§ 17.4.402. GC-1 general commercial zone.

A.

Intent. The intent in establishing the GC-1 general commercial zone is to provide a place for wholesaling and retailing activities and services, along with the fabrication and processing of goods and material where no fumes, glare, dust, noise, smoke or vibration are emitted beyond the premises. While primacy is given to wholesaling and retailing activities, motels and vacation vehicle courts are also characteristic of the uses of this zone.

B.

Permitted and conditional uses. The following buildings, structures and use of land shall be permitted upon compliance with requirements set forth in this code.

1.

Any use permitted in the CC-1 central commercial zone, subject to the same conditions and standards.

2.

Auction houses.

3.

Manufacturing, compounding and processing when a part of and incidental to a permitted primary use provided no noise, fumes, glare, dust, smoke or vibration is emitted beyond the premises.

4.

Plumbing shops, carpenter shops, hardware and retail lumber yards.

5.

Pasturing of animals.

6.

Recreational vehicle courts subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.103 of this code.

7.

Reserved.

8.

Welding and sheet metal shops.

9.

Accessory buildings.

10.

Tire recapping establishments.

11.

Fences, walls and hedges, subject to conditions as set forth in Section 17.5.115.

12.

Other uses similar to the foregoing uses which are interpreted by the planning commission to be in harmony with the intent of the zone.

13.

Non-accessory signs-billboards when situated within one hundred feet of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 15 and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.6.115 of this code.

14.

Ancillary commercial structures subject to the conditions set forth under Section 17.6.105.

15.

Reserved.

16.

Low power radio service antenna facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.112 of this code.

17.

Specialty schools, subject to the approval of a site plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

18.

Check cashing and similar businesses subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.114 of this code and Chapter 5.30 of the city code.

19.

Body art establishments subject to the provisions of Section 17.6.116 of this code and the provisions of Ordinance 2009-08-30.

C.

Lot area, lot width and building location requirements.

1.

Lot area and width. There shall be no minimum lot area or width requirements except that an area sufficient to accommodate the structure, landscaped areas, minimum setback, required off-street parking, loading and unloading, and vehicular ingress and egress shall be provided and maintained.

2.

Location requirements. Buildings shall be set back from the lot lines as follows:

a.

Front setback. All buildings shall be set back not less than thirty feet, provided that where it is proposed that the front setback area is to be used for off-street parking the minimum front setback area shall be increased to forty feet.

b.

Side setback.

(1)

When abutting a street: Same as required for front setback.

(2)

Interior side and rear: There shall be no minimum side setback requirement, except that where a proposed building is located adjacent to a lot containing a dwelling or non-residential building having a setback of eight feet or greater, or a parcel which is vacant, the structure shall conform to the setback requirements for dwellings in the R-4-7500 zone.

c.

Rear setback. Same as required under side setback - interior side.

D.

Special provisions.

1.

All material, equipment (except vehicles in running order), and merchandise shall be stored within an enclosed building or within an enclosed fence or wall of not less than six feet in height provided that there shall be no areas or enclosure requirement for automobile sales or storage lots for vehicles in running order in the GC-1 general commercial zone. All display, sales and repair activities shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building, except those activities that are customarily and appropriately conducted in the open, including but not limited to automobile sales lots and automobile service stations, temporary sales of Christmas trees and nursery stock, shall be permitted outside a building unless otherwise prohibited under the terms of this code.

2.

The entire lot shall be kept free from refuse, debris and junk.

3.

No noise, fumes, smoke, dust vibration or intermittent light shall be emitted from the premises which is deleterious to surrounding property values.

4.

All buildings and uses within the zone shall comply with all applicable supplementary development standards as set forth in this code.

5.

All off-street parking shall be hard-surfaced.

6.

Prior to the issuance of a building permit for any development within the zone, site plan shall be submitted to and approved by the planning commission. Said site plan shall be prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.6.101.

7.

As a means of mitigating safety hazards or adverse visual impacts the city may require, as a condition of site plan approval, the installation of landscape features. Where landscaping is required, the site plan shall, in addition to all other plan elements, contain a landscape plan showing the location, type and initial size of all planting materials and other landscape features, and the location of the proposed sprinkler system.

(Ord. No. 08-01-05; Ord. No. 08-02-16; Ord. No. 2009-08-30, 8-11-2009)