Section 110-381. Principal uses and structures.
In the C-2 commercial/manufacturing district, the following uses and structures are permitted:
1. retail stores, sales and display rooms, and shopping centers.
2. personal service establishments, such as beauty shops and barbershops, laundry and dry cleaning pickup stations, tailor shops, daycare and similar uses.
3. dry cleaning establishments using non-flammable solvents and cleaning fluids as determined by the fire chief.
4. professional offices, studios, clinics, laboratories, general offices, business schools, data processing and similar uses.
5. banks and financial institutions.
6. Places in which goods are produced and sold at retail upon the premises.
7. eating establishments, bakeries and delicatessens.
8. Non-commercial public parks; commercial indoor playgrounds; clubs and lodges; cultural facilities; hospitals; clinics; mortuaries and funeral homes (excluding crematories); government offices; schools; adult and youth centers; churches; reading rooms and similar uses.
9. Vocational and trade schools not involving operations of an industrial nature, such as truck driving schools.
10. repair service establishments, such as household appliances, radio, television and similar uses (excluding automobile repairs).
11. Automotive service stations, subject to the following:
a. All setbacks shall be no less than 25 feet from any portion of the building, including pump islands.
b. Underground storage is required for all receptacles for combustible materials in excess of 55 gallons. Such storage shall comply with all Environmental Protection Agency standards.
c. The accumulation and storage of waste petroleum products is forbidden, unless in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency standards.
d. Curb cuts shall be made in accordance with section 110-493.
e. No service stations shall be erected or located within 150 feet of the property line of any church, hospital, school or park.
f. A visual screen, meeting the specifications of section 110-566, shall be provided along any property line abutting a residential district or residential use.
g. services and sales permissible include only the following:
1. Spark plugs, batteries, distributor parts, ignition system parts, vehicle wiring and the like.
2. Exhaust system components, engine cooling components, automotive air conditioning system components, braking system components, vehicle lighting system components, radios, steering assembly parts, fuel system components and the like.
3. Tire servicing and repair, but not recapping.
4. Washing and polishing, including the sale of related materials.
5. Greasing, oil changes and other lubrication.
6. Sale of cold drinks, package foods, tobacco and similar convenience goods for service station customers.
7. Road maps, informational materials and restroom facilities.
h. Vehicles shall not be parked outside the building for more than four days, such four days to be considered as an accumulated parking time, whether consecutive or accumulated.
i. Uses permissible at a service station do not include body work, straightening of body parts, painting, welding (other than minor repairs), storage of automobiles not in operating condition or other work involving noise, glare, fumes, smoke or other characteristics to an extent greater than normally found in service stations. A service station is not a body shop.
j. Automotive parts, new or used, shall not be stored outside.
k. Vehicles are not to be dismantled or scrapped for parts.
l. Engine and transmission overhaul may be performed only inside the service bays.
m. A minimum of two enclosed service bays and a customer waiting area must be provided if maintenance and repairs are a part of the business.
n. A minimum building size of 2,000 square feet shall be provided.
o. No plants (grass, weeds, etc.) shall be allowed to grow through cracks or joints in the pavement.
p. landscaping shall conform to section 110-566.
q. service stations shall not be erected or located within 2,000 feet of the property line of another service station.
12. Light manufacturing, including:
a. Instruments for controlling, measuring and indicating physical characteristics.
b. Optical instruments and lenses.
c. Surgical, medical and dental instruments and supplies.
d. ophthalmic goods.
e. Watches, clocks, clockwork-operated devices and parts.
f. photographic equipment and supplies.
g. jewelry, silverware, plated ware.
h. musical instruments and parts.
i. toys, amusements, sporting and athletic goods.
j. radio, tv, phonograph and electronics instruments and parts.
k. Pens, pencils and other office and artist materials.
l. Costume jewelry, costume novelties, buttons and notions.
m. Other similar uses.