§ 511A.0. C-4, highway commercial district.

511A.1. Intent: District C-4 is intended primarily for large lot retail uses that cannot be accommodated in the central business district and for businesses catering to the motoring public including service stations, convenience stores, restaurants.

511A.2. Permitted uses: Same as the existing C-2 zoning district.

511A.3. Conditional uses: Same as the existing C-2 zoning district.

511A.4. Intensity of use regulations:

a.

Maximum lot coverage: 50 percent.

b.

Minimum tenant space: 5,000 square feet, which may be non-contiguous as long as it is within the same building. Each commercial space intended to be occupied by a single commercial user or each commercial space which has separate doorway access from the exterior of the building or from an interior corridor of an enclosed mall shall be considered to be a tenant space.

Exception: Businesses catering to the motoring public shall be exempt from the minimum tenant space requirement. Automobile service stations, convenience stores, restaurants, and financial institutions with drive-up or drive-through facilities shall be deemed to be "businesses catering to the motoring public." The determination whether any business constitutes a "business catering to the motoring public" shall be made by the city planner, whose determination shall be appealable to the board of zoning appeals.

511A.5. Height regulations:

a.

Maximum height structure: 35 feet or 2½ stories (whichever is smaller).

511A.6. Yard regulations:

a.

Minimum front yard: 35 feet measured from the property line.

b.

Minimum side yard: None.

Exception: Ten feet where abutting a side street; 15 feet where abutting a C-1 or O&P zone; 25 feet where abutting a residential zone.

c.

Minimum rear yard: 10 feet.

Exception: Twenty-five feet where abutting a residential zone.

511A.7. Parking and loading regulations: See Article VII.

511A.8. Use limitations:

a.

Gasoline pumps, air and water service, and other fixtures used in connection with automobile service stations may be located within the front yard, but not less than 12 feet from the front line.

b.

No structure shall be used for residential purposes except by the owner, owner's agent, or the operator of the business located on the premises, except that accommodations may be offered to transient public by motels and hotels.

c.

Exterior lighting fixtures shall be shaded where necessary to avoid casting direct light on any property located in a residential district.

511A.9. Landscape standards:

a.

Landscaping defined: For purposes of this section, landscaping shall mean the improving of property by means of grass, shrubs, trees, woodchips, decorative rock, or other similar vegetation or materials. Nonliving materials may not exceed 25 percent of any landscaping requirement.

b.

Frontage strip: A 10-foot wide grass frontage strip shall be maintained averaging at least one tree for every 50 feet. At least 25 percent of the trees are to be of the ornamental type as approved by the zoning administrator. Existing grass in the adjacent right-of-way may be used to meet the frontage strip requirement.

c.

Parking lot perimeter: Fifty percent of the perimeter of the parking lot shall be landscaped with an average of at least one tree for every 50 feet. If the frontage strip is adjacent to the parking lot, the frontage strip may be used to comply with this requirement.

d.

Parking lot interior: At least 5 percent of the interior of the parking lot must be landscaped if the parking lot has more than 60 parking spaces.

e.

Existing trees: Existing trees on the property and right of way may be used to meet tree requirements.

f.

Tree size: All new trees planted to meet requirements of this section shall measure two inches in diameter when measured one foot from ground level.

g.

Variance: The zoning administrator shall have authority to allow a ten percent variance in the number of trees or shrubs to be planted based upon the individual site and the maturity of the existing trees.

511A.10. Front facade: The front facade of any building must be 50 percent brick or masonry, excluding windows.

(Ord. No. 3838, §§ 1—10, 8-31-00; Ord. No. 3981, § 1, 1-25-07; Ord. No. 4091, § 1, 5-12-11)