Chapter 18.45
USE REGULATION FOR “C” COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Sections:

18.45.010    General regulations.

18.45.010 General regulations.

The “C” commercial district is designed to provide for commercial and normal business uses with interior storage required to serve the general needs of the residents of the rural areas of the County. This district is not to be utilized to accommodate major subdivisions, unless public sanitary sewer and public water are available or may be extended at the time of development. All such subdivisions shall comply with the subdivision ordinance and the “Procedural Guidelines for Subdivision Platting in the Unincorporated Areas of Black Hawk County.”

In the “C” commercial district, the following provisions, regulations, and restrictions shall apply:

A. Principal Permitted Uses.

1. Residential uses are permitted when physically a part of a principal permitted use, subject to site plan review as provided in Chapter 18.105 BHCC, including a determination that the residential use(s) is/are secondary and customarily incidental to the principal permitted use. Examples would include a multi-story building where the main floor is dedicated to a principal permitted use and additional floors are dedicated for residential uses, or a single-story building where the majority of the building is primarily adapted and used for a principal permitted use with an incidental residence. Each residence shall be considered a separate principal permitted use for purposes of calculating minimum lot area.

2. Public utility structures and equipment necessary for the operation thereof. This use shall be allowed only after the recommendation on the need for and appropriateness of the requested use from the County Planning and Zoning Commission and approval of the County Board of Supervisors. Towers shall be permitted in accordance with BHCC 18.70.220 through 18.70.240.

3. Any of the following retail, service, or recreation establishments, provided they do not have outside storage:

a. Antique shop.

b. Apparel shop.

c. Appliance store, sales and service.

d. Art supply shop and galleries.

e. Automobile accessory and new parts store.

f. Bait shops.

g. Bakery.

h. Banks and other financial institutions.

i. Barber shop.

j. Beauty parlor.

k. Bicycle sales and repair shop.

l. Book store.

m. Business and computer equipment or supply retail store.

n. Camera shop.

o. Candy retail shop.

p. Car wash.

q. Carpenter shop.

r. Clothing repair, seamstress.

s. Commercial indoor recreation facilities including bowling alleys, billiard and pool halls, theater (indoor), skating rinks, ballrooms and dance studios, game arcades, tennis courts, swimming pools, handball courts, archery, paintball facilities, gymnasiums and other similar indoor uses.

t. Commercial parking lots.

u. Contractors’ equipment, interior storage.

v. Delicatessen.

w. Diaper service.

x. Drapery shop.

y. Department store.

z. Drive-in eating establishment.

aa. Drug store.

bb. Electrical supply store.

cc. Fish markets.

dd. Florist and retail nursery shop.

ee. Food storage.

ff. Fruit and vegetable market.

gg. Furniture store.

hh. Furniture upholstery shop.

ii. Gasoline or convenience stores, but does not include a service station or body repair shop.

jj. Gift shops.

kk. Grocery store.

ll. Hardware store.

mm. Hobby or craft store.

nn. Household appliance sales and repair.

oo. Ice storage.

pp. Jewelry and watch sales and repair shop.

qq. Laboratory, dental or medical.

rr. Landscaping supply shop.

ss. Lawnmower repair shop.

tt. Laundromat.

uu. Locksmith.

vv. Manufacture or treatment of products clearly incidental to the conduct of a retail business conducted on the premises.

ww. Music store and studios.

xx. Paint and wallpaper store.

yy. Pet shop.

zz. Photographic studio, printing and developing establishments.

aaa. Plumbing, heating, or electrical contractor shops.

bbb. Post office substation.

ccc. Pottery shop.

ddd. Radio and television sales and service.

eee. Restaurant, cafe, and soda fountain.

fff. Shoe repair shop.

ggg. Sporting goods store.

hhh. Tack shop.

iii. Tailor shop.

jjj. Toy store.

kkk. Travel bureau or agency.

lll. Variety store.

4. Any of the following business or professional offices, provided they do not have outside storage:

a. Accountants.

b. Architects.

c. Artists.

d. Church offices.

e. Civil engineers.

f. Collection agency.

g. Credit bureau.

h. Dental offices.

i. Entertainment bureau.

j. Insurance.

k. Lawyers.

l. Medical offices.

m. Nurses registry.

n. Psychologists.

o. Public stenographers.

p. Real estate.

B. Accessory Uses.

1. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses.

2. Interior storage of merchandise incidental to the principal use.

C. Height Regulations. Shall be those specified in BHCC 18.70.210.

D. Water and Sewer Systems. Subject to approval of the County Department of Health.

E. Minimum Lot Area, Lot Frontage and Yard Requirements for “C” Commercial District. Shall be those specified in BHCC 18.70.210.

F. Sign and Parking Regulations. See Chapters 18.100 and 18.90 BHCC, respectively. [Ord. 98, 2006; Ord. 92, 2005; Ord. 86, 2004; Ord. 82, 2003; Ord. 79, 2003; Ord. 76, 2002; Ord. 63, 2001; Ord. 41, 1997; Ord. 36 § 14, 1995. Code 2009 App. A, § 14.]