§ 82-234. CC commercial community district (including subregional shopping centers).

(a)

Permitted uses. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or land may be used and no building may be erected, enlarged or structurally altered in the CC district except for one or more of the following uses:

Any building having multiple users shall be a conforming use under section 82-234(a) provided that less than 50 percent of the total square footage of said building is used for office purposes.

Any use permitted in the CN district.

Amusement establishments, bowling alleys, pool halls, dancehalls, gymnasiums, swimming pools and skating rinks.

Antique shops (no outside display).

Art galleries and studios, but not including auction rooms.

Blueprinting and photostating establishments.

Bicycle sales and repair.

Camera and photograph supply shops for retail sale.

Catering establishments.

Carpet and rug stores.

China and glass stores.

Coin and stamp stores.

Costume rental shop.

Custom dressmaking, millinery or tailoring.

Department and discount stores.

Dry goods stores.

Electrical and household appliance stores, including radio and television sales, but not including appliance assembly or manufacturing.

Exterminating shops.

Flea markets (no outside display).

Furniture stores, and upholstery when conducted as a part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.

Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs.

Garden supply and seed stores.

Garages; public and private, for the storage of private passenger vehicles and small (under three-fourths of a ton) commercial vehicles.

Gifts and novelty shops; china, glassware and metalware sales.

Greenhouses with outside display for retail trade on the premises.

Haberdasheries.

Hardware stores.

Hobby stores.

Hotels and motels.

Household appliance stores, including radio and television sales and service, and sewing machine sales and service.

Independent off-street parking areas.

Interior decorating shops, including upholstery and making of draperies, slip covers and other similar articles; when conducted as part of the retail operations and secondary to the main use.

Jewelry and watch repair shops.

Leather goods and luggage stores.

Locksmiths.

Mail order houses.

Monument sales within a building, but not including the cutting or grinding of stones.

Musical instruments sales and repair.

Offices; business and professional.

Office supply stores.

Optical goods.

Orthopedic and medical appliance store, but not including the assembly or manufacturing of such articles.

Paint and wallpaper stores.

Pawn shop.

Pet shops.

Photograph studios, including the development of film and pictures when done as a part of the retail business on the premises.

Picture framing, when conducted for retail trade on the premises only.

Printing and publishing of newspapers, periodicals, books and including letter process work.

Restaurant, including drive-in restaurants.

Seasonal farm produce open-air market (operation not to exceed seven months per year).

Secondhand stores and rummage shops.

Sewing machine sales and service.

Shoe and hat stores.

Sporting goods stores.

Tanning booths.

Taxidermists.

Temporary sales 45 days (i.e., Christmas trees, landscape and nursery supplies).

Theater, indoor.

Toy stores.

Travel bureau and transportation ticket office.

Typewriter and adding machine sales and service.

Veterinary office.

Wearing apparel stores.

Accessory uses, including off-street parking and loading in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

Special uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:

Ambulance service.

Automobile accessory store where there is servicing or installation of accessories including automobile laundries.

Automobile repair, minor.

Automobile service station.

Bus terminals, bus garages, and bus lots.

Construction of billboards.

Construction of radio towers.

No tower constructed on the premises pursuant to the special use permit granted in this chapter shall exceed 150 feet in height. In measuring the height requirement set forth in this subsection, the measurement shall be taken from the ground level at the base of the tower to the highest point of the tower or any extensions thereto.

Any building constructed on the premises described in this subsection shall have a brick exterior.

Liquor establishments, including package liquor stores and taverns.

Portable establishments, including package liquor stores and taverns.

Public service uses, including:

Filtration plant, pumping station and water reservoir.

Sewage treatment plant.

Police and fire stations.

Telephone exchange.

Electric and gas substations and booster stations.

Other governmental uses.

Sexually oriented business, subject to the following special uses criteria:

A sexually oriented business may not be operated within 1,000 feet of the following previously established uses:

A church, synagogue or regular place of worship.

A public or private elementary or secondary school.

Any property legally used or zoned for residential purposes.

A public park.

A day care facility.

Another sexually oriented business.

For the purpose of this subsection, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line of a church, school, park, residential use or other sexually oriented business, or to the nearest boundary of a residential zoning district.

Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to authorize or permit any activity or conduct prohibited by any activity or conduct prohibited by any local, state or federal law including, but not limited to, obscenity and prostitution.

Storage facilities.

Teen entertainment centers.

Veterinary clinics or veterinary hospital.

Water detention area.

Wind-operated energy devices, for site service only, provided that the lot area has a minimum of 2.5 acres.

(c)

Yard. No building in the CC district shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:

(1)

Front. A front yard of at least 30 feet for buildings under 25 feet in height. For buildings exceeding 25 feet in height, the minimum front yards shall be increased by one foot for each two feet or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds 25 feet, but in no case shall a front yard of more than 60 feet be required.

(2)

Side. Side yards of at least five feet for buildings under 25 feet in height. For buildings, exceeding 25 feet in height, the minimum side yards shall be increased by one foot for each four feet or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds 25 feet, but in no case shall a side yard of more than 60 feet be required.

(3)

Corner lots. On corner lots, where the side yards adjoin a street, the side yard shall be determined in the same manner as the front yard.

(4)

Rear. A rear yard of not less than 25 feet.

(d)

Height. In the CC district no building shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 120 feet or ten stories, whichever is higher.

(Code 1974, § 22-43; Ord. No. 2000-2, § 1, 3-7-2000; Ord. No. 2001-21, § 1, 6-5-2001; Ord. No. 2004-12, § 1, 5-4-2004; Ord. No. 2004-28, § 1, 8-3-2004; Ord. No. 2004-32, §§ 1, 3, 9-7-2004; Ord. No. 2007-21, § 1, 6-5-2007)

Cross reference

Businesses, ch. 26.