 feet	30 feet	10 feet

 

E.

District standards.

1.

On-street parking may be included to meet as much as fifty (50) percent of the overall parking requirement with the approval of the engineering department.

2.

All areas unoccupied by buildings, parking lots or used as traffic ways shall be maintained in a safe and orderly condition.

3.

No display of merchandise shall be permitted on public sidewalks or rights-of-way.

4.

Special sales merchandise may be temporarily displayed outdoors, but not to exceed a period for more than fourteen (14) days or no more than two (2) occasions per year (total of twenty-eight (28) days per year) provided:

a.

The display shall be limited to the private walk in front of the store.

b.

No required parking area shall be used as a display or sales area.

(Ord. No. 47-10, § 2, 10-5-10; Ord. No. 16-12, § 2, 2-21-12; Ord. No. 3-14, § 1(Att.), 1-7-14)