C-1 General Commercial

Question 1

Permitted Uses

Answer 1

• Administrative, management, and support services
• Arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities and services, indoor only
• Construction services and contractors offices
• Day care facilities
• Education services and schools serving 30 students or less
• Financial and insurance services
• Food services and drinking establishments
• Health, medical and social services
• Hotels and motels
• Parks and playgrounds (Ordinance update to transfer to GU)
• Personal services
• Professional, scientific, and technical services
• Public administration buildings
• Real estate services
• Religious, grant making, civic, professional, and similar organizations
• Rental and leasing services, excluding mini-warehousing
• Retail trade
• Repair services, excluding auto, truck, RV, and heavy equipment repair and maintenance services
• Utility substations
• Adult establishments

Question 2

Special Uses

Answer 2

• Airport/heliport
• Amusement and recreation facilities, outdoor only
• Automotive, truck, RV, and heavy equipment sales, rental, and leasing
• Bed and breakfast facilities
• Building and garden equipment and supply dealers with outdoor displays
• Gasoline stations
• Landscape nurseries, orchards, and commercial greenhouses
• Light manufacturing and assembly (Max building size 25,000 sq. ft.)
• Manufactured or mobile home dealers
• Multi-family uses permitted in the R-4 District
• Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions, outdoor only
• Printing, publishing, and engraving (Max building size 25,000 sq. ft.)
• Radio and television broadcasting facilities
• Railroad right of ways and uses essential to railroad operation
• Research, laboratory, testing, and technology based uses
• RV parks and recreational camps
• Schools serving more than 30 students
• Spectator sport facilities, outdoor only
• Major telecommunication facilities
• Expansion or mini-warehouse facilities
• All permitted uses in R-2 district

Question 3

Accessory Buildings and Uses

Answer 3

• Accessory buildings and uses customary with and incidental to the principal use are permitted unless otherwise excluded by this chapter
• Warehousing customarily incidental to any of the preceding permitted uses special uses

Question 4

Standards

Answer 4

• Minimum lot width: 80’
• Minimum lot size: 9,500 sq. ft.
• Minimum front setback: 10’ except points of ingress and egress (Abutting residential district 25’ or prevailing setback)
• Minimum side yard: None unless abutting residential district, the transitional areas apply
• Minimum rear yard: 10’ unless abutting residential district, the transitional areas apply
• Shoreland setback: 50’ unless immediately adjacent parcels contain principal structures , then prevailing setback or 35’ whichever is greater
• Maximum height: 45’ or 3 stories
• Maximum lot coverage: Shall not exceed 30%

Question 5

Primary Facade

Answer 5

Minimum 50% brick, brick veneer, natural stone, stone veneer, or decorative concrete

Question 6

Secondary Facade

Answer 6

High quality, durable material such as vinyl, EFIS, corrugated metal, or other metal siding shall not exceed more than 25%

Question 7

Landscape Requirements

Answer 7

• Minimum 15%
• Adjacent to building: a buffer no less than 3’ shall be provided at the base of the principal structure facing the street or parking exposure, 25-50% evergreens, 50% of total building perimeter must be landscaped

Question 8

Parking Lot Landscaping

Answer 8

• Perimeter screening: 8’ buffer adjacent to street, 1 canopy tree and 5 shrubs every 30’
• Interior landscaping: Parking lots 5,000+ sq. ft. shall provide interior landscaping totaling no less than 10% the parking area, Each area must have a minimum area of 100 sq. ft. and contain 1 canopy tree plus shrubs and/or groundcover

Question 9

Bio-Retention Devices

Answer 9

• Can replace perimeter and/or interior landscaping if plantings are designed by a landscaping professional and approved by the Plan Commission
• If plantings are used as screening, plantings must be at least 3’ above finished grade when fully mature
• Must be a permitted stormwater management practice approved by the Department of Public Works

Question 10

Outdoor Lighting

Answer 10

• Detailed lighting plan showing location and dimensions of all structures and photometric calculations of each proposed light
• Exterior lighting shall be full cut off and directed downward and away from adjoining properties
• Pole height shall not exceed 25’ or height of principal structure
• Lighting poles shall not be placed in transitional areas. Poles exceeding 15’ shall have a minimum setback of 30’ where parcel abuts a residential district

Question 11

Storage of Waste and Trash

Answer 11

• Shall not be located in front or side yard (Except through lots)
• Shall be screened from view by fencing or solid material
• Screening at least 5’ in height
• Screening shall have at least 75% opacity at time of installation

Question 12

Mechanical Equipment

Answer 12

• Ground mounted: Shall be screened from view by wing walls, landscaping, or both and should be constructed with like materials to the principal structure
• Roof mounted: Shall be screened from view on all sides with materials that are compatible with the principal structure

Question 13

Parking

Answer 13

• Driveways, parking areas, and driveway aprons shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, brick, or other durable dust-free material
• A 6” curb shall be constructed at edge of parking lot adjacent to building or pedestrian path, and planting areas