§ 15. H, central business district.
(a)
Purpose. The purpose of this district is to establish areas reserved for a high density mixture of retail and business services for the benefit of persons working or residing in the area.
(b)
Permitted uses.
Any use permitted in the F or G districts.
Bottling works.
Electroplating, electric works, including armature winding, galvanizing.
Garment manufacture.
Major automobile repair.
Public garage.
Secondhand automobile sale yards (not including wrecking or repairing, or auction barns).
Storage warehouses.
Wholesale houses.
Any use not included in any other class provided such use in not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas fumes, noise or vibration; provided, further, that no kind of manufacture or treatment not listed above shall be permitted in an H district other than the manufacture or treatment of products clearly incidental to the conduct of a business conducted on the business.
(c)
Special use authorized by separate permit.
(1)
Airport, landing field or strip for all forms of aircraft, powered or otherwise.
(2)
Amusement park, circus or carnival ground; however, no authority shall exist in any entity to authorize a special use of this kind and character within three hundred (300) feet of any residential zoning district.
(3)
Auto racetrack, drag strip or any similar use by any vehicle or equipment self-propelled or powered in any form.
(4)
Day care center.
(5)
Dormitory, off campus.
(6)
Drive-in theater or restaurant.
(7)
Extraction of sand, gravel and other raw materials.
(8)
Hospital, convalescent home or similar institution licensed by the state that provides either resident or outpatient treatment and care for medical, alcoholic, drug or psychiatric patients. No special use for any hospital of any type shall be considered in a residential district unless located on a site not less than five (5) acres. Minimum setbacks from all yard lines should be at least two (2) feet for each foot of building height.
(9)
Mobile home sales, trailer sales, used auto sales, nursery stock sales, and other uses of similar character, and in connection with which no permanent building or structure may be constructed or placed upon the property.
(10)
Private social or recreation clubs, fraternities, sororities or lodges.
(11)
Private club for which the principal purpose is the preparation of food and/or alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises by the public.
(12)
Public or private school.
(13)
Public park, playground or other public buildings or facilities.
(14)
Radio or television broadcasting tower or any other transmitting tower.
(15)
Riding stable.
(16)
Temporary housing to include mobile home for security purposes.
(17)
Veterinarian or animal hospital.
(18)
Temporary crisis shelter.
(19)
A residential unit incidental or accessory to a primary use permitted in this district.
(20)
Mobile food parks.
For special use permit procedures, see article III, section 1.
(d)
Development regulations.
(1)
Lot specifications. Minimum standards:
a.
Lot area: 5,000 square feet.
b.
Lot width: 50 feet.
c.
Lot depth: 100 feet.
d.
Front yard setback: 15 feet.
e.
Side yard:
1.
Interior lot (between buildings): None required.
2.
Exterior lot setback from street right-of-way: 10 feet.
(2)
Height specifications. Maximum standards: 150 feet.
(e)
Offstreet parking. See offstreet parking and loading regulations, article III, section 2.
(Ord. No. 735, § 2, 11-8-88; Ord. No. 858, § 1, 7-9-92; Ord. No. 1480 , § 2, 3-10-15)