Sec.
80-151. District C-3a1 (intermediate business, low buildings).
(a)
Purpose. District C-3a1 is intended to serve regional trade areas by
permitting large-scale commercial development of more intensive uses than
allowed in the C-2 district. Such areas should be adjacent to major
thoroughfares carrying regional traffic. Certain distribution and wholesale uses
are first permitted in this district.
(b)
Use regulations. In district C-3a1, no building or land shall be used,
and no building shall be erected, altered or enlarged, which is arranged,
intended or designed for other than one of the following uses:
(1) Principal
uses.
a. Any
use permitted in district C-2.
b. Retail
services:
1. Bookbinding.
2. Diaper
services.
3. Dyeing
and dry cleaning plants.
4. Film
exchanges.
5. Meat
processing; provided that there is no slaughtering or rendering on premises,
that all waste is stored within a building, that all loading and unloading
shall be done in a recessed loading area on the premises with all truck ingress
and egress to be from a major thoroughfare, that employee parking shall be
provided in accordance with requirements for industrial buildings, and that no
noxious odors are created on the premises.
6. Newspapers,
job printing, lithographing and publishing.
7. Photograph
printing shops.
8. Plumbing
or sheetmetal shops (allowing punching of material one-eighth inch or less in
thickness).
9. Shooting
galleries.
10. Sign
painting and sign shops.
11. Taxidermy.
12. Trade
schools.
c. Automobile-related
and automobile-oriented uses:
1. Auto
body shops, provided that:
i. All
work shall be done within the building.
ii. All
inoperable or wrecked vehicles shall be stored inside the building.
iii. No
salvage operations shall take place on the site.
iv. All
access shall be from a major thoroughfare.
v. The
property must have a frontage of at least 50 feet along a major thoroughfare
unless the property fronts on a street and all of the property fronting on such
street within the same block and on both sides of the street is zoned district
C-2 or greater intensity.
vi. The
yard requirements listed in subsection (c) of this section shall apply unless
the property abuts district R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-4-O, R-5, R-5-O or R-6, in
which case any building shall be set back at least 15 feet from the rear
property line and 40 feet from any side property line. Parking is permitted in
side or rear yards.
vii. Parking
spaces must be provided at the rate of one space for every 300 square feet of
gross floor area.
viii. The
property must be screened from surrounding nonresidential property and from any
property adjacent to the rear by a solid fence at least six feet in height,
provided that the height of the fence may be reduced to four feet to provide
adequate sight distance at any street or driveway intersection. Property must
be screened from any residential property and from the public street as
follows:
(a)
From the public street, deciduous shade trees spaced 30 feet on center shall be
used, if at least 20 feet exists between curb and building.
(b)
From the public street and from residential property, smaller ornamental trees
in groupings at 15 feet on center shall be used if there is not adequate space
between the curb and building for shade trees. These trees should also be used,
where there are adjacent residential properties, in the side yards.
(c)
Fences at least six feet in height will be used as detailed in this subsection
c.1 in all rear yards.
2. Drive-in
theaters, upon approval of specific plans by the board of zoning adjustment,
after a public hearing, and subject to the following conditions:
i. The
property shall consist of not less than ten acres of land in a single tract or
parcel not intersected or divided by any street, alley or by property belonging
to any other owner.
ii. The
plans for the screen tower, buildings and other structures shall have received
the approval of the director of codes administration.
iii. The
screen shall be obscured from main thoroughfares. Any lights used to illuminate
the theater site shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from
adjoining property and streets.
iv. The
plans shall have been approved by the director of city development, indicating
undue traffic congestion due to the location and arrangement of the theater,
including the car rows and aisles, and minimizing the danger of fire and panic.
v. Acceleration
and deceleration lanes shall be provided along the public thoroughfare adjacent
to the entrance and exit of the theater. Parking space for patrons awaiting
admission shall be provided on the side in an amount equal to not less than 30
percent of the vehicular capacity of the theater.
vi. Vehicular
circulation shall be so designed and constructed as to permit only one-way
traffic within the boundaries of the tract on which the theater is located.
Emergency exits shall be provided and shall meet the approval of the fire
department.
vii. The
plans shall be approved by the fire department.
viii. Definite
plans for shrubbery and landscaping shall be presented to the board and made a
part of the permit. The board shall also approve the design of the fence
surrounding the site.
ix. The
nearest point of theater property, including driveways and parkway areas, shall
be at least 750 feet from the boundary of a district zoned for residential use.
This condition may be modified by the board where topographical considerations
make the requirement excessive. The board may require any other condition that
will safeguard the public health or welfare of the community.
3. Drive-in
businesses.
4. Parking
stations for trucks and buses.
5. Public
garages, with the same conditions listed in this section for auto body shops.
6. Streetcar
and bus barns.
7. Used
car sales lots or trailer sales garages.
d. Distribution
and wholesale uses:
1. Bakeries,
wholesale, provided that the property adjoins or abuts an industrial district
and all loading and unloading operations adjoin such industrial district, and
subject to approval of the board of zoning adjustment after public hearing and
notice and after due consideration as to the effect upon the present and future
character of surrounding properties.
2. Bottling
works for soft drinks only, provided that the building is soundproofed and air
conditioned and recessed loading and unloading space is provided and that the
property is more than 100 feet from any property zoned for districts R-1, R-2,
R-3, R-4, R-4-O, R-5, R-5-O and R-6.
3. General
distribution and wholesaling.
4. Manufacture
of articles to be sold at retail on the premises only.
5. Storage,
in bulk, within a building, or warehouses for automobiles, clothing, drugs, dry
goods, furniture, hardware, household goods, glass, groceries, lubricating oil,
millinery, paints and paint materials, pipes, rubber, shop supplies, tobacco, turpentine
and varnish; also, office and warehouse structures of general building
contractors for the storage of other than heavy construction equipment,
provided all storage is within the building, and sufficient space is provided
for truck loading, unloading and parking to be entirely on private property.
6. Transfer
and storage offices or warehouses.
7. Wholesale
uses as follows: Any use listed for districts C-1, C-2 and C-3a1, except where
a wholesale use is specifically listed, and not including uses listed in
district C-4 and in industrial districts, is permitted in this district as a
wholesale use. Manufacture of products is permitted in connection with such
wholesale uses, providing the area devoted to such manufacturing is limited to
less than 50 percent of the floor area when the entire use is on one floor, or,
in a multistoried building, not over the equivalent of the area of one floor,
where the entire use occupies more than one floor.
e. Miscellaneous:
1. Armories.
2. Battery
stations.
3. Cabinet
and carpenter shops.
4. Fiestas
and street fairs.
5. Tourist
camps and motels.
6. Laundries.
7. Wireless communication facilities.
Wireless communication facilities may be located as provided for in district C-2
with the following exceptions:
(a) Setback.
(1) Property line -
freestanding monopole.
(A) Front property lines. A setback of at
least 50 feet shall apply to the front property line, unless a larger setback
applies.
(B) All other property lines. Setback
requirements, unless specifically addressed in this subsection, shall comply
with the requirements applicable to all structures located in a C-3 district.
(2) Property line - lattice
tower. A setback equal to a distance of at least two-thirds the height of
the tower or other structure shall apply from all property lines unless a
larger setback applies.
(3) Residential district. A
wireless communications facility shall be located no less than 200 feet from
any residential structure located within a residential district. If a wireless
communications facility is taller than 200 feet, the separation from the center
of the facility to a residential structure located within a residential
district shall equal the height of the facility.
(b) Type
of facility. A wireless communications facility may be a freestanding
monopole or a lattice tower with or without guy wires, and a structure no
larger than necessary to protect the required equipment.
(2) Accessory
uses. Accessory uses customarily incident to the uses listed in subsection
(b)(1) of this section.
(c)
Height, yard and area regulations. In district C-3a1, the height of the
buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area
per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows, provided that buildings
erected exclusively for dwelling purposes shall comply with the front, side and
rear yard requirements in district R-4:
(1) Height.
Buildings or structures shall not exceed three stories and shall not exceed 45
feet in height.
(2) Front
yards.
a. Residential
dwelling structure. Same as district R-4.
b. Nonresidential
structure, including hotel and motel. There need be no front yard in this
district.
(3) Side
yards.
a. Residential
dwelling structure. Same as district R-4.
b. Nonresidential
structure, including hotel and motel. There need be no side yard in this
district.
(4) Rear
yards.
a. Residential
dwelling structure. Same as district R-4.
b. Nonresidential
structure, including hotel and motel. Same as for district C-1.
(5) Lot
area. Same as for district C-1, except that for apartment houses, apartment
hotels, hotels and buildings used jointly for hotel and apartment house uses or
for business and residence purposes, the minimum shall be 350 square feet.
(d)
Parking and loading regulations. Parking and loading regulations shall
be as provided for in sections 80-444 and 80-445.
(e)
Signs. Sign regulations shall be as provided in section 80-220.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney